Poco M8 5G review
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- UsmanHSh
- 6Py
- 23 Aug 2026
What's this, Android 15 when 16 is around for some time and 17 is already in beta testing by vendors? is this an oukitel or something? even transsion group doesn't fall that behind.
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- Andy81
- 8B6
- 15 Jul 2026
I dislike the verdict summary, they always say: this or that is a better alternative but those alternatives are always 50% more expensive or phones that are no longer in the market, if we are looking for a phone is because that is our budget. That part should avoid or be left to the end of everything not just before giving the Pros and Cons. The best of GSMArena is the phone chart for everything else you should rethink your "reviews"
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- malevus
- gxY
- 30 Jun 2026
Poco X7 Pro or redmi note 15 have awful body design like all these new phones. I don't like this new boxy body design that makes these phones stupidly painful just trying to hold them in your hand where the traditional body design like Poco M8 has is just perfect for ergonomics. I don't know why the whole industry suddenly moved away from this just to copy the iphone and make their phones awfully slippy with no proper edges to hold onto your fingers.
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- Anonymous
- mAW
- 07 Jun 2026
AnonD-1228686, 25 Feb 2026The Whole Xioami it is The WHOLE industry it is... It is what it is. Time to move on.
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- Anonymous
- pqx
- 02 Mar 2026
AnonD-1228686, 25 Feb 2026The Whole Xioami it is While offering best for money as always, same as motorola and some samsung models(not all samsungs), ofc there are others that are very good like fairphone cmf hmd etc but people just buy anything aas overpriced as possible
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- Tatatata
- 60$
- 27 Feb 2026
Anonymous, 25 Feb 2026The M8 Pro is better than the X7, which means that the pric... moreThis M8 is definitely not better than X7 .
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- Anonymous
- gXJ
- 25 Feb 2026
Pampam666, 24 Feb 2026Not only that, but the M series is now as expensive as the ... moreThe M8 Pro is better than the X7, which means that the price makes sense, but then the M8 Pro should have just been the X8 altogether. The F8 Ultra is undeniably a great phone, and it's cheap for what it is - a Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 device with great cameras and a subwoofer - but it is a heck of a lot more expensive than the Pocos of old.
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- AnonD-1228686
- KIR
- 25 Feb 2026
Anonymous, 23 Feb 2026Once upon a time, the Poco, despite the shortcomings of the... moreThe Whole Xioami it is
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- Goku.
- 6x7
- 25 Feb 2026
GSMarena reviewers trying to sell you the phone as "very good" in their verdict, when they only gave it 3.8 stars.
😂👍
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- Anonymous
- gDQ
- 24 Feb 2026
Anonymous, 23 Feb 2026Once upon a time, the Poco, despite the shortcomings of the... moreIt's not just that. Back then People actually had the choice between OLED and LCD pocos.
And they all had NFC and GPS and even a sim card slot or two. Nowadays most tablets don't even have sim card slot lmao 🤣
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- Pampam666
- ScT
- 24 Feb 2026
Anonymous, 23 Feb 2026Once upon a time, the Poco, despite the shortcomings of the... moreNot only that, but the M series is now as expensive as the X series was and the X series is as expensive as the F series was, while the F series is more expensive than ever.
With these new prices in the last couple of years, there is literally no attractiveness towards this brand. My current phone is the F5 because of its headphone jack and relative cheap price, but seeing the current offerings, the next one wont be a Poco for sure.
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- Anonymous
- anI
- 23 Feb 2026
Once upon a time, the Poco, despite the shortcomings of the cameras, were still attractive because they had a micro SD slot and a 3.5 jack, now they are useless
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- Just me
- 0Tj
- 23 Feb 2026
anon.anon, 22 Feb 2026Nobody buys a phone like this for the camera.
What'... moreAgree!
That's why is so hard to me to understand why they gave it this fake and huge camera continent. I think the phone had a clean minimalistic design it would be received much better.
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- anon.anon
- T3u
- 23 Feb 2026
aidonoh, 23 Feb 2026Man you always spittin the truth, shout-out to you 🙌Thx, but I'm just a pleb demanding more effort from the biggest smartphone brands, especially considering the ever rising prices.
It's probably about corpo politics / internal KPIs vs actually good products, but it's crazy how many stupid decisions producers make.
An avg GSMArena commentator would be a better Product Manager @ the biggest smartphone companies than who they have now, lol
Like... it's not rocket science that budget phones should (still) have a 3.5 mm jack & SD card slot... Especially with ever increasing prices.
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- aidonoh
- mVv
- 23 Feb 2026
anon.anon, 22 Feb 2026Nobody buys a phone like this for the camera. What'... moreMan you always spittin the truth, shout-out to you 🙌
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- Anonymous
- gDQ
- 23 Feb 2026
justasmile, 22 Feb 2026No LCD means your opinion is even more invalid than it should beMy OLED fanboy meter is showing red alert! 🔔
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- rizki1
- Ki1
- 23 Feb 2026
Invetor, 22 Feb 2026Tecno Camon 40 (4G) and CMF phone (1) absolutely annihilate... morePoco's budget isn't for the camera; they already have the slightly more expensive Redmi Note. I know they don't even offer OIS, unlike the M7 Pro.
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- imtiredokay
- bL5
- 23 Feb 2026
Looking at this and the Redmi Note 15 Pro 5G, the only crime of the A36 is being ugly and not that big of the battery. At least in my area the A36 is cheaper than both phones at 8/128.
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- Invetor
- XVp
- 23 Feb 2026
justasmile, 22 Feb 2026Just one problem, they're olderCamon 40 series is still available in the market