Xiaomi Poco X3 Pro review: a budget gaming monster phone

The X3 Pro doesn’t have a versatile camera, and performance will drop fast outside of good light. But if you just need a decent point-and-shoot that’ll cover your holiday snaps and Instagram stories, this is good enough. Just know that other brands in the budget space, like Realme or Oppo, put a little more work into their snappers. If there’s a trade-off to using the older flagship silicon, it’s in networking. I’ve already mentioned that this is a 4G phone, not 5G, but you also miss out on the newer Wi-Fi 6 standard. Even Bluetooth is limited to the older 5.0 standard – actually a downgrade from the Bluetooth 5.1 in the X3 NFC, and two generations behind the current 5.2 standard. That means no support for Bluetooth Low Energy Audio, which might impact headphone battery life and some other features, though this shouldn’t really be a dealbreaker for anyone.

• It boasts a more powerful Qualcomm Snapdragon 860 chipset, a higher refresh rate of 120Hz, and a larger battery capacity with faster charging capabilities.
• If the performance, gaming, and software are more important to you, then choose the Xiaomi Poco X3 Pro.
• There is no device under 20k that brings a 60FPS display.
• I finally decided to buy the Poco X3 Pro, which costs ₹18,999 for the 6GB variant and ₹20,999 for the 8GB variant.
• However, if POCO managed to make it more sleek and thin Stock Firmware, this would’ve conquered the mid-range smartphone segment entirely by storm.

The Poco X3 Pro and Poco F3 are phones that fall in different price categories and you can tell that from their design and build. Users love to take photos, record videos, because they can take pictures, record videos for creating new memories and recording them or for important things to look at whenever they need it. Users do not prefer the device that comes with a bad camera.

As of 5G connectivity, POCO X3 Pro does not support 5G bands. The 20MP shooter at the front captures good pictures, which looks a bit on the softer side but gets the job done. Selfies from this one can easily fetch you few social media likes or maybe some hearts (at least more than what I get). To keep the price under control, Poco has opted for a dual-tone plastic back on Poco X3 Pro, where the glossy part in the middle easily picks up fingerprints. It feels like a downgrade, even while carrying the “Pro” branding, as the last-gen Poco X2 had GG5 back. Towards the front, we get Gorilla Glass 6, which is first in this segment (both X2 and X3 had GG5), the frame on the sides is made of plastic. Besides the regular connectivity items such as Bluetooth, Mi Share, Nearby Share, Cast, and IR Blaster there’s also NFC available in select markets.

But the older 8-series Snapdragon chipsets are still more powerful than today’s 7-series ones. The one other quirk is unlikely to bother too many people. Xiaomi puts two color intensity modes in the Poco X3 Pro, Standard and Saturated. Both are ‘hotter’ than the traditional sRGB color standard, so there’s no true relaxed color mode here. But this is probably more a sign we spend too much time looking at phones than anything else. The POCO X3 Pro is competing in a crowded category with many high-quality options.