Hongmi series has always been the key to Xiaomi's mobile phone sales, and users of Hongmi mobile phones can often be seen on the street, bus and subway. Three months after the release of Hongmi Note 2, Xiaomi released the third generation of Hongmi Note, which was unusual in the past when Xiaomi upgraded its products once a year on average.
---------Appearance design---------
The packaging of Red Rice Note 3 has changed a lot. It has changed from traditional kraft paper to white simple packaging similar to the iPhone, which looks a little foreign than kraft paper packaging. However, the whole box is not as solid as the previous kraft paper box. It is estimated that it is impossible to stand on it.
There is no change in the accessories, only the charger and data cable.
Compared with the red rice Note 2, the front is almost unchanged. The gray version I bought makes no difference. Red rice Note 3 also has white and gold versions. It is recommended to buy white or gold ones, which are more beautiful.
It doesn't feel very heavy on the hand. It's very powerful when breaking 4000mAh.
The three virtual buttons at the bottom have become the same white as the Xiaomi series, instead of the red.
The biggest upgrade of Hongmi Note 3 is the body and fingerprint recognition. Both Meilan and LeEco's 1000 yuan machine have achieved the metal body and fingerprint, and Hongmi is the latest one.
The infrared design is still retained, but the USB interface below does not use type-c, which should be a pity because of cost constraints. After all, LeEco 1s has used it.
The color difference between the upper and lower plastic parts in the middle of the metal part is not very big, but you can feel the obvious scratch with your hand. The frame on the plastic side is higher than the metal part in the middle.
The slot I bought matches the body very well. I don't know if it is my good character. If it does, the workmanship of the red rice note 3 is of high quality in the thousand yuan machine.
The arc transition of the metal body is very large, and it fits the palm very well.
Having said so much, is it a bit familiar? That's right. The back shape is very similar to the whole radian and Meizu MX5, and the overall good feel also comes from this shape. So someone on the Internet teased that this was the Red Rice MX5. As for whether it was plagiarism, we won't discuss it here.
---------Fingerprint unlocking---------
It has been a year since fingerprint recognition was popularized, and Xiaomi's entire series of products have not yet used fingerprints, which is too bad for Xiaomi, who is passionate about performance and configuration. I finally caught up on the red rice note 3.
Fingerprint identification requires pressing the fingerprint identification area about 12 times, which is not fast.
The unlocking speed is about 0.4s, and the data is very fast, but in the specific process of unlocking, you can still feel the unlocking process intuitively.
Compared with the pleasure of unlocking Huawei Mate S in use, the unlocking of Hongmi Note 3 lacks a sense of consistency and is not "cool" enough!
At present, in addition to unlocking, the fingerprint of Hongmi Note 3 only supports the fingerprint payment of Xiaomi Wallet. Neither WeChat nor Alipay supports application encryption and other functions. The application scenarios are still very scarce.
After waiting for a year, I finally got a fingerprint, but it only supports fingerprint unlocking, and I still don't feel ready for fingerprint.
---------Imaging quality---------
At the Red Rice Note 3 press conference, Lei Jun again emphasized the importance of mobile imaging, and took a photo of a microblog user as an example, so how do we actually use photos to talk about imaging.
When the indoor light is normal, the effect in the viewfinder should be a little more transparent than the actual sample. The white balance of the whole picture of the actual sample is relatively accurate, but the imaging style is somewhat fleshy.
The white color of the router and the green color of the flowers and plants are both accurate.
In the outdoor, the imaging style attaches importance to restoring the actual scene. Generally speaking, the imaging is excellent in a normal light environment, which also benefits from the improvement of the imaging quality of the entire mobile phone market.
Night imaging tends to ensure the brightness of the picture first, and then control the noise, so that the whole picture looks brighter than the eyes see, but because of the noise problem, the whole picture appears not clean enough.
---------Battery life charging---------
I think the biggest highlight of Red Rice Note 3 should be the 4000mAh battery. The solution to the optimization of the endurance system can only solve the problem of scratch, and the big battery is the king.
When connected to WIFI, the screen brightness is 50%, and the sound is 50%, 7% of the power is lost after playing 30 minutes of "Top Speed 8", and 9% of the power is lost when Tencent Video APP watches videos in ultra clear mode for one hour. According to this assumption, video viewing can last for 10 hours. This kind of large battery can be easily used for one day. I don't think it's a problem if I don't use it heavily for two days. A large battery is powerful.
The endurance is so overbearing, the Red Rice Note 3 only supports the 5V/2A standard, full of This 4000mAh requires more than 2 hours and 30 minutes. It's a long time since I saw a mobile phone requiring such a long charging time.
---------Summarize recommendations---------
advantage: Long life with large battery, high-quality workmanship, good feel, MIUI
Disadvantages: Lack of fingerprint support function, slow charging speed
Purchase suggestions: This time, Red Rice did not open the gap with its friend's 1000 yuan machine in terms of configuration. The main selling point is the large battery. Users who care about the endurance and system can consider it.
