Product
Xiaomi Redmi 3
Xiaomi Redmi 3
Xiaomi Redmi Y1 (Note 5A)
Xiaomi Redmi Y1 (Note 5A)
Battery
Charging 10W wired -
Music play - Up to 75 h
Stand-by - Up to 240 h (3G)
Talk time - Up to 32 h (3G)
Type Li-Ion 4100 mAh, non-removable Li-Ion 3080 mAh, non-removable
Body
Build Glass front, aluminum back, aluminum frame Glass front (Gorilla Glass 3), plastic back, aluminum frame
Dimensions 139.3 x 69.6 x 8.5 mm (5.48 x 2.74 x 0.33 in) 153 x 76.2 x 7.7 mm (6.02 x 3.00 x 0.30 in)
SIM Nano-SIM + Micro-SIM Nano-SIM + Nano-SIM
Weight 144 g (5.08 oz) 153 g (5.40 oz)
Comms
Bluetooth 4.1, A2DP 4.2, A2DP, LE
Infrared port Yes Yes
NFC No No
Positioning GPS, GLONASS, BDS GPS, GLONASS, BDS
Radio FM radio FM radio
USB microUSB 2.0 microUSB 2.0
WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct
Display
Protection - Corning Gorilla Glass 3
Resolution 720 x 1280 pixels, 16:9 ratio (~294 ppi density) 720 x 1280 pixels, 16:9 ratio (~267 ppi density)
Size 5.0 inches, 68.9 cm2 (~71.1% screen-to-body ratio) 5.5 inches, 83.4 cm2 (~71.5% screen-to-body ratio)
Type IPS LCD IPS LCD
Features
Sensors Accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass Fingerprint (rear-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass
Launch
Announced 2016, January. Released 2016, January 2017, November. Released 2017, November
Status Discontinued Discontinued
Main Camera
Features LED flash, HDR, panorama LED flash, HDR, panorama
Single 13 MP, f/2.0, PDAF 13 MP, f/2.2, 1/3.1", 1.12µm, PDAF
Video 1080p@30fps 1080p@30fps
Memory
Card slot microSDXC (uses shared SIM slot) microSDXC (dedicated slot)
Internal 16GB 2GB RAM, 32GB 3GB RAM 32GB 3GB RAM, 64GB 4GB RAM
  eMMC 4.5 eMMC 5.1
Misc
Colors Gold, Dark Gray, Silver, Classic Gold Gold, Dark Grey, Silver, Rose Gold
Models 2015816 MDI6S, Redmi Y1, Redmi Note 5A
SAR 0.90 W/kg (head)     0.56 W/kg (body)     1.09 W/kg (head)     1.44 W/kg (body)    
SAR EU 1.33 W/kg (head)     -
Network
2G bands GSM 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2
3G bands HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
4G bands 1, 3, 7, 38, 39, 40, 41 1, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 20, 38, 40
Speed HSPA, LTE, EV-DO Rev.A 3.1 Mbps HSPA, LTE
Technology GSM / CDMA / HSPA / EVDO / LTE GSM / HSPA / LTE
  CDMA2000 1xEV-DO -
Our Tests
Audio quality - Noise -92.1dB / Crosstalk -89.7dB
Battery (old) Endurance rating 107h Endurance rating 74h
Camera Photo / Video Photo / Video
Display - Contrast ratio: 1673:1 (nominal), 2.556 (sunlight)
Loudspeaker - Voice 68dB / Noise 72dB / Ring 86dB
Performance - GeekBench: 2610 (v4.4) GFXBench: 5.6fps (ES 3.1 onscreen)
Platform
Chipset Qualcomm MSM8939v2 Snapdragon 616 (28 nm) Qualcomm MSM8940 Snapdragon 435 (28 nm)
CPU Octa-core (4x1.5 GHz Cortex-A53 & 4x1.2 GHz Cortex-A53) Octa-core 1.4 GHz Cortex-A53
GPU Adreno 405 Adreno 505
OS Android 5.1 (Lollipop), MIUI 7 Android 7.1.2 (Nougat), MIUI 11
Selfie camera
Single 5 MP, f/2.2 16 MP, f/2.5, (wide), 1/3.06" 1.0µm
Video 1080p@30fps 1080p@30fps
Sound
3.5mm jack Yes Yes
Loudspeaker Yes Yes