The $ 129 Poco M3 is Xiaomi’s latest big budget

Xiaomi’s Poco sub-brand has launched its latest entry-level phone, the Poco M3. As with most other Poco phones, the M3 has a solid spec sheet for its comparatively low price.

The Poco M3 has a 6.53-inch 1080p LCD display with a teardrop-shaped notch for the 8-megapixel selfie camera. The display is pretty basic: the chin at the bottom is quite large, the fingerprint sensor is built into the power button on the side rather than on the screen, and the panel is only at 60Hz. , but it’s pretty neat and perfectly usable.

The phone’s design certainly stands out from behind, with a large, glossy camera bump adorned with a glossy white ‘POCO’ logo. The main camera is 48 megapixels, but the other two cameras are just 2 megapixel sensors for depth and macro, so it’s not really a meaningful triple camera setup. Although the phone’s chassis is constructed from plastic, it uses a leather finish which is much nicer to the touch than most other plastic phones. It is available in black, yellow and blue.

The M3’s processor is a Qualcomm Snapdragon 662, associated with 4 GB of RAM. It runs MIUI 12 on Android 10. The battery is an impressive 6000mAh and the phone is 9.6mm thick and weighs 198g. There are options for 64GB or 128GB of storage, and the phone has two SIM card slots in addition to a separate microSD slot. There is also a headphone jack as well as a USB-C port.

Xiaomi is putting the Poco M3 on sale online on Black Friday, November 27, with starting prices in the US starting at $ 129 for the 64GB model and $ 149 for 128GB. Regular price is $ 149. for 64 GB and $ 169 for 128 GB.

Even at these higher prices, the M3 appears to be very good value for money by US market standards. You can compare it to this year’s Moto E, for example, which starts at the same price of $ 149 but has a 720p display, Snapdragon 632 processor, Micro USB port, 32GB of storage, and of only 2 GB of RAM.