I love how these cheap phones have more functional features than what we get on these flagship phones. Having a headphone jack and SD card slot should be standard it's ridiculous.
Yup also the reason I got myself a Moto G8 Power. Has everything even stereo speakers and some of the best battery life in a modern 1080p phone. Only 160$ and it even plays all my games perfectly. I will never buy flagship phones again. They are only worth if you need absolute best camera and performance for whatever reason
@@tronic2007 You could always buy it maybe 6 months down the line unless you want the to be the one with the latest tech asap I mean the 5 II is a banger imo, especially if you could get it with those bundles.
@@cryptollusion I don't think the battery is too bad really. I have been using it for the last few days while I sold my Xiaomi Mi 9 and waiting for my MI 11 to arrive and it lasts 12 hours for me on a new battery.
@@JackVincent I came from a Redmi Note 7, purely because it had issues, but since I game on the g5 now and again (preferably when I'm plugged in), it uses alot of battery what with it being a 1440p display and a 2800mah battery
Bought the M3 as a spare phone for 90€. It's really is amazing what low cost phones are capable off these days. Sure, it's not nearly on the same level as my OnePlus 8 Pro but damn, it's still impressive.
TRUTH: You don't need anything better than a plastic back LIE: A glass back looks classy with all those fingerprints and definitely won't break with just looking at it...
I think the subtitles were spot on for that since that's literally what I heard him say. I thought he was making a joke since what he was pulling out from his pants was censored, lmao.
Ohohohoho I see now XD The name Poco is basically just an Italian/Spanish version of the mandarin name Xiaomi, literally millet or small rice grain, so it can sound more globally accepted 😂😂😂👍
You guys don't skip the ad? lol. Hint: you are not supporting your favorite youtuber by just watching the in-video ad, they only get money when you buy the product with the referral link.
The gcam port is still impressing because of how good it is, better than redmi note 8 pro 64mpx and destroy it in low light. I'm afraid my next phone will do worse
@@yaelm631 gcam always gets the job done. Poco f2 pro user here and the gcam port, although not as well developed as the F1, captures way better photos and videos.
Snapdragon 662? Wow, didn't expect that. For me, snapdragon 720G is not heating up, but the irony is that the heat is transferred to the battery instead of the Chipset heating up like the Snapdragon 888
5:08 I think this video was shot a few days ago, because in the last few days UA-cam rolled out an update to Android which sets the max resolution on 720p and less displays to 1080p. I have an S10 Plus (which is 1440p) and I got 4K support.
If it is available in your area, opt for Redmi 9T over Poco M3 instead. It's basically the same phone, but the 9T is slightly better due to the fact that the top spec gives you 6GB RAM + 128GB storage and an extra camera for about the same price (RM700 in Malaysia) as the M3's 4GB + 128GB variant.
You have many many similar phones in asia the downside with many of them is that they degrade quickly. the performance get so bad within a few months its pretty much unusable and many fails by the internal storage failing and you will notice it by things getting corrupted in your gallery. You do however have alot of well known brand (vivo, samsung, oppo) that sell phones a with a lil higher price (around 170-250) which got dualsim, headphone jack and fast chargers. they simply dont release those versions in first world countries. And when they state the MP of the camera reality is that the censor is not getting bigger all it does is making a grainier picture what they usually do is slap a filter on which smoothens everything out and with higher end phones they use AI to try to remove the grain as much as possible "processing"
What specs are those? Here are some few important things: ( *Hopefully few people read this as most people will not know what I'm talking except for tech nerds* ) I will use my phone specs as the main support, I will add some other specs just for more clarity: What type of chipset will be good in the long run? Score that is close or more to 300,000 antutu benchmark. What type of camera sensor would be good and how much MP is too much MP? Recommended minimum MP are 8mp for wide Recommended moderate MP are 12mp for wide Recommended minimum for main: 12, 32, 48, 64 Recommended moderate for main: 12 and 64 Recommended for cheap zoom MP: ... Recommended for moderate zoom MP: 3x, 10x, 12mp, 16mp Those are three sets of camera, Main, ultrawide and telephoto lenses. The rest are useless 😂 The selfie cams are the ff: Dual punch hole: 16 8mp, 32 8mp, 12 12mp, 16 12mp, 32 12mp Single punch hole: 12mp, 16mp, 32mp Storage and ram? Minimum of 6/128 Moderate of 8/128 or 256 Maximum of 12/512 😂😂😂 ( Trust me, people do buy the maximum with uhm bad chipset ( exynos ahem 800 someth- ) heat ) What type of display tech and quality? 1080 is the best, since it's been that way ever since. As for display tech, that depends on preferences. If you don't care about specs but A+ grade quality , then go for *AMOLED* If you don't care about amoled for it sacrifices specs and if it dosen't it cost double ,then go for *LCD* or other types of LCD Other stuff are: fingerprint scanner on the power button or screen ( id recommend power button since finger on screen can be a little hard with oily hands people ) 3.5mm Headphone jack Dual speakers or bottom firing speakers Haptic feedback Those microphone stuff to hear your voice Bands on phone... That's flagship phone Good OS ( personal preferences ) Advance tech screen that eliminates oil Matte back or glass back Big screen Thinner bezels or thin Gorrila glass 3 5 6 or sandwich Dual punch hole or single or dewdrop
@@Nickerian91 I'm still using my poco f1 from 2018. Performa as fast as ever. It's true that the camera can't compete with high priced phones, but occasionally it does surprise ppl
Yvonne: spends hundreds of hours and thousands of dollars to make sets that look like a home. Linus: immediately films things facing outwards exposing the fraud. no wonder she makes him sleep in his ultimate gamer bed.
I got a Pocophone X3 last year , it had good reviews and I didn't want to spend a fortune as I don't use one regularly , well I love it so much that I use it way more often than any other phone I had before .
Latest live stream with Linus that I saw had Alexa sounding a bit needy. Time and time again Alexa triggered even though they said nothing remotely sounding like Alexa, whereupon Linus would go "Shut up Alexa I'm not talking to you!"
I have the M3 for about a month now and it is such an incredible upgrade over a similarly priced phone from 2 years ago, it is unbelievable! I am happy with it up till now.
2:30 Rocking with a case like this on my Honor Play for 2.5 years now and no regret it all lol. And it feels way better than no case to me (plastic phone).
@Sayan De i have the same phone right here, and i recommend you using the 64 megapixel mode on the main camera always when your trying to get an amazing result + adobe lightroom mobile and you can get crazy results. I promise, but when just casual picture that you want fast and look good already just straight up use GCAM. (The miui stock photo editor has also sick picture profiles, it's totally valid to use it & i can show you some results if you want to see some of em).
@Sayan De how does them run?, Ive been wondering about trashing Miui, to install pixel/stock Android Roms but i think performance/battery performance will decrease
9:31 *8mp Front cam And BTW i don't know how much do you know about Smartphone SoCs but honestly There is no comparision between A25 and 662 A25 is just awfully slow You can feel the lag probably even after 4-5months
@@Gadzinisko It's mediocre, definitely not the best, has a big battery though. The only downside that I think is the quality of the camera, if you tinker with it, it can produce some good results.
@@Gadzinisko Yeah, since taking pictures or videos really wasn't the main reason I bought it. If you ever find a better option, then you should take that instead of the POCO M3.
I've been rocking a p10 lite, and when i finally feel like changing i'm definitely not going high end, that's an amazing amount of phone for the price. If only Daddy Sam felt like doing a mid-low range fold i might be tempted. (nice joke right?)
I was always a flagship user but last summer i decided to buy the Xiaomi redmi note 9 pro. Im telling you apart from the camera in low light environment the phone is absolutely a beast. You cannot tell its a budget phone when doing classic smartphone things like browsing the web or multitasking, Apps load instantly and it has never failed me. For 95% of the world population a flagship android or an iPhone is overkill. They just don't know it yet because they haven't tried a cheaper alternative.
If the Pinephone was more responsive and it had a camera from at least 2015 I would prefer it to any Android phone (I wouldn't even want an iPhone if it was free).
@@RoshiGaming As far as I know the hardware is out. You get the developer kit or fully assembled for end users. Not sure if it's in stock or the state of the software.
My Moto G stylus actually has the same specs as the Poco, save for the battery (mine is 4000mah), and I got it for 178 as part of an upgrade deal. Is actually an extremely responsive phone at least for me, and it's great for what I need it for. It's got Android 10, and really is unbeatable for the price I paid for it. Or at least it was as I got it over a year ago
Been using Moto for all my smart phone life and have had no issues with missing features. Granted Im not a camera user, social media consumer. But I'm happy with what it does haha.
There are some amazing budget Android phones about, and I say that as an iPhone 11 Pro owner, and iPhone user since the iPhone 3G. In the UK a Poco M3 is about £140. In order to test some apps I'm developing, I recently bought a new Nokia 7.2 for £150 with specs in the same sort of ballpark: Snapdragon 660, 4GB RAM. Honestly I'm blown away by the hardware and build quality (matte glass back like my iPhone). If I dropped my iPhone down the stairs tomorrow I could easily use this as my daily driver until I got it replaced. It's pretty responsive and is an Android One device which means no crapware, and an upgrade from Android 10 to 11 is imminient.
Yeah, while they of course aren't on par with the flagships phones, you get quite a lot of phone for ~200 dollars nowadays. Goes to show just how far technology has progressed in that aspect in the last decade
Only thing I hate about videos like these is that the prices in their links are NEVER the same as what they claim. It's always like an extra $30-60+ difference
That nuu phone is a carbon copy, specs, design, included case and all, of the Samsung galaxy a21s. I am not joking, they are identical, even the camera layout and bezels.
I daily a Motorola Moto G Power, switched over from the 2020 iPhone SE and I'm pretty happy with it. It's an $180 phone that's pretty respectable for the price
well this is only if you cant afford the more expensive stuff, but when you are actually looking at buying something more expensive reviews are very useful to you to gauge which is the best choice in those upper price ranges
I'm rocking a Xiaomi redmi 8(4/128 version) and I paid less than $130 for it brand new. I've used it for over a year now and it still perfoms amazing. Thing is, if I ever break to screen, I'll just buy a new one lol. Just got the new UI update too, Xiaomi gives at least 2 years of support. (4 on flagships).
If you do decide to buy the Poco phone, download the Google camera app. Not the one on Google Play if you want the latest features [ Something from, like XDA. The one I found also had support for 48 MP] . Poco's camera likes smooth face and skin, not something the western market particularly likes. Xiaomi, Poco and Redmi phones can generally be customized a lot, if you like messing with settings.
These phone seems like an amazing value overall, but I want to see how they hold up after a year of use. At that price I wouldn't mind having to replace it more often but at the same time, will it even hold up that long?
I can confirm that I did buy the POCO M3. and unfortunately had to return it. It appears that NA carriers are stopping the support for the 3G frequency's and that's what is on the POCO
Just bought a Xiaomi Redmi 9, I am absolutely impressed, at 64GB it will never get even half full and has stuff I'll never use. SO MANY functions and stuff!!! I really can't understand why people buy more expensive phones...
Linus I have a question. I own a Realme C3 and I use it to game a lot . I keep my games in "game space". On the bottom left there is a button for 1) power saving mode, 2) balanced mode and 3) performance mode. The one for power saving and balanced mode worked in way that I can tell that is working but I tried turning on PERFORMANCE MODE!!!, but nothing happened apart from making my phone hotter. What does it really do?
Linus finally showing stuff I can afford
You stiil can't afford it
None of these are at the prices quoted lol
I just bought the M3 for my dad. Definitely recommend it. The selfie camera is utter shit so keep that in mind.
@@SteveDice21 yeah. The problem with Xiaomi is the camera App... They really need to work on that because it's very ugly.
Dont get used to it
That’s cool that the poco phone comes wit an anti static bracelet
No tweezers tho :((
Ignore him he is on *The Verge* of joking.
What about a Swiss Army Knife that hopefully has a phillips head screwdriver?
They asked verge for things you need :D
LMFAO thanks for making my day! I occasionally still watch that Verge video just to laugh at the moron
Linus: I don't need those bracelets.
The Verge: Do you even know how to build a PC?
First you need a table 👁👄👁
@@m.corentin7298 then you need two hands
@@m.corentin7298 And don't forget your pocket knife!
Have you EVER tried to build one without at least one bracelet? Mayhem!
@@maxheadroom22and26 and the tweezers
Xiaomi Phone: **Exists**
Linus: *"IS THAT AN IR BLASTER?!?!"*
Poco was under Xiaomi and became independent last year.
@@ainamaree still owned by Xiaomi
@@harshchaudhary7834 black Shark too
@@meddis4647 Xiaomi doesn't actually own blackshark afaik, they are an investor
@@harshchaudhary7834 really?
Part of me wants Linus to use the Poco as his main phone for even a week.
I got enough bitching and complaining in one video no thanks
@Andrej sorry, xiaomi has good haptic motor even in entry level, the camera is shit though
It was a 48 mp camera in poco
@@whatif..._ I thought 64
@@TheBlock70 download g cam it will become better then 64mp
"why would you need a 1000 dollar phone when you could just get a 150 dollar phone"- L-Inus Te-Ch Ti-Ps
Lol
@@AppleReviews to watch ltt HDR probably
@@AppleReviews so i could get the "flip phone" design
Why use a 150 dollar phone when you can get phones for free from a dumpster and repair them (legit that's how I have my Pixel 2)
@@ishaqahmed._ Because: a) people normally don't look for stuff in dumpsters and b) most people don't know how to repair stuff
11:06 Scratches at level 6 with deeper grooves at level 7
I see a true man of culture here
jerry rig everything XD
yup
They BOUGHT a set of mohs mineral picks
NEVER saw them use it
But will it blend?
I love how these cheap phones have more functional features than what we get on these flagship phones. Having a headphone jack and SD card slot should be standard it's ridiculous.
Yup also the reason I got myself a Moto G8 Power. Has everything even stereo speakers and some of the best battery life in a modern 1080p phone. Only 160$ and it even plays all my games perfectly. I will never buy flagship phones again. They are only worth if you need absolute best camera and performance for whatever reason
Luckily Sony seems to be bucking those horrible trends (including the hideous notch)
@@sushimshah2896 Just sad Sony is overpriced and don't offer a good budget phone anymore
@@tronic2007 You could always buy it maybe 6 months down the line unless you want the to be the one with the latest tech asap
I mean the 5 II is a banger imo, especially if you could get it with those bundles.
@@sushimshah2896 bad resale and parts ava also bad
LTT: "don't need bracelet"
also LTT: *wears bracelet*
Yes! this is what we need more of! and maybe even some more in-depth reviews of AFFORDABLE and AVAILABLE tech
As an Italian, I laughed SO HARD at the Mi radio reaction
I am not an Italian but my favorite radio station is RTL 102.5 that I listen on the Internet everyday.
@@tangocash342 why man ?
i'm baffled. why would you do that to yourself ahahah
@@lemonthebest Per imparare la LINGUA signor Lingua.
Good
130 dollars?? i give you 30 deal
30 rubles that is.
not funny, didn't laugh
hi boris
@@sapunjavimacor its not a joke, not meant to be funny
isnt xiaomi also pretty popular in the slavic region?
Legend says LG G5 users are still waiting for their swappable modules
And their Android 9 support...
@@Qtechbh Already has Android 11 support through custom roms
And a bigger battery 😔
@@cryptollusion I don't think the battery is too bad really. I have been using it for the last few days while I sold my Xiaomi Mi 9 and waiting for my MI 11 to arrive and it lasts 12 hours for me on a new battery.
@@JackVincent I came from a Redmi Note 7, purely because it had issues, but since I game on the g5 now and again (preferably when I'm plugged in), it uses alot of battery what with it being a 1440p display and a 2800mah battery
Poco marketing team: We want you to review our device.
Linus: How about I compare it with the crappiest phone I can find?
Quite the opposite actually, Linus find the nuu phone first
@@holoholo4261 True, we dont have any proof to say that linus wanted to review poco first.
Bought the M3 as a spare phone for 90€. It's really is amazing what low cost phones are capable off these days. Sure, it's not nearly on the same level as my OnePlus 8 Pro but damn, it's still impressive.
"Gonna have to call out that LIE in their marketing"... says LIEnus
*Lee-Nus*
Gonna have to call out LIEnus as well and say he definitely can't see the difference in 720p and 1080p on a 6 inch display.
@@floki1664 I heard he uses 1.5 meter coiled usb cords.
I'll bet he didn't even record those phone videos.
LOOK OUT FOR THE ZTE 10 BLADE
TRUTH: you need bracelets
LIE: you don't need bracelets
TRUTH: You don't need anything better than a plastic back
LIE: A glass back looks classy with all those fingerprints and definitely won't break with just looking at it...
50/50
@@Danirio96 just use crystal casing to appreciate the design put into it. Or just use gloves lmao during pandemic, phones need to be clean as well.
@@t_y8274 except that it block radio signal, scratch just about as badly as plastic, and can also dent when drop
This is why he is "Lie-nus"
3:36
linus: does it have "micro sd" expansion
subtitles: does it have "my crusty" expansion
I think the subtitles were spot on for that since that's literally what I heard him say. I thought he was making a joke since what he was pulling out from his pants was censored, lmao.
Same here
Everytime Linus gets a phone from mi "is that an ir blaster"
"POCO" means "not much" in italian. Now you know.
It means "not much" or "little of" something in Spanish
what does it mean in Mandarin?
It's not much But it has honest Specs.
-POCO M3 user
Ohohohoho I see now XD
The name Poco is basically just an Italian/Spanish version of the mandarin name Xiaomi, literally millet or small rice grain, so it can sound more globally accepted 😂😂😂👍
Dam...I should have known lol... Ditching this shit of a phone... back to the A series for Samsung
The poco one for 135 has already been raised by walmart to 201 and amazon to like 185. Gotta love companies
does it even have us bands? why is it sold there?
@@hailgod1 even if it doesnt have full US band support its still supporting a few and for a $130 there's nothing else like it here
They did say that it'll be the early bird price, and that it'll go up, Linus just didn't mention it
It supports enough US bands... www.kimovil.com/en/frequency-checker/US/xiaomi-poco-m3
Here in EU it's 140-150 euros
I love the look of the Poco reminds me of Lumia.
ikr, the design is unlike any phones in it's price range, and it also got a strong character to it too
Oh pls, just because it's yellow??
@@sushimshah2896 what other features stand out then
@@sushimshah2896 Matte yellow with the bigass camera area.
It reminds me of Among Us
Anyone gonna appreciate the fact that he said A-l-e-x-a?
why tho?
@@gdforge9506 Because otherwise he'd activate a bunch of people's Alexas
You guys don't skip the ad? lol.
Hint: you are not supporting your favorite youtuber by just watching the in-video ad, they only get money when you buy the product with the referral link.
@@ignacio.s you are supporting them, its called watchtime
@Mr. Muhammad Iqbal yep have that happened a bunch of times
Using M3 for 3 months now, brilliant, no issues and Gcam works on it perfectly plus updates to camera soft and muui constantly. Great job 👌
What version of the Gcam are you using?
Do u get any problem with wifi?
Hey hows the lag. Is it snappy or is the expeience laggy
All I can remember is it was around 4:53pm when this was filmed. Thanks Brain.
Imagine Linus wears those bracelets forever as a meme. It would be funny.
He's not fighting static, he's fighting cancer.
@@thetalesofdaneandco bro that's Lyle right? 😂
@@danielrincon6004 Yup. Long live.
Only 2? Bah... Watch "Technikkeller" here on youtube. Or listen to Wolfgang Petry. Look for "Wahnsinn". :-D
I've had a Poco F1 since launch. Amazing phone.
I'll be using mine until it dies or I break it by accident. Does everything I need and more, so why waste money on new for the sake of new?
I've got to agree
The gcam port is still impressing because of how good it is, better than redmi note 8 pro 64mpx and destroy it in low light.
I'm afraid my next phone will do worse
The SD 845 it's still a beast
@@yaelm631 gcam always gets the job done. Poco f2 pro user here and the gcam port, although not as well developed as the F1, captures way better photos and videos.
ETA prime did a emulation gaming test with the poco m3 and it works rather well for that.
Snapdragon 662? Wow, didn't expect that.
For me, snapdragon 720G is not heating up, but the irony is that the heat is transferred to the battery instead of the Chipset heating up like the Snapdragon 888
@@aiztoh which phone do you have
5:08 I think this video was shot a few days ago, because in the last few days UA-cam rolled out an update to Android which sets the max resolution on 720p and less displays to 1080p. I have an S10 Plus (which is 1440p) and I got 4K support.
Me too
I appreciate him spelling Alexa instead of saying it out loud 💀💀 my Alexa almost heard him
I had the Poco F1, loved it, got the Poco X3 day 1. Still Love It.
And Poco X3 pro came out with better processor-
The Poco seems like the perfect backup phone.
Its my current daily driver, last all day with 30%-40% battery left
Try the redmi version, redmi note 9 pro puts 1k+ phones to shame
@@JohnWick-9050 Indeed. I one a Poco M2 pro, a Note 9 pro rebrand. its amazing! Also Redmi Note 10 series is coming March 4!
@@thewebheadgt they are amazing
Make sure to get it debloated of all the Mi stuff.
Bought a 130 € xiaomi phone for my mom still run fine today, two years later
I'm digging the yellow. Would've been nice to see more colour options when I bought the Pixel 4a.
@The Nuggie
Still only offered in black in Canada. What can ya do 🤪
The yellow one looks like a toy lol
@@UltraFrag
Haha.
Amogus
@@Lucky8s mogus
I mean I guess we’re left with cheap stuff. Everything else is sold out and getting scalped.
Even cheap stuff here in my country , that m3 got scalped so price go up about 20% .
@@NOOBGAMER-pm1pv youre a noob
The M3 has fantastic value for a phone.
The x3 is better and affordable
@Aditya Bhattacharya the x3 has a 732g chip with 6-8 gb ram plus 64-128 storage and 120 Hz refresh rate ... man it cant get any better than that..
@Aditya Bhattacharya damn that's heart breaking man. I wish it was in my country but imma try and ship it to my country
If it is available in your area, opt for Redmi 9T over Poco M3 instead. It's basically the same phone, but the 9T is slightly better due to the fact that the top spec gives you 6GB RAM + 128GB storage and an extra camera for about the same price (RM700 in Malaysia) as the M3's 4GB + 128GB variant.
That phone is so impressive for 130 bucks that I'd love to see a more in depth look at it, holy hell.
You have many many similar phones in asia the downside with many of them is that they degrade quickly. the performance get so bad within a few months its pretty much unusable and many fails by the internal storage failing and you will notice it by things getting corrupted in your gallery.
You do however have alot of well known brand (vivo, samsung, oppo) that sell phones a with a lil higher price (around 170-250) which got dualsim, headphone jack and fast chargers. they simply dont release those versions in first world countries.
And when they state the MP of the camera reality is that the censor is not getting bigger all it does is making a grainier picture what they usually do is slap a filter on which smoothens everything out and with higher end phones they use AI to try to remove the grain as much as possible "processing"
@@Nickerian91 just say " if I were you, I would buy a phone with a mid range *everything* that would last me longer in the long run"
Cheapo Poco phones and Mi phones are fine They'll last u long enough 2 years easily if you're normal user
They're big No No for power users though
What specs are those? Here are some few important things: ( *Hopefully few people read this as most people will not know what I'm talking except for tech nerds* )
I will use my phone specs as the main support, I will add some other specs just for more clarity:
What type of chipset will be good in the long run?
Score that is close or more to 300,000 antutu benchmark.
What type of camera sensor would be good and how much MP is too much MP?
Recommended minimum MP are 8mp for wide
Recommended moderate MP are 12mp for wide
Recommended minimum for main: 12, 32, 48, 64
Recommended moderate for main: 12 and 64
Recommended for cheap zoom MP: ...
Recommended for moderate zoom MP: 3x, 10x, 12mp, 16mp
Those are three sets of camera, Main, ultrawide and telephoto lenses. The rest are useless 😂
The selfie cams are the ff:
Dual punch hole: 16 8mp, 32 8mp, 12 12mp,
16 12mp, 32 12mp
Single punch hole: 12mp, 16mp, 32mp
Storage and ram?
Minimum of 6/128
Moderate of 8/128 or 256
Maximum of 12/512 😂😂😂
( Trust me, people do buy the maximum with uhm bad chipset ( exynos ahem 800 someth- ) heat )
What type of display tech and quality?
1080 is the best, since it's been that way ever since.
As for display tech, that depends on preferences.
If you don't care about specs but A+ grade quality , then go for *AMOLED*
If you don't care about amoled for it sacrifices specs and if it dosen't it cost double ,then go for *LCD* or other types of LCD
Other stuff are: fingerprint scanner on the power button or screen ( id recommend power button since finger on screen can be a little hard with oily hands people )
3.5mm Headphone jack
Dual speakers or bottom firing speakers
Haptic feedback
Those microphone stuff to hear your voice
Bands on phone... That's flagship phone
Good OS ( personal preferences )
Advance tech screen that eliminates oil
Matte back or glass back
Big screen
Thinner bezels or thin
Gorrila glass 3 5 6 or sandwich
Dual punch hole or single or dewdrop
@@Nickerian91 I'm still using my poco f1 from 2018. Performa as fast as ever. It's true that the camera can't compete with high priced phones, but occasionally it does surprise ppl
Yvonne: spends hundreds of hours and thousands of dollars to make sets that look like a home.
Linus: immediately films things facing outwards exposing the fraud.
no wonder she makes him sleep in his ultimate gamer bed.
Linus: films outwards ruining the aesthetic that Yvonne made
Linus also: gets to sleep in the best bed ever
I got a Pocophone X3 last year , it had good reviews and I didn't want to spend a fortune as I don't use one regularly , well I love it so much that I use it way more often than any other phone I had before .
I like that audio transition from the phone recording to the on-set audio.
2:13
he said A-lee-X-a just so that he doesn't trigger their Alexa now that's funny
I was about to comment the same thing!
Latest live stream with Linus that I saw had Alexa sounding a bit needy. Time and time again Alexa triggered even though they said nothing remotely sounding like Alexa, whereupon Linus would go "Shut up Alexa I'm not talking to you!"
He has done it several times before
ironic how thes useless "assistants" just end up being a pia
@@blahorgaslisk7763 Funny. I remember that. But it was Siri.
I have the M3 for about a month now and it is such an incredible upgrade over a similarly priced phone from 2 years ago, it is unbelievable! I am happy with it up till now.
2:30 Rocking with a case like this on my Honor Play for 2.5 years now and no regret it all lol. And it feels way better than no case to me (plastic phone).
Finally, a video in my price range!
Video's are always free
@moinsen mann one of them will get likes, the rest will fail. survival of the fittest
5:29 Linus flips that phone faster than they change their titles
What the heck you're right lol
What's the title?
When these phones beat your old flagship phone...
I have an S8plus... mono speaker 😅😂
1:03
That’s an anti static strap and you should know that Linus!
Bracelet!!
Turns out I ordered the POCO M3 6GB RAM 128GB storage variant yesterday! Did not get the POCO yellow one though, getting the Cool Blue
Few weeks ago the poco was on promo for 70€ here in Germany. Just crazy...
Wow and your getting the better as free EU version
@@David-tz1oi Really, are there differences between EU and NA versions?
7:36 when your boss makes a lame joke but you have to laugh cause he pays your salary.
When your early there is no comments but there actually is
Damn my game lags, now my comments lag? *depressed screeeches*
8 comments before yours to be exact
@@kirbase3183 get yourself some Leggings with Linuses face on them and pretend it's called Laggings
@@kirbase3183 alternatively Läggings
A few minutes later there are "4 views", but several pages of comments
I got my mom a Poco M3, it has been a game changer. She's so happy about her new device (she used to have a MiA1)
Mia1 ist still ok, it even has android 10
I gave my mother M3 for Christmas. She is very happy with it.
10:23 if it can take good pictures of my home assignment its a good camera
@Sayan De i have the same phone right here, and i recommend you using the 64 megapixel mode on the main camera always when your trying to get an amazing result + adobe lightroom mobile and you can get crazy results. I promise, but when just casual picture that you want fast and look good already just straight up use GCAM.
(The miui stock photo editor has also sick picture profiles, it's totally valid to use it & i can show you some results if you want to see some of em).
@Sayan De oh thats okay, sorry bud
@Sayan De how does them run?, Ive been wondering about trashing Miui, to install pixel/stock Android Roms but i think performance/battery performance will decrease
@Sayan De i might consider it, i hate ads in Miui, it's so Bad coming from Apple devices
i highly recommend pixel experience rom i still use my redmi note 4
“How the hell are they making these for $130”
Chinese labor always provides
Bruh
Apple uses child labor, but their prices are still high 😅 (Ps. I'm joking. Every company has child labor in a way or another...)
Your fancy iPhone is probably built on the same Chinese assembly line as this thing, so, labor costs are the same for both.
That is very true, but the engineers are also pretty underpaid
Xiaomi is also subsidized by the CCP.
Love to see linus speaking about budget phone that many people like.
The man legit tried to pause an FM radio lmao
9:31
*8mp Front cam
And BTW i don't know how much do you know about Smartphone SoCs but honestly
There is no comparision between A25 and 662
A25 is just awfully slow
You can feel the lag probably even after 4-5months
1:03 I think you mispronounced "Anti-static" :/
Huh...what a coincidence that I bought the POCO M3 3 days earlier and I just saw this video on my recommendation.
its not a coincidence my friend, they are watching u...
So what are your impressions? I'm thinking about getting it.
@@Gadzinisko It's mediocre, definitely not the best, has a big battery though. The only downside that I think is the quality of the camera, if you tinker with it, it can produce some good results.
@@camehere1228 Do you however feel like you got your money's worth?
I've also read that you can improve pictures with alternative camera app.
@@Gadzinisko Yeah, since taking pictures or videos really wasn't the main reason I bought it. If you ever find a better option, then you should take that instead of the POCO M3.
I've been rocking a p10 lite, and when i finally feel like changing i'm definitely not going high end, that's an amazing amount of phone for the price.
If only Daddy Sam felt like doing a mid-low range fold i might be tempted. (nice joke right?)
bought the poco m3 for my dad as fathers day gift his happy using it!! great phone for daily usage
I was always a flagship user but last summer i decided to buy the Xiaomi redmi note 9 pro.
Im telling you apart from the camera in low light environment the phone is absolutely a beast. You cannot tell its a budget phone when doing classic smartphone things like browsing the web or multitasking, Apps load instantly and it has never failed me.
For 95% of the world population a flagship android or an iPhone is overkill. They just don't know it yet because they haven't tried a cheaper alternative.
Naw I got a pinephone and am suffering the early adopter life rn... Linux is life!!
still waiting for the pinewatch...
If the Pinephone was more responsive and it had a camera from at least 2015 I would prefer it to any Android phone (I wouldn't even want an iPhone if it was free).
@@RoshiGaming As far as I know the hardware is out. You get the developer kit or fully assembled for end users. Not sure if it's in stock or the state of the software.
Pinephone is cool but it's so far behind. I can just use Xsdl to run a linux environment with desktop on my Android phone if needed.
I really loved this video. I'm gonna grab this Poco phone for my grandma so she can keep in touch with us in the whatsapp group lmao
Me: sees a livestrong bracelet
also me: *cries internally
My Moto G stylus actually has the same specs as the Poco, save for the battery (mine is 4000mah), and I got it for 178 as part of an upgrade deal. Is actually an extremely responsive phone at least for me, and it's great for what I need it for. It's got Android 10, and really is unbeatable for the price I paid for it. Or at least it was as I got it over a year ago
Nice edit on the keys at 3:37 almost didn't notice! Subtle!
8:15 dankpods be like: STOP IT BOBBY (one grits the phone)
That POCO M3 isn't $130 at all - it's $180 or $200 in those links... only the NUU G5 seems to be $150... hmmm.
It's 130$ from aliexpress and some sellers even have local warehouses.
This very morning it was only 90€ in Europe (108$) and it is often at 130$ on Aliexpress and Gearbest
@@hojnikb no they dont - its 140+ shipping for a month and a half to the US - show me where else I can find it.
In Germany the Poco M3 Price is 97€ and sometimes 90€.
1:50 hey, the livestrong bracelet is super important when building a computer.
Yeah you must stand on fake grass whilst building
Been using Moto for all my smart phone life and have had no issues with missing features. Granted Im not a camera user, social media consumer. But I'm happy with what it does haha.
There are some amazing budget Android phones about, and I say that as an iPhone 11 Pro owner, and iPhone user since the iPhone 3G. In the UK a Poco M3 is about £140. In order to test some apps I'm developing, I recently bought a new Nokia 7.2 for £150 with specs in the same sort of ballpark: Snapdragon 660, 4GB RAM. Honestly I'm blown away by the hardware and build quality (matte glass back like my iPhone). If I dropped my iPhone down the stairs tomorrow I could easily use this as my daily driver until I got it replaced. It's pretty responsive and is an Android One device which means no crapware, and an upgrade from Android 10 to 11 is imminient.
Yeah, while they of course aren't on par with the flagships phones, you get quite a lot of phone for ~200 dollars nowadays. Goes to show just how far technology has progressed in that aspect in the last decade
i like how he said A-L-E-X-A instead of alexa
Ya
It's a bit creepy how we all started to mispronounce the digital assistants' names in order to not "provoke" them...
@@АлексейГриднев-и7р not really and we aren't all doing that lmao not everyone has a smart speaker
@@wheezel55 me neither :) but you get the idea
It never happened on Star Trek. It's not like the computer ever responded when the word "computer" was in the sentence.
Only thing I hate about videos like these is that the prices in their links are NEVER the same as what they claim. It's always like an extra $30-60+ difference
The price varies depending on the site and it might change but there are many being sold in my country for 110€ so it's not a fake price
That nuu phone is a carbon copy, specs, design, included case and all, of the Samsung galaxy a21s. I am not joking, they are identical, even the camera layout and bezels.
Isn't that good for... poor people?
@@steinkoloss7320 no, the price is the same, you just get a slower charger and that's it.
A21 cost a little more in some places though so its all relative to your Market.
I daily a Motorola Moto G Power, switched over from the 2020 iPhone SE and I'm pretty happy with it. It's an $180 phone that's pretty respectable for the price
Do these work with CDMA carriers like Verizon & Sprint? Some reviews say yes, some say no
I don't think I've found a Xiaomi phone that I wasn't impressed by its build quality
Smart Linus didn't want to trigger peoples alexa
I'm watching this on a Galaxy A20 which is a pretty good phone imo
very expensive for what it is...
@@nrvhj795 well it does the job
YESS!! Make a part 2 about 100 dollar smartphones!
Would you consider doing a full review of the M3?
Have you always had background music in the videos or have i just been deaf all this time O_o ?
Seems like your hearing has improved over time
Always
didn't notice until i read this comment xd
It's always pretty subtle and well-selected to not be distracting.
Always has been
I really like reviews of cheaper stuff, it actually becomes a review rather than just showing off
well this is only if you cant afford the more expensive stuff, but when you are actually looking at buying something more expensive reviews are very useful to you to gauge which is the best choice in those upper price ranges
@@glowner7878 Of course. I was referring to the videos showing hundred thousand dollar servers and ssds and similar
@@supernenechi oh yes, i thought you meant the very expensive phones like the z fold 2 and so on.
"and an other...more different bracelette!?!?!?!" this ish is bananas LOL, this is what I come here for
I'm rocking a Xiaomi redmi 8(4/128 version) and I paid less than $130 for it brand new. I've used it for over a year now and it still perfoms amazing. Thing is, if I ever break to screen, I'll just buy a new one lol. Just got the new UI update too, Xiaomi gives at least 2 years of support. (4 on flagships).
If you do decide to buy the Poco phone, download the Google camera app. Not the one on Google Play if you want the latest features [ Something from, like XDA. The one I found also had support for 48 MP] . Poco's camera likes smooth face and skin, not something the western market particularly likes. Xiaomi, Poco and Redmi phones can generally be customized a lot, if you like messing with settings.
The M3 appears to be $180, not $130.
Did price rise in past 24 hrs?
Always
Nope
nervously watching this on my A10.
+1 lol
I'm watching on an A20
What an overpriced shit phone
I'm on a a9 mines old :(
@@legacyfn you're on the original galaxy a9?
I got the M3 in Germany for 69 € including tax directly from Xiaomi. But it doesn't have NFC.
Nice
Nice
Noice
I use the Poco x3 NFC since about 4 months, i like it so far, i had no issues with it. It was about 220 euros.. a pretty fair price.
These phone seems like an amazing value overall, but I want to see how they hold up after a year of use. At that price I wouldn't mind having to replace it more often but at the same time, will it even hold up that long?
I had a xiaomi redmi for 2.5 years, so yeah i would say they're good to go :)))
I don't think the POCO M3 actually has proper North American frequencies? At least NUU's G5 seems made for the US.
I can confirm that I did buy the POCO M3. and unfortunately had to return it. It appears that NA carriers are stopping the support for the 3G frequency's and that's what is on the POCO
I miss having an IR blaster on my phone I used to use my LG as a remote when I had it back in the day
then you have to buy a xiaomi. idk why but they still have these on their newest phones
@@mrb3n985 cause their customers love it and its a unique thing to brag about
@7:28 I also have a confession. Everytime I hear LTT store I think of El titty store. So you might imagine how I felt going into the actual website...
Just bought a Xiaomi Redmi 9, I am absolutely impressed, at 64GB it will never get even half full and has stuff I'll never use. SO MANY functions and stuff!!! I really can't understand why people buy more expensive phones...
Linus I have a question. I own a Realme C3 and I use it to game a lot . I keep my games in "game space". On the bottom left there is a button for 1) power saving mode, 2) balanced mode and 3) performance mode. The one for power saving and balanced mode worked in way that I can tell that is working but I tried turning on PERFORMANCE MODE!!!, but nothing happened apart from making my phone hotter. What does it really do?
The m3 isn't $130... None of the included links have it for the price.
This is what happens when a big reviewer reviews a smartphone
@@aetvrna hmmm... It just sucks. I still love ltt though.
What he said