INTRODUCTION:

Here is the Xiaomi Redmi 3s Prime which is a budget oriented android smartphone. It is nice that this product has been made in India. This smartphone actually comes with a snapdragon 430 chipset which is actually an octa-core processor. This smartphone originates with 4G support.

DESIGN:

The Xiaomi Redmi 3s Prime comes with a 4100mAh battery which is really good. Coming to the physical overview of the device. There are an IR blaster and a 3.5mm audio jack. The volume rockers and the power on button on the sides.

The casing is metallic which gives a good feel. On the bottom, we have the main microphone and an opening for the power slot. On the opposite side, it comes with the sim tray. It is a sort of hybrid sim slot.

The first sim is a regular one and the second one you can substitute with a micro SD card or a sim 2.It is provided with capacitive touch buttons which are not backlit and placement is on the bottom panel. Below the display, there is a small notification button which blinks when the device is put on charge. The dimensions of the design are 139.3 x 69.6 x 8.5 mm. The product weights 144 grams. Available in Gold, Dark Gray, Silver colors.

DISPLAY:

Xiaomi Redmi 3s Prime comes with a 5-inch display IPS LCD display giving around 16M colors. It is packed with 720 x 1280 pixel resolution. It has a pixel density of 294ppi. It is a multi-touch capacitive screen.

It has a screen to body ratio of 71.1%. Coming to the screen quality the viewing angles looked good. This is an adaptive display and you have the auto brightness feature and if necessary you can go with the manual mode. The display comes with a scratch-proof glass which is quite tough.

FEATURES:

Xiaomi Redmi 3s Prime running on an Octa-core 1.4 GHz Cortex-A53 processor. There is a customized skin MI UI 8 running on the top of the Android. It is running on the OS Android v6.0 marshmallow. The smartphone bears a chipset of Qualcomm MSM8937 Snapdragon 430 with Adreno 505 graphic card. It has an internal memory of 32GB and RAM of 3GB.

The expandable memory provided up to 256GB. Having primary camera of 13MP with f/2.0, phase detection autofocus, LED flash and in additional available features are Geo-tagging, touch focus, face/smile detection, HDR, panorama. Stereo speakers are given. Wi-Fi, Hotspot, Bluetooth, GPS options are available.

The primary camera records video at 1080p@30fps. 5MP Secondary camera is provided. Fingerprint, accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass sensors are present. It has 4100mAh li-on non-removable battery. It is a dual sim device with micro and nano sim slots support.

PERFORMANCE:

The device looks quite similar to the Redmi note 3.Whereas the Redmi note 3 has a 5.5-inch screen whereas this device comes with a 5-inch display. It has the fingerprint scanner. The UI is quite regular to the previous models. Out of 3 GB RAM, we get around 2.1GB free space.

If you like the Redmi note 3 and wanted for a compact version this is the exact smartphone you are looking for. This is the newer phones that come with snapdragon 830 chipsets.  The fingerprint sensor is very fast and opens in a single touch. The AnTuTu score of the Xiaomi Redmi 3s Prime is 35686 which is not very promising. The vellamo metal score is 1038. The Geek benchmark score on the device is 653 on the single core and 2730 on the multi core.

The base mark X score is 14374. Coming to the gaming zone I played Unkilled. It is handling the game quite well I say. There is no lag over there. The graphics are fine. I also played mortal combat game without any issues. The overall gaming experience is good. The sound from the earphones seem good. Fast battery charger comes within the box which is again a good news. The battery provides enough charge for a day on normal usage and on the heavy usage ¾ day.

CAMERA:

The rear camera is a 13MP shooter and the front-facing camera is supposed to be a 5Mp shooter. The outdoor shots from the rear camera came out to be very good detail. And the pictures are also not oversaturated.

You can also get some decent depth of feel. For the indoor shots, you have to be careful. Otherwise, it comes out to be blurry. But the device does a far better job when compared to other budget-oriented smartphones.

VERDICT:

This is one kind of budget smartphone bearing all the premium features like fingerprint sensor, octa core processor 13MP camera. The performance is good but not the best you will get. You will be satisfied if you buy this product but don’t expect any amazing kind of feel. The device is available at a price range of Rs 9000.