Xiaomi’s Mi Note 3 is definitely a mid-range device

Alongside the gorgeous bezel-less Xiaomi Mi Mix 2, the Chinese company also unveiled the Mi Note 3 handset and a MacBook competitor called the Mi Notebook Pro. While the Mi Mix 2 is sure to turn heads the same as last year’s bezel-less Mi Mix did, Xiaomi has made a few changes to the Mi Note line that are worth mentioning.

First up, the Mi Note 3 doesn’t pack the ultra high-end specs that you might expect from a device whose name suggests its main competition is Samsung’s own ultra high-end Galaxy Note 8. Instead, the Mi Note 3 sports a Snapdragon 660 processor for battery efficiency.

Xiaomi Mi Note 3 Specs

• 5.5-inch 1920 x 1080 resolution (401 PPI)
• Snapdragon 660 chipset
• 6GB RAM
• 3,500 mAh battery
• 16-megapixel camera
• NFC
• Fingerprint sensor
• USB-C

Xiaomi has hinted that it plans to drop the Mi Note line from its flagship offerings and the Mi Note 3 certainly proves that’s the direction the company is moving. It’s being advertised as a larger version of the recently released Mi 6.