Upper mid-range · 2026

Xiaomi Poco X8 Pro

Name: Xiaomi Poco X8 Pro
Brand: Xiaomi
Price: 649999 NGN
Availability: InStock

From ₦510,000 to ₦680,000 · 16 sellers·Last checked 1d ago

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Our Take

CPU benches near recent flagship phones like the Apple iPhone 17e Camera shares the Samsung Galaxy A36's main sensor

Best for

Strength Stabilised camera (OIS), 100W fast charging

Extras Reverse wireless charging, Cooling system

6.59″ AMOLED · 120Hz

8500 Ultra 8 / 256 GB

6500 mAh 100W charging

50 MP 2 rear · 20 MP selfie

5G Wi-Fi 6 · NFC

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In the Real World

See how the Xiaomi Poco X8 Pro looks and feels in everyday use.

Full specifications

Display

6.59″ · AMOLED · 1268 × 2756 · 120 Hz · HDR

OLED + smooth

A clean OLED panel — colours pop and sunlight visibility is solid.

Screen size

6.59"

Panel type

AMOLED

OLED

Resolution

1268 × 2756 px

Refresh rate

120 Hz

Smooth

Eye comfort

3840 Hz PWM

High-frequency PWM

Colour depth

12-bit (68B colours)

12-bit

Brightness

1090 nits

HDR

Dolby Vision · HDR10+

HDR

Protection

Corning Gorilla Glass 7i, Mohs level 5

Performance

Mediatek Dimensity 8500 Ultra (4 nm) · 8-core 3.4 GHz · Mali-G720 MC8

High performance

Comfortably handles demanding games and heavy multitasking.

Chipset

Mediatek Dimensity 8500 Ultra (4 nm)

Current CPU tier

Flagship

AnTuTu

2,285,536

v11

GeekBench

6,479

Graphics test

3DMark 4,103 (Wild Life Extreme)

CPU

8-core, 3.4 GHz

GPU

Mali-G720 MC8

Process

4 nm

RAM type

RAM LPDDR5X

Storage type

UFS Storage 4.1

CPU layout

3.4GHz Cortex A725 + 3x32.GHz Cortex A725 + 4x2.2GHz Cortex A725

Software & updates

Android 16, HyperOS 3 · 2-year support (brand estimate)

How long the maker keeps shipping Android and security updates — the main thing that decides how many years this phone stays current.

Operating system

Android 16, HyperOS 3

Software support

2 years of updates (brand estimate)

Updates remaining

~2 years

Camera

50 MP f/1.5 main · OIS · 20 MP selfie · 4K video

OIS + 4K

Stabilised main camera holds up in low light. Front camera is fine for daylight selfies.

Main camera

50 MP f/1.5

OIS

Ultrawide

8 MP f/2.2

Front camera

20 MP f/2.2

Main sensor

Sony IMX882, 1/1.95", 0.8µm

Mainstream sensor

Same sensor in

Samsung Galaxy A36

Slow motion

Yes, 120 fps

Camera extras

Night mode, laser AF, manual focus

Video

4K @ 60 fps

4K video

Battery

6500 mAh · 100 W wired

Plenty

A genuinely all-day battery — comfortably handles streaming and social.

Capacity

6500 mAh

Lab active use

16:52h

Lab endurance

66:25h

EU cycle rating

1,000 cycles

Wired charging

100 W

Fast

Reverse wireless charging

Supported

Reverse charging

Removable

Audio

Very good (-24.8 LUFS) · Stereo

Stereo speakers

Loudspeaker

Very good (-24.8 LUFS)

Speakers

Stereo

Microphones

Memory

8 GB RAM · 256 GB

Roomy

RAM

8 GB

Storage

256 GB

Configurations

8/256GB · 12/256GB · 8/512GB · 12/512GB

Storage type

UFS 4.1

Expandable

Connectivity

5G · NFC · Wi-Fi 6

Modern radios

Yes

4G LTE

Yes

NFC

Yes

Contactless

Wi-Fi

Wi-Fi 6

Modern Wi-Fi

Bluetooth

6.0

GPS systems

GPS, A-GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, QZSS, Galileo, GPS (L1+L5), BeiDou (B1), Galileo (E1+E5a), BeiDou (B2), NavIC System, QZSS (L1 + L5)

USB

USB-C 2.0

USB OTG

Yes

3.5mm jack

IR blaster

SIM

1× Nano-SIM

Network bands

4G works on all four carriers — 5G on MTN & Airtel

Radio bands decide whether this phone sees MTN, Glo, Airtel or 9mobile towers — and how strong the signal holds indoors.

M MTN

4G full · 5G works

Full

A Airtel

4G full · 5G works

Full

G Glo

4G works No B28 — signal can get weak indoors and outside the big cities.

Works

9 9mobile

4G full

Full

The bands Nigerian networks use

B3 main band

M A G 9

B7 extra speed

B20 indoor reach

B28 indoor reach

n78 the 5G band

M A

The dots show which network uses each band. ✓ means this phone has it, ✗ means it doesn't.

All reported bands

2G B2, B3, B5, B8

3G B1, B2, B5, B6, B8, B19

4G B1, B2, B3, B5, B7, B8, B12, B13, B17, B18, B19, B20, B26, B28b, B28a, B71

5G n1, n3, n5, n7, n8, n20, n26, n28b, n28a, n38, n40, n41, n48, n66, n71, n77, n78

Build & Design

5 g · 8.4 mm · IP68

Built to last

Height

157.5 mm

Width

75.2 mm

Thickness

8.4 mm

Weight

5 g

IP rating

IP68

Water resistant

Sensors

Fingerprint (under display, optical) · accelerometer · gyro · compass

Sensors

Fingerprint (under display, optical), accelerometer, gyro, compass, proximity

Images and battery life estimates from GSMArena · Read full review

How it stacks up against the rest.

A few phones around the same price, so you can see what this one does better and what it gives up.

Apple iPhone 17e

Wins on most 3 wins

Smoother display

120 Hz vs 60 Hz refresh · 1268 × 2756 vs 1170 × 2532 resolution · 6.59″ vs 6.1″ screen

Longer tested battery life

16h 52m vs 15h 30m active use · 100 W vs 25 W charging · 6,500 mAh vs 4,005 mAh battery

Lighter in hand

5 g vs 169 g

₦90k cheaper Full comparison

Samsung Galaxy S26

Trades blows 3 wins 2 losses

Longer tested battery life

16h 52m vs 15h 20m active use · 100 W vs 25 W charging · 6,500 mAh vs 4,300 mAh battery

Lighter in hand

5 g vs 167 g

Starts with more storage

256 GB vs 128 GB baseline

Lower benchmark score

2.3M vs 3.1M AnTuTu

Lower video ceiling

— vs Telephoto · OIS · 4K @ 60 fps vs 8K @ 30 fps video · 50 MP · f/1.5 vs 50 MP · f/1.8 main

₦440k cheaper Full comparison

Where to buy

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Jiji New

₦510,000

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1.7 yrs · 174 feedback · 256GB

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₦530,000

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₦565,000

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7.0 yrs · 44 feedback · 256GB

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2.8 yrs · 139 feedback · 512GB

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₦610,000

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