Xiaomi POCO M3 vs. Redmi Note 9 vs. OnePlus Nord N100 vs. Realme 7 vs. OPPO A52 vs. Galaxy

POCO, the sub-brand of Xiaomi, has just launched a new mobile in the fought band for less than 200 dollars. This is the Xiaomi POCO M3, a new mobile that promises to give you a lot for little money and which stands out for its large battery, Full HD + screen and 48 megapixel triple camera.

To see how the Xiaomi POCO M3 compared to its competitors, we have pitted it against other recent terminals in a similar price range: the OnePlus Nord N100, Realme 7, OPPO A52, Samsung Galaxy M11, Vivo Y20s and Xiaomi Redmi Note 9.

Same diagonal, different screens

If there’s one thing all the phones in our comparison agree on, it’s on their screens. 6.5 inches are fully taxed, tenth or tenth down, in addition to LCD panels, which is not at all strange, since we are in a price range in which it is more difficult to find AMOLED panels.

Now, not all screens are the same. That of the Xiaomi POCO M3 has Full HD + resolution, which is more than what the OnePlus Nord N100, Samsung Galaxy M11 and Vivo Y20 offer, which remain in HD + resolution.

As for screen refresh, in this price range the 60 Hz “of a lifetime” like those of the Xiaomi POCO M3 continue to prevail, although there are only two terminals that increase rate to 90 Hz: the Realme 7 and the OnePlus Nord N100 which, although not officially promoting this feature, has recently been unveiled which, in effect, also has a 90 Hz screen like the rest of “Nord”.

The biggest battery

In mobiles under 200 dollars there is no budget to include processors with the latest power or modules for cameras that go on adventures, but in exchange it has become popular to include a larger than normal battery.

This also happens in the Xiaomi POCO M3, which mounts a 6000 mAh battery. The rest of the phones in our comparison also feature a large, albeit 5,000mAh battery with the slight exception of the Redmi Note 9, which has a 5,020mAh battery.

Fortunately, the large battery comes from the hand of a fast charging system in all the phones in our comparison, and it’s 18W in the Xiaomi POCO M3. It’s average, a bit faster than the 15W of the Samsung Galaxy M15, although less than the 30W load of the Realme 7.

As for The power, there are essentially two sides: that of terminals that mount a MediaTek Helio, like the Realme 7 or the Redmi Note 9) and those that, like the POCO M3, bet on a mid-range Snapdragon.

There are no big differences in power nor in the versions, where 4 GB of RAM and 64 GB of storage is standardIf we exclude the Samsung Galaxy M11 and its only 3 + 32 GB version or the Realme 7, which reaches 8 GB of RAM.

48-megapixel cameras are all the rage

In the photographic field, the Xiaomi POCO M3 incorporates a triple 48-megapixel camera without wide angle. It comes with two 2-megapixel sensors: one for macro and one for portrait mode. It remains to be seen what this lens is capable of, although on paper it is a configuration similar to that of the Redmi Note 9 or Realme 7, but without the wide angle.

Up front, the POCO M3 includes a 8 megapixel camera in the drop-shaped notch, the same resolution as the OnePlus Nord N100, Samsung Galaxy M11 or Vivo Y20s, although lower than the 16 megapixels of the OPPO A52 and Realme 7 or 13 MP of the Redmi Note 9 .

By the way, it is remarkable how perforation on the screen takes over also in this price range. The POCO M3 is the only mobile in our comparison, with the Vivo Y20, which continues to use a notch to incorporate the front camera instead of a perforation.

Comparison chart

As always, we leave you with a comparison table with full specifications of all terminals, so you can see at a glance who has what or which of them includes the features that interest you most.