POCO F8 Ultra with Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 Launched

POCO has launched the POCO F8 Ultra smartphone. POCO F8 Ultra has a 6.9-inch 2K AMOLED flat screen with 1.5mm on three sides and 1.68mm on the bottom, peak brightness of up to 3500 nits, 120Hz refresh rate powered by Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 SoC with up to 16GB LPDDR5X RAM and up to 512GB UFS 4.1 storage

POCO F8 Ultra features 1115F ultra-linear, symmetrical dual speakers, working in conjunction with an oversized, ultra-large 1620 independent woofer, create a 2.1-channel audio system, delivering a more stable sound image, deeper bass, and a wider soundstage. 

On Camera it has a  50MP 1/1.31″ Light Fusion 950 sensor with OIS, Xiaomi AISP 2.0, 13.5EV movie-level high dynamic range, 50MP ultra-wide camera, 50MP 5x periscope telephoto camera with 30cm macro option and 32MP front Camera. It has IP68 ratings for dust and water resistance. Packed by a 6500mAh battery,100W HyperCharge that takes 38 minutes to charge to 100%, and there is also 50W wireless HyperCharge.

POCO F8 Ultra specifications

• 6.9-inch (2608 x 1200 pixels) 2K 12-bit AMOLED 20:9 display, 120Hz refresh rate, 2560Hz instant touch sampling rate, DC Dimming, up to 3500 nits peak brightness, 5,000,000:1 (Min) contrast ratio, HDR10+, Dolby Vision, DC Dimming
• Octa Core Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 3nm Mobile Platform with Adreno 840 GPU
• 12GB / 16GB LPDDR5x 9600Mbps RAM with 256GB / 512GB UFS 4.1 storage
• Dual SIM (nano + nano / eSIM)
• Xiaomi HyperOS 3 based on Android 16 (4 OS updates + 6 years of security updates)
• 50MP rear camera with 1/ 1.31″ Light Fusion 950 sensor, f/1.67 aperture, OIS + EIS, LED flash, 50MP 102° ultra-wide angle lens with OV50M sensor, f/2.4 aperture, 50MP 5x periscope telephoto camera with f/3.0 aperture, 30cm tele macro, OIS, 8K video recording
• 32MP front-facing camera, 4K video recording
• 3D Ultrasonic Fingerprint sensor, Infrared sensor
• Dust and water resistant (IP68)
• USB Type-C audio, Hi-Res audio, 2.1ch speakers, Sound by Bose tuning
• Dimensions: 163.33×77.82×7.9mm (Black) / 8.3mm (Denim); Weight: 218g (Black) / 220g (Denim)
• 5G SA/NSA, Dual 4G VoLTE, Wi-Fi 7 802.11 ad, Bluetooth 5.4, Beidou: B1I + B1C+B2a｜GPS: L1+L5｜Galileo: E1+E5a, GLONASS: G1｜QZSS: L1+L5｜NavlC: L5, USB Type-C 3.2 Gen 1, NFC
• 6500mAh battery with 100W fast charging, 50W wireless charging, 22.5W reverse wired charging

POCO F8 Ultra is priced at $729 for the 12GB + 256GB model and $799 for 16GB + 512GB model. It is expected to launch in India Soon