As of 5G connectivity, POCO X3 Pro does not support 5G bands. The 20MP shooter at the front captures good pictures, which looks a bit on the softer side but gets the job done. Selfies from this one can easily fetch you few social media likes or maybe some hearts (at least more than what I get). To keep the price under control, Poco has opted for a dual-tone plastic back on Poco X3 Pro, where the glossy part in the middle easily picks up fingerprints. It feels like a downgrade, even while carrying the “Pro” branding, as the last-gen Poco X2 had GG5 back. Towards the front, we get Gorilla Glass 6, which is first in this segment (both X2 and X3 had GG5), the frame on the sides is made of plastic. Besides the regular connectivity items such as Bluetooth, Mi Share, Nearby Share, Cast, and IR Blaster there’s also NFC available in select markets.
The Poco X3 Pro and Poco F3 are phones that fall in different price categories and you can tell that from their design and build. Users love to take photos, record videos, because they can take pictures, record videos for creating new memories and recording them or for important things to look at whenever they need it. Users do not prefer the device that comes with a bad camera.
The X3 Pro doesn’t have a versatile camera, and performance will drop fast outside of good light. But if you just need a decent point-and-shoot that’ll cover your holiday snaps and Instagram stories, this is good enough. Just know that other brands in the budget space, like Realme or Oppo, put a little more work into their snappers. If there’s a trade-off to using the older flagship silicon, it’s in networking. I’ve already mentioned that this is a 4G phone, not 5G, but you also miss out on the newer Wi-Fi 6 standard. Even Bluetooth is limited to the older 5.0 standard – actually a downgrade from the Bluetooth 5.1 in the X3 NFC, and two generations behind stock ROM firmware the current 5.2 standard. That means no support for Bluetooth Low Energy Audio, which might impact headphone battery life and some other features, though this shouldn’t really be a dealbreaker for anyone.
- The handset’s Wi-Fi and Bluetooth radios worked as they should.
- For instance, Samsung S20 and ASUS ROG phones are flaunting this level of protection and they cost an average monthly pay of a software engineer.
- Some of them are official, and some of them are unofficial ROM.
- In the case of the Poco M5, this is UFS 2.1, while in the Poco X3 Pro it is UFS 3.1a more advanced one that allows for faster read and write speeds, which helps make it faster than the M5.
Portrait mode does well with separating the background though focus isn’t always perfect. On the front, there’s a 6.67-inch display with a camera hole at the top-centre. There’s a notification LED hidden in the speaker grille right at the top, but while this is a popular feature, it isn’t really visible unless you’re looking at this phone head-on. The Poco X3 Pro ships with MIUI 12 based on Android 11, with Poco UI on the top. However, the differences between Poco’s UI and MIUI on Redmi phones have almost completely dissolved, and I can’t point out a single feature that’s not available on Redmi phones. One difference I could find is that Poco UI doesn’t have the Google Discover feed to the left of the homescreen.