POCO M3 Goes Official In India: 6,000mAh Battery, Snapdragon 662 SoC

Karamchand Rameshwar - Feb 03, 2021

The POCO M3 goes official in India for a starting price of Rs. 10,999.

POCO announced the POCO M3 in the global market in November 2020. Now, the brand has finally brought the phone to India. The POCO M3 specifications include a 6.53-inch FHD+ display, a Snapdragon 662 SoC, 48MP triple rear cameras, and a 6,000mAh battery.

POCO M3: Price in India & Availability

The POCO M3 price in India starts at Rs. 10,999 for the 6GB RAM + 64GB storage model. It is also up for grabs in the 6GB RAM + 128GB storage variant, which is retailed at Rs. 11,999. POCO offers the phone in three colorways, Power Black, Cool Blue, and POCO Yellow.

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The device is slated to go on sale from February 9th at 12:00 pm in India via Flipkart. You can get a discount of Rs. 1,000 using ICIC Bank cards.

POCO M3: Specifications & Features

On the front, the device is wrapped by a 6.53-inch IPS LCD panel that supports Full-HD+ resolution and has a 19.5:9 aspect ratio. Its display is protected by a layer of Gorilla Glass 3. It runs on Xiaomi’s MIUI 12, which is based on Android. You can stream content from OTT platforms thanks to the Widevine L1 support. Surprisingly, Xiaomi actually offers both Face Unlock feature and a side-mounted fingerprint sensor on the M3 for biometrics security. The device is driven by a mid-range Snapdragon 662 SoC, paired with 6GB of LPDDR4x RAM and 64GB UFS 2.1 or 128GB UFS 2.2 storage.

Xiaomi Poco M3 — The handset features a brand-new camera design at the back.

Around the back, you can see a large rectangle module, housing a triple-camera setup. It includes a 48MP primary camera, a 2MP macro camera, and a 2MP portrait camera. There is also an 8MP camera on the front if you want to take selfies or make video calls. The device supports multiple camera features like Ai scene detection, AI beautify, portrait mode, night mode, time-lapse, panorama, 1080p video shooting @ 30fps, and 120fps slow-mo video recording.

Fueling the device is a massive 6,000 mAh battery that supports 18W fast charging and reverse charging technology, which means you can use the M3 as a portable power bank, thanks to the amazingly high battery capacity. Other features of the handset include IR blaster, Wi-Fi 802.11ac, GPS, Bluetooth 5.0, dual 4G VoLTE, headphone jack, and USB-C port.