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POCO M3 sales crosses half a million units in India

Balaji S — Fri, 26 Mar 2021 13:44:02 +0000

Last year, POCO India brought many budget devices to India, sold them well, and continued it with the POCO M3 recently. After sharing the device’s initial sales data, the company is back with more details.

In a tweet, POCO India has confirmed that the POCO M3 has sold over 500,000 units in India. The company also said that the device achieved this in just 45 days from the first sale. Earlier, the first sale had clocked around 150,000+ units which is a substantial number considering the device is limited exclusively to Flipkart.

POCO India became the third-largest online smartphone brand in the country towards the end of last year. Thanks to devices like the POCO C3, POCO M2, POCO X3, the company has managed to outsell the expectations every time.

Going forward, with the resurrection of the flagship killer in the form of POCO X3 Pro, it can very well break all the previous sale records in the near future. The company has a new ‘Made of Mad’ mascot to take on the rivals and is probably looking to expand its portfolio further.

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~8⃣ phones = 1⃣ minute

Another 8⃣ #POCO members have been added already to the fam by the time you read the tweet.

Thanks for the amazing response! pic.twitter.com/1EqSREk4Pt

— POCO – Madder By the Minute (@IndiaPOCO) March 26, 2021

POCO M3 is a budget smartphone retailing at a starting price of ₹10,999 in the country. Before launching in India, the device appeared first in global markets with a launch price of $129.

For the price, the device offers a refreshing design with a leather-like finish on the back, 6.53-inch FHD+ display, Snapdragon 662 chipset, 6,000mAh battery with 18W charging, triple-cameras with 48MP f/1.79 main lens, and more.

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POCO M3 Officially teased to launch in India

Balaji S — Mon, 25 Jan 2021 16:58:07 +0000

POCO M3 is a smartphone that is slowly crawling its way up to the other markets from Europe. Recently, the company launched it in Indonesia and Taiwan too. Finally, POCO has teased the arrival of the smartphone in India.

POCO India has posted a new YouTube video with the Title ” Watch at your own risk | #POCOM3″. The video begins with a guy dressed like a PUBG character asking opinions about the new device’s performance to a bunch of youngsters.

All of them are spotted playing a Battle Royale Game. In the video, the respondents quote words like “KILLER, OVER PERFORMER”, etc and we also get a glimpse of its gaming performance. Also, the presenter straight-up shows and confirms that all the color variants– Black, Blue, and Yellow will make it to India.

Although the video ends with a “COMING SOON” tag, rumors say that it could be very soon in February(maybe Feb. 2 or 4). If we recall, this Feb.4 is the same date when POCO India launched its first smartphone last year after becoming independent from Xiaomi. Anyway, this is just our guess and let’s wait for the final confirmation from the POCO team.

POCO M3 India- Specifications (Expected)

We can expect POCO M3 to be the same as Indonesian and European versions. Accordingly, it will feature the 6.53-inch FHD+ LCD display with Dot-drop notch, 2340x1080p resolution, 395 PPI, 19.5:9 aspect ratio with Gorilla Glass 3 protection.

Under the hood, Snapdragon 662 SoC will power the device paired with 4/6GB RAM, 64/128GB storage. You will also get a microSD card for storage expansion up to 512GB. For Cameras, the device will have the same 48MP f/1.79 main lens, two 2MP macro, and depth sensors.

Other features include an 8MP f/2.0 front camera, a 6,000mAh battery with 18W charging, Type-C, 3.5mm audio jack, dual-Speakers, dual-SIM 4G, Wi-Fi 5GHz, Bluetooth 5.0, FM Radio, GPS, and MIUI 12 based on Android 10.

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POCO M3 launched with an Introductory Price of Rp.1,799,000($129) in Indonesia

Balaji S — Thu, 21 Jan 2021 14:47:54 +0000

POCO Indonesia has finally launched the budget M3 smartphone in the country. This device has already debuted in Europe back in November. Starting at Rp.1,799,000 in Indonesia, it features Snapdragon 662 chipset, 48MP Triple-camera, and more.

POCO M3 Indonesia – Price, Availability

POCO M3 will be available in two storage variants in Indonesia- 4GB RAM, 64GB storage, and 6GB RAM and 128GB storage options. You can take a look at the official pricing below:

POCO M3(4GB + 64GB)- Rp.1,899,000($136)
POCO M3(6GB + 128GB)- Rp.2,299,000($164)

However, POCO has an introductory Online offer for both the variants. Accordingly, 4GB RAM will be available for Rp.1,799,000($129) and 6GB variant for Rp.2,199,000($157). The first sale of the POCO M3 will be on January 26 at 10:00 WIB(UTC+07:00).

As for availability, POCO says that users can purchase the device online via mi.com(Indonesia), LazadaLazada Lazada, Akulaku, and Mi Authorized stores across the country. The device will also be available on erafone and other Mi Authorized retail shops soon.

POCO M3 Specifications

POCO has retained the same build and color of the POCO M3. That is, it sports a faux leather finish on the back and comes in POCO Yellow, Cool Blue, and Power Black color options. The larger all-black housing that hosts the rectangular triple-camera layout has a POCO logo beside it.

It features the 6.53-inch FHD+ LCD display with Dot-drop notch, 2340x1080p resolution, 395 PPI, 19.5:9 aspect ratio. The display also covers 70% NTSC color gamut, has 1500:1 contrast ratio, TUV Rheinland certification for Low-Blue light emission, and is protected by Corning Gorilla Glass 3.

Under the hood, Snapdragon 662 SoC powers the device paired with LPDDR4x 4/6GB RAM, 64GB(UFS 2.1), and 128GB(UFS 2.2) storage. You also get a microSD card slot to expand the storage up to 512GB. For Cameras, we have the same 48MP f/1.79 main lens, two 2MP macro and depth sensors.

Other features include an 8MP f/2.0 front camera, a 6,000mAh battery with 18W charging(22.5W charger in-box), Type-C, 3.5mm audio jack, dual-Speakers, dual-SIM 4G, Wi-Fi 5GHz, Bluetooth 5.0, FM Radio, GPS, and MIUI 12 based on Android 10.

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POCO M3 Review: The Phone to beat in the Budget segment

Paco Zheng — Wed, 25 Nov 2020 12:35:11 +0000

POCO’s latest budget flagship comes with a redesigned back and a Snapdragon processor. We have already posted our hands-on with the POCO M3, taking a look a quick look at its design and specs. But today, let’s take a deeper look into the POCO M3 and see whether it meets our expectations as a budget smartphone.

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POCO M3 Review: Design & Display

First, let’s look at its design. When compared to most budget phones, the M3’s design definitely deserves the word ‘VALUE FOR MONEY’ and features excellent build quality. We’ve seen a lot of budget models that share very similar designs. But the rear design of the M3 is much more unique and recognizable. Although the back cover isn’t glossy or made out of metal, it does not feel cheap at all. The textured leather cover finish is a nice touch, which at first glance makes the phone stand out from boring budget model designs.

And the camera module is arranged on the left side of the upper embedded glass. To achieve visual balance, Poco’s logo is shown on the opposite side. The model in our hand is the black edition. Thanks to the One-piece molding of the back cover and the frame, the elegant black appearance brings a sense of unity.

When you turn the phone around, the front face reminds us of its budget placement – featuring a water-drop 1080P LCD display. Of course, the display isn’t really crisp but for an affordable phone, we are not complaining.

The consolation is that the screen-to-body-ratio is well controlled without leaving an unpleasant chin. To be honest, we were a bit worried about the display quality at the beginning, but the moment that we turned on the phone, its good color representation restored our faith in the M3.

POCO M3 Review: Hardware & Specs

In this price segment, hardware compromises are common due to cost reduction. Although the Snapdragon 662 SOC running inside the Poco M3 is not a power-packed performance choice, users still can have a complete and fluid experience using the global version of Xiaomi Mi UI 12 OS. Besides, the Snapdragon 662 is an upgraded chipset from Snapdragon 660 and has been optimized for better camera performance.

According to the benchmark results on Geekbench 5 and Antutu, the Poco M3’s CPU performance is almost equal to some models running the snapdragon 665. So we can at least say that the software optimization of this chipset is pretty good. Another detail that’s worth noting is the multi-core performance, which is relatively impressive when compared to its single-core performance.

Given this chipset, we were curious whether the phone could fluently run popular games like PubG Mobile. When running PubG, the game doesn’t allow players to turn on HD or higher graphics on this phone — it only can run at a Medium-frame-rate option under balanced graphics. But the frame rate can go higher under smooth graphics settings. In order to access its highest performance, we broke through the frame limit in the PUBG China version to 60fps with a third-party tool. Under balanced graphics mode, although the running is not completely smooth, we still were able to get a good gaming experience with an average framerate at 50.22fps. When we shifted to smooth graphics, the M3 could smoothly run the game at above 50fps with less fluctuation. And surprisingly the average framerate of 58.19 is better than what we expected before.

POCO M3 Review: Camera

And now let’s look at its camera performance. Likely to keep the cost down, the ultra-wide-angle lens was sacrificed for a better-quality 48MP primary lens. Although somehow, it’s a kind of compromise, in light of past experience, we do prefer a more practical camera module led by a better main camera rather than a relatively useless wide-angle camera with poor quality.

The other two cameras, the macro lens and the portrait depth of field lens complete the camera setup on the phone.

Among these three cameras, the main camera is the one that gave us the biggest surprise. From the samples shot from the main camera, we can see that under good lighting conditions, the images presented decent colors with good dynamic range. And thanks to the 48MP original resolution, the main camera could shoot high-resolution photos with rich details, and even for normal modes, most samples also had good clarity.

But due to the lack of OIS anti-shaking, users have to be careful to hold the phone firmly when shooting photos in low lighting conditions. Another problem is that sometimes the exposure strategy is too aggressive in some complicated scenes, which could lead to detail loss of some extreme brightness in the corners.

Most of the time, the main camera has stable performance in capturing good night photos with its useful night mode. Most of the night shots showed good control with a balanced exposure.

But when we moved to extreme dark scenes, the drawbacks of this sensor were exposed. For example, to offer more detail in extremely dark conditions, the exposure is so aggressive that the whole image turned out to be much noisier.

But overall, we did admire Poco’s efforts in optimizing the camera software as it has already shown a lot more potential than what we expected from the hardware.

As for the macro lens and the portrait one, their performance is not as impressive as the main camera, although they did make macro and portrait shooting much easier. The macro samples have close focus and good color presentation but didn’t present satisfactory clarity. In portrait mode, the phone allows users to edit the original photo with the reselected focus and aperture. But from the samples, we found that the edge detection was not accurate, especially when you look closely at the samples.

POCO M3 Review: Battery

The 6000mAh battery of the M3 far exceeded our expectations for an affordable device. To check its battery life in daily use, we did a power-consumption test to simulate our daily use.

In one-hour of PUBG gaming, it consumed 14% of power. Another 12% power dropped after an hour of camera use; 6% after one hour of social media use and a further 6% drop in the battery after one-hour of video playback. After the test, there was 62% of power left.

The Poco M3 is equipped with 18W charging efficiency, which is not really a remarkable fast charging solution for an Android phone. It took us over 2 hours to fully charge the phone, which doesn’t really match its super large battery capacity. But considering the latest iPhone is also using an 18W fast charging solution, we are not gonna complain about this affordable model.

POCO M3 Review: Verdict

Overall, after all the tests we’ve done on the Poco M3, we can definitely recommend this phone in its price segment. Although the phone could not be praised for its performance and charging, some features like its excellent build quality, good camera performance, and long battery life, makes it stand out from the boring budget phones.

So this was our review of the Poco M3. What else do you want to know about the phone? Please let us know and leave your comment below.

Poco M3 is available for $129 on AliExpress on November 27, grab it before it restores to regular price.

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POCO M3 Hands-on: A Refreshing new Design for the Budget segment

Paco Zheng — Tue, 24 Nov 2020 12:55:45 +0000

POCO’s super-cost-effective strategy has always been the reason for its immense popularity. Not long ago, the brand launched the POCO M2, and 130,000 units were sold in India in just a few minutes. And today the company is bringing its next generation model in the M series – the POCO M3. Will it continue to sell exceedingly well like the Poco M2? There’s still time to find that out but let’s see what the new model has to offer in this Poco M3 hands-on.

By the way, our full review about the M3 is in progress and will be uploaded soon.

POCO M3 Box Contents

First let’s take a look at the box. The exterior of the box still comes with POCO’s iconic yellow design. Open the box and take out the accessory set. There is a SIM card pin, protective case and manual, so your usual stuff. Then you can see the Poco M3. The packaging film gives you a glimpse of its main selling points: a triple-camera setup led by a 48mp camera, an ultra-large 6000 mAh battery, a 6.53-inch teardrop screen and a Snapdragon 662 chipset. We’ll talk about them in detail, later. Underneath the phone there is an USB A to C charging cable and an 18w fast charger. And that sums up what’s inside the box.

POCO M3 Hands-on: A Youth-Centric Design

As a super affordable model, it’s not surprising that the phone features a 6.53-inch waterdrop screen, which is also the same size as what we usually have on a mainstream phone. It’s one of the few phones to come with a dot-drop display in 2020, especially after seeing a hoard of hole-punch display models this year.

Although it features the standard 60Hz refresh rate, we have to say that its color representation is still impressive at first glance. The fingerprint recognition is on the side. An IR transmitter, dual speakers and a 3.5mm headphone jack are also available.

Coming to the back, its design is much more recognizable, which should be one of the most unique designs for a phone in 2020. This design is indeed refreshing on such an inexpensive model.

The cover and the frame are made of one-piece plastic. We’ve seen a lot of phones in the same price range using the similar plastic cover. But unlike those phones, the plastic cover is textured to a fine leather finish. And the creative design does make the cover look more elegant than most smartphones. In addition, the leather-like plastic design should be more resistant to slip, fingerprint and scratches than glossy finish, while still keeping costs under control.

The camera module is also unique. A large piece of glossy plastic is used for aesthetics. The triple camera module is arranged on the upper left and the POCO logo is on the right, which is still recognizable even among most models in the market. Compared to the plain front, the rear design of the M3 is much more impressive.

POCO M3 Hands-on: Camera & Hardware

When compared to the Poco M2, the camera module has gone from a quad-cam setup to a triple camera combination. However, it doesn’t mean that the whole camera performance is downgraded.

Likely to keep the cost down, the ultra-wide-angle lens was sacrificed for a better-quality primary lens. Actually, from a practical perspective, we were impressed with the 48MP main lens and it did perform very well under most conditions. The lack of wide-angle camera could be a drawback in case of wide-open scenarios, such as landscape photography, but the fact is that most wide-angle lenses equipped on such inexpensive models are useless because of their poor quality.

The other two lenses are the macro lens and the portrait depth of field lens. It can help you shoot close objects and portraits better.

The POCO M3’s processor uses Snapdragon 662, which is about the same as the M2’s MTK Helio G80 in performance, but Qualcomm’s processor will be better optimized for camera performance. So that should be also the reason why the M3 uses the 662 chipset.

Meanwhile, the M3 comes with a super-large 6000mAh battery, which, when working with the low power consumption design of the Snapdragon 662, guarantees a really long battery life. No matter how you use it, the M3 would support sufficient power for at least a whole-day use. But you may need a little patience to get to full charge, as it only comes with 18W charger.

We’ll put detailed camera reviews and performance tests in our full-review video, which will be updated in a couple days. If you’re curious about its camera quality and gaming performance, keep an eye out for our follow-up review.

Like the M2, the POCO M3 is also worth its price, and there are some fine upgrades on the M3 that makes it an interesting option, such as its rear design and the large battery. Considering POCO’s previous track record we feel this one should sell well too as it ticks most of the features that you want in its price segment.

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Poco M3 – Aliexpress

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POCO M3 launched with a Refreshing Design & 6000mAh battery, Starts at just $129

Joel Joseph — Tue, 24 Nov 2020 12:39:39 +0000

After just focusing on one smartphone for nearly two years, POCO has been busy adding multiple smartphones to its existing and new lineups in 2020. The company’s latest smartphone is the POCO M3, succeeding the relatively recent Poco M2 with a redesigned rear design and a Snapdragon chipset instead of MediaTek.

Poco M3 full review: All you need to know.

POCO M3 Design

The biggest change in the POCO M3 as compared to its predecessor is the rear design. The brand completely revamped the back design on the new model, making it more recognizable and youth-centric. In fact, this kind of design is unseen in such cheap models, making the POCO M3 a refreshing option among its cheaper looking rivals. The rectangular camera housing is placed on the top left corner like other budget models, however, the camera unit is further placed inside a larger, all black housing with the POCO logo on its right. This back design cleverly hides its budget identity, which is only revealed when you come to the front.

The POCO M3 features the same 6.53-inch IPS LCD waterdrop / dot-drop display as its predecessor with FHD+ resolution and Gorilla Glass 3 protection. The phone also comes certified with TUV Rheinland’s Low Blue Light Certification.

The fingerprint sensor is on the side. You also get an IR transmitter, dual speakers and a 3.5mm headphone jack on the device.

The POCO M3 comes in three color options: Poco Yellow, Cool Blue, and Power Black.

POCO M3 Camera & Hardware

The Poco M3 gets a Snapdragon 662 processor underneath clocked at 2.0GHz with 4GB RAM and 64GB (UFS 2.1) / 128GB (UFS 2.2) storage options. Note that the predecessor, the POCO M2 featured a MediaTek chip, specifically, the Helio G80.

One of the biggest highlights of the hardware is the super large battery inside. The POCO M3 features a massive 6000mAh battery inside that should keep you going for more than a day. This is a significant upgrade from the 5000mAh battery found on the POCO M2. And what’s surprising is that the company has managed to keep the weight the same as the M2. So the POCO M3 weighs 198 grams, which is exactly the same as the M2. But the thickness gets slightly increased to 9.6mm. Note that the phone still supports only 18W charging, so it should be painfully slow to fully charger this device.

POCO has made a surprising tweak to its new model in the camera department. The brand decided to take off the ultra-wide angle sensor from the POCO M3, leaving you with a triple camera setup instead of a quad-camera setup found on its predecessor.

But to compensate for the loss of an important camera sensor, POCO M3 comes with a large 48MP f/1.79 primary camera. There are two other sensors, a 2MP Macro camera and another 2MP depth sensor. On the front, you get an 8MP f/2.0 selfie shooter.

As for software, the POCO M3 is running MIUI 12 for POCO, based on Android 10.

POCO M3 Pricing, Variants, & Availability

The POCO M3 pricing is as follows.

4GB RAM + 64GB (UFS 2.1) – $129
4GB RAM + 128GB (UFS 2.2) – $149

Note that these prices include the $20 special discount for Black Friday sale.

The phone will go on sale from November 27 via Aliexpress Amazon, Mi.com and other retailers.

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Poco M3 official promo video reveals the design in full ahead of its launch

Jed John Ikoba — Mon, 23 Nov 2020 17:10:26 +0000

The POCO M3 has been a regular in the rumour mills in recent times, giving us an idea of what to expect from the brand. However, POCO has in the last couple of days released several tweets which reveal the key specs of the device.

One of the teaser posters confirms that the POCO M3 will indeed pack a 6.53-inch display while a second teaser shows that it will be powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 662 processor. Xiaomi also confirmed the presence of a mammoth 6,000mAh battery on board the upcoming mobile phone.

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Xiaomi has now released an official promotional video which contains renders of the device., The renders give us a clear view of the Poco M3’s front and rear designs. Apparently, the device won’t be a rebadged model of any Xiaomi phone. It adopts a spectacular design which includes a waterdrop notch at the front. At the rear aspect, the device packs a triple camera setup stacked vertically at the top left corner of the back panel. The sensors are housed inside a rectangular module. While Xiaomi has not officially revealed the sensors onboard the device, rumour has it that the M3 will pack a 48-megapixel main camera sensor while the selfie shooter will be an 8-megapixel camera.

Everything you expected but MORE! POCO M3 is here!#POCOM3 Is #MoreThanYouExpect pic.twitter.com/bioDpmb6wi

— POCO (@POCOGlobal) November 22, 2020

The Poco M3 is also expected to come with a Full HD+ resolution, 4 GB of RAM, 18W fast charging support and MIUI 12-based Android 10 OS. Check out the promo video from the tweet above.

POCO is expected to announce the smartphone at noon GMT on November 24. We’ll bring you the full details of the smartphone when it goes official here on Gizmochina.

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