Back in December, we saw a new Xiaomi device on TENAA , which looked like the upcoming Redmi 3. Like always, TENAA revealed most of the specifications of the device, including a 1.5GHz octa-core processor. However, at that time, we were confused about the chip inside, whether it was the Helio P10 MT6755 or the usual MT6753. But it looks like the Redmi 3 won't feature either of them, as IHS analyst Kevin Wang has revealed that the phone will feature Snapdragon 616 chipset.
A few hours ago, Kevin quoted a post from the Xiaomi co-founder Lin Bin, stating that the Redmi 3 comes with Snapdragon 616 inside. The new Snapdragon 616 chip is the upgraded version of last year's Snapdragon 615. The chip comes with the same octa-core Cortex A53 cores but the clock speed is increased from 1.5GHz/ 1.0GHz to 1.5Ghz/ 1.2GHz. GPU is still Adreno 405. What's new is the baseband which is the latest X5 LTE modem.
If the company keeps the price as low as 699 Yuan ($106), then Redmi 3 with Snapdragon 616, 2GB RAM and a unique plaid design metal body will turn out to be a pretty good deal.
Xiaomi has already confirmed the phone's release on January 12 . You can read more about it from our previous coverage.
So, what would you prefer, Snapdragon 616 or Helio P10?
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