POCO recently confirmed the launch date of the POCO F6 smartphone in India which is 23rd May at 04:30 PM IST. As soon as this announcement came its microsite went live on Flipkart though did not reveal much about it. Now the company and Qualcomm have confirmed that the POCO F6 5G smartphone will be powered by the Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 chipset thus making it the first smartphone in India to be powered by this chipset.
Thrilled to continue our legacy of delivering flagship-level chipsets in our F-series lineup. Brace yourselves as we proudly announce our glorious partnership with Qualcomm for the India Debut of Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 with POCO F6. #POCOF6 #Snapdragon8sGen3 #IndiaDebut @sumitsonal… pic.twitter.com/Hydj0uL5mS
— Himanshu Tandon (@Himanshu_POCO) May 14, 2024
A number of smartphones have already made their debut in the global market with this chipset though in India POCO is going to be first.
The Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 chipset is a 4nm core chipset whose prime core is clocked at 3.0GHz, four performance cores with a peak clock speed of 2.8GHz, and three efficiency cores clocked at 2.0GHz. This processor supports up to 24GB of LPDDR5x memory at up to 4200MHz and UFS 4.0 storage. It also supports more than 30 on-device generative AI models including Gemini Nano, Llama 2, and Baichuan-7B. The POCO F6 5G smartphone is expected to be a rebranded version of the Redmi Turbo 3. And if that comes out to be true it can come with a 6.7-inch 1.5K (1,220×2,712 pixels) resolution OLED display. In the camera department, the smartphone is already confirmed to come with a 50MP main rear camera with OIS support. It can come with an 8MP ultrawide angle camera and on the front side we can get to see a 20MP selfie camera. It can be backed by a 5,000mAh battery with support for 90W fast charging.
