POCO X6 Neo 5G makes global debut: design, specifications and price

Until today, the POCO X6 series consisted of two smartphones — POCO X6 and POCO X6 Pro. Today, that changes with a new smartphone in the lineup, the POCO X6 Neo. It has been released in India, which also marks its global debut. The smartphone is expected to appear in more countries soon.

POCO X6 Neo is the cheapest in the range. This also means that the specifications have been reduced to reduce the price. But still, the phone includes some eye-catching highlights that may attract people looking for a new phone in this budget. Below we provide detailed information about the design, specifications and price of the smartphone.

POCO X6 Neo Design

Our hero carries a similar design language compared to other recently launched POCO smartphones. On the back of the device is a huge rectangular island that carries the cameras. While the bezel is kept flat and gives the device a sleek look. It has a thin 7.7 mm chassis and weighs 175 grams. Therefore, the device is quite thin and light. Speaking of colors, there are three options: Astral Black, Horizon Blue and Martian Orange.

Specifications

Before we move on to the specifications, you should know that the POCO X6 Neo is a rebranded Redmi Note 13R Pro 5G that was only launched in China. Hence, the specifications of both the smartphones are identical. Starting at the front, the POCO X6 Neo comes with a 6.7-inch AMOLED FHD+ display with 394 PPI. To make things smooth, the display has a 120Hz refresh rate. Other fantastic features include 1920Hz PWM dimming, 2160Hz instantaneous touch sample rate, 1000 nits peak brightness level and finally the Corning Gorilla Glass 5 protection.

In the camera department, the smartphone has two sensors on the back. The first is a 108MP Samsung ISOCELL HM6 and the second is a 2MP depth sensor. On the front, there’s a 16-megapixel shooter housed in a punch-hole notch.

Powering the device is the MediaTek Dimensity 6080 SoC. It comes with LPDDR4x RAM and UFS 2.2 storage. Moving on to the software department, it comes out of the box with MIUI 14 on top of Android 13. The company promises 2 major Android updates and 4 years of security updates. Finally, the battery has a capacity of 5000mAH and can be fast charged at 33W.

Pricing

The smartphone is currently available in India. We expect POCO to launch this model in other parts of the world soon. The phone has two variants in India with 8/128GB and 12/256GB configurations. They are priced at Rs 15,999 (~$193) and Rs 17,999 (~$217) respectively.