Poco m3

In terms of connectivity, you’ll find Wi-Fi ac, Bluetooth 5.0, the aforementioned IR blaster, FM radio, and a 3.5mm jack. There’s no NFC here, with POCO choosing to save a few dollars for a feature that doesn’t see much usage in India. There’s nothing really missing on the POCO M3 when you look at where it is positioned in the budget segment, and the hardware on offer makes it a great value.

POCO M3 Pro 5G review: A truly great budget 5G phone

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Android Central Verdict

Bottom line: The POCO M3 Pro nails the basics: it has powerful hardware that delivers lag-free performance, amazing battery life with 18W fast charging, 5G connectivity, and a design that stands out from other budget devices. If you’re in the market for a budget phone with 5G for under $250, you cannot go wrong with the POCO M3 Pro 5G.

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Pros

• + Great internal hardware
• + 5G connectivity
• + 90Hz LCD panel
• + Bold design
• + Stellar battery life
• + 3.5mm jack

Cons

• — Camera struggles in low-light conditions
• — No wide-angle lens

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POCO is having a great 2021. The brand’s latest launches in the X series — the POCO X3 and X3 Pro — are picking up momentum in India and the EU, and the POCO F3 is giving mid-range devices like the OnePlus Nord a run for their money.

But POCO’s best-selling phones are in the M series, with the POCO M3 in particular turning out to be a standout success for the brand. The unique design combined with the gigantic 6000mAh battery and reliable hardware have made the M3 one of the best budget Android phones available today, and POCO is now looking to build on that success with the latest launch in the series, the POCO M3 Pro 5G.

As the name suggests, the M3 Pro is the first 5G-enabled budget phone from POCO. The phone is powered by a MediaTek Dimensity 700 5G platform, offering much better performance over the standard M3. There’s also a 90Hz LCD panel, faster storage modules, and a bold design at the back.

If you’ve followed POCO launches over the last 18 months, you would have noticed that the hardware itself is similar to existing Redmi devices — the M3 Pro 5G is identical to the Redmi Note 10 5G. POCO acknowledged this fact when I interviewed the head of its global business Kevin Xiaobo Qiu and head of product marketing Angus Ng. POCO is instead aiming to differentiate itself on the design, and later in the year it will roll out exclusive software features.

So let’s take a look at what the POCO M3 Pro 5G has to offer, and whether you should pick it up if you’re in the market for a budget 5G phone.

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POCO M3 Design and screen

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I use a lot of budget phones over the course of a year, and the POCO M3 has the best design I’ve seen in this category in a long time. Most POCO phones in 2020 were rebranded Redmi devices, but that is definitely not the case here; this design is unique to POCO, and the M3 has a distinct look that makes it stand out from every other phone in the budget segment.

The POCO M3 is the best-looking budget phone I’ve seen in a long time.

The design flair comes from the large glass pane at the back that covers the camera housing. The housing itself is pretty standard fare that includes three sensors, but the addition of the glass window elevates the design of the phone. The glass panel takes up just over the top third portion at the back, and includes the POCO moniker.

The black panel provides a nice contrast — particularly if you pick up the yellow color option. The POCO M3 is available in three color options: Cool Blue, Power Black, and POCO Yellow. The yellow option is the most distinctive, and the vibrant hue immediately grabs attention.

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Although the phone itself is made out of plastic, POCO added a textured finish at the back that mimics the feel of leather. The texture provides a lot of grip and you don’t get any fingerprint smudges either. The back itself curves slightly along the sides as it meets the mid-frame, and this allows the M3 to nestle in your palm with ease.

Up front, the M3 has thin bezels and a waterdrop cutout for the front camera module, and POCO has done a great job here ensuring the phone is easy to hold and use. Even though it is fairly heavy at 208g, it never felt that way in the week I used the phone. The M3 is in fact 1g lighter than its 5000mAh battery-toting predecessor, the M2.

The M3 has all the basics covered: you’ll find a 3.5mm jack at the top along with an IR blaster, the SIM card tray lets you slot in two SIM cards as well as a microSD card, and the fingerprint sensor is baked into the power button. POCO has nailed the design brief with the M3, and if you want a budget phone with a striking design, this is the obvious choice in 2021.

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When it comes to the display itself, not much has changed over the M2. The POCO M3 also has a 6.53-inch FHD+ (2340 x 1080) LCD display, and you get vibrant colors. The panel is limited to 60Hz, but that’s not a huge omission considering how much the M3 costs. Oh, and the screen has a layer of Gorilla Glass 3.

The POCO M3 delivers a vibrant 1080p panel with stereo speakers.

Xiaomi has been rolling out budget phones with vibrant LCD panels for half a decade now, and the POCO M3 is no different. The panel gets bright enough for outdoor use, has excellent contrast levels, and holds up just fine for playing games or streaming videos. On that subject, the phone has Widevine L1 out of the box, so you will be able to play 1080p content from your favorite streaming services without any issues.

An exciting addition with the M3 is stereo speakers; the primary speaker is located at the bottom, and you’ll find the secondary speaker up top, next to the 3.5mm jack. It’s always great to see stereo speakers on a phone, particularly one in the budget segment.

The stereo speakers make it that much more enjoyable to play games or stream videos on the phone. The massive battery on offer along with the vibrant 1080p panel and stereo sound make the M3 a multimedia powerhouse — you can binge a lot of content before you’ll have to worry about the battery running out.

Camera

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(Image credit: Srivatsa Ramesh)
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In terms of optics, you are looking at a triple camera setup with a 48MP primary sensor with a 1/2″ sensor size, f/1.79 aperture, autofocus, etc. This is followed by a 2MP macro lens and a 2MP depth sensor both with f/2.2 aperture. There is a dual-LED flash for the low-light scenario. Selfies are handled by an 8MP shooter which is located inside the dew-drop notch.

The camera features include document mode, night mode, AI scene detection, AI beautify, portrait mode, movie frame, Panorama, Raw mode. For videos, you can shoot up to Full HD and slow-mo up to 120fps.

In broad daylight, the primary camera is capable of clicking some nice detailed images, however, the output was quite soft for our liking. Also, the images with clouds tend to overexpose more often than not. The edges tend to be soft as well. The dynamic range is fairly good but doesn’t bring up details as much as we’d like. However, the colours look good and saturated while the focusing speeds are not the best, it is fairly good.

Overall, the images from the main camera can be good for use on social media platforms — if that’s what you are into.

The night shots bring in more noise to the image and lack details. The dedicated Night mode in the camera app tries to overcome a few issues here with better night shots and details. The night mode images bring in more detail as well as brighter images.

The phone misses out on an ultra-wide camera and you get a 2MP depth sensor which is again average at best, with a hit or miss edge detection and low-resolution sensor. But, in daylight, the portrait shots come out really well. The macro camera is of low res and due to that, the images turn up pretty bad.

Lastly, the selfies taken from the 8MP camera are not too impressive as they are over-sharpened and often the colour tones are way off.

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