SpecEagle review · Xiaomi

POCO F3 review: The SD870 flagship-killer with 120 Hz AMOLED at $349.

Item: POCO F3
Rating: 76
Author: SpecEagle Editorial

SpecEagle Editorial·Mar 2021·$349

Overall

76/100

Class rank

#8 of 22

Tier

Premium

Buy?

At the right price

The verdict, up front

A genuine flagship-killer.

Poco F3 paired the fast SD870 with a 120 Hz AMOLED at $349. No OIS and IP53 are the cuts, but the value was unbeatable in 2021.

01Display

84/100

84/100 puts it above the 80-point average for premium phones of 2021.

TypeAMOLED, 120 Hz

Size6.67 inches

Resolution2,400 × 1,080 px

Peak brightness1,300 nits

02Camera

68/100

68/100 is one of the weaker camera results among premium phones of 2021 — 9 points under the average. Check the rows below before buying for this.

Main48 MP, f/1.79

Ultrawide8 MP

Macro5 MP

Selfie20 MP

03Performance

82/100

82/100 puts it above the 77-point average for premium phones of 2021.

ChipsetSnapdragon 870 (7 nm)

RAM6 / 8 GB

Storage128 / 256 GB

04Battery

76/100

76/100 — right at the average for premium phones of 2021.

Capacity4,520 mAh

Wired33 W

05Build

76/100

76/100 trails the 79-point cohort average for premium phones of 2021.

06Value

86/100

At 86/100 this is one of the strongest value showings among premium phones of 2021 — 9 points above the cohort average.

What works

SD870 + 120 Hz AMOLED at $349.
Jack + IR blaster + stereo.
1,300-nit display.
Wi-Fi 6.

What doesn't

No OIS.
IP53 only.
No microSD.
MIUI ads.

Cross-shop it against

Pixel 7

$599 · score 80/100

How this review is built: every section score, spec row and comparison on this page comes from SpecEagle's tracked catalogue — scores weight measured specs against the 22-phone cohort of premium devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .