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This is a very condensed version of the full review. It is regarding the MTK6795 version of the Xiaomi Note 3. The Qualcomm Pro review will be up next week, as well as a comparison between the two varients.

Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 review style

Xiaomi puts an element of slickness in their new Note series, with the majority of the backpiece from aluminum. The upside to this is that it looks slick, the downside is that metal is softer than plastic. Even with somewhat light pressure, a fingernail can permanently scratch aluminum.

At the top and the bottom, the sides and back are of plastic, though very cleverly manufactured to give a metal appearance. The line where they meet the metal adds some character and unless looking very closely, we can’t tell that it’s of plastic as opposed to aluminum.

Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 camera

The camera on the Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 carries the Samsung S5K3M2 sensor and is produced by Sunny. The images in good light are well beyond adequate for social sharing, and good enough from medium to small prints. Colors are rendered in a pleasing way, without being over-saturated. Sharpness is good without showing evidence of strong sharpening artifacts.

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Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 display

The display on the Xiaomi Note 3 is IPS OGS@1080P. This gives us a retina PPI of 400. Viewing angles are very good, with only minimal color/contrast changes from extreme angles. Colors look very good, with a perfect balance between pop and laid back. Some users might prefer the colors to be a touch deeper/more saturated, but this is really up to taste.

Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 benchmarks

Antutu 6.0.4: With the Antutu test we’ve run both the latest 6.0.4, as well as the last release of the old school 5 series– 5.7.3. The 6.0.4 Antutu was ran 3x, with the lowest score at 48,061 and the highest hitting 51,310 with a 3D score of 13,115.

The 6.0.4 Antutu HTML5 test scores 12,658 which puts in in line with Xperia Z Ultra and HTC One M8.

Antutu 5.7.3: Old school Antutu gave us a solid score of 39,701 with a 3D score of 9,859.

Geekbench: The Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Geekbench benchmark hit 827 on the single-core test, which puts in in the Samsung S5 ballpark (938), and 4625 on the multi-core test, which puts a serious smoking on the S5 (2836).

3DMark Sling Shot: using ES 3.0, Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 gave us a score of 804, which is in the same park as the Nexus 5 (980) and SnapDragon 801 OnePlus X (929).

PCMark: PCMark gave us a score of 4088.

Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 battery SOT

This particular test was done on low-brightness (<30%), typical web use mostly with sites we often frequent, some chatting, Facebook app, Line app. An excellent result, with a period of 34 hours giving 8 hours 25 minutes screen on time, 30 hours deep sleep and 4 hours wakelock.

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Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 summary

A great looking display, great battery life, very good loudspeaker sound, solid camera, strong GPS, as well as the inclusion of compass, gyroscope and touch-ID make the Hongmi Note 3 a phone I would easily recommend to a close family member. Given the hardware, the pricing is right around where it should be. The Hongmi 3 is also no slouch powerwise and should provide well beyond enough juice for the average user, and me more than enough juice for the power user as well.

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Comparison to the new Pro version and Pro version review coming up this week. Thanks for reading. Regards to all.