Cheapest 5G phone: the POCO M3 Pro at 180 €

October 31, 2021 Joe Kenehan

You have the option of having 5G in your city, but the price of compatible devices is something to chill out. Fortunately, the POCO brand owned by Xiaomi has designed a 5G device at a rock bottom price. But beware, the POCO M3 Pro 5G does not only have this advantage …

The POCO M3 Pro is a 5G compatible device that offers a very nice design in addition to being the cheapest in its class. It must be said that with its 180 €, it literally explodes the competition especially as this smartphone displays a very interesting description. We note first of all the MediaTek Dimensity 700 chip (8 cores, clocked at 2.2 GHz max) with 4 GB of RAM which allows it to play 90% of the latest games in 3D with the graphics options pushed to the limit. Then the device offers interesting connectivity options like WiFi 5 dual band, NFC, FM radio, VoLTE, Bluetooth 5 and even an infrared transmitter for turn your phone into a universal remote. On the storage side we have the right to 64 GB of ROM to the UFS 2.2 standard (expandable to 256 GB via micro SD card).

Screen, photo, battery: nothing to change

The rest of the technical sheet is a flawless journey with a 6.5 inch (16.5 cm) FHD + screen which offers 90 Hz refreshment. In this price range it’s a real plus! The photo part is not to be outdone with a main 48 megapixel lens (f / 1.8) which offers a rather convincing Night mode, a macro module and a final lens to better capture portraits. Xiaomi software requires, the device embeds creative video features such as time-lapse mode), slow motion at 120 fps), macro-video mode, filters, etc. Finally, the autonomy is at the top with a battery of 5000 mAh which allows to consider up to 3 days of use (2 days in sustained use).