As we have mentioned in the outcome of the past 2015, Chinese manufacturers are rapidly on the heels A-brands, it is felt more and more. This applies particularly to first-tier manufacturers China: Xiaomi and Meizu. These smartphones have not dare disparagingly called “kitayschinoy” (there are smaller players like Elephone, UMi and so on). The quality level, and sometimes higher than that of well-known manufacturers, which sometimes allow themselves vulgarschinu assembly and clumsiness in the lower and middle segments. Today we Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 – one of the latest smartphones, which in some ways can be called a landmark for Xiaomi (about this a couple of paragraphs below).
What is it?
Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 – 5.5-inch Android-smartphone with a modern 64-bit, eight cores, 3.2 GB of RAM, 16/32 GB of flash storage and a 13-megapixel main camera with d War LED flash and autofocus phase.
How is it interesting?
Why Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 a landmark for the company? First: the first body is made of metal, but still not in the flagship smartphone. Before that Xiaomi preferred polycarbonate and only the top models had a metal frame and glass panels. Second, following the general trend, Xiaomi the first time established a fingerprint scanner. For the rest, some special revelation no, soundly, but not fantastically: FullHD IPS-display, good processor MediaTek Helio X10 and proprietary shell MIUI 7 top of Android 5 Lollipop.
The smartphone released just 3 months after the previous Redmi Note 2 (review can be read on our website) and has a number of differences, mainly positive, which I periodically will remember as the survey.
What’s in the box?
Packaging design changed again: now the box is white, with the image of a smartphone. Package was standard. Smartphone, cable USB-MicroUSB, power adapter, instructions and an adapter for our sockets (add it to the set already Mi.ua):
How it looks interesting?
The front panel of the smartphone a little different from all current models Xiaomi: sheet of protective glass over the screen – a thin slit with a mesh earpiece, front camera, standard sensors and LED-LED notifications. Under the screen – three familiar touch-sensitive buttons with white backlight (last model light was red):
LED placed to the right of the front camera:
Forms smartphones become more smooth and rounded in comparison with Redmi Note 2, which has a positive effect on usability. Angular smartphones with large screens are not too comfortable. On the left side – only a tray for SIM-cards:
Right – coupled volume button, power button below. They speak enough over the body and moderately tight, everything is just right. Using them is very comfortable, they fit perfectly and did not stagger at all. I could be wrong, but the impression is that they are also made of metal:
At the upper end handed down a 3.5-mm headphone jack, one microphone and IR blaster for controlling appliances:
Bottom – a microphone for talking and connector MicroUSB:
The back cover is almost completely made of brushed metal with a very nice texture. Cover almost does not collect fingerprints and dirt and remains presentable. Top and bottom – two inserts for plastic antenna. They are of the same color as the cover, but the difference lies closer examination. It fits all good, no grooves, which many complain Meizu MX5. What is sad – this is the location of the external speaker. Yes, it’s quite loud and relatively good sound, but it’s not too saves. At night, the smartphone is put face down, otherwise sharply increases the risk to get a job at the wrong time, and as it will:
the main camera lens is located in the middle, like its predecessor. Under it – a dual LED flash (instead of a single moment Redmi Note 2), it seems to have become the industry standard, not only for high-end smartphones, but also for the middle class. Under the flash – all fingerprint scanners. One can endlessly argue about where it should be and the scanner does not get a clear answer. When removing from his pocket, the position of the scanner under the camera is best: just lays a finger on him. But the placement of the scanner under the screen is more appropriate when the smart phone on the table:
Unfortunately, Xiaomi again decided to abandon the slot MicroSD, perhaps, it is – the only deterioration compared to its predecessor. The tray accommodates two SIM-card format Micro:
The design and quality of the case turned out at Xiaomi perfectly: smart looks cool, it is solid, nothing wobbles and rounded shapes substantially added convenience. Redmi Note 3, commensurate with Redmi Note 2 dimensions, we got more comfortable. That is good news, at a higher almost 1,000 mAh battery, Redmi Note 3 only 4 grams heavier than its predecessor.
How did he screen?
In Redmi Note 3 set 5.5-inch IPS-display with FullHD resolution with no air gap, as well as its predecessor. Manufacturer matrix is specified. It is protected by the glass, how it is – the company did not specify. There are good quality oleophobic coating: great slides and finger prints very easily cleaned. Subjectively, the screen is of excellent quality, both in color reproduction and brightness on the stock. During the “photo shoot” in Kiev was cloudy, but managed to get a smartphone in the Carpathian Mountains on sunny days, with an abundance of snow Lambent. Brightness enough for comfortable work.
With the viewing angles are all excellent: no distortion:
Supports multi-touch up to 10 touches:
The settings are standard, as with all the latest Smartphone Xiaomi. In addition to setting brightness, color and contrast has little use read-only mode, which converts the picture in green tones and reduces the brightness of:
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Measurements colorimeter showed good, but not amazing results: the maximum brightness 368.845 cd / m 2 , the brightness of the black field 0.415 cd / m 2 and a good contrast ratio 889: 1. In Redmi Note 2 has higher maximum brightness, but the screen is calibrated Note 3 a little better. Also, there is a bias in the cold tones of red and a slight drawback surplus of blue. Color temperature – just below 8000K. There is a standard tool for adjusting color:
The information generated by the colorimeter graphics:
Comparison with competitors:
What about performance, memory, sound and autonomy?
Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 comes in two versions: with 2 GB of RAM and 16 GB of built-in or 3 GB of RAM and 32 GB of inside memory card slot is not provided. Inside – a familiar and well-proven 64-bit, eight cores MediaTek Helio X10. The system is well optimized and 2 GB of RAM (in our review of the younger version) stably freely about 1 GB or even more. Smartphone easily copes with any application, the shell flies and games go without any problems. Another plus: the body is almost not heated. During the game in the Mortal Kombat X body is cold (in this game is excellent goes without brakes), but XCOM: Enemy Within has managed just a little to warm the body, but is so small that at first was thought that the body warmed the hands
In this embodiment, set to 16 GB of internal memory and MicroSD card slot no. This version is suitable only for those who do not listen to music from a smartphone, not only relieves and does not play games. Version with 3 GB of RAM and 32 GB of internal memory looks much more interesting. In terms of performance gain will be small, but 16 GB of internal memory by today’s standards is really very small.
The sound in the headphones is comparable to its predecessor Redmi Note 2 and Mi 4c: sounds sensible, but no revelations, the average user is quite enough. The external speaker sounds loud enough and quality, but (as we have already mentioned above), the location is not very good. Vibration is quite strong and is felt even when walking on the street. Music application standard for Xiaomi with uluchshayzer and presets for branded models of headphones, no innovations:
The smartphone has a dual-band Wi-Fi ac / a / b / g / n (2.4 and 5 GHz), Bluetooth 4.1 LE and an infrared port for controlling appliances. Not only NFC, which is not critical. Brand management application technique MiRemote renewed, the interface has changed slightly, though the changes are not significant:
GPS works fine, cold start takes no more than 15-20 seconds:
The smartphone installed capacious battery 4000 mAh at that almost 1,000 mAh more than its predecessor. Smartphone safely withstand more than 14 hours of video playback. Under the regime of 20 minutes of talks, several SMS, about an hour games constant sync via Wi-Fi or 3G, and about an hour surfing the Web, your smartphone can easily handle two days. Very good indicator.
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In the junior version of the smartphone features a 64-bit processor MediaTek Helio X10 in the most modest modification MT6795M with reduced frequencies of the graphics accelerator. In the older version of the installed version of the average MT6795 . Inside – eight cores ARM Cortex-A53 processor with a clock frequency of 1.95 GHz and a graphics accelerator PowerVR Rogue G6200, clocked at 550 MHz (in the older version – 700 MHz) . The amount of RAM in our version as we have already mentioned above – 2 GB. Smartphone virtually not heated, even with heavy loads, there are modes of performance the “standard” and “productive” for the test was last used. Records smartphone is not intended, but the results are quite good. Moreover, the work does not slow anything: neither the interface nor the game or application. In AnTuTu Redmi Note 3 scored 48043 points, which is more than the competitor Meizu MX5, in GeekBench little he conceded – 832 and 4488 points in the Single-core Multi-core tests, respectively:
What firmware and interface?
Xiaomi than dealshe – the more puts a spoke in the wheel to users outside China, if starting with Mi 4c staff Recovery was impossible to establish anything other than official Chinese firmware (localized staged with the help of third party Recovery ), then Redmi Note 3 (and the subsequent supply of Mi 4c and Note Pro) and all locked Bootloader, so the set and updated over the air firmware only Chinese. To install a localized firmware can:
- unlock the bootloader on the official Chinese website (with SMS-code, waiting up to 3 weeks and not guaranteed result)
- through MiFlash with some dancing
The network already have enough instructions in this regard. Mi.ua sells smartphones with localized stable 7.0.16.0 firmware OS 5.0.2 from MultiRom. By the way, Mi.ua own promise manual unlocking bootloader, so we wait.
The casing MIUI7 we have already considered in the review Xiaomi Redmi Note 2 and Mi 4c, so that its detailed explanation of the meaning in N -s time there. Let us dwell on the key points and differences. As usual, we only have desks, no separate menu for the application. You can group your folders. Many icons of popular applications redrawn the style shell:
The top shutter is divided into two tabs: notification and switches with buttons player. Firmware is not completely localized, the inscriptions on the switches were in English, which is not critical:
There is already a familiar mode for one-handed operation, which is activated by the central swipe touch button in the right direction. Size can be selected:
The work with two SIM-cards is organized simply and clearly. You can select the network name in the same menu, there are switches, and mobile internet roaming. Here you can select a default SIM separately for calls and the Internet:
Familiar Application Manager, which is called the left touch button. You can close individual applications together and consolidate the desired application. Immediately displays the current status of memory:
Now to the only significant innovation. In the setting of the lock appears to fingerprint:
You can save multiple fingerprint procedure is lucid and practically does not differ from analogues of other manufacturers:
It is necessary to pay tribute to the scanner really works Cancelled: quickly and without errors. The presentation promised response time of 0.3 s, it seems that is the case.
And finally, proprietary applications pre-installed:
The firmware is very fast and will not ship iron. MIUI – one of the most convenient skins for Android and Redmi Note 3 is once again confirmed. Any significant claims to the firmware has not arisen. It works fine, no departure applications spontaneous reboots, freezes or no brakes. The only thing that upset – it’s the nuances of installing firmware, although I think that will soon be a simple and understandable way.
How are things with the camera?
The main camera has a resolution of 13 megapixels, equipped with dual LED flash and autofocus phase, 5 lens, f / 2.2 . Front camera – 5 megapixel, f / 2.0 . The camera interface is similar to the previous model. There are a variety of shooting modes (including manual), and filters access to HDR without having to roam the Advanced menu:
Movie:
In good light are obtained chic photos as in normal mode, and HDR, good in low light to HDR photo will receive only if it is good to fix a smartphone. Autofocus really fast.
Standard mode:
HDR:
Video in FullHD:
Who are the competitors?
The closest competitor (in aggregate performance and price) is Meizu MX5 (review) and Meizu M1 Metal, which we have not sold. On the side MX5 – technically more advanced camera with laser autofocus and high resolution. In fact, the advantage does not seem so obvious: algorithms for processing images in MX5 poor in Flyme 4.5. Perhaps the situation has improved in version 5. On the side of Xiaomi – better screen, more capacious battery, more convenient and stable MIUI7 and lower cost. The second competitor – Lenovo Vibe P1. He further battery (5000 mAh) and a slot for MicroSD. Redmi Note 3 wins on the camera screen, fingerprint scanners and shell. And yes, again, slightly cheaper.
The bottom line
At the moment, it seems that Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 (especially the version on 3/32 GB) is the best smartphone in its price category. The smartphone has a beautiful and high-quality metal housing, good screen with a decent supply of brightness and nice color reproduction, fast and adequate working fingerprint scanner, convenient and fast shell MIUI7, very good performance, which is enough not only for comfortable operation, but for all the latest games and capacity battery, which feeds on all that stuff. From the obvious shortcomings can be identified only the lack of slots for MicroSD and complexity of the installation of the localized firmware, though this is temporary.
6 reasons to buy Xiaomi Redmi Note 3:
- chic design, metal body and assembly;
- excellent screen;
- long battery life;
- fast and convenient fingerprint reader
- good for its class camera;
- fast and convenient shell MIUI7.
2 reasons not to buy Xiaomi Redmi Note 3:
- no slot for microSD;
- the complexity of the installation of firmware.
| Specifications Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 | |
|---|---|
| Display | IPS, 5.5-inch, 1920 x1080 , 400 ppi, without air gap |
| Corpus | size 150x76x8.7 mm Weight: 164 g |
| processor | 64-bit MediaTek Helio X10 ( MT6795M or MT6795 ) , 8hARM Cortex-A53, 1.95 GHz, graphics PowerVR Rogue G6200 with a frequency of 550 or 700 MHz |
| RAM | 2/3 GB |
| Flash memory | 16/32 GB, USB OTG |
| Camera | 13 MP, F / 2.2, dual LED Flash, PDAF, facing camera 5 MP |
| Wireless Technologies | Wi-Fi 802.11 b / g / n / ac (dual-band 2.4 and 5 GHz) , Bluetooth 4.1, IR |
| GPS | GPS, Glonass, BeiDou |
| Battery | 4000 mAh, removable |
| Operating System | Android 5.0.2 + MIUI7 |
| Sim-card | 2hMicroSIM |
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