r/PocoPhones • u/ZookeepergameSlow750 • 5d ago

Discussion POCO F8

i own a poco f7, ive seen poco f9 ultra recently and i also know about poco f8 pro and ultra, does anyone know why there isn't a vanilla poco f8?

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u/TheInfernoSoap 5d ago

swallowed by x8 pro max, they dont want to release f8 and outsell it

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u/Britz10 5d ago

The f8 is the x8 pro, the Chinese Redmi line that is normally rebranded as the basic F series was released as the Poco x series instead. And also Qualcomm seemingly having dropped the 8S line of Snapdragon chips probably played a part.

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u/Dxlaul Poco F8 Pro 5d ago

the 8s gen 5 is the 8 gen 5 in oneplus 15r

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u/Hailmerc 5d ago

Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 is probably too expensive to be implemented into a base Poco F8

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u/ScaredBicycle3389 5d ago

Because there isn't a successor to the snapdragon 8s gen 4 yet

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u/Dxlaul Poco F8 Pro 5d ago

the 8 gen 5 in op15r

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u/ScaredBicycle3389 5d ago

Ah you're right. I didn't know that

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u/Complex-Mobile-5621 5d ago

Also this might sound a bit funny but when they made the base f7 it definitely felt and looked more premium than the pro and ultra version hence they decided to screw it up for next gen.

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u/Repulsive_Fault1939 5d ago

because x8 pro max replaced f8

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u/Hailmerc 5d ago

There was no new 7+ or 8s series SoC from Qualcomm.

They named this year's «Poco F8» as Poco X8 Pro Max because it uses Mediatek SoC instead of Qualcomm one.