Poco X3 NFC long-term review

7 May 2021


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  • Knoop
  • fjc
  • 07 May 2021

I have the NFC and I am very impressed with it for the price. Any phone has a fault if you look for it. The screen is awesome and the battery lasts forever.

Great buy if you actually just need a phone. Need a the best camera, you will need to pay for the best, if you need a gaming machine you will pay for the best gaming machine. This is what it is at the price point.

I am not disappointed and getting a lot more than I expected.

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    • Drei
    • JYq
    • 07 May 2021

    That's bullshit. Mine upgraded to Android 11 couple of months ago. Working absolutely fine.

      image 66/153, what the fu(k is that? who died there?

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        • Waterskizone
        • at8
        • 07 May 2021

        It did go to Android 11 last month. I am reading this post on my x3 with Android 11/miui12 provided by xiaomi OTA.

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          • detective
          • XWs
          • 07 May 2021

          Worst phone, Screen animation lag, Screen Windows and Flipping lag.

          Don't buy this phone

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            • Irfan
            • Dk$
            • 07 May 2021

            But actually, 120hz don't work well with SD732g processor., so we can ignore that spec

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              • Andres
              • X$2
              • 07 May 2021

              "We've seen even louder screaming backs from some of Poco's competitors lately, pairing big letters with sparkly colorways."

              This reviewer just destroyed Realme!!!

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                • R.Khan
                • hy4
                • 07 May 2021

                Poco X3 is one of the worst phone i have got it has so many issues, most reoccurring is the ghost touch, it starts clicking anywhere anytime. I am Mcoc player is game laggs alot and it is really annoying when ghost touching messes up my game. Camera can't focus always out of focus when i turn it on. I only thing i like is the display quality in its price range and battery timing.

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                  • Anonymous
                  • P$s
                  • 07 May 2021

                  Nice review. Very insightful.

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                    • Ja
                    • mcB
                    • 07 May 2021

                    Lots of diferent operating systems it has.

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                      • Uhhhh
                      • pmH
                      • 07 May 2021

                      onesujeet, 07 May 2021I don't understand why LCD display don't have alw... moreThe most obvious reason is battery drain on smartphones with LCD.
                      Always On Display is the best looking and best performing on AMOLED displays which don't emit black light, just turn themself off and that takes less energy.

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                        • SPNCR
                        • tZj
                        • 07 May 2021

                        I bought the X3 NFC in January 2021 and so far, I really like phone since I'm upgrading from my old Oppo F1s. Didn't have any problems as I can live with some of its well known problem like the unnecessary camera hump, heavy, screen ghosting&light bleed and the purple fringing on the cameras

                        BUT there only things that I hate(bugs) are
                        -when you using the Control Center, the indicator(i.e. the battery, reception, time, Bluetooth logo etc) sometimes start to disappear and the only way to fix it is by turning it on/off again and this sometime annoy me as I need those as My TWS battery indicator also there and it quite a hassle to tap the Bluetooth mini setting just to check how much battery left in my TWS
                        -also sometimes the camera lag, especially when you try to use the Ultrawide on any mode(Photo,Video Pro and even when you try to use theSteady Video mode) , the camera app, froze (kill the app on Recent and re-enter the app and it still froze) and the only way to fix this is by restart the phone and sometime, the 'Unable to connect to Camera" will pop up, but this rarely happens in this month(May no quite often as last few months) and hoping this bug will get fix
                        -and there also lag when I use YouTube, when I try to open a video(that played in miniplayer mode) the app will stuck/froze for like 5s and the back to normal(My YT app are at its latest version so idk if this the app or the phone who caused it) but this only happens like once every 2 week
                        -and this happens to me yesterday where I was listening to music using Telegram. I can see the Telegram's music player icon on the notification bar but when I swiped down to change the song, I only saw a black bar(but the music still playing at the background), and I killed the app from Recent tab and nothing happen but then it went back to normal and idk what happened

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                          • AnonD-889996
                          • 6c6
                          • 07 May 2021

                          onesujeet, 07 May 2021I don't understand why LCD display don't have alw... moreBecause IPS has to lit the entire display regardless of how much information shown. The larger the display, the more battery it uses

                            a, 07 May 2021Poco X3 NFC Camera Failures One of the main problems repor... moreI concur. I have this phone in the household and no matter what, even with gcam, i couldn't get sharp pictures. Realme X2 never gave such problemsSensor quality is as expected, but this flaw is inexcusable..

                              I don't understand why LCD display don't have always on display. My Nokia E51 had always on display but these new smartphones with 120hz can't have it.

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                                • HBJ
                                • 07 May 2021

                                Poco X3 NFC Camera Failures
                                One of the main problems reported about Poco X3 NFC in the forums has to do with the performance of the camera.

                                Problems when changing the sensor, poor focus with the main lens, and the Camera app that hangs all the time. Most issues related to camera performance will only be fixed with a software update, so if that’s the case, you’ll have to wait for Xiaomi to release an update.

                                  whereas expensive flagships are now starting to forgo the brick in the name of extra profits (sorry - we meant saving the environment or some such thing).

                                  the reviewer is throwing some shade at crapple and sammy.

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                                    • An0n
                                    • vgM
                                    • 07 May 2021

                                    AnonD-994853, 07 May 2021Folks. Poco X3 Pro is an better phone at the exact same lau... moreYeah, I hate to admit it, but you're right. Feel like I was being ripped off when I bought this, then the next month Poco announced the Pro. If you have extra little more money to spend, get the Pro instead. Camera downgrade is not noticeable while gaining more performance.

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                                      • AnonD-994853
                                      • Kxb
                                      • 07 May 2021

                                      Folks. Poco X3 Pro is an better phone at the exact same launch price at this device. The main camera, video quality, photo quality, is actually an upgrade, since it gets the flagship ISP. The downgrade is only in the ultrawide camera that is soft. Even the night mode works with ultrawide camera. Rest of the phone is pretty much an upgrade or the exact same phone. Gcam support is even better bcuz of flagship ISP

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