ISSUE 88 • ANDROID ADVISOR 45that is negatively
affectedwhen
selecting120Hz.
Combined
with a 360Hz
touch sampling
rate, gaming on
the Poco F3’s
screen is about
as good as it gets
on a mid-range
phone, short of
buyinga dedicated
handsetlike the
Red Magic 6.
The display is flankedby some
extremely slim bezels,givingthedevice
an impressive 85.9 percentscreen-to-
body ratio. A hole-punch20Mp selfie
camera is centrally locatedatthetopof
the phone – a very naturalpositionfor
face unlock, which workswell.
However, I muchpreferredtheother
biometric unlockingoption.Theside-
mounted fingerprintscanneris built into
the power button, andit’sextremelyfast
and reliable. My experiencewithunder-
display sensors has beenhit-and-missso
far – I wish more phoneswouldadopt
this feature instead.
The regular volumerockeris found
directly above it, leavingtheleftsideof
the F3 completely free.Dualspeakers
on the top of the devicecombinewitha
single downward-firinggrille for a stereo
setup.It deliverscrisp,full-bodiedaudio
that you won’t find on many handsetsat
thispricepoint.
Theonlyotherdesignfeatureofnote
is theSIMtray.There’sonlyspacefor
onecardhere,andnoroomtoexpand
on-devicestorageviamicroSD.It also
meansyou’llhavetodowithouta
3.5mmheadphone jack.PERFORMANCE
The Poco F3 has an attractive design, but
performance is where the phone really
excels. It’s powered by Qualcomm’s
Snapdragon 870 processor. It isn’t the
top-of-the-line Snapdragon 888, but
acts as an overclocked version of 2020’s
flagship 865+. Given this phone retails
for £329, I can’t have any complaints.The side-mounted fingerprint scanner is built into the power button.