In low light conditions, image quality takes a massive hit. Lights appear fuzzy and shadows don’t look defined either. Night Mode helps a bit, but adds a lot of over-sharpening to compensate for the lack of detail. The display has a ghosting issue, which is especially noticeable when scrolling through notifications and web pages. I assume it is due to the IPS panel’s slow pixel response time.
- The phone ships with a 33W proprietary charger in the box that takes about an hour and 30 minutes to juice up the phone, which is okay.
- But what happens when devices from sister brands following a largely similar strategy get in each other’s way?
- And while its library doesn’t have the commands for all our gear, we’re not going to complain about a more-or-less free feature.
- However, the landscape has changed quite a bit since the days of the F1, both in terms of market demographics and price of components.
- It’s basically a Snapdragon 855++ (if that were to be a thing), making this a flagship-grade processor from just shy of two years ago.
Things are interesting with the Poco X3 Pro performance levels, and it’s more or less all good news. The weird thing here is that the Qualcomm Snapdragon 860 is effectively just a rebranded Snapdragon 855+. In performance terms, it’s not quite at the same level as last year’s high-end flagships, but it’s still very capable. The design and software might not be for everyone, but if firmware files they appeal to you, you are looking at the perfect phone you can buy right now. It should be a no-brainer if you are looking for a new phone in this price category. The Poco X3 Pro’s camera will be an upgrade over almost every budget and mid-range phone from previous years. The huge circular camera island looks obnoxious in my opinion.
One click on the zoomed-in image opens the original in a new window. The first image shows the scaled photograph of the test device. The Xiaomi Poco X3 Pro isn’t equipped with 5G, but it offers a solid 4G frequency coverage that should be sufficient to use the device in Germany. Wireless connections are stable and reliable in the test.
In my testing, the Poco X3 Pro offered outstanding battery life. With over 11+ hours of video playback time and 17+ hours when browsing the web, the battery life was exceptional. You would be hard-pressed to kill its battery in a day unless you are gaming for hours in one sitting. On paper, this makes the Poco X3 Pro faster for almost all budget and midrange phones, and just behind the Snapdragon 888 and 865 found on 2021’s flagships. And from my testing, Poco X3 Pro devours all benchmarks and gaming tests with ease. The Poco lineup of phones has always focused on offering the most performance at affordable prices. This is true in the case of Poco X3 Pro, the Snapdragon 860 is a souped-up Snapdragon 855+ making it one of the fastest mobile processors on the market.