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Reviewing Xiaomi's POCO M8 Pro 5G after several days of using as my full-time phone, including camera testing, gaming on Wuthering Waves and battery life impressions. The POCO M8 Pro could be an early contender for best budget smartphone of 2026. But how does it compare vs the M8 and is it worth the upgrade?

You'll find quite a few improvements here, over the previous M7 Pro and also the regular phone. The POCO M8 Pro camera setup sports a large Light Fusion sensor, for upgraded low light photography, as well as an ultra-wide shooter if you want an alternative view. Battery capacity is also much bigger, complete with fast charge support - for excellent life and quick recharging.

The POCO M8 Pro runs the same Xiaomi HyperOS software of course, still on version 2. However, you're guaranteed four OS updates, as well as a couple of extra years of security patching. That's the same as the standard M8. Plus, the POCO M8 Pro is better for gaming, especially on massive open world titles such as Wuthering Waves.
 
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so silicon carbon battery better than lithium battery? wont have battery bloated?
 
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sango65 said:
so silicon carbon battery better than lithium battery? wont have battery bloated?
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only since last year, we got lots of silicon carbon battery in the market. It has better performance in cold countries, battery won't drop as much during winter.

Not sure about battery bloatedness, it's still quite new and haven't heard any issue
 
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Dunno whether M8 Pro is curved screen or not but M8 definitely is..
 
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Jurong640 said:


Reviewing Xiaomi's POCO M8 Pro 5G after several days of using as my full-time phone, including camera testing, gaming on Wuthering Waves and battery life impressions. The POCO M8 Pro could be an early contender for best budget smartphone of 2026. But how does it compare vs the M8 and is it worth the upgrade?

You'll find quite a few improvements here, over the previous M7 Pro and also the regular phone. The POCO M8 Pro camera setup sports a large Light Fusion sensor, for upgraded low light photography, as well as an ultra-wide shooter if you want an alternative view. Battery capacity is also much bigger, complete with fast charge support - for excellent life and quick recharging.

The POCO M8 Pro runs the same Xiaomi HyperOS software of course, still on version 2. However, you're guaranteed four OS updates, as well as a couple of extra years of security patching. That's the same as the standard M8. Plus, the POCO M8 Pro is better for gaming, especially on massive open world titles such as Wuthering Waves.
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@RyanJ the light fusion sensor mentioned. I wonder if the 18U will have a full blown dedicated custom image processor?
 
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Pretty decent battery life

M8 Pro $29X but M8 only $24X ?

Global price was about 33% more
 
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@RyanJ the light fusion sensor mentioned. I wonder if the 18U will have a full blown dedicated custom image processor?
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Light fusion seems to be referring to this older sensor -

https://www.ovt.com/products/ov50e/

Dynamic range wise it is still slightly inferior to 1 inch main sensor in Xiaomi 15 Ultra ( Sony Lyt 900 )

The OV50X in 17 Ultra seems to be the current king when it comes to dynamic range. If 18 Ultra can also use Lofic enabled OmniVision sensors for ultrawide and the tele that would be the dynamic range king.

Sony Samsung and Apple are still some years away from LOFIC imaging sensors.
 
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