After the successive launch of Poco X3 Pro and Poco F3, the company is setting soaring parameters with yet another affordable yet high-value smartphone, the Poco M3 in its lineup.
The Poco M3 brings an audacious design with a prominent rectangular camera isle at the rear. The back also has an anti-fingerprint finish and some cool color options: Cool Blue, Power Black, and the POCO Yellow.
Put all that aside and you have a battery champ here — the Poco M3’s main highlight is its 6,000mAh battery that supports 18W fast charging as well as reverse fast charging at the same speed. Poco left no stones unturned in this regard as it claims up to 5 days of light use, 3 days of moderate use, and a day and a half of heavy use.
The company says that the phone’s battery will last at least 2 and a half years of use without any major degradation.
Taking a look at the back, the large rectangular camera placement consists of three cameras — one is a 48MP main sensor with 0.8μm pixels with f/1.8 aperture. The remaining two are 2MP f/2.4 macro and 2MP f/2.4 depth shooters, both there just for numbers.
The front of the phone is pretty spotless as it gets minimal bezels and a large 6.53-inch FHD+ IPS LCD panel with a 60Hz refresh rate and Gorilla Glass 3 protection. There’s a waterdrop notch at the top holding an 8MP selfie camera.
Powering the Poco M3 is the Snapdragon 662 chipset built atop 11nm fabrication, 4GB of RAM, and either 64GB or 128GB of onboard storage.
- Display: 6.53-inch IPS capacitive touchscreen
- Resolution: 1080 x 2340 pixels; Gorilla Glass 3
- Chipset: Qualcomm Snapdragon 662
- CPU: Octa-core (4 x 2.0GHz Kryo 260 Gold & 4 x 1.8GHz Kryo 260 Silver)
- GPU: Adreno 610
- OS: Android 10, MIUI 12
- Memory: 4GB RAM and 64GB/128GB storage; memory expandable via dedicated microSD up to 512GB
- Primary Camera: 48MP primary, f/1.8, PDAF + 2MP depth, f/2.4 + 2MP macro lens, f/2.4
- Secondary Camera: 8MP, f/2.1
- Battery: Li-Po 6,000mAh battery, non-removable, 18W charging; 18W reverse charge support
- Colors: Cool blue, Poco yellow, Power black
The rest of the features include stereo speakers, a fingerprint scanner at the side, and an IR blaster which is always a welcome addition.
Out of the box, the Poco M3 runs on Android 10 with MIUI 12 on top and the Poco launcher. Xiaomi has also promised an Android 11 update in the future.
Poco M3 Price in Nepal and Availability
The Poco M3 comes in two variants with two different pricing — the 4GB/64GB model costs NPR 17,999 and the 4GB/128GB trim will set you back NPR 19,999 in Nepal. The phone is set to be available through Mi authorized retailers across the country.