Since March, various brands have successively released many new mobile phones in different regional markets. Take Xiaomi-related brands as an example, such as Xiaomi 10S, Xiaomi 11, Redmi Note 10, and POCO. It used to belong to Xiaomi and has become an independent operating mobile phone brand. They will hold an online launch event on March 22, and then there will be new product-related information in India on March 30.
Although it is still unclear whether the conference on March 22 will launch one or two phones, after all, POCO’s recent focus is on the two new phones, POCO F3 and POCO X3 Pro.
Some time ago, POCO’s global official Twitter account launched a poll to ask netizens: Do you still want a 4G flagship phone? It is assumed that 60% of netizens finally voted in favor. After POCO F3 may be the international version of Redmi K40, only POCO X3 Pro may be positioned as the 4G flagship mobile phone. In addition to reviewing the previous POCO X3 standard version equipped with Qualcomm Snapdragon 732G processor, and the next POCO X3 Pro is most likely equipped with a higher-end 4G flagship processor.
POCO X3 Pro
After the date of the POCO launch event was announced, Ishan Agarwal also broke the news on Twitter and released the official rendering of the POCO X3 Pro. It has colors of Frost Blue, Metal Bronze, and Phantom Black. Judging from the appearance that has been revealed so far, the front and back of the body of the POCO X3 Pro is almost the same as the design of POCO X3 and POCO X3 NFC.
In terms of specifications, it is rumored that POCO X3 Pro will be equipped with Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 series 4G flagship processor (possibly the unpublished Snapdragon 860), and the screen will be equipped with a center dot full screen with an FHD+ resolution of 120Hz refresh rate. As for the battery, it is expected to have a built-in 5,200mAh large capacity with 33W fast charging and built-in NFC. For the camera, it is rumored that the POCO X3 Pro is expected to be equipped with a 48-megapixel four-lens main camera, which also includes a wide-angle (standard) lens, an ultra-wide-angle lens, a macro lens, and a depth-of-field lens.
POCO F3
At this stage, the appearance of the POCO F3 has not yet been exposed, and it is impossible to confirm whether the POCO F3 will continue the appearance design of the Redmi K40, but the two are expected to be the same in terms of hardware specifications. Redmi K40 is equipped with a 6.67-inch FHD+ resolution, an E4 AMOLED center dot full screen, the screen supports 120Hz screen update rate and 360Hz touch sampling rate, 5,000,000:1 contrast ratio, 1300nit, supports DCI P-3 wide color gamut, HDR10+ display, MEMC dynamic compensation, etc. In terms of performance, it is equipped with Qualcomm Snapdragon 870 processor.
In terms of cameras, the Redmi K40 is equipped with a 48-megapixel AI three-lens main camera, which is a 48-megapixel main lens (SONY IMX582 sensor), an 8-megapixel 119° ultra-wide-angle lens, and a 5-megapixel telephoto macro lens. The front camera is a 20-megapixel selfie camera. In terms of battery, Redmi K40 has a built-in 4,520mAh capacity battery that supports 33W fast charging, which is claimed to be able to fully charge 100% in 52 minutes.