Mi Note 3 FEATURES

Along with the bezel-less Mi MIX 2 bezel-less smartphone, Xiaomi also launched the Mi Note 3 as the successor to last year’s Mi Note 2. Till last year, the company launched the flagship smartphones under the Mi Note series with the top notch specifications. Xiaomi also debuted the Mi MIX smartphone along with the Mi Note 2 and both the devices are powered by the same Snapdragon 821 SoC. 

The Mi MIX was considered as a concept device and the sale units are very limited. Now, the second-gen Mi MIX will go on sale alongside the Mi Note 3 in China. The Mi MIX 2 will be the company’s latest flagship smartphone and the Mi Note 3 is more like a high-end device.

The Mi Note 3 features a metal frame with 3D curved glass on the front and rear. It runs on the latest Android 7.0 Nougat based MIUI 9 out of the box. It sports a 5.5-inch IPS display with Full HD (1920 x 1080 pixels) resolution and Gorilla Glass 5 protection. Under the hood is the 64-bit Qualcomm Snapdragon 660 octa-core processor that uses the custom Kryo 260 cores clocked up to 2.2GHz. It comes coupled with Adreno 512 GPU and offers Bluetooth 5.0 technology. The Mi Note 3 will be available in three different variants – 4GB + 64GB, 4GB + 128GB, 6GB + 128GB. There is no MicroSD card slot on this device to further expand the storage.

Talking about the cameras, there is a 12MP + 12MP dual camera setup on the rear. This is the same setup that was earlier seen on the Mi 6, Mi 5X, and Mi A1 smartphones. It also comes with 4-axis OIS and offers 2X optical zoom for the lossless close-up photos. However, the major upgrade can be found on the front of the device. The 5MP selfie camera from the past Mi flagship devices is now upgraded to a whopping 16MP sensor. The recently launched Redmi Note 5A also came with a 16MP front facing camera. It supports dual SIM dual standby and offers 4G LTE connectivity on any one SIM.

Just like the Mi 6, the Mi Note 3 also lacks the 3.5mm audio jack and users have to use the UBS Type-C port for charging and also for connecting headsets.