Poco F3 Review Nine Months Later | Best Value Phone 2021
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- Опубликовано: 26 июл 2024
- Reviewing the Poco F3 long-term (nine months after launch), including more thoughts on the camera, battery life, Xiaomi's MiUI software and more. I still rate the Poco F3 as one of the best value pro smartphones of 2021, perfect for demanding users on a budget. Despite slow Android updates and a lack of expandable storage, it's excellent in almost every area.
The camera hasn't been upgraded much at all since launch, but that's no bother. The Poco F3 can still capture great looking photos and video in almost any conditions, as long as your subject is still when lighting is dim. It's certainly as good as the X3 GT and many similarly priced rivals.
Performance is stunning as ever, for gaming and everything else. Battery life meanwhile seems to have improved with those updates, but don't expect the Poco F3 to get Android 12 just yet. A closed beta is apparently underway, but we'll be waiting until 2022 for that one. Although at least Xiaomi's MiUI launcher is bang up to date.
Have you been using this phone full time? Let us know your own review below!
Poco F3 Long-Term Review Chapters:
0:00 - Waffle
0:54 - Design
2:04 - MiUI updates & features
4:29 - Display & audio
5:41 - Performance & gaming
6:40 - Battery life
7:22 - Camera
9:05 - Verdict 
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I've had the 8gb 256gb model for a few months now and absolutely love it. It has never run out of battery or slowed down in the slightest.
How many fps do you get with it in call of duty mobile ... Battle Royal Mode ??
@@djzrobzombie2813 no Idea about battle royale, but it could easily run multiplayer at 90hz
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@@djzrobzombie2813 the maximum. it has sd 870 chip meaning it can run 95% of android games (including cod) but maybe some games like genshin impact could last an hour until it gets hot
Same 🙂
Watching this from my recently acquired Poco F3 which your reviews helped me pick up. Thank you. It is an impressive phone for its price.
9 months later and still the best at its price range.
Best buy I'd ever do in my entire life.
Until the next thing.........
@@selfproclaimednobody4614 which of course will be worse or much more expensive because of chip shortage
@Jensen Same, bought it today for $253.26 from Lazada. Still on delivery though.
Does your phone overheating during charging
@Jensen today I got 42°c, sometimes less than that
This went for only $238 (US) a day ago on their official online shops in my country. Great buy imo. I still have the X3 NFC bought last year running great, planning to upgrade in 2-4 more years of use.
I've had the 8/256 version for about 5 months now and I couldn't be happier... Performance, screen, battery life, charging speed, dual speakers and yes, even the cameras have all been amazing!! I've taken gorgeous pictures with it.. surprised me at how good the cameras actually are! Definitely recommend... Don't hesitate, you won't regret it
I had mine just yesterday a early Christmas gift for myself :) im loving it so far and taking very good care of it like a new born baby 😆
What about the Screen Dimming issue mate? I saw a lot of critics about that.. Has that been fixed by an update?
Despite many claiming Xiaomi and Poco never improve camera with updates, the fact is they really do
@@mrmusharraf6903 no issues for me man. The dimming only happens when you have auto brightness turned on. It gets really dim at night but in reality, it's legit not an issue.
@@achilisdragoon2822 ohh.. Okay tnx buddy..
I want to buy 1 this week 😇
I bought my poco f3 6 days ago. Im so happy for this phone.
Is it worth it?
@@WelpLactoseIntolerant You can get the gt neo 2
Its worth it for the price. I buy for the bigest drop price. Its sale for morethan 100dollar
How many fps do you get with it in call of duty mobile ... Battle Royal Mode ??
@@TeIetubbies GT Neo 2 is definitely the better choice
I would like to add that I got one of the Car chargers from Mi and it supports Turbo charge as well and at 33w (well the charger supports 37w) it's absolutely wonderful
Decided to just get this after looking at this review. I wasn't planning on buying a new phone but I needed a new one asap as my current one has been acting up and I saw one of my local retailers selling the 8GB 256GB variant for like something along the neighborhood of just $230 when converted to USD which I thought was a strong bargain. I was initially concerned how well it would do long-term but it seems it aged more than well enough. Thanks for helping me make an informed purchase. 👍🏽
It's an awesome device for the price. Battery is great, screen is bright, and the matte white version doesn't show fingerprints like other devices out there.
Ordered in 13 Feb 2022, got it for a good price at 1150aed (around 320usd).
Died yesterday 2 December 2022, motherboard problem, the phone goes into bootloop whenever the CPU heats a bit, or turns off when pushing the CPU while using demanding apps.
Note that the phone is stock, not modified in anyway, no flash nothing.
This is the only phone that died on me from all the other phones I have owned, which are plenty, from premium to cheapos, and it got fried in less than a year! Even my Samsung Note II is still working fine!
I used to say Poco f3 is good value, you can get 3 for the price of a premium phone, I take it back, the headache of loosing all your data during a wipe to get it to partially work again is not worth it.
Thanks, I am so happy with this phone, bought it on the back of your review, after Iost my Realme X50 5G and am chuffed. Better Phone in every aspect. Keep up the great work!
Bought an F3 on the basis of this review and your earlier one when the F3 was launched. An absolutely cracking piece of kit.
Watching on this phone! Good experience till now 👌
Got my poco f3 (artic white) for 2 weeks now.. worth the purchase. A beast indeed.
Thank you for your reviews.
Generally Poco phones are great upper mid-range phones (when Xiaomi does it right) I've got the Poco X3 pro (global variant 256gb) I do not regret it, I just want Xiaomi to add more focus and energy (work) on the MIUI (generally).
Another great video Chris, I've just bought the Poco F3 off the back of your reviews. Let's see.
Poco user here for 8 months. Still kicking ass! It is polished now and more reliable. Cameras still great for me. Truly the best value smartphone of the Year 2021!
should i buy it? in 2022? is this phone got any green line issue? camera dead or display burn issue?
@@gamerpaul5139 none whatsoever.
@@gamerpaul5139 still a great buy this 2022
I have OnePlus 7 pro as a personal phone, and oneplus 6 as work phone, but the op6 got screen oil and the content is fading out, so i decided yo switch after 3 years of premium experience, so after digging up, this video has made my mind to buy the Poco F3!
I think it has all what i need and I'm like the idea of flagship killer, in the end camera's is not a big deal with me since i always edit photos with snapseed.
Thank you for your video, and thank you for your focusing on the mid range phones 💙
I've recently dumped my terrible pixel 6 pro and swapped out for a Poco f3 and this Poco is so much nicer to use .
The screen is great it smashes thru most of my games and a decent battery life too .
Definatly learnt my lesson that all that glitters isn't gold
I've been using the arctic white F3 since mid-April and I have to say that it's by far the best cheap phone I've ever user. The design and form-factor is miles ahead of any jumbo phone including the S21 Ultra and the Pro Max iPhones. It's an absolute pleasure to hold, thanks to those contours.
Performance is still top-notch and the 120Hz HDR10+ display is up there with the S21+, minus the sunlight viewing experience. The fingerprint scanner is absolutely perfect and even the speakers are up there with any modern flagship.
The only real downsides are the camera and the AMOLED screen which has a tendency to dim really quickly in sunlight. The battery life is fine, nothing exceptional, but it has definitely gotten worse in winter. To all the people complaining about the proximity sensor, it was fixed with the August update. In short the F3 is miles ahead of any competitor from Samsung or Apple (XR or 11) and the only reason I'd even think of upgrading would be if a competitor or successor had a dramatically better camera.
How many fps do you get with it in call of duty mobile ... Battle Royal Mode ??
what about the proximity sensor?
The dimming issue bro?
What about the Screen Dimming issue mate? I saw a lot of critics about that.. Has that been fixed by an update?
@@mrmusharraf6903 There is an update a few months ago to fix the screen dimming when hot issue
Just ordered one a couple day's ago, can't wait for it to arrive! Got the 256gb version for £280 in black Friday sales. Upgrading from my Mi6 which is starting to show its age a bit.
Hi,
May I ask you where you brought your poco f3 from ?
Thanks,
Had one for a couple of months, find it great looking and snappy, and I'm very surprised by some "cons" in general reviews. For example, I don't see any issues with the camera, which is perfectly fine for what a phone shooter should be. Indeed, doing a comparison in laboratory conditions will prove phones 3 times the price to have a slight edge, but in real-life situations that won't matter.. Your main problem is going to be the fact you shot a picture while walking in the general direction of the thing that was interesting, and half of the surrounding context is missing :)
You're right about the battery, that it gets better in time, and I'm actually surprised about it. It is even better than the first time I purchased the unit
Mine is draining battery over night, like 20% or more. I already uninstallend app I can. Mybe mine is faulty.
I watched reviews of this phone for almost a year I was able to finally get mines about 2 months ago and I love it. Greetings from Nicaragua my friends.
I have had the blue 6/128 model for about 3 months now and it's doing great! Battery is awesome, and only the smallest amount of storage anxiety but I've only used half!
128gb is enough right? i cannot decide to buy 128 or 256 :(
@@karina8853 buy 256 with 8gb ram
I absolutely love your reviews so funny like a breath of fresh air watching you .please don't ever change the way you deliver your reviews for me your better than Marques Brownlee he's good but doesn't give you the fun factor anyway much love 👍👍👍👍👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
Bought this phone due to your original review. Its been fantastic, highly recommend it. The only issue I've found is it doesn't seem to play well with fitbit and loses the notification ability.
How is the battery life dude
I use my phone 7 hours of day so it is high priority for me
@@amirrg859 buy an external battery
Great review as always !
I still use my Mi 8 as my daily driver, but this phone is my secondary gaming powerhouse. I used this phone to store and play every android and emulation games.
Mi 8 gang
I had a Poco f1 and I bought the Poco f3 as an upgrade.
I would recommend both phones to anyone. They are Ace.
Poco f1 is getting old I'm still using it and hate it
Haha I've also still got the F1. Really starting to feel it's age. But for the most it's still working well. I'm considering rooting it to use a pixel experience. I'm thinking it will speed it up a bit
Also still using my Poco F1. God I love it but it really is showing its age with random restarts, battery not doing what it used to.
Best value phone I've ever had.
@@imnottellingyoumyname3050 I've just installed pixel experience 11+ for my poco. Is a bit of a fluff to get it installed. But now it feels like a new phone, faster than before and seems to be using less battery as well.
Besst of a phone. You can't imagine how good it is. Snapdragon 870 for 250£. Absolute bargain.
Battery is insane too, I use it as a my backup phone
Hey tech spurt, do you know if there will be F3 Pro or some sort of upgrade version anytime soon.?
Is the Note 11 pro worth waiting for or should I just get one of these on sale for around 260ish?
My main concerns:
- 1 fewer year of updates (though I hear Poco offers 3 instead of 2 years of support?)
- Lower battery life (~5000 vs ~4500, and with a more powerful processor to drain it faster).
- No Radio FM. (no headphone jack and no extra sim aren't that much of an issue)
- Everyone is complaining about the proximity sensor messing up phonecalls, which is kind of a dealbreaker considering I want a phone and not a console.
I have the Indian Version of the Poco F3 which goes by the name of Mi11x. The device has been an absolute beast in terms of everything except the Cameras. The selfie camera and the macro camera are good, so no complains there. The Primary Cam and the Ultrawide could've better, but tbh other brands do not provide anything marginally better either(at this price range). I grabbed the 8 gigs variant for around 20k in a sale 4 months ago(260$ ish). The price to value ratio is insane. Almost as good as the Realme X2 pro (which is the flagship killer of this decade).
Beuh... Realme X2 pro? that's old, but good for you.
Also, you can try Gcam for Poco F3 if you don't like the camera that much no matter how you compliment it.
Indian Variant has hell lot of bugs & issues with the MIUI I've heard.
Gonna grab realme X2 pro back then, but here in my country they only sold 12 GB variant that priced way higher to called it as flagship killer (here at least)
I'm using POCO F3 for almost 6 months now and man it was totally worth for the price top class performance also after installing Gcam on it the camera results were stunning I was blown away by the pictures I took from the Gcam when I first used it on my F3 also the battery life was no problem at all I still get 7-8 hours or daily use and still got 30-35% left and also the durability is fantastic I accidentally dropped my phone so many time face drop back drop but still no scratch what to eva. All an all it was definitely worth it I love it and most probably will use it for 2-3 years. 💖
What is your miui version?
Yes pls link your gcam apk and xml
@@patachumon yo, ik u commented this a month ago, but I want to reply. I'm personally using 7.3.018 v2.6
Should I buy it or take a X3 pro ?
@@lonelyberg1808 only I can say, that I have a phone with SD 865 and Poco F3, and F3 od smashing it... Idk what with 860 on X3 Pro. Only differences are the screen and chip. For the camera I prefer GCam on start.
Well I e ordered one based on your reviews! Went for it over the iPhone 13 mini and am waiting for it to arrive. Here’s hoping. Got it on their sale for under £200 on their website too. Result 🖖
Loving the Miku wallpaper at 4:05!
This phone launched as MI 11x here in India.. Having fun time using it for last two months only complain poor software support no new update since the day I brought it!
I've had my black 8gb/256gb model for a few months now and honestly I can't fault it. I don't understand criticism of the battery life or camera because I've found them both to be more than adequate, especially at this price. The screen is fantastic and performance per pound it's the best phone out there. The Xiaomi 11T is double the price but not as powerful, granted the cameras are better, but not enough to justify the price difference.
that's because some are into picturing stuff. you won't get it. and others are battery because it degrades fast. not 100% to 0%
I mean 100%, leave it for a while, come back, it's already 95%. It's totally normal but some people Complain.
Damn thank you for being honest about the battery. Can be a deal breaker for sure
@@aiztoh the battery easily lasts a day under heavy use.
@@dharambasi1928 and 4 to 5 hours on COD:mobile on full specs/light
@@aiztoh then they should buy dslr 🤣🤣
I bought this last august because of your review. So far I'm loving it.
I've had my Poco F3 for a few months now and even now it's still the best bang for buck you can get and easily the best budget/midgrange phone. Especially if you put a stock rom on it like pixelexperience, ArrowOS or HelluvaOS. And with recent gcam builds even the camera takes way better pictures.
In a lot of ways it's pretty much still a flagship for way less money, the things that always held it back was the software which can be fixed with a custom rom and gcam.
What a unit mate. I've been willing to get one for a long time and this video just boosted my wil even further. Imma get that shmuck someday, cheers!
Considering its faster than Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra, its a no brainier. It also has better speakers (set Dolby Atmos to Video) & an IR blaster, which is so handy.
Okay but man where do you get all these wonderful wallpapers you got in your phone reviews? Im just curious on where do you get them.
Came for the review, liked because of the concise overview and the Ame wallpaper.
If your worried about storage, just attach phone to laptop /computer and transfer your photos there.
I have been doing the same for years. Once every 6 months.
Cloud storage can work out expensive over time.
Or set up Google Photos to automatically back them up on the cloud
@@joehodgson2815 If you have a pixel phone then it is free but if you exceed the amount of storage on another brand, you will be charged. Cheaper option is to backup on a storage device.
@@stevehornsby7727 yeah but think how much You spend on coffee, cigarettes or other stuff.
Happy owner of pixel 3
Iv been having the 8gb/256 for over a half a year and I came from IPhone. Im so happy with this that I wanna thank the xiaomi company so much. Now when I see ppl buying phones for over 600 I think they are stupid.i also recommend Xiaomi to my friends and few of them bought it and now they have the same perspective that I have.
They are not stupid 😂😂 it's just preference and they probably have the money unlike you
I picked up one of these in the black Friday sales, as an upgrade from my Moto g6. I can't wait for it to arrive
I juts pulled the trigger , hope I don't regret it. Great review !!!
I have the Poco X3, and its battery life is STILL amazing. Probably the best battery life for a cellphone I've had ever. I'm sticking with the budget Xiaomi phones. Other than the camera's not being up to par with Apple / Samsung / Pixel, its good enough considering the prices.
I am thinking about getting the Poco X3 or the Note 10 Pro. Kinda torn between the 2 cos of the value for money.
@@olatundeaboaba The note 10 Pro has a significantly worse processor, the real question you should be asking is x3 Pro or f3
@Farhan Hussain the X3 pro
@Farhan Hussain I hardly care about camera quality, I game a lot and watch a lot of videos. I think I will take your advice.
@Farhan Hussain there are several comparisons with emulators of the f3 and x3 pro and f3 wins by far.
I got my Poco f3 almost 7 months ago after watching many reviews. It's been a fantastic phone - I had the apple iPhone 11 for a few months before and it's miles better than that
Are you still experiencing any dimming issues?
Really? But worse camera-wise, no?
@@InesLira worse camera-wise, yes, but it isn't that bad as the comments make it out to be.
@@InesLira cameras on the Poco F3 are actually really good. Not the best but not bad either.
@Farhan Hussain
What about the green screen issue?
I'm planning to buy the phone next month but i've seen a loot of comment talking about screen issues💔
I'm a bit late to the party but finally buying the Poco F3 8 256. As an Xiaomi aficionado I'm upgrading from a Xiaomi note 9, 4 64 so looking forward to night/day performance improvements. Great review thank you.
I have this phone since April. It's screen is beautiful and it's chipset is more than I need but it is nice to have a good chipset for the future. Battery life is OK. Sound is good. But, there is one thing that I really fell in love with and it's this phones design. It has thin bezzels and so small punch hole. The smallest you can get. And the camera modul for me is the best in the world. I really like it.
I honestly testify your review. It's really an excellent phone considering the money you pay for. Its performance and display are stunning.before this phone I had an iphone 12 pro and now I don't feel I have missed anything
Comapared to iPhone 12 Pro? What's your verdict?
Bought mine last week! Absolute beast for only $250 (6/128gb model)
I was thinking get 6/128 ...how is it running ?? everone in the comment sec was suggesting 8/256
Bro seriously I love your wallpaper collection and you have to tell me which apps u use
Considering this phone... I had the OG poco F1 a couple years back and it was a beast.
Absolute power house of a phone, got the 8gb/256gb for £249 from Ali at launch.
Love it, the performance is outstanding and never fails me, battery life is exceptional, as is speed, fingerprint scanner, speakers.
The camera unfortunately is a let down as is the prox sensor (I've had every single update) this is still NOT fixed, it's what let's this phone down, randomly mutes someone or screen lights up when against face, so much so I default to my ear buds when at work.
That aside it's unbelievable for what you get sub £249.
Stunning phone.
Wow, EXACTLY WHAT I NEEDED
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I have had the Poco F3 for about 2.5 months now. Ngl, bloody love this bugger! But yeah with the 120Hz on all the time did drain my battery fast but never before I tucked up with Teddy. But when I switched from 120Hz to 60Hz, yup I noticed a slight difference. It only took me a day or two to get used to it. Really a great phone and thanks to Tech Spurt for recommending it 100%.
one word of advice though, if you are a codm player that like using Gyro, please skip this phone. I traded for this phone with my old phone and i thought snapdragon 870 would be great for gyro shooting but it is not. Gyro delay like crazy and have to restart the app about 3 to 4 times to make the gyro snappy again. really disappointed. Also the google feed will stutter whenever there is a video when you are scrolling.
@@upoone well bruh. The phone's gyro isn't that great tbh. But I never use gyro in games so not an issue for me. Idk how people play with gyro though. That shit's hard.
@@achilisdragoon2822 well, good for you. But for us , who heavily rely on for shooting games like codm or pubg, gyro speed is very important for winning. If you want to try gyro on Poco f3 for the first time, I've managed to find a somewhat workaround. When your gyro sensitivity is slow, you can make it really responsive by closing and restarting the game several times. For me the gyro would become really responsive after 4th or 5th restart.
It has battery drain issue because they only overclocked the 870.
Overclocking can make the phone very unstable.
@@roahnosh Bruh, the fast battery drain only happens when I turn on the 120Hz at all times. I easily get 2 days with 60Hz with moderate-high use. And with 120Hz on, I easily get 1 day with heavy usage. So Idk what you saying man.
2:00 - when he dropped it.. my heart dropped too
My phone since it launched , was a flagship addict until I bought this , but nowadays there's no need if lower midrange is this good and believe me this is a VERY good phone with literally no compromises. Supposedly the camera is one , but personally I think it's great. Literally everything else is flagship level if you buy 8/256 version. Honestly if you get this for under £300 it's a steal.
Poco F3 8/256 Variant is a Steal before end of the year SD870 will do great for multi tasking and also for gaming.
Great phone, bought mine on april and still performing well till this day. Im currently using my f3 for casual use like socmed and web browsing as i just bought a legion duel 2 for gaming only. I can say that you cant go wrong with this phone bcs for media usage or even gaming it gives you an advantage especially for the price tag its a no brainer.
Have mine since April too. Of course it still works well. Considering the chipset I'm hoping it will serve me for years.
Should I buy a f3 or X4 pro or X3 pro ?
@@lonelyberg1808 depends what you use it for. F3 is best for gaming, but if you want good cameras it's not great
@@goobles64 I am writing with a F3 now 😆.
thanks anyway
@@lonelyberg1808 good choice 👍
Faaaack Ooooooofff!!!!! great vid bruv
Love your vids but how do you get all this awesome wallpapers mehhnnn
I know this is a good value phone but.....
Are we seriously not going to talk about that Amelia Watson wallpaper? This man is a Cultured man.
I've had the 8/256 version for 7 months, and I couldn't be happier. Great value at a great price. The performance has been excellent. I just wish Xiaomi was better with their security updates, but maybe Android 12/MIUI 13 will be coming soon with the latest security update. Update: Xiaomi has been providing security updates every quarter this year. The update for Android 12/MIUI 13 seems to be working fine for the past 4 months. It's now been one year of ownership and I am still satisfied with the Poco F3 8/256 version.
That's why it's cheap. Chinese software support at your service sir. That's what you get with the cheap Chinese products across the board.
@@andriandri732 my Mi 10 lite gets security updates every month, also updates to next lv Android.
@@andriandri732 That is a compromise that many are willing to make (even myselft)
I grabbed a poco x3 pro because I needed a good phone for a while. Almost a year has passed and the phone is still excelent in every category.
So one can wonder how incredible a poco F3 with 8/256 gb can be. That kind of phone can last years easilly
@@andriandri732 That's not totally true. Non-Chinese big brands like LG and Asus also have pretty slow security update. Samsung also only giving security update every 3-4 months for the M series. That's from my experience using LG V35, Asus 5Z and currently M52.
As an Asus user myself, that hits hard 😂 and yes we don't get security updates for quite awhile
Thanks.
I finally bought it after this review running Android 12 on miui 13
Your work rate in unmatched mate. Big respect. 1 Million Subs be end of 2022 no doubt.
8gb 256 got it 5 months ago for 309€.
The chip let's me play any game at highest settings or competitive games if they allow it on 90fps without stutters.
The storage is fast and u notice it if u deal with larger files.
I literally removed its weaknesses, by installing nova launcher and gcam mod.
I have used accubattery since I got it started with 98% still have 97%. I'm mostly only charging once per day if I don't play mobile games all day + I only use 20-80% for better battery life.
Notch is small, screen at this price is great, hardware is top notch, the dual speakers are so nice.
There is literally no reason for me to buy a more expensive phone unless I'm really into photography.
I know that we get this cheap stuff by child labor, but at this point we are humans who cares be happy that u have the privilege.
NOTE: you can attach headphones via usb-c adapter. It comes packed with the phone in the box for EU market.
I've been Samsung user for 10 years. After S8+ I wanted to buy A52s, because I think the price of Samsung flagships is a complete robbery. A52 has better cameras, but the phone looks pretty cheap for the money. Poco F3 is a golden middle. It does a great job in every aspect.
Can you do one for the Zenfone 8? I'm really interested in the phone, but i heard there's a lot of issue regarding it. Thank you in advance
Watching your video from my new POCO F3 and i love it... Although there are few bugs that can be fixed
Still rocking the F2 Pro with 8gb and 256 storage. Pop up camera is excellent and holeless screen 👍
I really wondering why phone manufacture are stop making pop-up camera and move to in-display camera. since pop-up camera is way better in term of quality and privacy
Same here, love my f2 pro. Amazing it can still play genshin impact on max settings yet even the pixel 6 can’t (have to drop the graphics quality and it gets hot)
@@Elangg784 it's more expensive and most people don't care about it.
That's great to hear. My Poco F2 Pro unfortunately stopped working. Loving my Poco F3, but I do occasionally still miss my F2 Pro. That was a great phone.
I am really surprised you do not mention anything about the PROXIMITY SENSOR (lack of one) issues on these Xaiomi devices. It's the reason I sent my Poco F3 back to Xiaomi within a week of purchasing, for a full refund. Thousands of people talking about this online yet no mention of it from you :/
thats a shame becasue since then in later updates they designed a workaround and the proximity thing is no longer an issue at all.
Mad 🤔, Xiaomi really need to get their house in order honestly when comes to stuff like the Poco f3
So that's why I always unintentionally mute myself in phone calls
@@Rinkusu occasionaly the phone screen may still switch on while held to the cheek but overall ther is a huge improvement and its quite rare now especially on Miui Eu but it guess not everyone will want to unlock the bootloader and install EU or any other custom rom.
@@sajidkhanmahmood correct. It's not even an issue on stock MIUI.
Are you running the latest Global ROM update tho? or what version are you on right now?
Thanks for the review, just bagged a new poco f3 for £236 looking forward to using it
I got the 8/256 at launch for £280 with a set of Xiaomi wireless earpods included.
Battery is fantastic, always lasts the day. charge speed is fast enough that it goes from 15-100 while I'm getting ready for work.
Screen is great, sound is very good, processor faster than I could need or notice.
Occasional UI glitches but nothing compared to my general experience with previous tablets/phones.
Not sure I'd buy one right now as it's only a few months till the next release cycle and the price hasn't dropped at all.
Unless ...
In my business, prices are about to balloon astronomically (you'll be shocked) so that those units of fiat that you have saved might be worth far less than you think.
Spend it while it's still worth something folks.
Bruh lucky I got 6/128 for same price no earpods included
Hi,
May I ask you where you brought your poco f3 from ?
Thanks,
correction. the refresh rate drops to 60 a few seconds after removing your finger, use developer mode to enable fps. BEST phone of the year for sure and by a huge margin. I think xiaomi stole a truck full of snapdragon 870 chips and passed the savings to us. was sold for around $230 BF deal,
the Samsung a52 is half the speed with double the price
I have a52s 5g and where I live it's cheaper than Poco. It also has a lot more software support, water resistance, UI that doesn't make me want to rip my head off, headphone jack, better camera and expandable storage
@@angycucumber4319 oh that's nice, what country tho?
@@Chris-bv8qd UK
MyPoco F3 NFC got the November 1st update last week. I was most impressed.
I understand an Poco F4 is on the horizon. I did look at getting an F3, mainly for the screen, so perhaps I'll wait.
Hopefully I'll be getting my update too then. I'm still on August 1, 2021.
Is it worth upgrading from a Samsung s8? I have many other phone options like oneplus 9r but I think this is better. Anyone tell me if I should buy it.
The Poco is a great phone, a good friend of mine owns it and I had the chance to test it. It's fantastic overall specwise but I cannot stand the UI, it's hideous!
Cant you change that easily since its android? Or still?
is it still worth to buy in 2022?
Yes
yes
Hey what does shenanigans mean translated into English means ? Thanks a lot for your answer ☺️
2023 and I'm still using this.. works perfectly. I replaced the battery last month to make it last a year more, better for the environment i believe. custom rom communities are incredible for this device. probably will last for a few more years
This was actually my 2nd option, as I was really shopping around for a decent Nokia phone like the 5.4 or the G50. But unfortunately those phones were only online exclusives here in the Philippines.
But one thing's for sure...I never regretted buying the Poco F3. Pretty much I already have a future proof phone that has a near flagship level chipset in the Snapdragon 870, it has 5G, it has an AMOLED display, a decent battery and camera setup. This will last me 5-7 years of good use. I can live without the stereo jack and the expandable storage, those aren't really deal breakers.
Hi I have xiaomi10t pro but recently I plan to have this because of amoled screen what is your suggestions about this?
I've had this phone from launch and it's amazing.even with new phones and models out I'm not changing it ..
Any issues on call volume call quality WiFi strength?
Bought the Poco f3 sep26th
It is a beast!
Just got the 8/256 moonlight silver. Had it for 3 days now. Ive been using this for my media consumption rather than my ip11pro max. This is really a beast. One problem that I encounter are the delayed notifications.
dunno how much experience u have with MIUI but thats a pretty common 'out-of-the-box'-problem. u might wanna play around with the battery saver settings.
Sadly I went back to Moto bc I missed my chop and torch moto options. I there anyway to replicate this with the poco? I am really intersted if there is way to turn torch on/off with one hand withought waking up phone.
All pocos are great , month+ with the x3 pro , great device
Is it still wise to buy the POCO f3 now given the security updates? Does anyone know how long the F3 will get security updates?
Is the feel on the back Matt or glossy like the black version?
hi where I live samsung s20 fe is about the same price as this one. wich one is a better choice?
HI when connecting two Bluetooth speaker at the same time... how do you play them together with this phone is it possible????????
Lol. I still enjoy the first initial seasons of LOTSW with Michael Bates. Good stuff.
I just bought one in 11.11 sale, 275€ for 8/256gb model n i cant wait to get my hands on it.
If has the f3 for a few months now, it is a great phone. I play Pokémon go which is very taxing on the battery!! I have to boost the battery with an external battery. Would like a bigger battery but is manageable. I also manually adjust the brightness when going out and about as the auto mode is not bright enough outside. Thanks for your reviews in general, I like your sense of humour!!
How many fps do you get with it in call of duty mobile ... Battle Royal Mode ??
Bro, tell me from where you get these crazy wallpapers and icons