Poco X3 Pro Specifications and Price : Poco X3 Pro and Poco F3 debut with Snapdragon 860
Poco X3 Pro Specifications and Price : Poco X3 Pro and Poco F3 debut with Snapdragon 860
Published on Mar 04, 2023
Poco X3 Pro Specifications and Price : Poco X3 Pro and Poco F3 debut with Snapdragon 860
Poco X3 Pro Specifications and Price : Poco launched two major devices at its 22 March 2021 event: the Poco X3 Pro and the Poco F3. Don't let the 'X' and 'F' slip past your eyes, though, as these are two different devices - it's not just a case of 'Pro' and not.
Poco X3 Pro Release Date is on 30th March 2021
Indeed, the X3 Pro is actually a little lighter on specification compared to the F3, despite the latter not needing to adorn itself with a 'Pro' appendage. Here's how the flagships differ and which might suit you best.
Poco X3 Pro Specifications and Price
Design
X3 Pro: Phantom Black, Frost Blue, Metal Bronze
F3: Arctic White, Night Black, Deep Ocean Blue
Both: Side-mounted fingerprint scanner
X3 Pro: 165.3 x 76.8 x 9.4mm / 215g
F3: 163.7 x 76.4 x 7.8mm / 196g
X3 Pro only: 3.5mm jack
Of the pair the X3 Pro is the larger device - and you can feel that in the hand for sure. That's down to the battery capacity, by and large, which is more capacious in the X3 Pro than the F3.
Neither handset offers an in-display fingerprint scanner, as side-positioned scanners - doubling-up as the power button - seem to be increasingly becoming the norm. Of the pair, it's only the X3 Pro that offers a 3.5mm headphones jack - it's wireless only for the F3.
Display
X3 Pro: 6.67-inch DotDisplay panel
FHD+ resolution
120Hz refresh
450 nits
F3: 6.67-inch AMOLED DotDisplay panel (E4 type)
FHD+ resolution
120Hz refresh
900 nits
To say that both handsets have a 6.67-inch display is only half the story. Because the F3's screen has a Samsung 'E4' panel, meaning it's far more luminescent as a result - which is why, as you can see from the figures above, it's said to be twice the brightness of the X3 Pro.
Both offer a 120Hz refresh rate for smoothness, while resolution is Full HD+ - so 2400 x 1080 pixels - for a fair sharpness, even if it's not flagship grade QHD+ for either model.
Hardware
X3 Pro: Qualcomm Snapdragon 860 platform, 4G/LTE only
F3: Qualcomm Snapdragon 870 platform, 5G capable
X3 Pro: 5,160mAh battery, 33W charging
F3: 4520mAh battery, 33W charging
Both: 6GB/8GB RAM options
The X3 Pro is the first handset to offer Qualcomm's Snapdragon 860 platform. This is almost identical to the last-gen 855+ - same number of cores, same clock speed, same graphics - but without an X50 modem and, therefore, it's 4G/LTE only - no 5G.
That's where the F3 differs: it has a Qualcomm Snapdragon 870 platform, which isn't just more powerful than the 860 is every regard - higher clock speed, more graphics potential - it also has the X55 modem for 5G connectivity options.
Surprisngly there's no ultra-resolute cameras to be found on either device. We thought that Xiaomi might endow the Poco line with a 108-megapixel main camera, as it has with the Redmi Note 10 Pro, but the 48-megapixel main unit on both the X3 Pro and F3 is still plenty resolute enough. It's one and the same on both devices too.
Conclusion
X3 Pro: from €249
F3: from €349
It's a case of comparing apples and oranges when positioning the X3 Pro and F3 against one another. Of the two, the F3 is the higher-end device - despite no 'Pro' appendage appearing - thanks to 5G connectivity, greater processing power, a smaller scale and design, plus brighter screen and more sensible cameras arrangement.
