And Xiaomi has to innovate on its software in my opinion. To my surprise, Xiaomi changed the setup and on stock ROM (firmware) paper, it looks like Xiaomi gimped with smaller lenses. In practice, the camera on the Poco X3 Pro is much better than the Poco X3 and I wouldn’t have settled for less because the price is more. This is not a bad thing for users who liked the Poco X3 design. I know people who loved the design and who ended up owning the Poco X3. But to be honest, I don’t like the design of the Poco X3 before or the Poco X3 Pro now.
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- This part of the rear picks up fingerprints easily, and they stand out even more because the matte areas on either side remain relatively clean.
- More than ever this is a phone about pure power, delivering the best performance you could ask for at the price, but rivals are often slimmer, lighter, and take better photos.
- While the Snapdragon 695 records a score of 101,082, the Snapdragon 860 comes away with 208,556—well over 100% better!
- It also allows you to flash or install the Stock Recovery or Custom Recovery on the Xiaomi Device.
It is so much better compared to the Snapdragon 732G found on the non-pro model. The Snapdragon 860 is not a brand-new processor, it is a higher binned Snapdragon 855+. This allows it to clock higher making it faster than the Snapdragon 855+. Poco X3 Pro and Poco X4 Pro are two smartphones from Xiaomi’s Poco brand that have generated considerable interest among tech enthusiasts.
In typical Xiaomi fashion, the review unit is again black in color. I am a big fan of this color-shifting black color and wish this was done by more manufacturers in the budget smartphone range. It’s got a big screen, big battery, and a low price point to give big appeal. But in some regards it’s a bit too big for its own boots.
- Xiaomi has always been on top of its game when it comes to battery.
- The IR blaster is still there on the top rail along with the headphone jack on the bottom.
- You might find the speaker on top of the screen is less loud than the one at the bottom when you are watching movies or playing games.
- Kudos to POCO for bringing that to a budget segment smartphone.
- The regular X3 now costs ₹14,999 ($205) for the 6GB/64GB version, and you get better cameras and a larger 6000mAh battery with the same 33W fast charging.
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. So getting the Poco X3 Pro with a high refresh rate LCD panel was a bit of a step back. The black color box cover gives way to a yellow box with a yellow Poco insert which is classic Poco branding.