Poco X3 Pro for INR 15,749 on Flipkart Big Diwali sale: Worth buying?

Poco is offering some discounts on three of its smartphones during the Flipkart Big Diwali sale, which includes the Poco X3 Pro. Is this phone worth buying at this price?

As part of the Flipkart sale offers, the base version of the Poco X3 Pro with 6GB RAM and 128GB storage is selling at a discounted price of INR 16,999. (Poco)

The Poco X3 Pro has created waves in the Indian smartphone space since its launch. Following the footsteps of the original Poco F1, the X3 Pro introduced Snapdragon 800 series performance in a sub-INR 20,000 smartphone. Now, as part of the Flipkart Big Diwali Sale starting from today, the Poco X3 Pro is once again enjoying discounts along with a few other Poco smartphones.

As part of the Flipkart sale offers, the base version of the Poco X3 Pro with 6GB RAM and 128GB storage is selling at a discounted price of INR 16,999. Coupled with the bank offers, the the price drops down to INR 15,749. Similarly, the 8GB variant with the bank offers combined will set you back by INR 17,749.

The Poco C3 is also getting discounts during the Flipkart sale, which is on sale at a price INR 6,749. The Poco M2 Pro base variant with 4GB RAM is coming in at INR 10,799 while the 6GB RAM variant costs INR 11,749.

Poco X3 Pro gets discounts again: Worth buying?

When you look at what else the sub-INR 20,000 price category has to offer, the Poco X3 Pro comes across as the most powerful smartphone you can buy.

- The phone's highlight is the Snapdragon 860 chipset, which despite lacking 5G connectivity, offers the high-end performance similar to the Snapdragon 855 Plus. Hence, mobile gamers looking for an affordable phone to play games like BGMI and Garena Free Fire Max should consider this option.

- Along with the Snapdragon 860, the Poco X3 Pro has a 6.67-inch LCD display with a fast refresh rate of 120Hz. This again helps with the gaming performance.

- Poco also offers a 5160mAh battery that has proven to be an all-day phone for gamers. You also get a 33W fast wired charging solution.

- For the price it sells, the Poco X3 Pro has a decent set of rear cameras, starting with the 48MP main camera, an 8MP ultra-wide camera, a 2MP macro camera, and a 2MP depth camera. That said, budding photographers should look at the Redmi Note 10 Pro that also sells at a similar price.