SpecEagle review · Xiaomi

Redmi 3 Pro review: The 4,100 mAh budget metal phone that ran for days.

SpecEagle Editorial·Mar 2016·$130
Overall
52/100
Class rank
#1 of 4
Tier
Budget
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The verdict, up front

A budget endurance legend.

Redmi 3 Pro paired a 4,100 mAh battery with a metal build and fingerprint sensor at $130 in 2016 — a multi-day budget phone that sold by the million.

01Display

56/100

56/100 — right at the average for budget phones of 2016.

TypeIPS LCD, 60 Hz
Size5.0 inches
Resolution1,280 × 720 px

02Camera

50/100

50/100 puts it above the 48-point average for budget phones of 2016.

Main13 MP, f/2.0, PDAF
Selfie5 MP

03Performance

46/100

At 46/100 this is one of the strongest performance showings among budget phones of 2016 — 7 points above the cohort average.

ChipsetSnapdragon 616 (28 nm)
RAM2 / 3 GB
Storage16 / 32 GB + microSD

04Battery

80/100

At 80/100 this is one of the strongest battery showings among budget phones of 2016 — 11 points above the cohort average.

Capacity4,100 mAh
Wired5 W

05Build

64/100

At 64/100 this is one of the strongest build showings among budget phones of 2016 — 6 points above the cohort average.

06Value

70/100

70/100 trails the 73-point cohort average for budget phones of 2016.

What works
  • Huge 4,100 mAh battery at $130.
  • Metal build + rear fingerprint.
  • microSD + IR blaster.
  • Multi-day endurance.
What doesn't
  • 720p LCD.
  • SD616 slow.
  • 5 W charging.
  • Support ended.

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 4-phone cohort of budget devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .