Xiaomi Redmi 3 announced

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Update: Redmi 3 will launch in India on March 3 in New Delhi. Confirmed news.

Xiaomi has officially launched its Redmi 3 smartphone at a price of CNY 699 (approximately 7000 INR).
The device is available on Mi.com and Tmail and will go on sale in China starting tomorrow. No details regarding availability of the smartphone have been announced.
In terms of design, the smartphone offers a metal body along with a textured rear panel. It will be available in gold, grey and silver color variants.
On the specifications front, a dual-SIM phone, the smartphone features a 5" 720p display. It is powered by a 1.2GHz Octa-core Qualcomm SD616 paired with 2GB RAM. Internal storage of 16GB which can be further expanded but uses the 2nd SIM card slot. Camera is 13MP rear with LED and 5MP front. One of its major points is the huge 4100mah. The Redmi 3 comes with support for 5V/2A fast charging as well.

Detailed specs: http://www.gsmarena.com/xiaomi_redmi_3-7862.php
 
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The $105 Lemon 3 is Lenovo's answer to the Redmi 3
http://www.androidcentral.com/105-lemon-3-lenovos-answer-redmi-3

Earlier this week, Xiaomi unveiled the Redmi 3, offering stellar hardware for the equivalent of $105. Lenovo has now launched the Lemon 3, which offers similarly-competitive hardware for the same price. The phone comes with a 5-inch Full HD display, Snapdragon 616 SoC, 2GB of RAM, 16GB storage, 13MP camera, 5MP front shooter, LTE, and a 2750mAh battery.

While Lenovo's latest budget phone offers a higher-resolution display than the Redmi 3, which has a 5-inch 720p display, the latter comes with a massive 4100mAh battery, giving it a battery life of two days at the minimum.
 
Between the two I would go for the Redmi 3. The 4k battery is too good to pass up.
Now where are you Moto E3?
 
They had to name it Lemon 3???Seriously????
On a serious note both phones are more or less similarly specced but Mi has a far larger battery but its offset to an extent by the MIUI which drains a tad more in my experience.
 
On a serious note both phones are more or less similarly specced but Mi has a far larger battery but its offset to an extent by the MIUI which drains a tad more in my experience.
Recent 7.1.1 update has better memory optimizations and battery. I can do 1 full day with continuous use on a 2200mAh battery , With that logic i guess Redmi 3 it would last 2 days easily.

End of the day, Never go with specs. It's Xiaomi and its still Lollipop when Marshmallow released around 3 months back.
 
Xiaomi to launch Redmi Note 3 with Qualcomm Snapdragon 650, 16-megapixel camera in India
Since 2014, Xiaomi has been battling Ericsson, which filed a patent infringement lawsuit in regards to its Standard Essential Patents for wireless technology standards like GSM, Edge and 3G. With the ensuing court battle, Xiaomi is only allowed to sell smartphones that are powered by Qualcomm’s chipset. This would explain why Xiaomi is bringing a
Redmi Note 3 variant to India that is
powered by Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 650 chipset.
ALL HAIL QUALCOMM CHIPSETS! :D
http://www.bgr.in/news/xiaomi-to-la...edmi-note-3-in-india-specifications-features/

The Redmi Note 3 will not be released in India due to a patent infringement filed by Ericsson. However, we will soon be getting the most awaited flagship from Xiaomi, the Mi 5.
http://www.readoo.in/2015/11/xiaomi-redmi-note-3-opinion-price-and-release-date-in-india

Xiaomi is set to make an announcement in India tomorrow.

Xiaomi’s India head Manu Kumar Jain
put up a teaser on Twitter along with
the caption – ‘An exciting
announcement will
happen tomorrow’. He tweeted an image of spacecraft with the words –
Mi Generation. T-24 hours to lift off. He
also wrote, ‘#MiGeneration – An
exciting announcement will
happen tomorrow :) Always believe
something wonderful is about to happen.’
http://www.bgr.in/news/xiaomi-to-announce-something-wonderful-in-india-tomorrow/
 
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MiPad price dropped to 10k. Its the only "wonderful" news so far which i could get for the announcement made yesterday.
 
Turning into a flood : Coolpad Note 3 Lite With 3GB RAM, Fingerprint Sensor Launched at Rs. 6,999

http://gadgets.ndtv.com/mobiles/new...fingerprint-sensor-launched-at-rs-6999-790133
The dual-SIM dual-4G Coolpad Note 3 Lite runs on Android 5.1 Lollipop skinned with Cool UI 6.0, and features a 5-inch IPS display with an HD (720x1280) resolution. It is powered by a 1.3GHz quad-core MediaTek MT6735 SoC, coupled with 3GB of LPDDR3 RAM - which can be considered the highlight of the device at this price point. Another highlight is its fingerprint sensor, placed on the back panel below the camera module.

The Coolpad Note 3 Lite bears a 13-megapixel rear camera with and f/2.0 aperture and LED flash, apart from a 5-megapixel front-facing camera. The smartphone comes with 16GB of inbuilt storage that's expandable via microSD card (up to 64GB). Connectivity options include 4G (with support for Indian LTE bands), Bluetooth 4.0, Wi-Fi, and Micro-USB (with OTG).

The Note 3 Lite runs on a 2500mAh non-removable battery that's rated to deliver up to 10 hours of talk-time, and up to 200 hours of standby time. It features an accelerometer, ambient light sensor, proximity sensor, and digital compass.

The company added that VoLTE (voice over LTE) functionality would also be made available, though did not specify the timeline for release. An Android 6.0 Marshmallow update for the Coolpad Note 3 Lite was also said to be in the pipeline. Coolpad added it had partnered with HCL for after sales service in India.

 
The 3GB RAM and Android v6.0 will be the selling point.
How does that MTK chipset quad 1.3GHz fare against SD200 quad 1.2GHz? And how is the UI?
 
The fug redmi thread and you guys are discussing cool pad..
lol. Too many threads are gonna come up if we create a thread for every small news/info imo.

This redmi phone is gonna gonna rock..
It will, in its range. Sadly the Redmi 3 is not for dual-sim users like me. :(
One full page of "preview" and nothing on the hardware build quality. >_>
 
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Review : https://www.androidpit.com/xiaomi-redmi-3-review
Final verdict
The Xiaomi Redmi 3 outperforms most devices in its price range. But the leap in quality between the Redmi 2 and Redmi 3 is abysmal both in design, battery life and performance. In China, it is a lot better option than the Moto G but the rest of the world the price is a bit high due to import costs.
The real negative I have about this phone is that as of this moment, the operating system is only in English.
 
I have some issues with that review. First "only Chinese and English" can't be said to be a con. Second the lack of proper graphical benches/performance test on games like Asphalt/Dead Trigger etc. No video/audio/net loop battery test.
It seems to be a rather good phone at its price. But the hybrid SIM+memory card is a deal breaker for me. :/
 
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