Poco X3 Pro vs Poco X4 Pro 5G: The Snapdragon 695 is a massive downgrade from the Snapdragon 860

They also did a good job with the memory, the firmware itself takes up less space and during operation there is an increase in free RAM. At the time of writing, you can find the Xiaomi Poco X3 Pro on newegg in both storage configurations.

If our Xiaomi Poco X3 Pro review hasn’t convinced you that this is the phone you want, here are three more phones to consider. The Poco X3 Pro comes with a 33W charger that takes the phone from flat to 59% in 30 minutes. There are obvious benefits here for gamers, and we don’t think many should buy the Poco X3 Pro if they don’t care about gaming at all. You can play for, say, an hour a day and still not worry about whether it will last until bedtime. The Poco X3 Pro has a 5160mAh battery, just like the Poco X3 NFC. Its stamina is similarly impressive, even with a much punchier processor. The Snapdragon 860 is paired with 128GB or 256GB of storage and 6GB or 8GB of RAM.

• I don’t remember the last time I complained about a phone’s weight, but tipping the scales at 215 grams, the Poco X3 Pro warrants it.
• You wouldn’t want to be a part of that conversation, but would definitely pay attention.
• If you are looking for gaming performance more than camera performance, this is an issue.
• The camera setup for these phones is different, with the Poco X3 Pro sporting a quad-camera setup while the Poco F3 houses a triple camera setup.

This is a 6.67-inch IPS LCD screen with a 1080 x 2400 resolution and a 120Hz refresh rate. As those prices show, this is just slightly more expensive than the Poco X3 NFC. Xiaomi hasn’t used the ‘Pro’ title and the phone’s new chipset to squeeze too many more dollars out of us.

The 20-megapixel front camera doesn’t deliver the most natural-looking skin tones, and the default smoothening is too aggressive for my taste. Selfies taken in the day as well as at night are good, but not great. 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 stock ROM (firmware), but while this is a popular feature, it isn’t really visible unless you’re looking at this phone head-on.