Xiaomi resmi meluncurkan smartphone terbaru mereka, Redmi 3S, yang merupakan peningkatan dari Redmi 3 yang dirilis beberapa bulan lalu. Xiaomi mengusung sejumlah pembaruan dan penambahan fitur di dalamnya. smartphone ini mengusung layar 5 inch dengan resolusi 720p yang berjalan dengan MIUI 7 Android 5.1.1 Lollipop dan dilengkapi dengan pemindai sidik jari di casing belakangnya.
Di bagian kamera belakang, resolusinya 13 megapixel dengan PDAF (phase detection autofocus), f2.0 aperture, HDR mode, 1080p video recording, and LED flash. untuk kamera depan sebesar 8 megapixel. Dalam hal konektivitas smartphone ini dilengkapi 4G/LTE, Wi-Fi, GPRS/ EDGE, Bluetooth, GPS/ A-GPS, Bluetooth, Glonass, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, and Micro-USB dan kapasitas batere sebesar 4.100 mAh sama dengan Redmi 3.
Jeroannya prosesor Snapdragon 430 octa core dengan GPU Andreno 505, sedikit lebih baik dibandingkan Snapdragon 616 di Redmi 3. Xiaomi menyediakan dua varian Redmi 3S, yakni versi RAM 2 GB dengan memori internal 16 GB, harganya USD 106 atau di kisaran Rp 1,4 juta. Sedangkan versi RAM 3 GB dengan memori internal 32 GB dibanderol USD 136.
Spesifikasi Lengkap Redmi 3S
| Technology | GSM / HSPA / LTE |
| Announced | 2016, June |
| Status | Available. Released 2016, June |
| Dimensions | 139.3 x 69.6 x 8.5 mm (5.48 x 2.74 x 0.33 in) |
| Weight | 144 g (5.08 oz) |
| Build | Front glass, aluminum body |
| SIM | Hybrid Dual SIM (Micro-SIM/Nano-SIM, dual stand-by) |
| Type | IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors |
| Size | 5.0 inches, 68.9 cm2 (~71.1% screen-to-body ratio) |
| Resolution | 720 x 1280 pixels, 16:9 ratio (~294 ppi density) |
| Multitouch | Yes |
| – MIUI 9.2 | |
| OS | Android 6.0.1 (Marshmallow) |
| Chipset | Qualcomm MSM8937 Snapdragon 430 (28 nm) |
| CPU | Octa-core 1.4 GHz Cortex-A53 |
| GPU | Adreno 505 |
| Card slot | microSD, up to 256 GB (uses SIM 2 slot) |
| Internal | 16 GB, 2 GB RAM |
| Single | 13 MP, PDAF, f/2.0 |
| Features | LED flash, HDR, panorama |
| Video | 1080p@30fps |
| Single | 5 MP, f/2.2 |
| Video | 1080p@30fps |
| Alert types | Vibration; MP3, WAV ringtones |
| Loudspeaker | Yes |
| 3.5mm jack | Yes |
| – Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic | |
| WLAN | Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot |
| Bluetooth | 4.1, A2DP |
| GPS | Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS |
| Infrared port | Yes |
| Radio | FM radio |
| USB | microUSB 2.0 |
| Sensors | Accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass |
| Messaging | SMS(threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Email, IM |
| Browser | HTML5 |
| – Fast battery charging – DivX/Xvid/MP4/H.264 player – MP3/WAV/eAAC+/FLAC player – Photo/video editor – Document viewer |
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| Non-removable Li-Ion 4100 mAh battery | |
| Colors | Gold, Dark Gray, Silver |
| SAR EU | 0.62 W/kg (head) 0.43 W/kg (body) |
| Price | About 120 EUR |
| Performance | Basemark OS II: 882 / Basemark OS II 2.0: 882 Basemark X: 7263 |
| Display | Contrast ratio: 1087:1 (nominal), 2.913 (sunlight) |
| Camera | Photo / Video |
| Loudspeaker | Voice 66dB / Noise 70dB / Ring 70dB |
| Audio quality | Noise -94.3dB / Crosstalk -91.8dB |