Xiaomi Poco X3 NFC

Xiaomi Poco X3 NFC

Chinese phone maker Xiaomi announced the Xiaomi Poco X3 NFC smartphone in Kenya. The handset is priced at 30,500 Kenya shillings for the 6GB + 128GB storage configuration. Interested customers can pick it up in either Cobalt Blue or Shadow Gray color option. The device can be purchased from Phonesstore Kenya or an authorized retailer across the country.

Xiaomi Poco X3 NFC price in Kenya & key features

Features

The Xiaomi Poco X3 NFC measures 165.3 x 76.8 x 9.4 mm (height x width x thickness) with a total weight of 215 grams. Coming to cameras, it has a 48 MP rear camera and a 20 MP front camera for selfies. This phone has a 6.67 inches, 1080 x 2340 pixels IPS display with a pixel density of 395 PPI. It has a 2.0, Type-C 1.0 port for data syncing and charging. There is a fingerprint sensor (side-mounted) present on the Poco X3 NFC. It is a dual SIM smartphone with support for 4G LTE, Wi-Fi, and GPS too. Buy it today at Phones Store Kenya.

Launch

This phone, the Xiaomi Poco X3 NFC  was released in 2020, September 08. This phone has a 165.3 x 76.8 x 9.4 mm dimension and weighs about 215 grams. It is also a Dual SIM smartphone that uses Nano-SIM and has dual stand-by or Hybrid Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by). On the front is a hole punch-display wherein the selfie camera sits. Its back panel has a quad-camera module at the center. As for the fingerprint scanner, it is side-mounted.

The Poco X3 NFC comes in the colors Cobalt Blue, and Shadow Gray. It makes use of the USB Type-C 2.0, USB On-The-Go, and has a 3.5 mm jack. The phone also has Bluetooth version 5.1, A2DP, LE, and GPS with A-GPS, GLONASS, GALILEO, BDS. It also supports Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot. As for the Infrared port and NFC, they are very much present (market/region dependent).

Display

Now, let us take a look at the display this phone has to offer. Everyone loves a good display on a phone for obvious reasons. Namely, the display is the one part of a phone you will ever interact with. Xiaomi Poco X3 NFC has an impressive IPS LCD display panel that measures 6.67 inches, 107.4 cm² (120Hz, HDR10, 450 nits (typ)) This display has a decent 1080 x 2400 pixels resolution and an equally high 395 PPI density. As for the selfie camera, it is inside that hole punch. This phone’s build is plastic with IP53 splash-proofing and Glass front (Gorilla Glass 5), aluminum frame, plus plastic back.

Network

The Xiaomi Poco X3 NFC smartphone supports four network technologies. These are GSM, HSPA, and LTE. HSPA extends and improves the performance of existing 3G mobile telecommunication networks using the WCDMA protocols. LTE  is a standard for wireless broadband communication for mobile devices and data terminals, based on the GSM/EDGE and UMTS/HSPA technologies.

Global System for Mobile Communications is a standard developed by the European Telecommunications Standards Institute to describe the protocols for second-generation digital cellular networks used by mobile devices such as mobile phones and tablets. You may also want to see the Poco M2 Pro smartphone.

Platform

A phone platform is the hardware/software environment for tablets, smartphones, and other portable devices. Xiaomi Poco X3 NFC runs on the Android 10, MIUI 12 operating system. Android 10 is the tenth major release and the 17th version of the Android mobile operating system.  Also powering the Poco X3 NFC 5G is an Octa-core (2×2.3 GHz Kryo 470 Gold & 6×1.8 GHz Kryo 470 Silver), Snapdragon 732G (8 nm), Qualcomm SM7150-AC Snapdragon 732G (8 nm) chipset.

Under the hood, it also brings an Adreno 618 GPU. The Qualcomm Adreno 618 is a mobile graphics card for upper mid-range smartphones and tablets (mostly Android-based). It is included in the Qualcomm Snapdragon 730 and 730G SoCs and based on the Adreno 600 architecture (like the Adreno 630, which should be fully compatible with software). The Poco X3 NFC comes with 64GB 6GB RAM, or 128GB 6GB RAM, UFS 2.1 storage configuration. You may also want to check out the Redmi Note 9 smartphone.

Cameras

There are five cameras on the Xiaomi Poco X3 NFC. They are made up of a main 64 MP, f/1.9, (wide), 1/1.73″, 0.8µm, PDAF, 13 MP, f/2.2, 119˚ (ultrawide), 1.0µm, 2 MP, f/2.4, (depth) and a 2 MP, f/2.4, (macro). Its main feature is LED flash, panorama, HDR and it can shoot video up to 4K@30fps with the main camera, and 1080p@30fps also with the selfie. Speaking of the selfie, on Poco X3 NFC there is a single 20 MP, f/2.2, (wide), 1/3.4″, 0.8µm shooter.

Battery

Now Xiaomi Poco X3 NFC has a respectable Li-Po 5160 mAh, non-removable battery with fast charging 33W, 62% in 30 min, 100% in 65 min (advertised). It is a lasting battery given its 5160 mAh capacity. Visit this product’s official website by following the highlighted link. “G” stands for the powerful gaming performance offered by the new processor. The Qualcomm® Snapdragon™ 732G processor boasts strong graphics processing capacity and advanced AI computing capabilities.

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