Lava Yuva 3 review: An India-budget phone with a ring-light notch and clean Android.
Clean software, made-in-India value.
Yuva 3 trades on two things rivals at ~$95 rarely offer — genuinely clean, bloat-free Android and Lava's free at-home service in India — plus a selfie ring-light gimmick. The Unisoc chip and HD+ panel are the expected floor. For a fuss-free first phone in its home market, it earns its keep.
01Display
54/10054/100 — right at the average for entry phones of 2024.
02Camera
44/10044/100 — right at the average for entry phones of 2024.
03Performance
42/10042/100 — right at the average for entry phones of 2024.
04Battery
78/10078/100 — right at the average for entry phones of 2024.
05Build
56/10056/100 — right at the average for entry phones of 2024.
06Value
62/10062/100 — right at the average for entry phones of 2024.
- Clean, bloat-free near-stock Android — rare at the price.
- Ring-light notch for low-light selfies.
- 5,000 mAh, 90 Hz, microSD + jack.
- Free service-at-home in India.
- Unisoc T606 + 4 GB are slow.
- HD+ panel, 13 MP single camera.
- 18 W charging, single speaker.
- India-only availability.
How this review is built: every section score, spec row and comparison on this page comes from SpecEagle's tracked catalogue — scores weight measured specs against the 1-phone cohort of entry devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .