There are many smartphones that want to make the denominator of the best quality-price mobile , but nevertheless not all of them meet all the points as we would like. On this occasion we are going to compare two terminals that have everything necessary to take that name and that is that the Realme X50 Pro despite having been presented a year ago, has a lot to say about it, while the Poco F3 is a great rival to beat.
We know that both mobiles enter the users’ pools for being their new terminal and with the great comparison that you are going to read, you will leave doubts about which of the two is the best buy . For this we are going to take into account from its design, to the price, since the pocket in the value for money plays a very important role, without forgetting everything else that makes a perfect mobile.
Design and screens that make them stand out
We start with a similarity for these smartphones, although this is not the case in the distribution of their cameras, since the Realme X50 Pro offers a vertical camera module and the Poco F3 places it in a module with a rectangular appearance, but they do share materials . Its construction is based on glass , combined with polycarbonate in the case of the Realme and with metal in the case of the Poco terminal. Ahead the cameras change, because as we can see the Realme X50 Pro adds a double lens with a capsule-shaped hole, while Poco keeps the already classic central hole as small as possible.
But the similarities are not only what we see in the materials, but also what we feel in the hands as they are two terminals that are around 200 grams in weight, but which nevertheless have different thicknesses since the Realme X50 Pro has 8.9 mm and the Poco F3 is greatly reduced to 7.8mm. Coming to the screens that match AMOLED panels , size is again key for the Realme X50 Pro to be smaller with 6.44 inches compared to Poco’s 6.67 inches. The year of difference they have with respect to the launches allows us to see an evolution in screen speed, making the Poco F3 win this battle with a 120 Hz panel as a refresh rate against Realme’s 90 Hz, also winning in touch sampling with 360 Hz and 128 Hz respectively. What they do share is HDR10 + and Corning Gorilla Glass 5 protection.
The change of generation in processors can be key
With practically a year of difference between these two brains that dominate the smartphones that we are comparing, the differences are evident inside, although they are not drastic. With the Snapdragon 865 for the Realme X50 Pro it integrates a chip that can well move everything without problem thanks to its 2.84 GHz frequency with 7 nanometer manufacturing. A little above would be the Poco F3 again with its Snapdragon 870, the affordable high-end chip that saw the light in 2021 for cases as clear as this where power matters but also price. Within Poco F3 we will therefore see a frequency of 3.2 GHz, sharing nanometers and Adreno 650 GPU with its rival.
The memory configuration does not change that much and they both have LPDDR5 RAM, but in memory the generation is also noticeable and the Realme X50 Pro has UFS 3.0 storage, while the Poco F3 makes a small leap to UFS 3.1 storage. Its memory options give many options of choice, with the Realme X50 Pro it comes in 8 GB of RAM + 128 or 256 GB with an advanced option of 12 + 256 GB, which rivals the 6 + 128 GB of Poco and 8 + 256 GB. We must also know that neither of them has the option of expanding their memory using MicroSD.
The biggest difference is in the cameras
We reached a key point in the comparison between these two smartphones, starting by looking at their lenses, where the Realme X50 Pro has four cameras compared to the three of Xiaomi‘s close cousin model. But not all are the number of cameras and going to the first lens, the main one, we see that Realme opts for a 64 Mpx lens signed by Samsung, compared to Sony‘s 48 Mpx in the Poco F3, both with a remarkable aperture that promises great results day and night. Continuing with their cameras we see that the wide angle + macro appears in the two models and it would be the only similarity that we will see in this case, they achieve similar results when photographing large landscapes.
As an important point we find that the Realme X50 Pro does have a telephoto lens , offering to look further afield, specifically with a 20x hybrid telephoto that it achieves with its 13 Mpx, something that Xiaomi cannot offer. Finally an extra 2 and 5 Mpx lens for Realme and Poco will help to achieve a better crop. Moving on to the front lenses, the winner in the definitive cameras is the Realme X50 Pro , because as before in the rear ones here the amount also makes you win by having a 32 Mpx lens and an 8 Mpx front wide angle so that they can take all our friends, on the side of the Poco F3 there is only a 20 Mpx lens that we should not discredit, worse that it is left behind.
Video recording is important, with digital image stabilization for both and the following options:
Realme X50 Pro:
- 8K at 30 fps
- 4K at 30/60 fps
- 1080p at 30/60 fps
- 720p at 30 fps
- Slow motion recording: 960 fps
Little F3:
- 4K at 30 fps
- 1080p at 30/60 fps
- 720p at 30 fps
- Slow motion video: 960 fps
Fast charging makes the difference
Although we are also going to take into account the battery and great aspects of connectivity, the biggest difference between this Realme and Poco terminal is in its fast charge, where the Realme firm manages to sweep its competition with the 65W of power that it provides to the Realme X50 Pro . This allows us to charge the mobile in just over half an hour to continue getting the best of ourselves. A battery that has 4200 mAh, somewhat smaller than the 4520 mAh of the Poco F3, which in this case has a 33W fast charge that is not far behind and that with its greater capacity will give a little more autonomy.
Connectivity is another point to highlight, but the truth is that we are facing two models with 5G prepared for tomorrow and today, where only the Poco F3 allows you to use dual SIM and where another difference is in the fingerprint reader because Realme locates it under the screen and the Poco F3 moves it to the side for higher speed. Both have GPS, A-GPS, GLONASS, Beidou and Galileo, in addition to NFC or Bluetooth to be connected to everything we want.
Realme UI vs MIUI
They both have the Android 11 version to their credit, but the layers of customization that are possibly giving more to talk about in recent times work, that of Realme for having been a surprise due to the good results it has left, its response speed and increasingly advanced options. On the other hand, there is MIUI 12, which is a customization layer that does not need presentations but that in recent times has relaxed and despite its many options, it suffers certain failures, lag and problems that make not everyone is happy with the result.
What mobile do I have to buy?
In our opinion as experts we cannot decide on one of these two smartphones without knowing the price and this leads us to look at a similar memory option. The 8 + 128 GB Realme X50 Pro is at 479 euros and the Poco F3 with more memory, but the same RAM specifically in an 8 + 256 GB version is at 347 euros, which is a notable difference of more of 100 euros.
Now we can start to make decisions and from our point of view after knowing the differences, we have to choose to recommend the Poco F3 before the Realme X50 Pro, especially because its year of difference has made it win important things; like a year of updates, an extra power in the processor, but above all for the savings it means. Although this does not make us forget about the rival, it is also a good idea to buy the Realme X50 Pro if money is not a problem, because we will have better fast charging, better cameras and in everything else the differences are minimal.