Poco M8 Power 5G Launches in India Today: Price, Specs, and Availability

The Poco M8 Power 5G launches in India today, August 4, 2026, at 12 PM IST, with an 8,000mAh battery, a 6.9-inch 120Hz AMOLED display, and a Snapdragon 4 Gen 4 chip, sold exclusively through Flipkart. I’ve tested enough budget phones that claim “all-day battery” and quietly mean six hours of screen-on time — an 8,000mAh cell in a phone this size is a genuinely different proposition, and it’s the whole reason this launch is worth paying attention to.

Poco is leaning hard into the battery angle with the tagline “Power Your Binge,” and the company claims the M8 Power can stretch to roughly three days of typical use on a single charge. That’s a bold number, but the pack size backs it up — most budget 5G phones in this price range top out around 5,000-6,000mAh, so Poco is packing something like 30-60% more capacity into a device that still needs to compete on price.

What’s confirmed about the Poco M8 Power 5G

Ahead of the launch event, Poco and Xiaomi confirmed the two headline specs directly, as Beebom reported: the 8,000mAh battery and an AMOLED display. Leaked listings and tipster reports (not yet officially confirmed by Poco at time of writing) fill in the rest of a fairly complete picture:

• Display: 6.9-inch FHD+ AMOLED, 120Hz adaptive refresh rate, up to 1,800 nits peak brightness
• Processor: Qualcomm Snapdragon 4 Gen 4 octa-core
• Battery: 8,000mAh with 45W wired fast charging and 22.5W reverse charging
• RAM/Storage: up to 8GB LPDDR4X RAM, up to 256GB UFS 2.2 storage
• Cameras: 50MP rear (Light Fusion 400 sensor) + 8MP front
• Software: Android 16-based HyperOS 3, with a promised 4 years of OS upgrades and 6 years of security patches
• Colors: Black, Blaze Orange, and Green, with a textured finish on the back panel

The Snapdragon 4 Gen 4 and 50MP main camera line up with reports that the M8 Power is a rebadged Redmi Note 17 built for the Indian market, which is a well-worn Poco playbook — take a proven Redmi chassis, retune the branding and battery, and price it aggressively. If the pattern holds, the software experience and camera processing should feel familiar to anyone who’s used a recent Redmi Note.

Price and where to buy

Poco hasn’t published official pricing as I’m writing this, but tipster Abhishek Yadav’s leak — which has been fairly reliable on India launches this cycle — puts the price around Rs 22,999, with no-cost EMI options reportedly available for up to nine months. The phone will be a Flipkart exclusive, following the same distribution pattern Poco used for recent M-series launches. If you want to catch the actual reveal, Poco typically streams these events live on Flipkart and its own YouTube channel starting at the announced time.

Who this phone is actually for

An 8,000mAh battery isn’t a spec you chase if you’re chasing thinness — phones built around huge cells tend to run thicker and heavier than their peers, and Poco hasn’t published exact dimensions yet, so it’s worth checking those numbers once reviewers get units in hand. But for the buyer this is aimed at — someone who wants a phone that survives a long shift, a long commute, or a genuinely heavy day of video and social media without hunting for a charger — that tradeoff is the entire point. It’s the same logic Sony leaned on with its Reon Pocket Pro Plus wearable: sometimes the spec that actually changes how you use a device isn’t the flashiest camera number, it’s just more capacity.

Where it’ll face real competition is against phones like the Samsung Galaxy F70 Pro, which launched in India just a day earlier at a similar Rs 25,999-34,999 price band with its own 6,000mAh/45W setup and Snapdragon 6 Gen 3 chip. Samsung’s pitch leans more on camera stabilization and a tougher Gorilla Glass Victus+ screen; Poco’s pitch is almost entirely “more battery for less money.” Which one wins depends on what you actually run out of first during the day — your screen time or your patience for a smaller battery percentage.

Why Poco keeps betting on “power” phones

This isn’t Poco’s first battery-first play, and it won’t be its last. The company has built an entire sub-lineage of “Power” branded devices in India specifically because battery anxiety is one of the most common complaints budget-phone buyers report — more than camera quality, more than raw performance. India’s 5G rollout has also made this a moving target: sustained 5G connections and higher-refresh-rate AMOLED panels both draw noticeably more power than the 4G, 60Hz phones most Poco M-series buyers are upgrading from, so a bigger cell isn’t just a marketing gimmick, it’s partly compensating for the phone’s own upgraded hardware.

The bigger picture here is how crowded India’s sub-Rs 25,000 5G segment has become. Redmi, Realme, iQOO, Samsung’s own F- and M-series, and Poco itself are all fighting for the same budget-conscious buyer with near-identical spec sheets — Snapdragon 4-series or Dimensity mid-range chips, AMOLED displays, 45W charging. Battery capacity is one of the few specs left where a brand can still claim a genuinely visible advantage rather than a marginal one, which is exactly why Poco is leading with it instead of burying it in a spec sheet. Expect Redmi and Realme to answer with their own oversized-battery variants within a few months if the M8 Power sells well.

FAQ

When does the Poco M8 Power 5G launch in India?

The Poco M8 Power 5G launches on August 4, 2026, at 12 PM IST, and goes on sale exclusively through Flipkart.

How big is the Poco M8 Power’s battery?

It has an 8,000mAh battery, one of the largest in its price segment, paired with 45W wired fast charging and 22.5W reverse charging.

How much will the Poco M8 Power 5G cost?

Poco hadn’t confirmed official pricing at the time of writing, but a widely cited leak from tipster Abhishek Yadav puts the price around Rs 22,999, with no-cost EMI options reportedly offered for up to nine months.

Is the Poco M8 Power 5G a rebadged Redmi Note 17?

It hasn’t been officially confirmed, but the leaked Snapdragon 4 Gen 4 chipset and 50MP main camera match reports that the M8 Power shares its base design with the Redmi Note 17, following Poco’s usual approach of rebranding Redmi hardware for its own lineup.