That POCO or OPPO Phone Just Got Pricier — Here’s Exactly How Much More You’ll Pay

If a POCO or OPPO phone has been sitting in your cart, this is your nudge to check the price again. Both brands have quietly revised smartphone prices in India, with hikes ranging from a modest ₹500 to a steep ₹5,000 on select models.

Who’s Affected and By How Much

The revision touches five models across the two brands: POCO X8 Pro Max, POCO X8 Pro, POCO C81x, POCO C81, and the OPPO K13 Turbo Pro. The steepest jump lands on the OPPO K13 Turbo Pro 12GB+256GB variant, now ₹5,000 costlier than before.

Why Even Budget Phones Aren’t Safe

Notice how even the entry-level POCO C81x and C81 didn’t escape the hike, albeit with a smaller ₹500 bump. That’s telling — this isn’t a premium-segment-only correction; it’s touching nearly every price band. The pattern lines up with what’s been happening across the industry all year, as brands pass rising component costs straight to buyers rather than absorb the hit themselves.

POCO or OPPO: The Bigger Picture

This is far from an isolated move. Xiaomi, Vivo, iQOO, realme, Samsung and OnePlus have all pushed through similar price revisions in recent months, and our coverage of India’s smartphone market shrinking 10% in Q2 2026 breaks down exactly why — memory costs have been squeezing every brand, and POCO and OPPO were among the hardest hit. For the deeper technical story behind why RAM and storage got so expensive, Wikipedia’s page on the 2025–present global memory supply shortage explains how AI data center demand is straining the entire chip supply chain.

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