Chinese have distinguished themselves in the field of technological advancements at a minimalistic cost. The much hyped Xiaomi has finally entered the huge Indian market & already started grabbing eyeballs. Xiaomi MI3 popularly known as giant killer boasts of a sleek build up & houses top notch specification. I would be lying if I didn't mention here that it has already set the alarm bell ringing for other leading smart phone manufacturers in India.
First look:
Apart from handset you get a USB cable, charger head, manual and pin to access SIM card tray much like an iPhone. Unfortunately there is no headset, but hang on it is loaded with features which will make up for the headset. Rectangular in shape, the sleek gadget weighs 145 gm with a thickness of 8.1 mm. The body is forged out of aluminium magnesium alloy. A MI logo etched in silver color shows up at the top left corner.
All the navigating buttons on the screen lit up at once when accessed and remain invisible when backlight is not lit, when you hold it you feel a thin, light and stark black panel from front and dusky metallic rear panel comprising a phone which towers above its contemporaries in many vital aspects. Toggle buttons are located on the left edge, leaving right edge completely unscathed, 3.5 audio jack is located at the top left edge and vertically opposite we have a metal reinforced USB port accompanied by wide 120 laser cut grills made for sound outlet which makes it cut above the rest in design technology. Turn the phone and you will find a flat, and smooth rear panel with camera along with dual led flash located at the top left corner and further down a logo of mi affixed at the bottom centre. You can say that before you start accessing it, the phone sets up a nice prologue.
Blend of Technology:
Xiaomi has ensured that with the kind of specifications it has stuffed in MI3 no other brand even gets to stand in its vicinity. MIUI allows you to custom icons in the grids which are user specified and customised for apps or widgets. MIUI also includes an updater app, a torch, a file explorer, an NFC tag utility, Facebook, Kingsoft Office and the Flipkart app, as well as custom Gallery and Music apps. IPS screen technology boosts phone's response time, viewing angle dependence and color reproduction. Xiaomi has fused touch screen with backlit display to make images more clearer and sharper.
Pressure sensitive screen enables you to access the screen even with wet fingers which comes handy when you are amidst household work and hands get soaked. The body has been structured in 3 thermal graphite layers which makes it strong and reliable. It supports mini SIM card and it was tough to fathom that they are not launching it with microSD card slot and it comes with predefined 16 GB inbuilt memory, with only 13 GB for our use, the 64 GB variant hasn't been launched in India yet. A strong 3050 mAh battery runs the phone and claims to last for 9 hrs 44 min on video loop testing. It operates on yet wider frequency and has high broadband speed.
Talking about camera, it is a 13MP dual LED flash camera capable to capture high resolution pictures quickly even in the worst of lighting conditions with ease. Viewing angle is 28 mm wide which gives wider view of the shot to be taken, apt for group photography with friends. F/2.2 aperture stuffs more light which makes snap brighter and cleaner. It's distinguished 5 piece lens technology includes infrared filters thus constituting for clearer and true to life colors photo which is much different from any phone of this range. It's UI is appealing and dial pad can be accessed from the locked screen which reveals the saved contact when a number is dialled, it even shows the full screen avatar when a person is called. In a first xiaomi has used Dirac tech in mi3 which optimises sound output according to the headset used. Xiaomi happens to be the first smartphone to introduce SFX surround sound technology to make it a profound listening experience. MI3 also provides its own cloud which can be used to access files and data after creating unique ID.
Verdict:
This phone comes for 14k and honestly speaking has the assets that can make a phone priced 24k look meagre. Battery give high performance and camera clicks exceptional photos. Long hours of gaming and video watching are assets to this phone. MI3 is handsomely built, and smartly stuffed, it can let you play any given game so profoundly thanks to the 2 GB RAM and Qualcomm snapdragon processor, and when you hold it, it feels as if you don't own it, rather it owns you.
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