Just minor upgrades here and there.
Just for the sake of making it a better buy than Meizu Metal.

Should just call it Redmi Note 2 Pro as rumored earlier.


This post has been edited by Xierra777: Nov 24 2015, 02:52 PM

there's a reason why I put "upgrades"
of course it would be nicer than RN2, otherwise no point selling it.

Just the name of the device doesn't seem to fit in.. Should be RN2 Pro or Plus instead.

This post has been edited by Xierra777: Nov 24 2015, 02:54 PM

Yeah, 4k mah battery is definitely a good addition
I saw users complaining weak battery life on RN2.

It seems Helio X10 is not power efficient?
Even Meizu MX5 has average battery life.
Nowhere near to MX4.

This post has been edited by Xierra777: Nov 24 2015, 03:04 PM

Yeah, Xiaomi didn't optimize it properly it seems.
The video playback and web browsing endurance test is way below MX5.
Sad to see, was expecting more from that ample battery capacity.

This post has been edited by Xierra777: Nov 24 2015, 03:35 PM

haha almost same price with AP Xiaomi Mi4C for the 16GB variant

Helio X10 performs closely with Snapdragon 801 but the GPU is still a few fps slower than Adreno 330 but not by huge margin. I tested Helio X10 myself and it was great and fluid experience.. I can't tell speed difference between both. Battery consumption and GPS is good too.

If you really skeptical with Mediatek, just better off with Mi4C.
Snapdragon 808.

This post has been edited by Xierra777: Nov 29 2015, 02:51 PM

Mi4C is better in every aspect except RN3 has metal body and bigger battery capacity.

- Much better display (1 : 1600 contrast ratio )
- Better performance and more power efficient than Helio X10. Cortex A57 (Snapdragon 808) > Cortex A53 (Helio x10)
- Better at graphically heavy tasks. Adreno 418 > Power VR6200. VR6200 is about the same as G2 (Adreno 330)
- Better camera...Mi4C is the first to use the recently announced Sony Exmor RS IMX258 with phase detection focus and 192 focus point.

Redmi devices never had Sony sensors for camera if not mistaken. Most of them using less capable Samsung BSI sensor to cut cost and to separate with Mi flagship series.

If you don't need big screen and don't fancy all metal design, Mi4C is the better phone overall.

This post has been edited by Xierra777: Dec 11 2015, 09:20 PM

ah snap, yeah right.
I was kinda mixed up with Redmi Note 2 while typing.

Thanks for pointing out.

the flash looks very well balanced between too cool and warm. It's natural.
dual-tone flash is doing a pretty good job in new xiaomi devices.

Yellowish flash is like Mi4's single flash. You go see in MIUI forums how bad is the flash.
Super yellowish and washed out. It's pretty close to unusable even with Qualcomm Chroma flash feature.

Check here http://en.miui.com/thread-109907-1-1.html
You'll appreciate your dual-tone flash after you see this.

This post has been edited by Xierra777: Dec 12 2015, 05:03 PM

all metal case on RN3 might affect the GPS signal.

The GPU is indeed not well optimized. It's well known.

PowerVR G6200. Meizu MX4 also had the same graphical issue.

no sd card

yea 3 don't have 2 have

automatically triggers when you're trying to take close up pics.

Ever since MIUI 6, the macro mode has been removed to improve ease of using.

This post has been edited by Xierra777: Jan 3 2016, 01:04 AM

yea not all xiaomi smartphone has decent macro
I also kinda disappointed with my Mi Note in this regard.