Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 specifications

The latest in the series is the Redmi Note 3. The phone is the successor to last year's Redmi Note 2 and improves upon several key aspects, such as a metal body, fingerprint sensor, brand new chipset, and a larger battery. It's especially improved over the original Redmi Note Prime, which would be a big deal for people in India who never got the Redmi Note 2.

Today, the company is launching the Redmi Note 3 in India. And even though we already have the smartphone reviewed, it was based on a Mediatek chipset. The new release comes with Snapdragon 650 and since we've had the chance to play with it for the past few days, we'd gladly share our impressions.

Redmi Note 3 at a glance

Aluminum body

5.5-inch, 1920x1080 IPS LCD

Qualcomm Snapdragon 650; 2x 1.8GHz Cortex-A72 + 4x 1.2GHz Cortex-A53; Adreno 510

2GB RAM with 16GB storage/3GB RAM with 32GB storage; microSD support

Dual SIM, LTE, Wi-Fi 802.11ac, Bluetooth 4.1, IR, microUSB

16 megapixel rear camera with PDAF, f2.0 aperture, dual LED flash

5 megapixel front camera, f2.0 aperture

Fingerprint sensor

4050mAh battery

Android 5.1.1 with MIUI 7