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I received my OnePlus 3 today. Can't wait to try it after getting home. | |
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Congratulations on your purchase. Please keep us posted about your experience with the phone. I am planning to buy one for myself mainly for 2 reasons - 5" size and huge battery and of course, the price. I am curious about 4 things - performance - I am not into gaming and all but just want to know real life performance with normal apps like Chrome/Fb/whatsapp/twitter/exchange email/gmail/dialer/messaging etc. Network reception and call quality - any issues with 4G signal? Camera - not expecting a great camera at this price but par for the segment. The Mi4 had a pretty good camera, expecting the same for Redmi 3S. I will be happy with that. Speaker volume - I see that the speaker is at the back which might be a problem when the phone is kept on the table which can lead to lots of missed calls. Let me know if this is an issue. | |
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| ![]() I am quite amazed that the Redmi 3s allows you to have one SIM latched on 4G and the other on 3G. In contrast, the Moto G Turbo allows only 4G + 2G or 3G + 2G. So, you cannot have two 3G connections for voice. That is quite bad, since 2G connections do not have any tower authentication and are easier to eavesdrop. |
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Also, the 4g band support for Redmi 3s seems to be very limited as well ( just Band 3,5, and 40 ). Regardless, it will work with the Reliance Jio and all the current 4g providers in India. So, not much of an issue. Last edited by amalji : 10th August 2016 at 17:13. | |
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| ![]() Hows your experience with the One Plus 3 so far? I've been enjoying mine for a month and a half, and getting to like it more and more as I use it as my daily driver. Really superb product and a value for money purchase! Have you purchased a tempered glass for this, and if so, hows the fit? |
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I have not purchased a tempered glass yet. I am using a Spigen case and not sure which tempered glass would fit well with it. How's your battery life been? | |
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| ![]() I checked out the Redmi 3S prime today. My colleague bought it. The build feels very solid though the back is a tad slippery with the metal build. With the 4100 Mah battery, it is not a very slim phone but fits well in the hand due to the compact size. The screen looked nice and bright. Tried opening a lot of apps and it seems all of them opened very fast without any lag and stayed nicely in memory thanks to the 3 GB RAM. Took some shots indoor and outdoor. Outdoor shots were very nice for the price range and even indoor shots are okay if you consider the price. I don't think you are going to get a much better camera for the price. So, overall it looks a very complete and value for money package and is the best choice for people looking at a compact phone in the 10-12K range. Actually, there aren't many better phones in the 5 inch space even up to 15K. |
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Not much has changed in terms of 3G coverage in the last 6-8 months I think. Besides, this is about providing option to the consumer. If a user wants to use 2G, he/ she can always select the appropriate mode by keeping the battery life in mind, provided the phone supports this. Quote:
@admicra: A true game changer! Last edited by S_U_N : 11th August 2016 at 15:06. | ||
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| ![]() Battery life has been fine so far, par for the course. Gives me a days worth of life with moderate usage. No complaints on that end, especially given the superb Dash Charger thats provided. I didn't like the SRGB mode much, and prefer the full blown AMOLED colors ![]() And yes, you are right, the build quality is indeed fantastic, and I was taken aback as well by how thin and light the device it. Its a pleasure to handle every time I pick it up! |
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The Snapdragon 617 chipset which comes with Moto G4 was released in 2015. A company like Motorola do not release bleeding edge technology in their phones. They have their own tests before they decide to use a chipset. It's never the specs that differentiate a motorola phone, but smart design techniques that they use like
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for eg:- Band 1 is used by Airtel, Vodafone, Idea, Reliance, Tata, Aircel, MTNL, BSNL for their 3g services, but not for 4g. If tomorrow, TRAI decides to allocate 4g services on it ( similar to the way the 850 Mhz CDMA got converted to GSM 4g for Reliance Jio ), it can become a limitation. | ||
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Fingerprint sensor - check IR blaster - check 5 inch screen check One cool party trick I noticed was while on the front camera, it detects the face and displays the age and gender. ![]() The speaker grill is at the back. So if the phone is kept down, expect the volume to be a bit down. I hope to post some comments in the coming week. | |
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Yes, it comes with many cool features as you listed. Probably this phone is one of the best phone from Mi after Mi3 (my current phone, two year old). Last edited by MaxTorque : 11th August 2016 at 20:17. | |
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