POCO F3 review

Xiaomi POCO F3 review: Impressively powerful performance, luxurious, solid design, extremely good price

Xiaomi POCO F3 is a newly launched smartphone that still comes with familiar criteria such as solid performance, buffalo battery, and extremely good price.

"Powerful - cheap" is what users describe for the newly launched POCO and POCO F3 machines. Moreover, this machine is also considered a flagship killer version when possessing extremely high performance.

 

Design

Xiaomi POCO F3 possesses a sturdy and equally luxurious design with a glossy glass back combined with a solid metal frame. The device is protected by Gorilla Glass 5 on both the front and back.

 

The back is curved to the sides to create a relatively comfortable grip, but because it is not a matte form, it will be quite sticky to sweat and fingerprints when used. The camera cluster of the device is placed in the left corner to bring a relatively prominent appearance.

 

Display screen

The display quality of the Xiaomi POCO F3 compared to the F2 Pro version is not much different when the device has a 6.67-inch screen, Full HD + resolution, and AMOLED panels. However, with the upgrade of the screen refresh rate to 120Hz, 360Hz touch sampling is a very quality upgrade.

 

The screen border is thin on all 3 sides and the lower "chin" is also compacted to provide the best experience. The selfie camera cluster placed inside the screen is also relatively small in size and does not take up much space, this camera cluster is even more compact than the newly launched Redmi Note 10 Pro.

 

Like on Redmi Note 10 Pro and POCO X3 Pro, you can choose a 60Hz or 120Hz screen refresh rate in the settings to suit your needs. The screen brightness of the device is also relatively high with a maximum automatic brightness of 900 nits and a maximum of 1300 units when viewing HDR content. This brightness ensures that you can use it relatively comfortably in high-light conditions or outdoors.

 

Performance

Performance is a huge plus point of Xiaomi POCO F3 with being equipped with Qualcomm Snapdragon 870 5G processor – one of the newly launched processors and has very strong performance. This processor has a core clocked at up to 3.2GHz and comes with an Adreno 650 graphics core that provides impressive image processing capabilities.

 

Xiaomi POCO F3 has two versions of RAM 6GB + 128GB memory and 8GB RAM + 256GB memory. The AnTuTu Benchmark score that POCO F3 achieved surprised users, up to 631,850 points, far ahead of other competitors.

 

This score has partly shown the power of the device, Xiaomi POCO F3 is considered a very suitable smartphone for users who love the power or use the device to play games and even gamers.

 

Camera

Xiaomi POCO F3 owns a set of 3 cameras on the back with a 48MP main camera using a Sony IMX 582 sensor with f/1.8 aperture, 8MP f/2.2 ultra-wide-angle camera, and 5MP macro lens. The selfie camera of the device has a resolution of 20MP with an aperture of f/2.2.

 

In terms of image quality, the default resolution of the camera is 12MP, if you want to shoot 48MP mode, you need to set it up in the settings. The image quality in full bright mode is relatively sharp, the colors are quite realistic, and the contrast is good.

 

When AI mode is turned on, the device's camera will recognize the scene and adjust the color depending on the subject. Color, sky background, and contrast are significantly increased. This model is very suitable for taking photos and using them right away, without having to go through too much editing and still have a satisfactory photo.

 

Photos in 48MP mode bring better quality, sharpness, and detail, but this feature is not used much because the processing speed after taking pictures is relatively slow, takes up a lot of space, and does not really overuse.

 

The ultra-wide-angle camera of the device is also quite good with wide viewing angles, good colors, and quite high detail.

 

The close-up camera of the device has a resolution of 5MP, and the quality taken from this lens is also quite good. Still, there is not much superiority compared to other competitors.

 

In night mode, the Xiaomi POCO F3 exhibits relatively good low-light photography even when shooting in normal mode, but details will be reduced quite a bit and noise will also increase.

 

For sharper images and higher brightness when shooting at night, you should use Night mode to get better quality photos, but the difference between the two modes is not too much. Night mode is better in extremely low light.

 

In general, the camera quality of Xiaomi POCO F3 is quite good, not too outstanding compared to other devices in the segment. This is also not the strong point of POCO F3 so it can be considered at an acceptable level.

Battery life

POCO F3 is equipped with a battery with a capacity of 4,520mAh, this is not a huge battery capacity when many devices in the segment own a battery of up to 5,000mAh, but this battery level also provides a relatively comfortable usage time. . The tests that bring a score of 114h are quite impressive, with this score, you can safely use the device all day or play games for many hours.

 

Charging speed is a plus point of the device when it is equipped with a 33W charger to help you fully charge the battery of the device

 

It only takes 30 minutes for Xiaomi POCO F3 to charge 67% of the battery and 56 minutes to fully charge 100% of the device's battery.

 

Ending

In general, Xiaomi POCO F3 still retains a familiar style of Xiaomi and POCO products that is solid design, strong performance, with buffalo battery, and is still suitable. The device still possesses a few disadvantages such as an average camera and no 3.5mm jack.

 

Regarding the selling price, according to the announcement, POCO F3 also has an official price in the Vietnam market. Specifically, the 8GB RAM + 256GB ROM version will cost VND 9.99 million, which is too good a price for a machine with extremely strong performance like Xiaomi POCO F3.