The Xiaomi Mi A3 comes available at a rundown price of £185 in the UK. It’s a gadget that quickly fascinates for its design however that brings up certain issues when you look at the display that, on paper, offers a resolution restricted to only HD+. Can it truly be viewed as a limit? The answer in our article!
Good
- ✓Camera
- ✓Battery life
- ✓Android One software
- ✓Headphone jack
Bad
- ✕Display resolution
- ✕Fingerprint reader
- ✕No NFC
A compact smartphone
The design gap between lead, mid-range and low-end gadgets is no longer as wide as it was a couple of years back. Presently even the least expensive gadgets are grasping the patterns existing apart from everything else and hotshot elegant and ergonomic designs. Clearly there are compromises in the materials, confirmations, the quality of the finish and highlights offered, yet the Xiaomi Mi A3 likewise quickly makes a good impression.
A smartphone with a compact design
With its body of 153.48 x 71.85 x 8.47 mm weighing 173.8 grams it tends to be viewed as a minimized smartphone. The bends in the corners and in the body make it ergonomic, it is easy to deal with one hand and somewhat protruding photo compartment does not bother when the smartphone is placed on a table.
Two physical keys on the right, an infrared port and earphone jack return along the top edge. There is an opening for two SIMs or a SIM and microSD comb on the left, a mono speaker and a USB-C port along the base.
The Gorilla Glass 5 glass body houses the triple camera in a rush hour design at the top left, while the updated Xiaomi logo can be seen at the bottom. The screen is outfitted with a dewdrop notch in the middle that houses the front camera. Really awful about the not so thin bezel at the bottom. The Mi A3 does not offer IP68 confirmation.
An AMOLED Display With Integrated Fingerprint Reader
The most faulty purpose of the Xiaomi Mi A3 is the 6.08-inch screen that offers a resolution in HD+ of 720 x 1560 pixels bringing in a density of 283 ppi. The HD+ resolution weighs intensely when you look at other mid-range competitors that go further and when you see individual pixels.
The screen of the Mi A3 shrouds the integrated fingerprint reader which, during my test, had several issues in the acknowledgment of the recording of my fingerprint. I thought that it was increasingly advantageous to use the 2D face recognition,accessible through the front camera housed in the notch, or even a PIN. The Mi A3 offers an Ambient Display work that awakens the screen when you get new warnings and does and it even still has a notice LED.
Android One for a Stock Android Experience
The Xiaomi Mi A3, as the marking reminds us, runs Android One and Android 9 Pie . Having an Android One phone means ensured updates and exploiting a Stock Android variant without bloatware. The bit of Xiaomi and its MIUI doesn’t vanish totally (the opening by face acknowledgment is one example), yet it is practically vague. Notwithstanding the administrations of Google and the Xiaomi camera application, pre-introduced you will discover the FM Radio.
Snapdragon 665 and 4GB of RAM
The Xiaomi Mi A3 houses a Qualcomm Snapdragon 665 octa-core processor (4 Cortex A73 cores at 2.0GHz and 4 Cortex A53 cores at 1.8GHz) upheld by Adreno 610 GPU, 4GB LPDDR4X RAM and 64GB UFS 2.1 internal storage expandable through microSD. What does that mean in ordinary use?
Xiaomi Mi A3 Benchmark Test Results
| 3DMARK SLING SHOT EXTREME (3DMARK SLING SHOT EXTREME) | 3DMARK SLING SHOT VULKAN | 3DMARK SLING SHOT | 3DMARK ICESTORM EXTREME | GEEKBENCH 5 (SINGLE/MULTI) | PASSMARK MEMORY |
PASSMARK DISK |
|
| Xiaomi Mi A3 | 1084 | 1050 | 1765 | 23440 | 315 / 1420 | 12755 | 68123 |
| Realme 5 Pro | 2091 | 1980 | 2990 | 28541 | 321 / 1498 | 12595 | 67088 |
| Nokia 8.1 | 1830 | 1745 | 2673 | 28942 | – | 12454 | 51940 |
| Dramas Notes 7 | 1356 | 1304 | 2065 | 26482 | – | 12833 | 51462 |
Xiaomi Mi A3 Camera
Xiaomi Mi A3 integrates a triple camera on the back comprising of:
- 48-megapixel f/1.8
- 8-megapixel, wide-angle, f/2.2
- 2-megapixel, depth of field. f/2.4
A Great Battery
The Xiaomi Mi A3 integrates a 4030 mAh battery that offers amazing self-governance. You’ll get over one day of battery existence with no issues, two under moderate use. For this situation, the HD+ screen without a doubt gives you a hand. There is support for quick charging 3.0 yet you will require a 18W charger, excluded in the box. To charge the Mi A3 of the provided charger you will need about two hours and twenty minutes.
Xiaomi Mi A3 technical specifications
| DIMENSIONS: | 153.48 x 71.85 x 8.47 mm |
| WEIGHT: | 173 g |
| BATTERY SIZE: | 4030 mAh |
| SCREEN SIZE: | 6.08 in |
| DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY: | AMOLED |
| SCREEN: | 1536 x 720 pixels (279 ppi) |
| FRONT CAMERA: | 32 megapixels |
| REAR CAMERA: | 48 megapixels |
| FLASHLIGHT: | LED |
| ANDROID VERSION: | 9 – Pie |
| USER INTERFACE: | Stock Android |
| RAM: | 4 GB |
| INTERNAL STORAGE: | 64 GB |
| REMOVABLE STORAGE: | microSD |
| NUMBER OF CORES: | 8 |
| CONNECTIVITY: | LTE, Dual-SIM , Bluetooth 5.0 |
Final verdict
Xiaomi needed to set out by offering on the Mi A3 an AMOLED screen with a coordinated unique finger impression peruser under the display and I would have favored a Full HD resolution and a great fingerprint reader yet the fearlessness and desire to develop must be rewarded in a price range like this.
Generally speaking, if you think about the design, the Stock Android experience and along these lines the absence of bloatware, the brilliant battery life offered, the general execution and nature of camera shots, the Mi A3 is a decent gadget, and thinking about that you can discover it for under 200 pounds, I can just suggest it.
Interestingly, you don’t have high expectations on the display side (if you can, take a look at the display in the shop to get an idea) and that you don’t need NFC!