Poco India just launched its latest budget Flexship killer smartphone Poco X3 Pro In the Indian market. It is being referred to as the spiritual successor of the Poco F1, which also known as the Flagship killer, and brought a Snapdragon 800 series mobile chipset to the sub-25,000 Rs budget back in 2018. And now, the Poco X3 Pro comes into the market to repeat history.
Price & Availability
The Poco X3 Pro comes with a very affordable price tag of Rs. 18,999 for the 6GB+128GB base variant and 8GB+128GB will available for Rs. 20,999, which is an exceptional price tag for a Snapdragon 800-series powered phone. It will be available to buy in three colour variants, namely Steel Blue, Graphite Black, and Golden Bronze.
The phone goes on sale starting from 6th April, exclusively via Flipkart. If you owned Poco F1, then you will get special discount offers, which will be announced on 1st April.
Poco X3 Pro Specifications:
On the design front, the X3 Pro comes with Platic back panel with the same race track strip design as we saw in Poco X3. The Poco X3 Pro has a 6.67-inch Full-HD+ LCD display with a 120Hz adaptive refresh rate with Dynamic switching between 120Hz, 90Hz, 60Hz or 50Hz and has 240Hz touch sampling rate, same as the X3, but this time display is protected with Corning Gorilla 6. The panel boasts a 20:9 aspect ratio and 2400 x 1080-pixel resolution.
It is the first phone to be powered by Snapdragon 860 chipset that is clocked up to 2.96GHz, but it doesn’t have 5G support. It comes with liquid cooling 1.0 Plus with copper heat pipe and dual graphite to reduce the temperature by up to 6° C. You will also find up to 8GB of LPDDR4x RAM and up to 256GB of UFS 3.1 storage onboard. Yes, you can also expand storage capacity up to 1TB via a microSD card. The phone runs Android 11-based MIUI 12 for Poco, which means no ads and bloat, out-of-the-box.
On the camera department, the Poco X3 Pro has a 48MP (f/1.79) primary sensor as compared to the 64MP sensor aboard the standard variant. There is an 8MP ultra-wide lens with a 119-degree FOV, a 2MP macro, and a 2MP depth sensor to round up the kitty. On the front, there is a 20MP camera. You also have a side-mounted fingerprint sensor that doubles as the power button onboard. THe phone is IP53-rated for dust protection and splash resistance and has stereo speakers onboard.
The X3 Pro comes with a massive 5,160mAh battery with 33W fast-charging support using the USB Type-C port. According to the company, it will easily last you two whole days with light to medium usage. In terms of connectivity options, it has a 3.5mm audio jack, IR blaster, Bluetooth 5.0, and Wi-Fi 5.