Budget Hero Under £199! | Poco M6 Pro Unboxing & Full Phone Tour

Unboxing Xiaomi's Poco M6 Pro, a budget smartphone packing Helio G99 Ultra brains, a 64MP camera with OIS, 5000mAh battery and AMOLED screen. All for a price of $199/£199. My hands-on Poco M6 Pro review tests out the gaming prowess, camera performance and more.

There's some problems here, as you'd expect from such an affordable smartphone. For instance, Xiaomi's old MiUI launcher is slapped on here rather than HyperOS. Here's hoping that's updated soon. Likewise, the Mediatek chipset doesn't support 5G, so the Poco M6 Pro peaks at 4G.

However, the plastic design looks quite smart - I like that purple finish, which is less of a grime harlot than the Poco X6 series. Likewise, the Poco M6 Pro once again boasts brilliant battery life. And you can play games like Call of Duty and PubG with a fluid frame rate, and full Game Turbo smarts.

That 64MP camera is a bit basic, but fine for everyday snapping. Just watch out for dim light and subjects who won't stay still, while the video peaks at 1080p.

So, are you tempted by the Xiaomi Poco M6 Pro? Let us know below!

Poco M6 Pro Unboxing Chapters:
0:00 - Cheap as soggy chips
0:46 - What's in the box?
1:09 - Design
2:27 - MiUI & features
3:36 - Display & audio
5:28 - Performance & gaming
6:56 - Battery life
7:38 - Cameras

[saturnblue]

It is good to see someone is still making an affordable phone that does the basics. In Australia 5G is not available outside the major cities, so 5G is more for those people too frightened to face the Drop Bears lurking in the trees outside the cities.

[antigonelangevin]

Just bought my wife the purple 12Go Ram/512Go Rom version during St Valentine's Promotion. With all the Mi Store coupons/loyalty points and special offer I bought it for €198.
Very nice phone, light in hand and very reactive as well as being stylish. A lot of it's characteristics hold up very well to and even surpass my Redmi Note 10 Pro. Living in Auvergne France the lack of 5G is not a deal breaker. Fully recommended.

[pauld]

Hi Uncle Spurt! Watching this on my shiny yellow X6 Pro, purchased in no small part following your excellent review. Really fancied the M6 for the headphone jack and expandable storage but the 4g only turned me to the X6. With the very generous trade in for my old Poco F3 offered by Xiaomi I paid just over two hundred British punds, very pleased, cheers!

[glenn]

This is a excellent phone from Poco, the M6 Pro, for people who will NOT spent a lot of money to buy a new phone. Stereo speakers !, 67 Watt charger, Amoled display. Mediatek G99 Ultra!. Only 4 G. Forget 5 G, cause 4G will still available for 10 years .

[MrGonzonator]

3 years on and they still can't beat my Poco X3 Pro on performance.
Faster charging and nicer screen can't win me over just yet.

[woodywolf]

Using Helio g95 for 3 years now. Crazy how my phone is still fluid smooth. People don't give mediatek that much credit. They are really nice chips and that helio g99 should be even better

[davezhu]

It's amazing that a budget phone has a uniform bezel. Not even pixel phones have that

[DariuszTech]

And it has a decent camera to. I was very impressed ❤

[gregorybay]

Recently got one. Cause I'm over them flagships... I don't need the camera to be top.... Very happy with it. I'm actually shocked that you can get this for 200 eur.

[lizvickers]

Great review as always. Love your sarcasm and quick wit. Awesome.

[Glenrsi]

Fab phone for the price. As for no 5G or wireless charging, not an issue for me.

[ray]

You had me sold at the headphone jack! Wthhh

[barrymurphy]

I never normally comment on your videos Chris, but I watch dozens of them and indeed the last few phones I have purchased have been because of your moist reviews. Great job you do. 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

[ligaman]

I have had the M6 Pro for approx 5 weeks now - started off blazingly fast on MIUI - then did an update to Hyper OS - then the wheels started falling off, eventually updated to latest hyper os rom and factory reset it (twice just to be sure) and now i am starting to love it like i did before the update. Very nice in the hand, like a slice of Battenburg and a Tunnocks teacake.

[mattsanchez]

It’s astonishing to me that a $200 phone has better features than a thousand dollar iPhone!

[muhammadhadif]

Been considering between this M6 and the Redmi Note 13, and that stereo speaker just wins it over for me. Really wish that the Pro variant for the Note 13 had the expandable storage slot, I'd have chosen that over the M6 for the better performance but alas, I'm very dependent on my current phone sd card, so not being able to use it on a new phone is a major bummer for me. Thanks for the review mate, you've been really helpful !

[BoladipupoSayomide]

I need to know where you get your wallpapers

[vilmfilm]

any phone with a headphone jack is already a huge plus

[jokatebenson]

just want say I love your videos Tech Spurt!! Excellent vids, informative, to the point, and hilarious

[jozefserf]

Sets the standard in its price range.
Excellent value.