Less than three months later, Xiaomi urgently launched the next generation of Hongmi Note 3 of Hongmi Note 2. It still inherits the super high cost performance of the Hongmi Note series, with a small increase of 100 yuan in price. Instead, it is an all metal body, fingerprint recognition, and 4000mAh battery. It is hard to imagine that this is an upgrade based on an increase of 100 yuan in price. Maybe because of the threat of Le 1s, Meilan Metal and other 1000 yuan fingerprint machines, Xiaomi had to launch the next generation of Hongmi Note 2 in such a short time to improve its competitiveness. What's its performance?
In terms of specifications, the SoC used in the high configuration version of Hongmi Note 3 is MT6795, The PowerVR G6200 with a GPU of 700MHz and a memory of 3G LPDDR3 in the high configuration version have the same specifications as the Red Rice Note 2. The screen is also a 5.5 inch 1080P LCD screen. After inquiry, this one on our hand is also a Tianma screen (other batches may be BOE, Sharp). The camera sensor, like the Red Rice Note 2, uses Samsung S5K3M2 (may have other sensor suppliers), The battery has been upgraded to 4000mAh, and the high configuration version of Red Rice Note 3 costs 1099 yuan, compared with the high configuration version of Meilan metal. From the perspective of configuration, Meilan matel is indeed inferior to Red Rice Note 3, and the high configuration version of Meilan metal costs 200 yuan more than Red Rice Note 3.
appearance
The package used this time is not made of kraft paper, which is different from the previous Xiaomi series mobile phones. After opening the package, you can see a mobile phone body, a data cable and a charging head.
The screen proportion of the machine is fairly good. There is a circle of plastic around the screen. The fingerprint identification area is below the camera. The arc processing on the back is a bit like Meizu. The three-stage design is made of plastic from top to bottom, and metal in the middle.
There are volume and power buttons on the right side of the machine body, and only sim card slot on the left side. The machine does not use the middle frame, but directly extends the metal part of the rear shell to the side.
On the whole, the three dimensions of red rice Note 3 are better than the control points of red rice Note 2. However, the front panel of the gold version of red rice Note 3 still uses gold, which seems a bit inconsistent. In terms of color, red rice Note 2 looks more energetic and youthful. The logo and speaker openings are both located below the back of the fuselage, and the positions of the MicroUSB and microphone openings at the bottom are the same.
In terms of accessories, the data cable and the charging head are similar to those of Red Rice Note 2. The data cable is made of thick materials, and the charging head specification is 5V===2A.
screen
Left: Meilan metal Right: Hongmi Note 3
In terms of the screen, the red rice Note 3 uses a 5.5 inch 1080P screen. The maximum white spot brightness in the center of the screen can reach 417 nits, and the brightness of the rest of the screen is about 390 nits. The brightness distribution is relatively uniform. In terms of color gamut, the color gamut covers 94% sRGB, 70% AdobeRGB, and the static contrast is 550:1. By default, the screen color temperature is 7500K, and the average Delta E is 2.29.
System UI
Red rice Note 3 still uses the MIUI 7 system. Based on Android 5.0, except for the theme and additional fingerprint identification, it is the same as the system of Red rice Note 2 in other places. The theme of the gold version of Red rice Note 3 is grayish. In the settings, we can see the setting options of fingerprint recognition. Like most mobile phones, only 5 fingerprints can be added at most. Fingerprints can be added quickly.
performance
In terms of performance, the high configuration version of Hongmi Note 3 uses 3GB of memory, MT6795 SoC， The remaining memory available after boot is about 1.8GB, but the MT6795 is naturally not a problem in daily use. Its smoothness is the same as that of the red rice Note 2, and its memory is larger. There is no need to worry about insufficient memory problems such as the background program suicide caused by too many apps being turned on.
photograph
daytime
Left: Meilan metal Right: Hongmi Note 3
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In the first group of daytime proofs, the white balance of the two is similar, but after 100% magnification of the original image, you can see that the Magic Blue metal does better in font sharpening, while the red rice Note 3 uses more smear algorithms to reduce noise.
Left: Meilan metal Right: Hongmi Note 3
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In this group of daytime samples, the white balance processing of both samples is still very similar, and there is no problem. However, both samples have different degrees of overexposure. After 100% magnification of the original image, it can be found that the overexposure of the magic blue metal on the white background in the distance is more serious, while the font of the red rice Note 3 is retained more clearly.
Left: Meilan metal Right: Hongmi Note 3
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In this group of samples, there is no difference in the white balance between the two, and the analytical power is similar, but the methylene blue metal sample has a higher saturation.
Left: Meilan metal Right: Hongmi Note 3
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In the daytime proof, there is not much difference between the two. The white balance, analytical power and color performance are similar, but the sharpening treatment of Magic Blue Metal is slightly better.
at night
Left: Meilan metal Right: Hongmi Note 3
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In this group of extremely weak light scenes, both pictures have more noise. On the whole, the exposure of Red Rice Note 3 is higher, which makes the overall picture very bright, while the exposure of Magic Blue metal is slightly lower. Both performances are very ordinary.
Left: Meilan metal Right: Hongmi Note 3
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In this group of samples, Meilan Metal controls the halo at the store logo better than Hongmi Note 3, and in terms of font on the glass, Meilan Metal sharpens better than Hongmi Note 3
Left: Meilan metal Right: Hongmi Note 3
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In the last group of samples, both of them have good anti glare ability for distant point light sources, but in this complex light source and weak light situation, both of them have more noise on distant fonts.
Taken together, the results of daytime and nighttime photography are similar, with little difference in white balance control and analytical power. However, in some cases, the sharpening algorithm of Magic Blue Metal helps to improve the purity of the picture. In this regard, Red Rice Note 3 is not as good as Magic Blue Metal.
Endurance&fever
In terms of endurance, the red rice note 3 uses a 4000mAh battery, which is the first time Xiaomi has increased the battery capacity to more than 4000mAh. In our three-and-a-half hour high-intensity endurance test, its performance did not disappoint us. It still has 65% of the remaining battery power, which is 10% higher than the red rice note 2. Such endurance can basically maintain a day of use when fully charged.
In terms of heating, the highest temperature of the Red Rice Note 3 after running NBA 2K15 for one hour is about 38 ℃ at the front of the machine. In daily use, the temperature of the Red Rice Note 3 is kept colder. Compared with other MT6795 machines, the heating of the Red Rice Note 3 is well controlled, which is almost unlike the MT6795. (Note: Our indoor temperature during the test is about 22~25 ℃)
summary
As a mobile phone with a price of 899/1099 yuan, the Hongmi Note 3 can be configured like this, which is really not easy to perform. Its appearance can really form a strong competition with the Meilan metal and other thousand yuan mobile phones. Although Meilan metal is not as good as the Hongmi Note 3 in configuration, and it is also 200 yuan more expensive than the Hongmi Note 3, Meilan metal is not only in shape, feel Compared with the red rice Note 3, it has its own advantages in taking photos. Up to now, there have been many cost-effective models in the thousand yuan machine market, and the emergence of the Red Rice Note 3 may give you more choice.
