As per your request, here is the video comparison between the POCO F3 against the POCO X3 GT to help you make a purchase decision, and I have to say that you will be surprised by some of the findings when I was comparing both phones, so let’s check them out!
Hardware
Starting from the phone’s hardware, in terms of the chipset, the POCO F3 comes with the Snapdragon 870 chipset, which is a 7nm processor and the POCO X3 GT comes with the Mediatek Dimensity 1100 chipset which is a 6nm processor, and yes, both phones are a 5G phone.
Then when it comes to the phone’s build quality, both phones were the same size from every dimension, which was interesting because the POCO X3 GT has a larger battery and in terms of both of the phone’s weight, there barely is any difference.
But since the front of the POCO X3 GT has a super-strong Corning Gorilla Glass Victus protection, which I still think it’s crazy to have for such an affordable priced phone, the screen is just a tad bit thicker, where the POCO F3 has only a Corning Gorilla Glass 5 protection.
At the back, the finish of the POCO X3 GT was something that didn’t really stand out to me, maybe just the amount of fingerprints on the rear of the phone, because it is such a fingerprint magnet.
I have said before that I prefer how the POCO F3 looks at the back, color aside, the matte finish definitely gives a very unique look to the phone.
And because of this, the POCO F3 does feel better in the hands, only because of the overall finish that it has.
In terms of the camera bump, the thickness are almost the same once again, but because the POCO F3 has a more rounded shape compared to a square shape on the POCO X3 GT, if you put the phone on a table or on a surface and type, you will find the POCO X3 GT to be way more stable when it comes to typing when it is on a surface.
In terms of the ports and buttons, looking below, it was very similar, just that the POCO F3 has the dual SIM card slot over here compared to the placement on the POCO X3 GT, where it’s on the left instead and yes, both phones do not have microSD card slots.
On the right, you will find the same placements for the volume rockers and the same tactile feeling side power and fingerprint sensor button, which I have mentioned before that I still prefer this kind of buttons compared to the concave styles that you will find on the Mi 10T Pro, so both unlocks really quickly, and there was no difference over here.
Looking on top, since both phones have stereo speakers, you will find the same additional speakers over here but just a little different arrangement for the speakers on the POCO F3, where the IR blaster on the POCO F3 is very close to the speakers, making it look it was part of the speakers.
So overall if I REALLY had to choose between both phones, in terms of the design, build, and just using both phones daily, I’d go with the POCO F3 and that is only because of the rear finish that the POCO F3 has but this could also be based on a personal preference.
Display
Now let’s look at the display.
As mentioned, since both phones are the same size, it has a 6.6-inch display and the same resolution at 1080 x 2400 pixels.
According to the paper, the POCO F3 is supposed to have a 0.7-inch larger screen but trust me that you won’t see any difference when you look at both phones side by side.
Then the POCO F3 has an AMOLED screen at a 120-hertz refresh rate and the POCO X3 GT has an IPS LCD Display.
So with this one would think that the POCO F3 would beat the POCO X3 GT out flat, well while yes, it does beat the POCO X3 GT but barely at only for three factors.
First of all, because the peak brightness is at a massive 1300 nits compared to 450 nits on the POCO X3 GT, which I have to say that even at 450 nits, it was still visible under bright sunlight.
And the second factor is of course the deeper blacks and slightly vibrant colors that you would get on an AMOLED screen.
And finally, the third would be playback on Netflix on the POCO F3 is way better with Widevine L1 support that streams up to Full HD compared to the SD playback resolution at Widevine L3 instead and I am suspecting this is the case because of the fact the POCO F3 has HDR 10+ compared to just HDR on the POCO X3 GT.
The hole punch camera on both phones is the same size but there is a silver line on the camera area on the POCO F3.
Then the screen to body ratio between both phones was almost identical and if you were to compare both phones side to side like what I have done, honestly you won’t find an extremely huge quality difference between both phones side to side.
And if you were to use both phones without comparing the displays, I can guarantee that you would love both phones.
So once again, I will have to give it to the POCO F3 when it comes to the display performance, especially when using it daily.
Camera
Next, on to the phone’s cameras, the POCO F3’s rear cameras comes with:
- a 48-megapixel f 1.8 aperture lens
- an 8-megapixel f 2.2 ultrawide lens, and
- a 5-megapixel f 2.4 macro lens
Then as for the POCO X3 GT, it has:
- a bigger 64-megapixel f 1.8 aperture camera
- the same 8-megapixel f 2.2 ultrawide lens, and
- a lower 2-megapixel f 2.4 macro lens
As for the front cameras:
- the POCO F3 has a bigger 20-megapixel f 2.5 aperture, and
- the POCO X3 GT has a 16-megapixel f 2.5
So are the slightly bigger rear camera main sensor’s on the POCO X3 GT’s a better choice and is the POCO F3’s bigger megapixel front camera better than the POCO X3 GT? Well, let’s find out!
High Megapixel Mode
Starting from the High Megapixel Mode, although on paper the POCO X3 GT has a bigger megapixel count, as seen on these images, it looks practically identical, especially if you don’t crop or zoom in that much.
Main Lens
Looking at the main lenses, what’s interesting is that the pictures do look very identical once again, with only the X3 GT photos being a tad bit brighter, as seen at the Wisma Amfirst logo but in terms of the dynamic range and colors, it is very alike even when the photos were taken on the other side of the building or in a totally different environment as well.
Ultrawide Lens
The ultrawide shots also look similar in terms of the colors and dynamic range too, since it has the same megapixel count and aperture as well.
BUT as seen in this second picture, there is some barrel distortion, at the light post towards the left, where it had almost like a fish eye effect over there.
Portrait Mode
Then as for the portrait mode, firstly for objects, the POCO X3 GT had a better subject to the background image blur and edge detection. The images also seemed sharper on the subject as seen in this second picture.
Then when it comes to taking portrait mode shots on humans, once again the POCO X3 GT does a way better job on the edge detection, as seen just above my ears, my “grey old man hair” was blended into the background compared to how well the POCO X3 GT did. Hence the POCO X3 GT does better in this portrait mode.
Macro Mode
Looking at the Macro Mode shots then, not only the POCO F3 could get even closer to the subject, but it also nails focus better than the POCO X3 GT and there were times where the images were darker on the POCO X3 GT as well, so I would say that the POCO F3 was a clear winner in this category.
Night Mode
Ultrawide
As for the night mode on the ultrawide lens, while the balance of highlights and shadows were the same, but I liked how the colors of the skies looked in the POCO X3 GT as the skies were black, not orange like how it was on the POCO F3.
Main Lens
Then as for the main lens, it was equally as good for shots of some night lights, both didn’t really focus too well over here, but it did bring out the highlights and shadows decently.
Super low light
For super low light situations, although the images on the POCO F3 was brighter but I didn’t like how weirdly it was processed, there are patches of god knows what around the image as seen over here for the ultrawide shots, and while the main lens didn’t have such issues, but I still like the cleaner image that the POCO X3 GT had.
Regular Selfie
As for the regular shots, here is where the clear winner has to be the POCO F3 because not only it had a bigger megapixel sensor but the overall image processing was way better on the regular selfie, where the skin tones and exposure was perfectly balanced.
Portrait Selfie
And the POCO F3 yet again does a REALLY good job for the portrait selfie shots, making it look like flagship material.
Video Recording
Then as for video recording, both phones maximize at 4k 30 frames per second for the rear.
The quality of the video was great and the image stabilization on the main lens for both was good too, with HDR turned off, but the POCO F3 handles exposure faster than the POCO X3 GT where it does take a while for it to adjust the exposure value and once it does it looks very similar.
Ultra-wide lens for video
Then the footage for the ultrawide lens for both phones maxes out at 1080p, and like the video footage for the main lens, the video quality was great with the same exposure adjustments as well.
Front Video Specs
As for the front video recording, both only record up to 1080p, where on the POCO F3 it goes up to 60 fps instead of only until 30 fps on the POCO X3 GT.
While image stabilization was equally as good but when what’s interesting this time is that the exposure adjustments were better on the POCO X3 GT, especially for backlit situations.
So guys, do you think the POCO F3 or the POCO X3 GT performed better in every aspect of the cameras?
Audio
In terms of both of the phone’s speakers, both have stereo speakers, with the same placement.
In terms of the audio quality, both sounded once again very similar, with a nice amount of highs and mids but because the POCO F3 had a bigger output volume of 98.1 dB compared to 96.1 dB on the POCO X3 GT, so if I really had to choose in terms of which I prefer in terms of the quality of the audio, I would obviously go with the POCO F3.
Battery
As for the battery specs, the POCO F3 comes with 4520 milliamps of battery and the POCO X3 GT comes with a larger 5000 milliamps of battery.
And based on my usage daily, size doesn’t matter this time around because the POCO F3 did perform better at close to an hour more.
But where the POCO X3 GT wins is through its fast charging, where it supports up to a massive 67 watts compared to only 33 watts on the POCO F3.
So yes, this does come down to a personal preference on whether or not you need a better screen on time or faster charging.
Software
So the current software version that I was at during this review for the POCO X3 GT is 12.5.2 where the POCO F3 has an updated version of 12.5.3.
As mentioned in my full review of the POCO X3 GT I didn’t find any issues using the phone daily. Version 12.5.2 was better on the dark mode optimization, especially on apps like Facebook and YouTube studio, which has been fixed.
However, the only thing that I hope that the upcoming version of 12.5.3 update for this phone could do is to give a better performance on the battery life as it still drains pretty quickly when I am at 40 to 30 percent battery, because other than that I really don’t see there are any other issues.
And since the POCO F3 has the latest update of version 12.5.3 there was a bit of improvement on the battery life not too much but I did feel that it did last just a bit more.
Just like before, I still love the overall POCO Skin compared to the Mi devices so at THIS point in time and since the POCO F3 comes with better battery life and the latest update, I’d choose that POCO F3 over here.
Gaming
As for gaming, as usual I started out with Genshin Impact on the POCO F3, and with the new update, there were a tiny bit of improvements on the temperature when playing games for quite a while.
The battery drain was also better than the POCO X3 GT where it had an average of 3 percent drain in about 10 mins of continuous gameplay where as mentioned in my full review of the POCO X3 GT, the battery drain was quite massive at 40 percent onwards.
As for playing PUBG Mobile, there were no issues at all for both phones, as it performs the same, since the game is very well optimized for smartphones within this range.
If I had to choose which is better for gaming, I would go with the POCO F3 due to its brighter and a vivid screen specifically during gameplay.
Conclusion
So in conclusion, it is pretty obvious that the POCO F3 reigns supreme over the POCO X3 GT even with just RM100 more at a retail price of RM1699 compared to RM1599 for the 8+256 gigabyte variants for the POCO X3 GT. I personally think that it is worth it because of the screen, the front cameras and of course, the current battery life that you get on the POCO F3.
But, with that being said, I wouldn’t say that the POCO X3 GT was totally a “loser” because for some, it is still a rather great device that can be appealing for some and like I said, the whole battery issue can still be resolved with the 65 watts charging, so at the end of the day it does come down which are your priorities.
If you ask me which would I choose at THIS moment I’d go with POCO F3, but who cares what I think, what’s more important is what you think, so guys let me know which phone would you choose between these two in the comments section below.
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