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Tecno Spark 8 Pro and Poco M3 are similar phones with similar price of around 10K. So, it becomes quite confusing for the average consumer to choose between these two phones.
so, we created a comprehensive specifications comparison between these two phones.
Tecno Spark 8 Pro vs Poco M3
Color & Build
Tecno Spark 8 Pro comes in four color variants : Komodo Beach, Turquoise Cyan, Winsor Violet and Interstellar Black. It comes with a polycabonate back cover. It is 8.7 mm thick with a weight of 201 grams. Dimensions : 169 x 76.8 x 8.7 mm.
However, Poco M3 comes in three color variants : Cool Blue, Poco Yellow, Power Black. It comes with a polycabonate back cover. It is 9.6 mm thick with a weight of 198 grams. Dimensions : 162.3 x 77.3 x 9.6 mm.
Color of a phone is a subjective matter but Spark 8 Pro provides more options and is slightly thinner.
Display
Spark 8 Pro comes with 6.8″ FHD+ 60 Hz IPS LCD with 120 Hz touch sampling rate display and comes with 91% Screen to Body ratio with NEG glass protection.
While Poco comes with 6.53″ FHD+ 60 Hz IPS LCD display and comes with 83.4% Screen to Body ratio with Gorilla Glass 3 protection.
Tecno Spark 8 Pro is slightly better than Poco M3 in display department because of bigger display and more screen area.
Processor
Spark 8 Pro comes with MediaTek G85 which is an octa core, 12 nm processor with a clockrate of 1800 – 2000 MHz and ARM Mali-G52 MP2 GPU.
Poco comes with Snapdragon 662 which is an octa core, 11 nm processor with a clockrate of 1800 – 2000 MHz and Ardeno 610 GPU.
Helio G85 is better than Snapdragon 662 in terms of benchmarks but most games have better optimizations for Snapdragon processors.
Camera
Tecno Spark 8 Pro’s camera setup : 48MP+2MP+AI Lens back camera setup with 8 MP front camera with dual front and rear flash.
Poco M3’s camera setup : 48MP+2MP+2MP back camera setup with 8 MP front camera.
Both phones’ camera setups are very similar so their are no clear winners in this department.
RAM & Storage
Spark 8 Pro comes in 4+64GB variant with LPDDR4X RAM and emmc 5.1 storage and also has 2+1 card slot.
However, Poco comes in 4+64GB, 6+64GB, 4+128GB, 6+128GB variants with UFS 2.1 storage for 64GB variant and UFS 2.2 for 128GB variant and also has 2+1 card slot.
In this department Poco M3 is the clear winner because of better storage options and technology.
Audio
Tecno Spark 8 Pro features a single speaker and 3.5 mm jack.
However, Poco features a dual speaker and 3.5 mm jack.
In this department Poco M3 is the clear winner.
Battery and Charging
Spark 8 Pro features a massive 5000 mAh battery with 33W charging and USB-C.
While Poco features a massive 6000 mAh battery with 18W charging which is slower than Tecno . It also has reverse charging and USB C.
In this department both phones are the equally good. However, Poco has slower charging and bigger battery.
Other features
Tecno Spark 8 Pro features side mounted fingerprint scanner with face unlock and Android 11 (HiOS 7.6).
While Poco features side mounted fingerprint scanner with face unlock and Android 10 (MIUI 12).
Price
Both phones have a starting price is Rs. 10,499.
Winner and Conclusion
It is quite clear that both the smart phones possess very similar specifications and price. However, Tecno Spark 8 Pro is slightly better than Poco M3 because of better display, SoC, charging speed and newer Android OS.
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