Poco F3 vs Motorola Edge X30: King of all budget Kings
The Motorola Edge X30 is no exception. Despite costing $43+ more than the Poco F3, it offers first of a kind features that many flagship are yet to unveil.
Indeed there can be only one king in a kingdom, for long the Poco F3 has been the budget king of the budget tribe of the kingdom.
In specification comparison, we will find out if the Motorola Edge X30 will be able to dethrone the Poco F3.
Brief details about these brands
Poco is a company established by Xiaomi to cater for it's flagship killers. Since the days of the Poco F1, Poco has been delivering amazing price-value devices up to date.
Motorola (hellomoto) has been in the mobile phone industry for as long as anyone can remember.
A few years ago, Motorola had a financial crisis which resulted in the brand selling its smartphone brand to Lenovo.
Well since then, Lenovo has been doing wonders with the Motorola brand.
Highlights of the Poco F3
Apart from its affordable pricing, the Poco F3 has specifications only available to flagship devices.
Hardware like the Snapdragon 870 [7nm] chipset, UFS 3.1, Corning Gorilla Glass 5 protected front and rear.
Top features of Motorola Edge X30
The Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 is not only a first of its name, it's also new. The chipset is so new it was launched in December 2021. It only took Motorola a few days to announce that the Motorola Edge X30 comes equipped with the amazing chipset.
The Motorola Edge X30 comes with a whooping 50mp macro super secondary, making it a king in this department, yeah I said what I said Sammy.
Specs comparison: Poco F3 vs Motorola Edge X30.
| Poco F3 | Motorola Edge X30 | |
|---|---|---|
Battery | Poco F3 4520mah | Motorola Edge X30 5000mah |
Chipset | Poco F3 Snapdragon 870 (7nm) | Motorola Edge X30 Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 [4nm] |
Connectivity | Poco F3 5G, Bluetooth 5.1, WiFi 6, IR blaster and NFC. | Motorola Edge X30 5G, Bluetooth 5.2, WiFi 6, and NFC. |
Display | Poco F3 6.67" FHD | Motorola Edge X30 6.7" FHD |
Fast charge | Poco F3 33W, 100% in 52 min (advertised) | Motorola Edge X30 68W, 100% in 35 min (advertised) |
Fingerprint scanner | Poco F3 Side-mounted | Motorola Edge X30 Side-mounted |
Memory | Poco F3 UFS 3.1, DDR5 8/256GB | Motorola Edge X30 UFS 3.1, DDR5 12/256 |
OS | Poco F3 Android 11, miui 12.5.6 for Poco. | Motorola Edge X30 Android 12, MYUI 3.0 |
Rear Camera | Poco F3 48/8/5mp rear | Motorola Edge X30 50/50/2mp rear |
Selfie Camera | Poco F3 20mp | Motorola Edge X30 60mp |
Verdict
Poco/Xiaomi/Redmi used to be the go-to name when searching for the best price-to-value device/smartphones.
Recently Motorola has been testing these value-for-money waters, and they have dropped some very convincing smartphones that will turn any heads.
The Motorola Edge X30 is no exception. Despite costing $43+ more than the Poco F3, it offers first-of-a-kind features that many flagships are yet to unveil.
The Edge X30 is clearly the winner of this comparison, for allroundreview tradition's sake, I will do the count.
Display
The Poco F3 is fitted with an AMOLED, 120Hz, HDR10+, 1300 nits (peak), 6.67 inches, 107.4 cm2 (~85.9% screen-to-body ratio)Resolution 1080 x 2400 pixels, 20:9 ratio (~395 PPI density), Corning Gorilla Glass 5 protection.
Motorola Edge X30 on the opposite end flaunts an OLED panel with support for up to 1B colors, 144Hz, HDR10+, 500 nits (typ), 700 nits (HBM), 6.7 inches, 108.4 cm2 (~87.6% screen-to-body ratio), 1080 x 2400 pixels, 20:9 ratio (~393 PPI density) and Corning Gorilla Glass 5 protection.
Arguably, an AMOLED panel [made by Samsung] offers deeper color production when compared to an OLED panel [made by LG].
Poco F3 wins this round thanks to better screen brightness, PPI, and compatibility.
Chipset
Motorola Edge X30 wins this round thanks to its flagship Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 [4nm] chipset, Adreno 730 GPU.
The Poco F3 comes with the much older snapdragon 870 [7nm] chipset, Adreno 650 GPU.
Optics
The Edge X30 also takes this crown with an amazing triple camera configuration of 50 MP, f/1.9, (wide), 1/1.55", 1.0µm, Dual Pixel PDAF, OIS.50 MP, f/2.2, 114˚ (ultrawide), 1/2.76", 0.64µm2 MP, f/2.4, (depth).
Added Features: Dual-LED flash, panorama, HDRVideo: 4K@30fps, 1080p@30/60/120/240fps, 720p@960fps, 10-bit HDR10+, gyro-EIS.
Front camera: 60 MP, f/2.2, (wide), 1/2.8", 0.61µmor60 MP, f/2.2, (wide), 1/2.8", 0.61µm, under displayFeatures: HDRVideo, 4K@30fps, 1080p@30/120fps.
The Poco F3 isn't that bad either, as it comes with a reputable triple rare camera setup of 48 MP, f/1.8, 26mm (wide), 1/2", 0.8µm, PDAF8 MP, f/2.2, 119˚ (ultrawide)5 MP, f/2.4, 50mm (macro), 1/5.0", 1.12µm, AFFeatures: LED flash, HDR, panoramaVideo 4K@30fps, 1080p@30/60/120/240/960fps, gyro-EIS
Front camera: 20 MP, f/2.5, (wide), 1/3.4", 0.8µmFeatures HDRVideo, 1080p@30fps, 720p@120fps.
Price
The Motorola Edge X30 With all its amazing features retails at a price of $543 for its 12/256GB variant, while the Poco F3 sells for $500 for its 8/256GB top model.
Fast charge: Edge X30 [68watts], F3 [33watts].Battery: Edge X30 [5000mah], F3 [4520mah]
Conclusion.
There is no shame in defeat, this is the only consolation one can proffer to the Poco F3 as regards to this outing. But bear in mind that the Poco F3 was launched in March this year, while the Motorola Edge X30 is only but few days old.
We will see how other brands like Xiaomi, Redmi, Samsung, Oppo, and even Poco will react to this pricing and specifications of the Motorola Edge X30.
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Source: GsmArena