Poco M3 Pro — Review & Full Phone Specifications
The Poco M3 Pro this is a phone that might seem pretty familiar to some of you so let’s see what it has to offer in our full review the Poco M3 Pro is a new phone from Xiaomi that’s identical to another new phone from Xiaomi can you guess which one if you said redmi note 10 5g then i’d be pretty surprised actually but kudos to you for being one of the special few that can keep track of Xiaomi’s convoluted Project release and naming scheme
the specs of these two phones are exactly the same the only major difference is the appearance both are made of plastic but the Poco has a glossy finish that looks like glass and it also has that snazzy black accent around the black camera bump and if you’re still confused at least it says Poco right there in big letters it’s worth noting that there’s no ingress Protection on either this device or the redmi
you can find that on some competitors even at this price the display of the Poco M3 Pro is a 6.5 inch IPS LCD with a 1080p resolution and is Protected by gorilla glass 3. again no difference from the redmi as is the trend these days the display has a fast 90 hertz refresh rate which helps smooth out movement when you’re swiping and scrolling this screen is quite decent for an LCD
it’s contrasty with impressively deep black levels and brightness is good we measured around 410 nits maximum with the slider which boosts up to around 530 nits in auto mode when in bright sun colors can be pretty accurate too if you tweak them in color settings there is no hdr10 support here though there’s a single bottom firing loudspeaker for your audio and it scored a good mark on our loudness charts the sound quality here is good too for a budget phone with well-presented mids and highs but not much for bass you also get a headphone jack on the Poco M3 Pro as well as fm radio support
Specifications of the Poco M3 Pro
waking up and unlocking the phone can be done with the side mounted fingerprint scanner slash power button is super fast and responsive as you’d expect from Xiaomi and you can opt for 64 or 128 gigs of storage on board which is expandable through Micro SD the interface of the Poco M3 Pro is Poco’s version of miui 12 over android 11. the Poco flavouring means that the system theme and icons are different by default and the app drawer is mandatory you can’t disable it
you do get the option to split the traditional notification shade into a notification center accessed from the top left corner and a control center which you’ll enter by swiping the top right and since there is an ir blaster you can use the phone as a remote control for certain appliances just like the other budget 5g smartphones we’ve seen recently the Poco M3 Pro runs on a mediate demensity 700 chipset besides the connectivity it also Provides acceptable performance for the class unfortunately benchmarks wouldn’t run on a review unit just like we experienced with the redmi note 10 5g
the ui and apps run smoothly and although the gpu is a bit underpowered games run fine on lower graphics settings powering the phone is a large 5000 mAh battery and in our Proprietary tests it was able to score a very good endurance rating of 121 hours the same as the redmi note 10 5g the Poco comes with a 22.5 watt adapter but it only supports up to 18 watt charging we were able to charge the phone from zero to just 33 in half an hour the same as the redmi and not very fast
now on to the Poco M3 Pro ‘s triple cameras there’s a 48 megapixel quad bay or main cam a 2 megapixel macro cam and a depth sensor photos from the main cam come out at 12 megapixels and in good light they are excellent for this budget class they are rich in detail and nicely sharp with low noise mostly accurate colors and pretty good dynamic range the foliage rendition isn’t great but we’ve seen worse from much more expensive phones portraits are taken with the help of the depth sensor
Camera Features of the Poco M3 Pro
impressive subject separation and nice colors but for some reason these portraits aren’t quite as sharp as the ones we got from the redmi note 10 5g 2 megapixel close-up shots from the Poco’s macro camera have lively colors and good contrast and the detail level is good enough for this resolution however since focus is fixed it can take several tries to get a photo to come out sharp photos taken at night with the main cam are again great for this budget class there’s a lot of resolved detail the colors look saturated and stay true to life and the contrast is good too some detail gets smeared by the noise reduction though
you do see some blown highlights here and there night mode restores highlights and also brightens the entire picture but the Processing is more aggressive and you end up with more softness and less fine detail you can take selfies with the 8 megapixel front facing cam and these are outstanding for this price range there’s more than enough detail superb contrast and low noise
the Poco M3 Pro can shoot video with the main cam and up to 1080p resolution at 30fps there’s no 4k recording here the footage has great colors good contrast and likable dynamic range the level of detail is ok for 1080p footage on a budget and there’s support for stabilization too so that’s the Poco M3 Pro connectivity on a budget is the name of the game you also get a contrasty high refresh rate LCD good battery life nice speaker quality and a dependable camera
both in the daytime and at night if you’ve already seen our review of the redmi note 10 Pro 5g. you do get a different design and in some markets the Poco is a little cheaper than the redmi so that’s something of course you shouldalso keep in mind that if you’re not especially after 5g then you can find nicer features at this price in a 4g device.
Originally published at https://www.technews20-21.in on April 21, 2022.
