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Poco M3 launched in India, price starts at Rs 10,999

| By DWR Editor

Xiaomi’s sub-brand Poco has launched the Poco M3 entry-level smartphone, a successor to the Poco M2 released last year. Read on to know more about the latest Poco M3.

Poco M3 Price in India, Availability

Poco M3 launched in two variants – 6GB + 64GB and 6GB + 128GB priced at Rs 10,999 and Rs 11,999 respectively. Poco M3 will be available for sale on Flipkart starting February 9th from 12 noon. Cool Blue, Power Black, and Poco Yellow are three color options for the phone.

Poco M3 Specifications

Talking of the specifications, the Poco M3 features a 6.53-inch full HD+ 19.5:9 LCD display with a resolution of 2340×1080 pixels, 90.34 percent screen-to-body ratio, 60Hz refresh rate, and Gorilla Glass 3. Also, the battery is bumped up from a 5,000mAh battery on the Poco M2 to a 6,000 mAh battery on the new Poco M3. It also has 18W fast charging support.

The Poco M3 is powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 662 chipset. The processor is paired with up to 6GB of RAM and packs up to 128GB of storage onboard which can be upgraded up to 512GB via a microSD card. 

The phone runs on Android 10 based MIUI 12 with Poco launcher. For photography, the Poco M3 features a triple camera system on the back that includes a 48-megapixel primary sensor with f/1.79 aperture, a 2-megapixel macro lens with f/2.4 aperture, and a 2-megapixel depth sensor with f/2.4 aperture. The device also features a side-mounted fingerprint sensor. There’s also the 8-megapixel selfie camera with f/2.05 aperture housed within its waterdrop-style notch.

Furthermore, the phone comes with stereo speakers, an IR blaster, Dual 4G VoLTE, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 5, GPS + GLONASS, USB Type-C, and a 3.5 mm headphone jack.