I bought this phone 1 year ago and its still performing very well , except battery, i think its because of this chipset. You should easily be able to get through a full day even with an hour or so of gaming. With moderate use, you might even be able to stretch to a day and a half. The Poco X3 charged to 55 percent in 30 minutes and 93 percent in an hour using the bundled 33W charger, which is not bad at all. The phone stock ROM ships with a 33W proprietary charger in the box that takes about an hour and 30 minutes to juice up the phone, which is okay. I’m actually more impressed Poco included support for 26W USB-PD that’s almost as fast and works with more plugs. The Poco X3 Pro may not follow the same naming scheme, but it’s the true successor to the F1 that we’ve all been waiting for.
- The smartphone comes with a circular camera unit on the back which comes as a breath of fresh air in the era of all-things-rectangular, and also brings in a flashy dual-tone finish back.
- The cell phone is charged with a maximum of 33 watts, the Poco X3 Pro does not support wireless charging.
- It’s a mid-range chipset with power similar to the Snapdragon 855 Plus, used in phones like the Asus ROG Phone 2 and OnePlus 7T.
- There’s a huge Poco logo in this stripe as well, but it’s outlined and not solid like on the X3, which makes it a bit less in-your-face.
- It gives a similar experience to what you’d get from the Pixel Experience ROM because they’re both based on AOSP.
My love of computers goes back to my early teenage years. IBM, ZX Sinclair Spectrum, Commodore and BBC Micro are some of the computers that I wrote code for. Data speeds on the X3 Pro are comparable to my spare Pixel 4a. But the main issue here is that there is no support for VoLTE.
- However, you need to select the ‘Highest’ setting to feel the stronger haptic feedback.
- The adaptive refresh rate goes all the way to 120Hz and scales well across the interface and apps.
- From the links below, download either the Fastboot or Recovery firmware and follow the recommended flashing instructions afterwards.
- It’s in low light that the main camera shows its limitations, with washed out colours and reduced detail and sharpness.
- The display has a centrally-aligned notch and the bezels surrounding it are quite slim.
Just like other modern-day smartphones, we get a fingerprint scanner and face unlock on POCO X3 Pro, which does the job well. There’s also a Z Shocker Haptics motor, which is not something amazing like flagship phones and doesn’t feel too bad either. It’s like, it will get the job done, but don’t expect it to be the best for gaming. Just like POCO F1 which disrupted the market by providing a flagship processor, at affordable prices. This is paired with Adreno 640 GPU to handle the graphic-intensive tasks. The display produces good colors, as well as, it supports up to 84% NTSC Color Gamut.
The IPS panel adjusts its brightness using pulse width modulation (PWM). However, it operates in such a high-frequency range at 2,404 Hz that the resulting PWM flickering shouldn’t be bothersome for the vast majority of users. It transmits voices very naturally and also reproduces them relatively clearly in speakerphone mode, but they sound a bit more muffled in that case. Noise cancellation is also good and works well even in noisy environments.
The customisation is a bit different compared to what you get on Mi and Redmi phones. By default, the icons and other UI elements are larger than usual. Thankfully, you can resize them by diving into the settings. Instead of sticking to a single or dual colour scheme, Poco has gone full rainbow. Even in the settings menu, every adjacent icon is of a different colour. Poco X3 Pro bucks the trend in terms of poor audio output which runs rampant in the sub $300 price bracket. There is the usual bottom-firing speaker and for the top speaker, the sound comes through the earpiece grille and an additional hole on the top rail.