Poco launched its new budget smartphone in India, Poco M3 finally today. It is launching as a successor to Poco M2 and is the company first launch in this year. It will compete against other budget smartphones like Realme 6, Realme Narzo 20 and the Moto G9 Power. However, it launched on a virtual event today at 12pm on their official social media channels.
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Poco M3 Price, Availability Details
It comes in two storage variants 6GB/64GB and 6GB/128GB. The former is available for Rs.10,999. Whereas, the latter comes for a price of Rs.11,999.
In addition, Poco M3 first sale is on Feb 9 at 12 noon. Moreover, it will be adding a discount of Rs.1,000 for ICICI Bank Credit/Debit cardholders.
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It is available in three colors – Cool Blue, Power Black and Poco Yellow.
Poco M 3 Specifications
It features a 6.53-inch IPS LCD screen with a 1080×2340 pixel resolution. The screen is also protected by Corning Gorilla Glass 3. Additionally, Poco will ship phones with a pre-installed screen protector. Moreover, it comes with Android 10 with MIUI 12 on top.
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Under the hood, Poco M3 has a Qualcomm Snapdragon 662 SoC with 6GB RAM. However, internal storage is either 64GB UFS 2.1 storage or 128GB UFS 2.2 storage depending on what variant you get.
It is to be noted that the company is not bringing the 4GB RAM variant for M3 available globally in India.
In terms of camera optics, the Poco M3 features a triple rear camera and a single front camera. On the back is a 48MP, f/1.8 main camera sensor with Phase Detection Auto Focus (PDAF). This is accompanied by a 2MP f/2.4 macro sensor and a 2MP f/2.4 depth sensor. The camera setup is capable of recording up to 1080p video at 30fps. On the front is an 8MP f/2.1 camera that is again capable of recording 1080p video at 30fps.
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Moreover, it also packs a 6,000mAh battery with 18W fast charging support and an 18W fast charger in the box. The battery is also capable of reverse charging.
Other specifications include an Infrared port, USB Type-C port, 3.5mm headphone port and a side-mounted fingerprint scanner.
Poco M3 also features Dual-Band Wi-Fi, Dual VoLTE and Dual VoWiFi support for both SIM cards simultaneously.
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