Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 - Review - A great phone with a low price!

[Redskulll]

There are many Chinese phones available for under $150 but most of them cut lots of corners in order to keep that low price. 
The Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 costs under $150 and brings an amazing value for that low price. 
It's made out of metal, has a 5.5" 1080p screen, a big battery, and a fingerprint scanner. 
It comes in two variants, one that has a Snapdragon processor and one that it's using a Octa-core Mediatek processor, the Helio X10. I got the one with the mediatek processor and i choose that one because i have used other phones with the same processor and they worked very well. 
The screen has great colours and viewing angles and gets quite bright; however in direct sunlight it is a difficult to be seen. 
The battery can last almost 2 days with quite a bit of usage but it charges slowly with the charger provided. 
The fingerprint scanner that is on the back of phone works great and it's accurate about 99% of the time. 
The UI is a bit different from the stock Android and it can become a bit annoying depending what you are used to. You can easily install Nova Launcher or any other launcher and change it's look to something closer to stock Android. 
The rear camera is a 13mp sensor with a f2.2 and it takes great looking pictures in daylight. (check out some samples in my review video). Low light pictures don't turn up good and i would avoid taking any low light pictures with it. 
Overall for the low price of this phone it brings amazing value. 
Check out my review video for more detailed information. 

 

[AlTech]

Does it lag as much as in the video?

 

Also is a 32GB OR 64GB version available?

 

 

And link to by it would be nice.,

[Indus Monk]

On 6/4/2016 at 5:33 AM, AluminiumTech said:

Does it lag as much as in the video?

 

Also is a 32GB OR 64GB version available?

 

 

And link to by it would be nice.,

assuming that you are in 'murica, it's going to have to be imported from banggood.com for about $250 USD!

Here in india, this costs bout $165!

 

EDIT: You wanna get the pro version, that has SD card slot and a Snapdragon 650 (performs the same as a SD 808!) The Helio X10 variant is terrible.

 

Update the device when you get it to prevent memory leaks and memory management issues (which is what xiaomi is notorious for!)

[AlTech]

1 minute ago, AmbarChakrabarti said:

assuming that you are in 'murica, it's going to have to be imported from banggood.com for about $250 USD!

Here in india, this costs bout $165!

If you had paid more attention you might have noticed this

 

 

I wanna know where I can buy it and for how much in Hong Kong...

[Indus Monk]

2 minutes ago, AluminiumTech said:

If you had paid more attention you might have noticed this

 

 

I wanna know where I can buy it and for how much in Hong Kong...

check out xiaomi's website then. Good for you man, that company is from china! and you live in China. The price should be about $170 USD only!

 

Link http://www.mi.com/hk/note3/

 

Just avoid the helio x10 variant pleaseeeeeee!

[AlTech]

3 minutes ago, AmbarChakrabarti said:

 

check out xiaomi's website then. Good for you man, that company is from china! and you live in China. The price should be about $170 USD only!

 

Link http://www.mi.com/hk/note3/

 

Just avoid the helio x10 variant pleaseeeeeee!

How can I tell which model is which?

 

All I see is 2GB/16GB or 3GB/32GB

 

EDIT: Oops nevermind. It says it has a Snapdragon 650

[Indus Monk]

1 minute ago, AluminiumTech said:

How can I tell which model is which?

 

All I see is 2GB/16GB or 3GB/32GB

from what i can see, the Red Rice note 3 has SD650. 3GB/32GB means 3gigs of RAM and 32 gigs of internal memory

[AlTech]

3 minutes ago, AmbarChakrabarti said:

from what i can see, the Red Rice note 3 has SD650. 3GB/32GB means 3gigs of RAM and 32 gigs of internal memory

I know I'm not an idiot.

 

[Indus Monk]

3 minutes ago, AluminiumTech said:

I know I'm not an idiot.

 

and it also seems that the helio x10 version is not for sale anymore, only the SD650 variant is for sale. but i can't see any thing bout the expandable storage

 

Found out that one slot can hold an SD card

[FIXXX]

That UI gives me such a strong Apple smell that it's close to unbearable. I don't mind it in itself, just the kiss-ass'edness of it for the sake of trying to attract iPhone users. Sheesh.