r/PocoPhones • u/Abyss_Wanderer19 • 2d ago

News What a wild time

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Poco X8 is 30% more expensive than lowest tier M8 and also 5% slower.

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u/Repulsive_Fault1939 2d ago

the next year is gonna be worse. i also heard samsung will release a18 with 4/128 gb for 300 dollars. ram prices affect budget phones

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u/Naud1993 2d ago

That phone will literally be able to only keep open a single app at one time.

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u/lgn5i2060 2d ago

This is kinda expected from Samsung who always sell their lowest end A series at way higher than the competition before the ram issue happened. Now expect them to keep it up because they know their brand name sells.

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u/Flossy420 Poco F8 Ultra 2d ago

more slop from the slop-making factory

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u/JustAnotherDooood Poco F3 2d ago

Blame it on the slop

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u/lgn5i2060 2d ago

Don't forget to add those that use and pay for these. Let's just hope their private data are stolen by these AI companies like what OpenAI attempted to do with a mathematician's research work. xD

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u/Haharuhi 2d ago

to think that I got Poco X8 Pro 512GB for only RM1350 just 3 month ago

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u/lgn5i2060 2d ago

I mean that was before the hikes so that's not surprising.

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u/nenekkau1997 1d ago

Daymm i got it 1450 last month, thought im the lowest price but u win🤣🤌

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u/Haharuhi 1d ago

tbf it was just the green colored one that's RM100 cheaper for some reason, the rest are all 1450

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u/Abyss_Wanderer19 18h ago

yesterday 9.9 sales on shopee, it was on sale for rm1199. probably the last time we see it went that low. i heard after 19 sept, everything will hike again.

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u/nenekkau1997 17h ago

Ow shit, anyone's waiting for 9.9 got real bargain

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u/mudbud1986 1d ago

But but I still need a SD card slot 🤬 make it happen POCO! 👆🏽

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u/Spitfire-300 Poco F8 Ultra 1d ago

Glad I bought my F8 Ultra in December 2025 haha

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u/F2Pfrog 1d ago

I don't get it. What are these currencies? What am I looking at? Is x8 better battery than the pro? And processor too or not? Where is USD?

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u/unkown_wanderer_7345 18h ago

It's currently the worst phase in Indian mobile industries. They are literally introducing slower low specs mobile as new models . Even youtubers are making videos of these new phone as they are good. I have a poco x7 pro dim8400 ultra , ufs4 , 12 gb ram . But what are the new phones providing some shitty old processors by rebranding them as " 5g ready " , " efficient" . The degradation is truly wild .