POCO M3 with Snapdragon 662 SoC, 48MP Triple Cameras Launched; Starting at $149

Just a couple of months after the launch of the Poco M2 in India, the Chinese giant has now unveiled its successor today. The POCO M3 has made its global debut today with brand-new familiar design aesthetics, a Qualcomm Snapdragon chipset, a 48MP camera setup, and a massive battery.

POCO M3 Specification

As we talked about the launch of POCO M3 launch, it has launched today with the leaked OnePlus 8T Cyberpunk Edition-like camera island set up along with the bold POCO branding. This rectangular module at the left extends over the entire width of the smartphone in the rear. POCO is also offering a faux leather anti-fingerprint finish for added grip and comfortability.

The POCO M3 features a triple camera setup on the rear consisting a 48MP primary sensor, a 2MP macro lens, and a 2MP depth sensor. The camera setup on this device seems quite disappointing as we like an ultra-wide sensor over a gimmicky macro and depth camera sensor. The company has also put on all of the fancy Xiaomi camera features including a Pro mode, Portrait and Night Mode, sky replacement, filters, and more on this smartphone as well.

The smartphone comes with a 6.53-inch Full-HD+ IPS LCD panel with a standard 60Hz refresh rate. This display has a 2400 x 1080-pixels resolution and a waterdrop notch, housing an 8MP selfie sensor at the top. This also has a side-mounted fingerprint sensor, which doubles as the power button.

Under the hood, the POCO M3 swaps the MediaTek Helio G80 chipset for the Qualcomm Snapdragon 662 chipset. The onboard chipset is coupled with 4GB LPDDR4X RAM and up to 128GB UFS 2.2 built-in storage. It can further be expanded up to 512GB via dedicated microSD card slot.

The POCO M3 is equipped with a massive 6,000mAh battery with 18W fast charging support via USB Type-C port at the bottom. This smartphone comes with Android 11 based MIUI 12 for POCO. There’s also a 3.5mm headphone jack, Bluetooth 5.0, and WiFi 802.11ac support for connectivity options.

Key Specifications

• 6.53-inch (2340 × 1080 pixels) Full HD+ 19.5:9 LCD screen with Corning Gorilla Glass 3 protection
• Octa-Core Snapdragon 662 11nm Mobile Platform (Quad 2GHz Kryo 260 + Quad 1.8GHz Kryo 260 CPUs) with Adreno 610 GPU
• 4GB LPPDDR4x RAM with 64GB (UFS 2.1) / 128GB (UFS 2.2) storage, expandable memory up to 512GB with microSD
• Dual SIM (nano + nano + microSD)
• Android 10 with MIUI 12
• 48MP rear camera with f/1.79 aperture, LED flash, 2MP depth, 2MP 4cm macro camera with f/2.4 aperture
• 8MP front camera with f/2.05 aperture
• Side-mounted fingerprint sensor, IR sensor
• 3.5mm audio jack, FM Radio, Stereo speakers
• Dimensions: 162.3×77.3×9.6mm; Weight: 198g
• Dual 4G VoLTE, Wi-Fi 802.11 ac (2.4GHz + 5GHz), Bluetooth 5, GPS + GLONASS, USB Type-C
• 6000mAh (Typical) / 5900mAh (minimum) battery with 18W fast charging

Price and Availability

POCO M3 has been priced at $149 (~Rs. 11,000) for the 4GB+64GB base variant while the high-end 4GB+128GB variant will be sold at $169 (~Rs. 12,500) in Europe. But, if you grab the smartphone in the ongoing Black Friday sale, you can get a flat $20 discount on both variants.

The smartphone will be available in three color options — Power Black, Cool Blue, and Poco Yellow. It goes on sale starting from 27th November but there is no information on when the Poco M3 will make its way to India.