The Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 is a smartphone developed by Xiaomi Inc. as part of Xiaomi's low-end

Redmi Redmi (stylized in all caps) is a subsidiary brand owned by the Chinese electronics company Xiaomi. It was first launched in July 2013 as a budget smartphone line, and became a separate sub-brand of Xiaomi in 2019, to takeover entry-level and ...

smartphone line. It has three variants: * The

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variant (codenamed hennessey) was released on November 24, 2015. * The

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variant (codenamed kenzo) was launched in February, 2016. * Redmi Note 3 Special Edition (codenamed kate) was launched in June 2016; it features an upgraded modem and a new housing, other specifications are the same as the Snapdragon variant.

Specifications

Hardware

The

variant of the Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 is powered by the MediaTek MT6795 Helio X10

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with a 2.0 GHz octa-core

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and a PowerVR G6200

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. The

variants are powered by the Snapdragon 650 system-on-chip with a

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CPU consisting of a high performance cluster with 2x 1.8 GHz

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cores and a high efficiency cluster with 4x 1.6 GHz ARM Cortex-A53 cores, and an

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510 GPU. The phone comes with 2 GB or 3 GB of

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and 16 GB or 32 GB of

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5.0 internal flash storage. Another notable difference between the MediaTek and Qualcomm variants of the phone is the rear-facing camera; there is a 13 MP camera sensor on the MediaTek variant whereas this is upgraded to a 16 MP sensor on the Qualcomm variants. There is also a 5 MP front-facing camera on all variants. All variants of the Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 include a

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display with 1080x1920 pixels resolution and 403 ppi pixel density. The Snapdragon variants use a special display technology known as 'Sunlight Display' in which the phone detects the ambient light and makes pixel-level adjustments in order to improve legibility under the sunlight. The phone also features a blue light filter for low light (night) reading. Another notable feature of the phone is the presence of a fingerprint sensor at the back. It can also be used for taking photos via the front-facing or rear-facing camera. The phone has a 4050 mAh

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non-removable battery.

Connectivity

The Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 has Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, thus supporting both the 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz bands. The MediaTek variant supports two SIM cards while the Snapdragon variants have a SIM card and a microSDHC/SIM card hybrid slot; the microSDHC slot can also be used as a secondary

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slot.

Software

The Snapdragon variant (kenzo) runs on an

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based

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7 OS which was updated to MIUI 8 based on Android 6.0 and then to MIUI 10. Many custom Android ROMs are available for this device; notable examples are MIUI 9 based on Android 7.0,

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13 and 14 (based on Android Marshmallow and Nougat, respectively),

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13, 14, 15,

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8.6 (based on Android 10) and an unstable port of

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. Custom ROMs based on Android Lollipop, Marshmallow, Nougat, Oreo, Pie, 10, 11 and 12 are also available, like Pixel Experience, ArrowOS, HavocOS, etc. The Redmi Note 3 Special Edition (kate) came with MIUI 8 based on Android 6.0 which can be updated to MIUI 10. Although both of the Snapdragon-based variants (kenzo and kate) are similar with their ROMs, their firmware aren't compatible with each other and installing the wrong one may

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the device. The MediaTek variant (hennessey) runs on MIUI 7, it can be updated to MIUI 9 but didn't get a MIUI 10 update. On 21 December 2018, Xiaomi announced the end of

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support for the phone. In January 2019, it received its final MIUI update.

Sales

On 25 August 2016, Xiaomi reported it had sold around 1.75 million units since March 2016. It also became the highest-shipped smartphone in India's online market in Q2 2016. It also became India's best online selling phone after it sold 2.3 million units until September 2016. In September 2017, InsightPortal reported the phone ranked 10th in their list of top ten devices worldwide with a market share of 1.1%.

Parts providers

Redmi Note 3, a stylish smartphone back in 2016, had the following parts providers: *

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: Qualcomm or MediaTek *

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: Qualcomm or MediaTek *

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: Qualcomm or MediaTek *

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: Qualcomm or MediaTek * Display panel: Sharp, Tianma, BOE *

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: Focaltech, Atmel *

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: Samsung, OmniVision *

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: Sunwoda, Coslight *

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: FPC,

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References

External links

* {{Xiaomi Phablets Note 3 Mobile phones introduced in 2015 Discontinued smartphones Mobile phones with infrared transmitter