Yah. I also installed gcam 2 days ago. Suprsingly really easy due to the camera2api unlocked. Just downloaded the apk, install and done.

Unlike other phone eg Mi A2 which required root or if not, need to install magisk etc.

Btw, just want to update that battery life is kinda phenomenal as well.




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wah almost 12 hours of SOT is ridiculous!!
This phone really lasting

Holy, that SOT is insane

I don't know if this is trustworthy,but a good news indeed.



Link : Xiaomishka

This post has been edited by marcoslai: Aug 11 2019, 07:52 PM

Just saw a demo unit today... that chiiinnnn.

I have been using Mi A3 for a week, coming from Honor 10's 1080p LCD display I don't really notice any pixellation. Maybe my eyes are not that sensitive.

I read GSMArena review mentioning about jagged text in the display and went to check out the phone in a Xiaomi outlet, didn't notice it and straightaway bought it.

The rest is like Ehtan Hunt mentioned in the previous page. Pretty good camera, amazing battery life.

Built quality is also on par with Honor 10. Vast improvement compared to my Redmi note 4 from couple years ago.

Gaming performance also good. It only feels 1 degree celcius warmer after playing Mobile Legends for half an hour, with the stock provided transparent casing on.

You can't compare the camera quality just by quoting the model of the camera sensor. The sensor is just one part of the camera module. One drawback of the imx586 sensor is its tiny pixel size which means less details in low light especially on cheap/midrange phones without OIS. Even with pixel binning you can see that there are less details in low light in the Mi A3 camera review vs the Realme 3 pro/A2/Pocophone. This was something I saw when I compared the new RN7 with the Mi A2 review camera samples.
That doesn't make the RN7 or Mi A3 bad, the cameras are quite good actually but not "way better" than the Realme 3 pro as you have said. The R3pro camera quality is on par with its Xiaomi competitors.

The Realme 3 pro supports camera2api in stock rom so no need for root (but allows rooting) and also has working gcam ports for better pictures.

This post has been edited by imbibug: Aug 16 2019, 11:21 AM

You're making it sound more difficult than it is. There is no need to root permanently, install magisk etc to enable camera2api on the Mi A2 for gcam.

You just need to enable usb debugging and run a few commands, then relock the bootloader. Its a one-time job and stock rom updates will not be affected.

R3pro color very fake and white balance erratic in my testing...maybe sharp but dislike using it. Redmi more to my liking.

Imx586 is on almost all china flagships...some has better details than other, so it's down to respective noise reduction & processing. Sensor is just one part. mi9t stock vs gcam in extreme low light gcam so much more details. However in moderate low light gcam sucks.

But yeah, ois is good, big sensor is good.

This post has been edited by dwRK: Aug 16 2019, 01:11 PM

Small texts like browsing lowyat looks fuzzy not crisp.

What I really end up disliking the most being the stock android one...lol

all using same top notch sony imx586

but the software/camera algorithm sux ass

all must say imx586 mah

when launch time marketing time also kasi blow this big big

The RN7 had a weird white balance/magenta tint issue when it was released as well, maybe it got fixed in updates. The R3pro got released later so the updated/tweaked RN7 got compared to the R3pro in many reviews. The exposure/dynamic range is better on the R3pro vs RN7 from more recent reviews so they are quite close in terms of camera quality. Googling showed that the R3pro is going to get updates to fix the yellow oversaturation among other things on the camera.

I'm currently using two phones:

iPhone SE (released in 2016) --> personal phone
Google Pixel (also released in 2016) --> work phone

I'm looking at the Mi A3 because (a) I need a dual-SIM phone to replace these two phones above; and (b) I'm a fan of using stock Android. I've done lots of reading and video-watching on reviews on the A3 for the past week (including going through this exact forum page) and finally just now I was able to get me hands on one at a nearby Mi Store.

The below 3 things were observed:
- The 720p display is not as bad as I was expecting it to be. I opened this exact forum page in the A3 and scrolled a bit; texts are crisp enough for my liking actually. However, the icons on the phone (especially round ones) and the rounded edges on the 4 corners of the phone are noticeably jagged (a.k.a. not a smooth round shape). For me personally, it is not a deal-breaker and I can live with it.

- The colors on the display are incredibly rich and full (again, for my liking; I'm coming from two 3-year-old phones) and I actually quite enjoyed myself reading through news articles with photos on the A3. Guess that's Super AMOLED doing its thang.

- Opened this exact forum page on all 3 phones, and switching back and forth between my 2 phones and the A3 did not give me any sort of viewing experience upgrade/downgrade impressions. The obvious differences that I could see were the jagged round icons and the richer colors on the A3, and that's about it.

TDLR version --> if you're coming from really old phones (3 years old at least), the Mi A3 can be considered.

If u can wait, maybe got sales on 9.9 sales

I was actually thinking of the Merdekawan sales in Lazada, starting tomorrow I think, but 9.9 isn't a bad idea as well!

Another thing that you will love is fantastic battery life. The SOT is amazing.

Manage to get 13hours SOT right now.




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yeah, this. My iPhone SE's battery life is total rubbish at this point (I haven't changed the battery since I bought it in 2016). My Pixel fared better, but maybe it's because I don't use it as often as the iPhone.


ho lee schittttttt

Cheapest I found is rm830 for the 64gb version Malaysia set

Rm780 64gb is AP set by T&L

Bro can you help me confirm if the Mi A3 has dual-SIM management, like SIM 1 set default for voice calls, SIM 2 set default for mobile data etc? Thanks!