While Poco M3 comes at a price tag of a competitive budget smartphone, every feature of the phone might not work in your favour. While the battery life and stereo speakers are deemed to be the good aspects about the phone, the competition in this price range is so aggressive that “decent” isn’t enough.
Once you start using the phone, the big battery does seem to help with battery life, but it takes over two hours to charge it completely. Plus it adds to the extra weight of the phone which is off-putting for many users including me. This wouldn’t have been the case if the processor used in the phone was power-efficient to the extent that it would compensate for the need of a huge battery integrated into the phone. On top of that, the phone is bulkier than the alternatives in the range.
And although the combination of 48-megapixel primary camera, a 2-megapixel macro camera and a 2-megapixel depth sensor seems decent at the price, the camera performance is average overall with the phone managing decent photos in daylight but lowlight performance isn’t impressive at all. The Poco M3 does click better photos with Night mode enabled, but it takes about four seconds to take a shot.