Xiaomi officially announced the Xiaomi Redmi 3 Pro smartphone during the company’s press conference yesterday. The Pro version will be an updated model in the low-end Redmi lineup, with the biggest upgrade being the fingerprint sensor. The design of the phone, especially with the fingerprint sensor, reminds us of a smaller variant of the Redmi Note 3.

Just a day after the launch of the device, the Redmi 3 Pro is available to purchase on OPPOMART. The phone is now up for pre-order on the website for a price tag of $169.99. Considering the official price tag of the phone is 899 Yuan ($139), this price isn’t too bad.

In the specs department, the Redmi 3 Pro doesn’t disappoint. Apart from the fingerprint sensor at the back of the device, the Redmi 3 Pro comes with larger memory modules. The model features 3GB of RAM and 32GB of internal storage, an upgrade from 2GB  + 16GB on the standard Redmi 3 model. Further, the storage is expandable up to 128GB via MicroSD.

The display remains the same as before, a 5-inch 720p screen. As for the processor, you get Snapdragon 616 octa-core chip under the hood. Other features of the phone include a 13MP rear camera, 5MP front facing shooter, 4G LTE support, dual SIM dual standby and a large 4100mAh battery. Finally, for software, the phone runs on MIUI 7 based on Android 5.1.

At the moment, the phone is available in gray, gold and silver colors on Oppomart. You can check out more details about the device from the link given below.

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If you ever thought that you wanted a fingerprint scanner on a budget smartphone, Xiaomi has just the answer for you. The company has just released the Redmi 3 Pro model, which is an updated version of the existing Redmi 3. Given that the phone comes with a bump up in specs as well as price, this won’t be a replacement, but rather it will sell alongside the existing Redmi 3.

So, what’s new in the Redmi 3 Pro? Well, first up, the company has integrated a fingerprint sensor at the back of the phone. It’s similar to the one we saw on the Redmi Note 3 model. The second major upgrade is the RAM and the storage. Xiaomi has increased the RAM from 2GB to 3GB and doubled the storage from 16GB to 32GB. Further, you still get MicroSD card slot on the device for storage expansion. So, you don’t have to worry about memory on your device (supports 128GB MicroSD cards).

Rest of the specs have remained unchanged. So, you get the same 5-inch 720p screen, with Snapdragon 616 octa-core chip, Adreno 405 GPU, 13MP rear camera, 5MP front-facing camera, 4G LTE support, dual-SIM dual standby and a large 4100mAh battery. There are four different colors for the Redmi 3 Pro, namely gold, grey, white and rose gold.

While it doesn’t replace the Redmi 3, what it does seem to threaten is the Redmi Note 3 2GB RAM version that retails for the same price in China. Apart from the display, which is a 5.5-inch 1080p panel, rest of the specs are quite similar to the Redmi 3 Pro. In fact, RAM and storage are higher on the Redmi3 Pro (3GB + 32GB vs 2GB + 16GB). Other specs of the Note 3 include Helio X10, 13MP camera, dual SIM, and a 4000mAh battery. Screen and RAM seem to be the deciding factor between the two, i.e. whether you want a larger and more beautiful display, or whether you want a larger RAM and storage space.

Anyways, the similarity in the specs and the pricing of the Redmi 3 Pro and Note 3 may not be of as much concern as I think. But what’s your take on the new phone?

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