POCO X3 Pro - Unboxing & Review [Best Budget Phone]

This review of the POCO X3 Pro includes detailed tests of photo and video performance, screen quality, refresh rate options, and MIUI 12 performance. I also examine gaming performance with PUBG Mobile, Genshin Impact, Call of Duty Mobile, and Arena of Valor. The POCO X3 Pro comes with a Snapdragon 860, 6GB of LPDDR4X RAM, 128GB UFS 3.1 storage, a 6.67" FHD+ display with a 120hz refresh rate, and a 5160mAh battery. Early bird pricing starts @ 199 Euros or $240.

Timestamps
Overview + Unboxing - 00:00
Picture Quality - 1:36
Video Quality - 3:10
Screen - 4:14
Software - 5:33
Haptics + Speakers - 6:24
Gaming Performance - 7:22
Pricing - 8:47

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[TakiUdon]

Now to get these specs in a gaming handheld😅

Overview + Unboxing - 00:00
Picture Quality - 1:36 (the phone has EIS, not OIS)
Video Quality - 3:10
Screen - 4:14
Software - 5:33
Haptics + Speakers - 6:24
Gaming Performance - 7:22
Pricing - 8:47

[adeebkhan]

Didn't think I'd see a phone review on your channel. Hoping to see more in the future!

[ivandaLPGames]

Already waiting for it. With the preorder and a discount coupon i had at my local xiaomi shop i managed to get the price down to 205 usd. "worth it" does not even describe this insane value..

[TheAlexa]

An SD 860 for 200 bucks? Damn that is really impressive

[jean-philippe]

Watching it on my Poco x3 pro. I was convinced after watching this video. Had it for 3 months now and its amazing! I even emulate ps2 games

[bhd]

Wow... I was planning on upgrading my gaming device to a used 855 device from eBay this year, I’d budgeted about £200 for it. Looks like my plans just changed!

[alejandroquinones]

Hope you make a follow up video on the performance in emulation! The snapdragon 860 is looking killer for the price.

[mattdavis]

I got curious to see if you'd ever reviewed traditional smartphones on this channel and after a trip back through time I found this. An excellent review that covered everything of importance thoroughly without wasting time on pointless stuff. I know that phones, outside of things like the RedMagics and that Moqi, aren't your usual beat, but, one couldn't tell by watching this video.

Off to check out the emulation video just as soon as I can figure out what you called it. While the only way to get any Xiaomi/Poco phone in the USA is through third party importers who jack the prices up; the video will be useful for gauging the capabilities of other devices we actually got that ran the 855+ and 860 chips. The most powerful CPU I own is an 845 in an LG V35; so, I'm actually very open to upgrading to an 855+ or 860 powered phone or tablet if a solid deal were to pop up on eBay or Marketplace.

[TechThusiast]

Guess it settles it, the 199 HH will have 855 series CPU

[mykr]

That's crazy good value. Ridiculous that you could buy an entire family one of these each for the price of the big name flagships lol.

[Bilal.Hussain.Shaikh]

hey Taki Udon, thanks for the review, i was wondering if you could make a list of emulations that are running on what resolution and emulators name too, many thanks

[Tsargate]

I've got a Poco F2 Pro and it is great for emulation gaming with my GamesirX2.
A really great brand yep.

[toastyghosty]

Now THATS a budget phone! Looks good!!

[tacosalvapor]

Honestly, the only thing this phone's missing is an integrated gamepad like the Xperia Play, that'd make this literally a gamer's dream phone. I wonder if nobody's jumped at the idea of replicating the Xperia Play's design nowadays because of Sony having a patent over it, or maybe the engineering design process would be too expensive to be worth it? Idk, phone gaming is huge in Asia and with games like Genshin Impact and PUBG being pretty big in that market, and those games being, like, actual videogames that require buttons to enjoy, it strikes me as odd that phone companies haven't tried it. Thinness be damned, I wanna play vidya in my phone without having to force an cumbersome external peripheral in my pocket.

[FiliAntonio]

Hello, tremendous video, tremendous cell phone for that I go. One question, which version do you recommend more, the 6GB of RAM or the 8GB of RAM, since in the 128GB storage I am satisfied but in the long term which version of RAM is more recommended, there is a lot of difference between 6GB to 8GB, In day to day. will I go well with the 6GB? Also for the price. I wait your answer. Greetings from Nicaragua.

[morid]

O_O damn thats a sweet deal, even the non pro version, the only one I can find on a quick look at amazon (around 200 euro) has very good specs for the price, not an 800 series snapdragon tough, wow guess it payed off waiting a bit before upgrading my current phone.

[zZiLyRj]

Wow headphone jack, a power plug and microSD support, still more options than the piece of shit S21.

[KyleRuggles]

Awesome! But I wonder if it really has ois, it makes no sense it's capped at 1080p.

[thatman]

I'm very happy with my dedicated gaming Poco F1. This looks like a great upgrade next time I want to change .

Still not found a controller setup I'm happy with for mobile gaming.

[Magnus_Strand]

What was the game pad you used that attached to both ends of the phone?