Poco recently announced the POCO X3 smartphone in India. It is known as POCO X3 NFC in global markets and simply as POCO X3 in India as it doesn’t have NFC connectivity. The General Manager of Poco India, C Manmohan recently stated that the removal of NFC feature allowed the company to provide a larger battery on the Indian version of POCO X3.
The global version of POCO X3 has a 5,160mAh battery and the Indian version has a 6,000mAh battery. C Manmohan said in an interview with 91mobiles that the company dropped the NFC feature from the Indian version as it is not so important feature for Indian audience. As UPI and QR code-based payments are used more than the contactless payments by NFC in India, removing the feature helped the firm to provide a 16% larger battery on the Indian version of POCO X3.
POCO X3 will be available for purchase on 29th September at 12pm IST. In terms of specifications, POCO X3 comes with a 6.67-inch 120Hz IPS LCD FHD+ display with a punch-hole design. It has a rear quad-camera setup of 64-megapixel (Sony IMX682), 13-megapixel (ultrawide), 2-megapixel (macro), 2-megapixel depth and a 20-megapixel front camera for selfies.
It is powered by Snapdragon 732G chipset with LPPDR4x RAM and UFS 2.1 storage. It has a 6,000mAh battery with support for 33W fast charging. The phone runs on MIUI 12 based on Android 10 OS. Other features include dual 4G VoLTE, side-facing fingerprint scanner, 3.5mm audio jack, stereo speakers, IR blaster, Wi-Fi, GPS, Bluetooth and USB-C.
The handset is available in two colours – Cobalt Blue and Shadow Grey. It comes in three variants – 6GB RAM + 64GB storage, 6GB RAM + 128GB storage and 8GB RAM + 128GB storage and all three are priced at Rs.16,999, Rs.18,499 and Rs.19,999 respectively.