Yesterday, POCO announced the POCO X3 smartphone in India. In the global markets, the smartphone is known as POCO X3 NFC. In India, it is simply called POCO X3 as it lacks NFC connectivity. In a recent interview, POCO India General Manager C Manmohan revealed that the removal of the NFC feature allowed the company to offer a larger battery on the Indian version of the POCO X3.
The POCO X3 NFC (global version) has a 5,160mAh battery, whereas the Indian model ships with a 6,000mAh battery. In an interview with 91mobiles, C Manmohan revealed that the company decided to drop the NFC feature on the Indian version because it is not an important feature for the Indian audience. Since UPI and QR code-based payments are more popular than contactless payments through NFC in India, eliminating the feature allowed the firm to offer a 16 percent larger battery on the Indian edition of POCO X3.
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POCO X3 specifications and price in India
The POCO X3 will be for purchase for the first time at 12 PM IST on Sept. 29. The 6 GB RAM + 64 GB storage, 6 GB RAM + 128 GB storage, and 8 GB RAM + 128 GB storage editions of the POCO X3 are priced at Rs 16,999 (~$231), Rs 18,499 (~$251), and Rs 19,999 (~$274) in India. The handset comes in Cobalt Blue and Shadow Grey colors.
The POCO X3 has a 6.67-inch 120Hz IPS LCD FHD+ display with a punch-hole design. It has a 20-megapixel front camera and a 64-megapixel (Sony IMX682) + 13-megapixel (ultrawide) + 2-megapixel (macro) + 2-megapixel (depth) quad-camera system. The Snapdragon 732G chipset fuels the device with LPPDR4x RAM and UFS 2.1 storage. The 6,000mAh battery of the POCO X3 supports 33W fast charging. It comes with other features like dual 4G VoLTE, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, GPS, USB-C, IR blaster, stereo speakers, a 3.5mm audio jack, and a side-facing fingerprint scanner. It runs on MIUI 12 based Android 10 OS.
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