At first sight, the camera is surprisingly good. Although autofocus seems to be quite a pain, especially when shooting videos in tough light conditions, a bit of patience can lead to excellent results when shooting still images.
For example, I found the Mi A1 to be slightly better when taking shots without any effects, but the HDR mode on the Poco M3 delivers slightly better results. The Night Mode is also well implemented and theimages generated can be used on social media without problems, but a closer look reveals a lack of detail and color aberrations. The Portrait mode is all right and works better than its equivalent on the Mi A1 in low light, but it also generates very noisy images in such conditions.
Lastly, the Manual mode is better than what I get on the Mi A1, offering a rich selection of exposure time and ISO settings, although the default photo mode that chooses exposure time and ISO automatically seems to do a very good job by keeping both as low as possible in most cases.
The level of performance provided by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 662-driven Poco M3 is excellent for the price (see the Geekbench screenshots that I attached at the end of the article) and I even enjoyed playing Call of Duty Mobile for a few minutes on it and everything worked smoothly. The 64 GB version uses UFS 2.1 memory, while the 128 GB version sports UFS 2.2.
The list of Poco M3 features that many more-expensive handsets are skipping way too often nowadays includes support for FM Radio, an IR blaster, and reverse charging.
Call quality is excellent in both directions when compared to my old Mi A1. The speaker volume in normal calls is noticeably higher and – at least according to my parents – my voice sounds crystal-clear on the other end, doubtfully better than when I use my old phone.
Moving on while remaining in the audio territory, I must add that the Poco M3 has two speakers that produce reasonable stereo sound. Nothing amazing after all, but very good for the price. Another good part is support for the aptX codec, something missing from the Mi A1. However, the cherry on top of the Poco M3 cake, at least in my book, is the audio output achieved via the 3.5 mm jack. The Mi A1 is great in this department and drives my venerable Koss Porta Pro just the way I like it. Without getting too much into details, I think that “better” is enough to describe what the Poco M3 can do here.
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