Xiaomi Mi A3 specs and renders surface

13 July 2019
It's expected to go official this month.

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  • 15 Jul 2019

Kangal, 13 Jul 2019Not quite. Here's how it should look like: Low-end QSD ... moreI only considered SoC that used Qualcomm Kryo cores and left out SD820, SD821, and SD835 because it would require more columns to include them.
I also stated that my original list was how I saw those SoC which implied my personal preference.
However, here is a list according to Qualcomm's Kryo hierarchy:
Kryo series5
Kryo250 (SD632)

Kryo series6
Kryo260 (SD636, SD660, SD665);
Kryo360 (SD670, SD710, SD712);
Kryo460 (SD675)

Kryo series7
Kryo470 (SD730, SD730G)

Kryo series8
Kryo280 (SD835);
Kryo385 (SD845, SD850);
Kryo485 (SD855)

Kryo series9
Kryo495 (8CX)

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    • AnonD-731363
    • SH3
    • 15 Jul 2019

    Stil SD665 si awesome.
    Redminote 7 have SD675 which is a lot better than A50with its exynos and cost 100 less bucks.
    This going to be same.
    A lot cheaper and better phone than Samsung and other comparison.

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      • Jainuddin
      • wrY
      • 15 Jul 2019

      Same design, different notch. xiaomi continues to issue new products but minimal changes.

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        • PepeW
        • IWc
        • 14 Jul 2019

        This is the most plain, generic, mainstream looking phone I've seen to date. Besides hole punch and pop up camera is notch the only obligatory design that people would only consider purchasing today? Why do android OEMs even bother to sell phones with notches when they can't even get rid of the ugly uneven chin? Why is notch + chin widely accepted for phone enthusiasts whereas small top bezels phones such as the Xperia 1 and the rumored Pixel 4 are hated so much?

        I know I'm being overly critical for a mid range phone but I hate this notch + chin so much, I get that the notch is here to minimize bezels, but the chin just makes it super distracting from design standpoint. Minus hole punch and pop up cameras, almost all modern android phones look the same you can't even distinguish it one from another. Xperia 1 & Pixel 4 top bezel > pop up cameras (no IP rating) > any notch with ugly chin. Fight me.

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          • Glin
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          • 14 Jul 2019

          Anonymous, 14 Jul 2019I hope that is A3 Lite not A3I hope so too.

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            • DkQ
            • 14 Jul 2019

            NB

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              • Anonymous
              • UN1
              • 14 Jul 2019

              Android ONE A3 should reside in the K20 body!!

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                • mi lover
                • EQ3
                • 14 Jul 2019

                There are rumors that there are two versions mi a3 and mi a3 lite.These specification are might be for mi a3 lite version.

                  SD665? Come on Xiaomi, you can do much better than that with the SD7xx.

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                    • Anonymous
                    • 3TD
                    • 14 Jul 2019

                    I hope that is A3 Lite not A3

                      Question: why does the picture for the renders for the top and bottom edge of the phone show a camera bump near the bottom of the edge? Does it have 4 cameras on the back lol?

                        Wish they sticked the design of mi A2

                          Anonymous, 13 Jul 2019Because most people prefer having big smartphones. Everythi... moreFinally someone said it plus big phones aren't big as people claim. They fit in the pockets perfectly

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                            • Anonymous
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                            • 13 Jul 2019

                            Anonymous, 13 Jul 2019Because most people prefer having big smartphones. Everythi... moreThe problem is that the market is flooded with big dimension phones and if you want a smaller form factor the options are very limited in the mid range. S10e, sony xz2 compact, etc. are too expensive. The only option is this year's a40 or last year's xa2, nokia 7 or q7 plus. Those are 4 phones for the past 2 years. There could be others, not available in my market, but they surely are not that many. Whereas you could choose big size phones from whatever brand and with whatever spec you want in any of the price ranges(low, mid, high).

                              Shanti Dope, 13 Jul 2019Smaller architechture improves the efficiency along with th... moreSo far as CPU power is concerned, I agreed. But since we don't know how the Adreno 610 performs against the 512 (some said these two GPUs would give essentially same raw power), I think we should keep our expectations low and while a bump on screen resolution to FHD+ clearly hurts some gaming performance (than that lowly HD+ used in Mi CC9e), it may still perform pretty good for a $250 phone. Just don't expect any miracle from it. It reserved for the Mi 9T/ Mi 9 instead.

                                Anonymous, 13 Jul 2019If you consider these as low end than what do you think abo... moreTo be honest, the name of the SoC is not important. What is important is it's Efficiency, GPU, CPU single-core, and Total CPU Performance.

                                In the same Category (Low-end) as the QSD 625, we also need to recognise the identical/sister chipsets of the QSD 439 and QSD 450, and the previously mentioned QSD 617, QSD 626.

                                As for SoC's like the QSD 429, or similar/worse ones in the Snapdragon 200 and Snapdragon 400 class. These are chipsets that I would say aren't worth getting since they don't offer much in the way of advantages over other obscure chipsets from Exynos, Kirin, MediaTek, RockChip, AMLogic, Allwinner, VIA etc etc. You would put these in the category of Entry-Level.

                                Entry-Level:
                                Under $100, 2GB RAM, 16GB storage, 480p display
                                Low-End:
                                ~$150, 3GB RAM, 32GB storage, 720p display
                                Mid-Range:
                                ~$250, 4GB RAM, 64GB storage, 1080p display
                                Upper-Midrange:
                                ~$350, 6GB RAM, 128GB storage, 1080p-HDR display
                                Flagship:
                                ~$500, 8GB RAM, 256GB storage, 1440p-HDR display

                                ...I hope that helps.

                                PS: I have a pretty substantial list of all the chipsets, and their whereabouts on the hierarchy. Let me know if you are interested in it. It's pretty long.

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                                  • Rana
                                  • f}m
                                  • 13 Jul 2019

                                  When it is releasing in Pakistan....?

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                                    • Anonymous
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                                    • 13 Jul 2019

                                    Kangal, 13 Jul 2019Not quite. Here's how it should look like: Low-end QSD ... moreIf you consider these as low end than what do you think about sd4xx and sd2xx?

                                      gringo, 13 Jul 2019sd665 is the same as 660 in term of performance with 11nm f... moreSmaller architechture improves the efficiency along with the slightly weaker clockspeed.
                                      Gaming, however, should see a major jump in performance due to a much newer Adreno GPU inside.

                                        O S, 13 Jul 2019The way I see Snapdragon SoC and their hierachy New > ... moreNot quite. Here's how it should look like:

                                        Low-end
                                        QSD 615 > QSD 625 > QSD 630 > QSD 632
                                        Mid-range
                                        QSD 650 > QSD 636 > QSD 665 > QSD 670
                                        Upper Mid-range
                                        QSD 653 > QSD 660 > QSD 710 > QSD 730
                                        Flagship
                                        QSD 821 > QSD 835 > QSD 845 > QSD 855
                                        Years
                                        2016 >>>>> 2017 >>>>> 2018 >>>>> 2019

                                        *Identical/Sister processors not listed:
                                        QSD 617, QSD 652, QSD 820, QSD 626, QSD 675, QSD 712

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