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Photo Feature: Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Teardown

Yash GargNovember 27, 2015

The Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 (full specs, pricing here) just launched in China, but the good folks over at it168 seem to have got their hands on one already for a teardown.

The Redmi Note 3 is a surprise addition to the Redmi lineup, which comes only a little over a couple of months after the Redmi Note 2 was launched. The USP of the phone according to Xiaomi is its metal build, besides of course the fingerprint sensor — which is a first for Xiaomi.

Despite the features, the Redmi Note 3 remains to be an affordable phone. It also happens to be the first phone in which Xiaomi have put a 3500mAh (or larger) battery; effectively making the 4000mAh battery on the phone the largest-capacity battery Xiaomi have ever shipped on a phone.

Nonetheless, check out the pictures of the device being torn down to its bare internals below:

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- - Bailey
    November 27, 2015
    There are loads of places that you can pre-order this online i am from the UKso if i can order one and they are not even designed for the west it cant be that hard
    - balcobomber25
      November 28, 2015
      Do you know what a pre-order is? It means it is not available to order which only further proves his point. On a Chinese website a pre-order means very little, you could have the phone at launch you could have it 6 months from now.
      - Nilzie
        November 28, 2015
        In my case the pre order lead time dates have been fairly accurate. Of course if its a super popular item and you order too late you will have to wait until the next batches arrive
    - November 28, 2015
      Was really hoping that readers get the pun but I guess I was being too optimistic :p
vijay sud
November 27, 2015
An English translation of Chinese Notations accompanying the teardown pics will be good for us lesser Humans who do not read Chinese.
- Muhammad Yasir
  November 27, 2015
- - - coldspring22 .
      December 19, 2015
      Some chinese phones actually have a hidden SD card slot inside the unibody case. Unfortunately that’s not case for Redmi Note 3:(
Michael Ogbonnaya
November 27, 2015
- Yash Garg
  November 27, 2015
  Yup… Definitely easier than getting hold of one!
- Bailey
  November 27, 2015
  There are loads of places that you can pre-order this online i am from the UKso if i can order one and they are not even designed for the west it cant be that hard. It seems all you do is moan
- balcobomber25
  November 28, 2015
  Do you know what a pre-order is? It means it is not available to order which only further proves his point. On a Chinese website a pre-order means very little, you could have the phone at launch you could have it 6 months from now.
- Nilzie
  November 28, 2015
  In my case the pre order lead time dates have been fairly accurate. Of course if its a super popular item and you order too late you will have to wait until the next batches arrive
- Yash Garg
  November 28, 2015
  Was really hoping that readers get the pun but I guess I was being too optimistic :p

vijay sud
November 27, 2015
An English translation of Chinese Notations accompanying the teardown pics will be good for us lesser Humans who do not read Chinese.
- Guest
  November 27, 2015
Does it have dual speakers??
Guest
November 27, 2015
- Michael Ogbonnaya
  November 27, 2015
  LOL. They never said it has a microSD card slot.
- Guest
  November 28, 2015
  (P.S : do u WANT me to post the simpson meme too ?)
- coldspring22 .
  December 19, 2015
  Some chinese phones actually have a hidden SD card slot inside the unibody case. Unfortunately that’s not case for Redmi Note 3:(

slartiblart
November 27, 2015
- RPS
  November 28, 2015
  - slartiblart
    November 28, 2015
@ndy
November 27, 2015
This is deffo on my radar. Looks good! Looks easy peasy to take apart to replace the back cover / battery.
dave bryson
November 27, 2015
Does it have dual speakers??
slartiblart
November 27, 2015
- Guest
  November 28, 2015
  it is sony camera, the text said so.
- slartiblart
  November 28, 2015
can we have translation on what it actually written ?
roni24
November 27, 2015
built-in battery and no sd-card slot
forget it……….
- balcobomber25
  November 28, 2015
  Just out of curiosity what is the big need for a removable battery? The only time I ever had a need to remove one was in the early days of Chinese phones when the software was so terrible it would freeze up and a bettery pull was the only way to reset it. With a Xiaomi I have never needed to even touch the battery.
  - Tremaine Underwood
    November 28, 2015
    Agreed, by the time you need to worry about a replacement battery, the phone will be outdated anyways.
  - roni24
    November 28, 2015
    true, company like Xiaomi probably has good software that dont freeze,
    but samsung asus sony Huawei zte lenovo and of course most of Chinese phones ,have removable battery and a sd-card slot
    and what if the rom is not that good and it does freeze in the middle of the day, what to do?
    and what if my phone break and i what to get my pictures from it, with a sd-card slot i do it in 2 seconds, just take the sd-card out.
    a word is simplicity
    - Wandering Android
      November 29, 2015
      Non-removable batteries should have physical reset switches once the back cover is opened like the thl 5000.
    - Frederick Micallef
      November 29, 2015
      You can keep pressing the power button and the phone will restart when suffering from a freeze.
      Personally, both non-removable and removable batteries are fine for me, but lack of sd card, despite never personally exceeding my 32gbs rom storage, i still find them useful.
    - balcobomber25
      November 29, 2015
      I have used phones from all of those companies and never had an issue with freezing where a battery pull would be needed. Removable battery is actually starting to go away with the release of metal phones. What if your phone breaks and your SD card fails or is lost? All those pictures are gone.

@ndy
November 27, 2015
This is deffo on my radar. Looks good! Looks easy peasy to take apart to replace the back cover / battery.
trapchan
November 27, 2015
can we have translation on what it actually written ?
Guest
November 27, 2015
built-in battery and no sd-card slot
forget it……….
- balcobomber25
  November 28, 2015
  Just out of curiosity what is the big need for a removable battery? The only time I ever had a need to remove one was in the early days of Chinese phones when the software was so terrible it would freeze up and a bettery pull was the only way to reset it. With a Xiaomi I have never needed to even touch the battery.
- Tremaine Underwood
  November 28, 2015
  Agreed, by the time you need to worry about a replacement battery, the phone will be outdated anyways.
- Guest
  November 28, 2015
  true, company like Xiaomi probably has good software that dont freeze,
  but samsung asus sony Huawei zte lenovo and of course most of Chinese phones ,have removable battery and a sd-card slot
  and what if the rom is not that good and it does freeze in the middle of the day, what to do?
  and what if my phone break and i what to get my pictures from it, with a sd-card slot i do it in 2 seconds, just take the sd-card out.
  a word is simplicity
- Wandering Android
  November 29, 2015
  Non-removable batteries should have physical reset switches once the back cover is opened like the thl 5000.
- Frederick Micallef
  November 29, 2015
  You can keep pressing the power button and the phone will restart when suffering from a freeze.
  Personally, both non-removable and removable batteries are fine for me, but lack of sd card, despite never personally exceeding my 32gbs rom storage, i still find them useful.
- balcobomber25
  November 29, 2015
  I have used phones from all of those companies and never had an issue with freezing where a battery pull would be needed. Removable battery is actually starting to go away with the release of metal phones. What if your phone breaks and your SD card fails or is lost? All those pictures are gone.

Wandering Android
November 28, 2015
Well, it has finally happened. A Redmi without an SD slot.
Wandering Android
November 28, 2015
Well, it has finally happened. A Redmi without an SD slot.
QwE43
November 28, 2015