Apple iPhone SE (2nd generation, 64 GB) vs Xiaomi Poco F3

In bright lighting conditions. It's kind of lovely. Photos are well detailed, they're color, accurate and they're sharp. In good light

The space is nice and lovely. It responds very fast too. The camera is not as good as expected/thought compared to low-budget phones here. In that case, I think the Redmi note 10 PRO was to be a better choice for me but if not for the camera the phone is a good one overall and responds very fast when playing games

For Wi-Fi it supports Wi-Fi 6, which also comes in the iPhone 11 series. Wi-Fi 6 doesn't make a difference for most people right now, because relatively few people have Wi-Fi 6 routers, but it will improve Wi-Fi performance in crowded situations like public hotspots in future years. I didn't find any real difference in Wi-Fi performance between the SE and the iPhone 11, and that's a good thing.

With the Poco F3, Xiaomi has once again put together a really strong price-performance package that mainly scores points with its very good display and high performance. However, the phone aspect hasn't been neglected either. The positioning capabilities are second to none, and even several flagship models aren't as precise.The Xiaomi Poco F3 features a great display and a lot of computing power

Keeping that design is likely a big reason for the low cost. There’s no need for Apple to retool its factories to build it.

The fit and finish were the nicest I have ever had in a phone and it really felt like a flagship device. FWIW I was on T-Mobile 5G and when it did work, speed was amazing.

A few minutes later a QR code appeared on the screen of my computer that I scanned with the iPhone SE, and a few seconds later I had 4G/LTE and everything ready to go. eSIM is the way to go. It is, just trust me on that. After about a week of using the phone, on some days like I normally do and on other day literally trying to cause it run dry of battery or trying to get it to malfunction, this little phone is holding up way better than I could have anticipated

So far so good for the Poco F3, at least on paper. But real life sometimes beats even the most detailed spec list, which is why we decided this is an intriguing enough phone to use for a long time and see what's what in the day to day. With its price now solidly in the range once occupied by the original flagship killers, it seems to have a fighting chance indeed. But there's always more to the story, and we were curious to see how the specs translate into daily use

So now I am having the same issue with this phone that I had with my old 6S, and I guess I’m going to have to put more money into having the battery replaced. I could have done that with my 6s. One other note. The phone was delivered without signature requirement and left by the carrier outside my door

I received the phone last Jan.30, 2022. The phone is working fine until today , it shuts down even the battery is fully charged. It happened 6 times already