The Poco M3 was unveiled at a live broadcast event today, and at the same time, Poco Global is in the process of becoming its own independent brand of Xiaomi. It comes after 6 million Poco phones have been sold in over 35 global markets, making it a very successful sub-brand. Its latest budget handset has a massive 6,000mAh battery, a large 6.53-inch display, and a three-camera system driven by a 48 MP main sensor.

Since it starts at $ 149, the Poco M3 is a decidedly budget affair, unlike Poco’s higher budget flagship offerings. It is powered by a modest Snapdragon 662 chipset with Adreno 610 GPU. The cheapest model comes with 4GB of RAM and 64GB of storage, while a $ 169 variant increases the capacity to 128GB.

Triple cameras are on board, but we can probably only expect half-decent photos from the 48MP primary shooter – the 2MP macro and depth sensors continue to be questionable inclusions on budget hardware. Other notable features include a headphone jack, expandable storage, and dual speakers with high-resolution audio. Biometric security is also on board in the form of a side-mounted fingerprint scanner and AI face unlock.

Availability in Europe begins on Black Friday, which means the price will drop to $ 129 and $ 149 for each model, respectively. You pick one up from Poco, Amazon, AliExpress, or mi.com.