POCO M3 review: 6000 mAh budget hero with bold leatherette design.
Big battery, bold looks.
Poco M3 turned heads with its oversized camera plate and Poco-yellow finish, then backed it with a 6000 mAh cell, stereo speakers and a 48 MP main at $149 — a standout budget value of late 2020.
01Display
70/100At 70/100 this is one of the strongest display showings among budget phones of 2020 — 7 points above the cohort average.
02Camera
58/10058/100 puts it above the 56-point average for budget phones of 2020.
03Performance
58/100At 58/100 this is one of the strongest performance showings among budget phones of 2020 — 8 points above the cohort average.
04Battery
86/100At 86/100 this is one of the strongest battery showings among budget phones of 2020 — 8 points above the cohort average.
05Build
62/10062/100 puts it above the 60-point average for budget phones of 2020.
- 6000 mAh battery at just $149
- Stereo speakers rare in this tier
- Bold standout design
- Snapdragon 662 modest
- No ultrawide camera
- 2 MP filler lenses
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 118-phone cohort of budget devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .