Phone pricing trending upward is as inevitable as the steady march of time, but brands like POCO somehow manage to deliver a good value with every new release. This is particularly poignant in 2024 as its parent brand Xiaomi decided it doesn't want to sell budget phones in the Redmi Note series, increasing the spotlight on POCO's portfolio.
To its credit, POCO did a great job with the X series over the last four years, delivering devices with good all-round hardware. Last year's POCO X5 Pro undercut its rivals by a significant margin, and while the cameras weren't great, the device had a strong showing in the budget segment.
