Besides, I think most users who aren’t as fastidious about their display requirements shouldn’t mind the panel on the Poco X3 pro. Unless you play GPU-intensive games or really need a 5G device, I think the Poco X3 NFC is a smarter choice than the $400-ish Poco F2 Pro. Both phones offer amazing value, but the X3 NFC strikes a better balance for less money. Even if Xiaomi improves the F2 Pro’s shooters with a software update in the future, it can’t easily upgrade the hardware to support US 5G — short of releasing a new version, anyway. Although the Snapdragon 860 is based on technology that is almost two years old, which is almost as old as the Bible by smartphone standards, it performs very well in the benchmarks.
- There is also a lot in terms of color fidelity and color space coverage.
- You won’t get the great contrast or colour depth that OLED can deliver, but the tradeoff to deliver a higher refresh rate at this price is a smart one for the X3 Pro’s potential buyers.
- While the Snapdragon 695 records a score of 101,082, the Snapdragon 860 comes away with 208,556—well over 100% better!
- At the time of writing, you can find the Xiaomi Poco X3 Pro on newegg in both storage configurations.
- This will download your device’s device specific configuration and
- Poco X3 Pro comes with MIUI based on Android 11 which makes it future-proof.
It’s dense, with a plug for the Type-C port, all the necessary slots, a relatively high rim above the screen and high-quality protection for the camera unit. Also, right out of the box, the screen has have a good protective film, which is definitely nice. In general, compared to the Poco X3 NFC, the phone has slightly risen in price, but this is a widespread trend, and the rise in price is often justified. Now we have 6 GB of RAM and 128 GB of storage, whereas for last year’s X3 NFC these were the maximum possible numbers. Sure, the cameras aren’t on par with the regular X3 and the device misses out on 5G, but Xiaomi isn’t targeting those attributes with the POCO X3 Pro. This phone’s sole reason for existing is to deliver the best possible performance, and it manages to do just that.
- As with the rest of the phone, this is a choice that prioritises pure performance and gaming prowess over niceties like pro-grade colour accuracy.
- But at diagonal angles, the contrast of dark tones is Stock Firmware lost is usual.
- The polycarbonate back has a glossy racing stripe running right through the middle, flanked by a matte finish — basically the same design as the Poco X3, but I’m not complaining.
- It is available in golden bronze, graphite black and steel blue.
- An eye-catching detail is the glossy stripe that runs through the center of the back cover from top to bottom.
Yes, it is a rebadged variant of the Snapdragon 855+, but there are a few tweaks such as a higher clock speed. It also supports new camera features like ultra-wide lens night mode and selfie night mode. Poco X3 Pro with its 48 MP main lens can shoot some very detailed, crisp, and colourful photos when it is subjected to lots of light.
The Poco X3 Pro is available in two configurations – the review model is the base version with 6GB RAM/128GB of storage. There is another version with 8GB RAM /256GB storage for a bit more. In either version RAM is LPDDR4x and the storage is the UFS 3.1 type. For the retail price of $229 for the base version, there isn’t a better device available in terms of sheer hardware performance that can compete with the X3 Pro. There is zero absolutely no slowdown in playing games including the high refresh rate ones, watching videos, or doing any other daily task with this phone. The last few Xiaomi devices that came to me for review all have a high refresh rate AMOLED display.
