Announcement. Budget Poco M3 with a huge battery and a strange appearance

The newly announced Poco M3 is indeedindecently cheap. On sale in honor of the start of sales, its younger version 4 + 64 GB can be purchased for $ 129 (₽10,100). Those. cheaper than Xiaomi Redmi 9 Global. The older version 4 + 128 GB will cost $ 149 (₽11,600) at the same sale. After the sale, however, the price will rise a little.

Let's get acquainted. The smartphone is definitely curious.

The appearance is strange. Everything is standard in front. And behind a huge "island" on which about ten cameras could fit. But there are only three cameras.

The manufacturer calls the smartphone thin and light. Indeed, 198 grams - is that weight?

The material of the back is not a gloss that is boring to everyone, butsomething textured. They promise that, they say, fingerprints will not remain on such a coating. However, scrolling through the “first glances”, I came across such a gorgeous frame in this video:

But, fortunately, there is a traditional unpretentious silicone case in the kit. So we are not afraid of prints.

Qualcomm Snapdragon 662 chipset. Fresh but not overly powerful. In total, about 170 thousand AnTuTu points.

Memory. 4 GB of RAM, 64 (UFS 2.1) or 128 (UFS 2.2) GB constant. The French site Poco also mentions the 6 + 64GB variant. French exclusive, probably. There is support for memory cards. There is no need to sacrifice a second SIM card, the Micro-SD slot is separate.

The battery is just a dream! 6000 mAh with 18W fast charging. The set includes a 22.5 W charger, i.e. even slightly more powerful than necessary.

Cameras appear to be standard fora modern smartphone of this level. Both in quantity and quality. Front camera 8 MP, rear trio 48 + 2 + 2 MP (main module, macro, depth sensor). Here are some examples from “at a glance” from xda-developers.com.

A few more pictures

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From the bad. No NFC, no gyroscope.

Good. Dual Band Wi-Fi, Side Fingerprint Reader, Type-C.

Three colors. Black, blue, and absolutely stunning yellow. But only the first two are still available on AliExpress.

The main characteristics of Xiaomi Poco M3:

Screen S-IPS, 6.53 ″, 1080 × 2340, 395 ppi, 60 Hz, 16M colors, touch, capacitive, multitouch, Gorilla Glass 3
IronQualcomm Snapdragon 662
2 GHz, 4 x Kryo 260 (Cortex-A73), 4 x Kryo 260 (Cortex-A53), Adreno 610
Memory RAM 4-6 GB, ROM 64-128 GB, Micro-SD up to 512 GB, separate slot, LPDDR4X, UFS 2.1 / UFS 2.2
Mobile Internet LTE
HSDPA, HSUPA
Edge
Mobile networksLTE Bands 1-5,7,8,20,28,38,40,41
UMTS Bands 1 (2100), 2 (1900), 4 (1700), 5 (850), 8 (900)
GSM Bands 2 (1900), 3 (1800), 5 (850), 8 (900)
Battery Li-Ion, 6000 mAh, fast charging 18.00 W, charger 22.5 W included
Dimensions162.3 x 77.3 x 9.6 mm
Weight 198 g
Rear Camera: Triple, Flash, Auto Focus

- 48 MP, f/1.79, 1/2.00″, 0.80μm, 1080p@30fps

- 2 MP, macro, f / 2.4, 1.75μm

- 2 MP, depth sensor, f / 2.4, 1.75μm
front camera: 8 MP, f / 2.05, 1.12μm, no flash, no autofocus
NavigationGPS, GLONASS, BeiDou, Galileo
OS Android 10, MIUI 12 for POCO
SensorsAccelerometer, Compass, Approach, Illumination, Fingerprint Scanner (at the back)
USBType-C v2.0

George Kiselyov