Poco X3 Pro review

22 March 2021


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Anonymous, 24 Mar 2021LOL Ignorant trolls who only play Snake all this time NEVE... moreAndroid games library is still a joke compared to PC gaming library.

    Anonymous, 24 Mar 2021LOL Ignorant trolls who only play Snake all this time NEVE... moreReal Racing 3 is still the best mobile racing game hands down

      Jake, 23 Mar 2021Is it worth upgrading from the Poco X3 nfc to the pro? I... moreIt depends on your use-case and mainly my answer is NO. It's barely an upgrade if most of the things you do has already been served by the X3 NFC.

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        mithril2001, 24 Mar 2021I've been using 2 years POCO F1. Not a single problem ... moreBRUH, poco F1 was a legendary phone, it really changed the definition of budget phones.

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          • Anonymous
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          Anonymous, 24 Mar 2021LOL, even after ALL that writing, intellectually challenged... moreYet the Pro still has stuttering issues because it's not an issue of not enough power (the 732g is plenty), it's an issue of MIUI being laggy and unoptimized. Just look at all the people running PE or other ROMs and having smooth 120hz on the NFC. The Pro has better performance, that's obvious, but it does come with the downside of decreased battery life, a hotter phone when gaming as seen in other reviews, and worse cameras? It's STILL stuttering and ghosting even with an 860, clearly the SoC is not the problem here.

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            • 24 Mar 2021

            FatShady, 24 Mar 2021tripe A games in mobile phones? what an absolute joke.LOL
            Ignorant trolls who only play Snake all this time NEVER know there ARE many AAA games in Android, right?
            Asphalt 8/9, Republique, Xcom, Gangstar vegas, Real racing 3, The Room series, Baldurs Gate series, Bards Tale, Icewind Dale, Vainglory, Monument Valley series, The first Order and Chaos, Honkai Impact3, FF XV pocket, Elderscrolls blade, Fortnite, Shadowgun legends, Crashlands, GTA, Implosion, Darkness Rises, Minecraft, and ofc PUBG are several title that I know which qualify AAA games on Android.

            It's actually VERY easy to guess the reason why MANY OEMs try to build gaming-oriented Android phone; because AA & AAA games being released ncreasingly day-by-day.

              Anonymous, 24 Mar 2021LOL, even after ALL that writing, intellectually challenged... moretripe A games in mobile phones? what an absolute joke.

                Anders, 22 Mar 2021If this had been Exactly the same as the X3 NFC but with th... moreWhat are you talking about? 5G coverage in Europe is practically 0.

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                  Anonymous, 24 Mar 2021Then don't get the X3 Pro. From what I've seen it... moreLOL, even after ALL that writing, intellectually challenged people who spouted nonsense r LIMITLESS!
                  90% of activity u do on Android required good SoC (photo, video recording, playing AAA games, seamless Internet & GPS accuracy, etc); SD732G + 120Hz display = Disaster, and MILLIONS of X3 NFC users know this; that's why most user capped the NFC display to 60Hz.
                  Just look at how many BITTER Xiaomi Note 10 & x3 NFC users trying to mislead people because the upcoming x3 pro is another Poco F1 while they have to content with POTATO!

                    Anonymous, 24 Mar 2021Then don't get the X3 Pro. From what I've seen it... morethanks, i was gonna order one at the end of the month for 177euros and sell the note 10 pro when it arrives for profit, now i'm just gonna wait for the one i already bought and paid for to arrive next month (hopefully).

                      Whattt, 24 Mar 2021U can off them. U know? You can remove all the announcements even the one of the File Manager. They hit the keyboard without knowing anything

                        Anonymous, 24 Mar 20211. Most of the component present in X3 NFC should also be p... moregreat

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                          FatShady, 24 Mar 2021which is better? x3 pro or redmi note 10 pro? i don't ... moreThen don't get the X3 Pro. From what I've seen it looks to be pretty much just a gaming oriented phone. Worse battery life than the NFC, worse cameras, dimmer display.. The NFC with gcam takes some pretty nice low light photos, so I'd look at that vs the Note 10 Pro instead. This phone has some real nice specs in it but it seems to me that for daily use it's a sidegrade, not an upgrade.

                            which is better? x3 pro or redmi note 10 pro? i don't play much or any games on my phone, all i care is that the screen has to be bright enough in direct sunlight, great battery life for everyday crap and good enough rear camera in low light (inside).

                              I've been using 2 years POCO F1. Not a single problem and 0 ads.
                              This is phone that have all i need and its ridiculously cheap.

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                                • 24 Mar 2021

                                Kemizee, 23 Mar 2021Let's be honest, the only area this beats the Poco X3 ... more1. Most of the component present in X3 NFC should also be present in x3 pro; why? Because fitting other component is a herculean work, it also require changing driver supporting that hardware, and it's a PitA work (why do u think flashing wrong ROM could brick Android? mainly because the driver doesn't recognize the hardware in the device!).

                                I bet the downgrade of x3 pro is because they don't want the 'pro' to cannibalize' the NFC; every x3 NFC users know that how ill-suited SD732G is when combined with 120Hz display.

                                2. if u think the SoC difference between Flagship (SD8xx) & hi-mid (SD7xx) is small, negligible, based on the 'X3 NFC is better in battery endurance' BS u r spewing, U R DEAD WRONG!
                                Since SD835 era, Qualcomm's SoC are actually capable of running Windows on ARM, which means, it's already powerful since 2017. With SD855, the SoC not only got better CPU, the GPU are also getting better with the introduction of Adreno 6xx in 2018; not to mention better DSP which means better image output when taking photo, better ISP which also contribute in better photography, better LPDDR4X (in SD7xx only support up to 2 channel 16-bit with low frequency 1866MHz, compared to 4 channel 16-bit 2133MHz, which resulted in better execution when launching apps), superior modem compared to mid-range SoC (SD7xx had x15 which only support LTE Cat.15 (download), while SD860, unlike SD855, had internal LTE modem X24 which support LTE Cat.20 (download) which support external 5G modem, and lastly, support UFS 3.0, unlike x3 NFC which STILL use eMMC, which makes the performance in everything inside the 'pro' MUCH, MUCH better than the 'NFC' ones.

                                2. Flagship CPU consisted of 4 High-performance cores & 4 low-performance cores.
                                in ALL SD 67x & SD7xx, the CPU consisted of 2 High-performance cores (but under-clocked) & 6 low-performance cores (also lower-clocked compared to how QC clocked the flagship CPU).
                                The combination of 6 low-performance cores + lower-clock, combined with how the '2 High-performance cores' set to rarely running (mostly sleeping, ONLY RUNNING DURING GEEKBENCH & ANTUTU), resulted in your so-called 'more energy efficient', while in reality, u r cheated BIG TIME (SD7xx are expensive shit, that's why many OEM resorted to use SD660/662/665 for cheap mid-range).

                                Trivia: buying SD660-powered Android is wiser because it has 80% SD835 CPU power, while still retain the LAST powerful GPU in SD6xx family (Adreno 512 is capable of playing games up to 2K/QHD, while SD662/665/670/675/678/690 are capped @ 1K/FHD).

                                So, ANYONE who STILL think that SD7xx (especially 732G) is 'better' than SD8xx is intellectually challenged; there's a GOOD reason why SD7xx is 'more energy efficient'; because IN REALITY, u pay HIGH for CHEAP SoC which practically non-functioning High-performance cores (only for benchmark).

                                In the end, u actually better buy SD630 if u want 'mid-range phone with energy efficient in mind'

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                                  Anonymous, 23 Mar 2021To many ads ..bad U can off them. U know?

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                                    GSM Boy, 23 Mar 2021Poco X3 released : "Poco F1 was better with its flagsh... moreim using POCO F1 for 2years now..everything is great even falls many times maybe bcoz i used ringke cover..no issues at all..and im buying the POCO X3 Pro..plus its cheap, 8+128gb, sd 860..why the fuss, right?got more money, jz go and buy black shark, rog
                                    etc..i think there's more cheaper phone with higher spec but made to be broken eg: realme..my bro bought it, falls on the 1st time, screen malfunction, touch sensitivity gone..

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                                      Ads? Using MIUI 12.0.3 on Mi MIX 2S. I have no ads.

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                                        Anonymous, 23 Mar 2021Irrelevant comment... Gaming is not essential part of t... moreI would agree with you, were it not literally a budget gaming smartphone that we're talking about. The only reason they went with a rebadged SD 855+ is because of the much better GPU. So yeah, kinda odd that a gaming-focused smartphone doesn't get gaming tests, just like it would be weird for a Huawei Mate to not have a camera test.

                                        As for the phone: it's really looking good. If for some reason I wanted to play Genshin on a phone, I'd consider it. But I wouldn't buy it as a main phone, I wouldn't want to essentialy fry the battery of my main communication device in gaming. But I guess it's good if you can't afford a computer and still want to game.

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