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POCO X3 Pro review: The 2021 performance-budget legend — SD860 at $249.

Item: POCO X3 Pro
Rating: 70
Author: SpecEagle Editorial

SpecEagle Editorial·Mar 2021·$249

Overall

70/100

Class rank

#2 of 7

Tier

Mid

Buy?

At the right price

The verdict, up front

A budget gaming legend.

Poco X3 Pro put SD860 power in a $249 phone — the value-gaming pick of 2021. The LCD and weight are the compromises.

01Display

70/100

70/100 is one of the weaker display results among mid phones of 2021 — 7 points under the average. Check the rows below before buying for this.

TypeIPS LCD, 120 Hz

Size6.67 inches

Resolution2,400 × 1,080 px

02Camera

60/100

60/100 trails the 65-point cohort average for mid phones of 2021.

Main48 MP, f/1.8

Ultrawide8 MP

Macro2 MP

Depth2 MP

Selfie20 MP

03Performance

76/100

At 76/100 this is one of the strongest performance showings among mid phones of 2021 — 11 points above the cohort average.

ChipsetSnapdragon 860 (7 nm)

RAM6 / 8 GB

Storage128 / 256 GB + microSD

04Battery

80/100

80/100 puts it above the 77-point average for mid phones of 2021.

Capacity5,160 mAh

Wired33 W

05Build

66/100

66/100 trails the 71-point cohort average for mid phones of 2021.

06Value

86/100

At 86/100 this is one of the strongest value showings among mid phones of 2021 — 6 points above the cohort average.

What works

SD860 — near-flagship perf at $249.
120 Hz + stereo + jack.
5,160 mAh + 33 W.
microSD.

What doesn't

LCD not AMOLED.
Heavy 215 g.
No 5G.
MIUI ads.

How this review is built: every section score, spec row and comparison on this page comes from SpecEagle's tracked catalogue — scores weight measured specs against the 7-phone cohort of mid devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .