Shall we introduce the Y series a couple of years backs for selfie lovers and its latest hydration the redmi Y 3 boasts of a 32 megapixel selfie camera which at 9999 rupees seems quite impressive however the wisely does have a much more immediate problem you see the base rear in this price exactly the same as the redmi note 7 and Asus zenfone max throw em — these are two phones that offer vastly superior specifications compared to the retina by three now this means that this phone ought to have some killer selfie performance in order to justify picking this over the obvious choices let's see if it's worth your while  now .




Xiaomi launcher at me why three hundred means seven together and apart from the colors and the cameras both phones are virtually identical in fact they both share the exact same design and dimensions the red me white leo is on the heavier side as you can certainly feel the 180 grams when you hold it's also noticeably chunky at around eight point four seven millimeters in thickness however the plastics used your do feel sturdy now the phones are our prism design look striking especially the elegant blue trim that we have it's also available in prime black and bold red trims a glossy finish on the back and the sides means it does attract fingerprints and smudges very easily now Xiaomi has also added a p2i nano coating which is said to offer some resistance against humidity and light splashes of water the buttons have a good feedback and an ergonomically placed on the right the red new y3 also has a single slot on the left for two nano SIM cards and a spot for a dedicated micro SD card there's also an infrared emitter for controlling your home appliances placed on the top now coming to the display we have a dewdrop notch on the top with the prominent bezels on all sides with the chin being a little thicker the six point two six inch display only has an HD plus resolution so images and text don't look their sharpest when viewed this site a full HD plus panel but overall the colors and viewing angles are decent we initially found the brightness level to be slightly limited when we first unboxed it but after using it for a few days we can say that we didn't face any difficulties doing the display outdoors even under sunlight the front also has Gorilla Glass 5 for splash protection now.




At the back we have a dual camera module flash and the fingerprint sensor the latter works well as authentication you also get face to unlock which isn't as quick as the solutions offered by real me but it works well the redmi Y 3 is powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 632 SOC which the same chip powering this Asus zenfone max m2 it's a decent performer for casual tasks but isn't suited for intense workloads like playing high-end games and the phone comes in two variants there's one with 3gb of RAM and 32gb of storage and another with 4gb of RAM and 64gb of storage we have the 3 GB version on test today the phone runs on mui 10.2 which is based on android 95 however it's still using the slightly dated February android security patch the single layered UI is very familiar if you used any other reason read me phones they're silver and your bloatware preinstalled and even though you can uninstall even some of the stock apps spammy notifications continue to be a problem now some of the pre-installed apps include me.




Pay which lets you set up a UPI wallet for utility payments while me trop lets you share files between two devices or your device and a computer why FTP then there are the usual suites of gestures and shortcuts that we've come to expect from me UI now with regular workloads like using chat app streaming music or even Google Maps the RET dy3 handles these tasks quite well now we did phase one or two instances where the phone became a little unresponsive with too many apps running the background but this wasn't really a consistent issue when playing games the phone also transferred a cool and only gets mildly warm real well gaming performance is quite decent as long as you stick to casual titles altars or to see it ran perfectly smooth all the graphics on the sharpest due to the lower resolution display in more demanding titles such as fob G mobile the game defaults to the low preset and even then game play isn't exactly smooth now the main reason one would even consider the y3 is for the 32 megapixel selfie camera and it's now trying to see how it compares against the competition you see Xiaomi has smartly used a four in one over sampling technique by default which saves an 8 megapixel image from the 32 megapixel sensor now the advantage of this is that you do get a smaller file size which makes it easier to share you also do have the option to shoot at full 32 megapixel resolution too if you want to the camera app is similar to what we've seen on 3-bit Xiaomi phones its easy to use and features shooting modes such as short video panorama and professional now in daylight there are new y3 captures detail selfies when shooting at the full sensor resolution or even over sampled the main difference in the two modes is that when shooting at 8 megapixels you generally tend to get much better detail in background objects which is not the case when using the full 32 megapixel resolution now there is a big difference in file sizes to the over sampled images usually around 6 MB in size whereas the full 32 megapixel resolution image is usually around 21 MP when compared to the similarly priced phone such as the redmi note 7 and the asus zenfone max draw em to the let me Y free certainly has a sharpest image, but we're not entirely convinced it's the best when shooting in daylight now with beauty more disabled on these phones we prefer the overall look of the selfie taken with the redmi note 7 the skin tones look a lot more natural and highlights and exposure isn't blown out like it is on the zenfone max for M — now the redmi Whitely.




Does have the best detail in objects in the background you can tone down the sharpness of the selfies by enabling beauty mode which says smoothing out the skin in low-light the over sampling definitely helps getting rid of some of the noise which is otherwise present when shooting at the full 32 megapixel resolution here selfies shot with the redmi white we have good sharpness and detail and when compared to the competition has the most appealing shot in pitch darkness the read me whiter he also has a decently powerful flash giving you a well-lit selfie compared to the other two there's portrait mode here too but the effect is in very convincing now you can shoot selfie videos are up to 1080p resolution the quality is very good in daylight but this gets slightly grainy in low-light the redmi y3 is also supposed to have electronic stabilization for the selfie camera but this dint really appear to be working too well when we tested it despite enabling it in the camera now at the back you get a 12 megapixel primary sensor with an F 2.2 aperture and a 2 megapixel depth camera there's a eye scene detection which can be turned on or off auto focus speed is average at best and when shooting videos we found the continuous auto focus to be a little iffy as we often have to tap the screen a few times to ensure it focus properly on our subject with ample light around landscapes back in good detail colors can look a little muted when HDR kicks in but otherwise the saturation is good macro store not good — well there were instances where the phone gets the colors completely wrong for instance the color of the Hibiscus above should have been red and not pink also the a eye tends to smoothen out textures and boost the colors of objects like flowers a little too much in lonely the main sensor really struggles to capture good detail and sharpness this in objects and focus appear a bit soft although macros we're a bit better the depth camera does a decent job with edge detection when shooting people video recording also goes up to 1080p at 60fps which is Fer die image quality is good in daylight but gets a little grainy in low-light the effect of electronic stabilization is also barely noticeable here Xiaomi starting a 2-day battery life to the redmi by 3 now the four thousand milliamp hour battery.




Felt quite well in a battery loop test lasting for around 39 and 41 minutes which is good, but we weren't expecting slightly longer run time however with actual usage we easily managed to get about a day and a half of use and at times even a bit more on one charge now there's no fast charging support here but the 10 watt adapter can charge with me white 3 from 0 to about 52% in an hour so to answer an initial question is the red me wisely worth buying over more powerful smartphones at the base price of 9999 rupees well the answer really depends on how big of a selfie shooter you Delia if you find yourself obsessively taking pictures of yourself or Instagram through all the day then you might be willing to compromise on the specifications a bit just for a better front camera while not perfect we did find the Remy YC to have an edge over the competition in this Christ's segment such as redmi note 7 and even the zenfone max for m2 in this department especially in low light now if you're just a casual selfie shooter then there's no reason why you shouldn't consider that I'd be note 7 or even the zenfone max pro m2 both of these phones offer better displays more powerful CPUs and slightly better rear cameras so thanks for watching our review of the redmi by 3 and for all things tech log on to my blooger