Redmi Note 3, has just been unveiled at the
company's "Grand Finale" event, which took place in
China. All in all, the Redmi Note 3 is quite an
interesting device, as it is Xiaomi's pioneering device
in a couple of rather interesting areas.
Which ones
exactly? Let's find out!
For starters, the new Redmi Note is the first Xiaomi
device to sport a metal build. Well, it's using a new
material, but the phone's design language is not
strikingly new; on the contrary, the Note 3 employs a
refreshed design language that is somewhat similar
to the one of its predecessor for the most part. Still,
the edges are more rounded, similar to the designs
Meizu has been pulling off lately. Still, the new
entrant is ever so slightly thicker - at 8.65mm, it's not
the perfect example for a super-thin catwalk star, but
there's a perfectly good reason for the added bulk.
Let's avert our eyes at the specs sheet of the phone.
Up front, we have a 5.5-inch 1080p display, laminated
with Gorilla Glass; right beneath it, one can find a
2.0GHz Helio X10 MediaTek chipset paired with either
2 or 3GB of LPDDR3 RAM. The former version comes
with 16GB of native storage, while the 3GB one has
32 gigs right out of the box. There's no microSD card
slot in the mix, though.
At the back, there's a 13MP camera with phase
detection autofocus as well as the another highlight
of the device - its large, 4,000mAh battery. Neat-o!
The Redmi Note 3 is also the first Xiaom device to
come with a fingerprint scanner. It's a circular one
and is positioned at the back, just beneath the
camera and its flash.
Xiaomi says that the user can
unlock the phone in 0.3 seconds and also use the
scanner for mobile payments.
Connectivity-wise, the phone comes with two SIM
card slots, both of which are LTE-compatible. The
Redmi Note 3 arrives with the seventh version of
Xiaomi's in-house MIUI firmware, which is based on
Android 5.1.1.
So far, so good, but what about the price and
availability of the phone? Well, it seems that the
handset will only hit the shelves in China at first,
though we suppose that it might hit the Indian and
probably other markets in the region sometime in
the future.
The 16GB version will be sold for 899
yuans (~$140) locally, while the 32GB one will cost
1099 yuans (~$172). The Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 will be
available in silver, gold, and dark grey.
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