#Redmi K3S Extreme Commemorative Edition # When it comes to the label "Redmi", it used to be unpopular with performance players, because Redmi is a sub-brand of Xiaomi that focuses on the low-end market and pays attention to cost performance. The best mobile phones can't even be called quasi-flagship or light flagship, but many mobile phones have great advantages at that price. However, Redmi has always wanted to lose the low-end hat.

There are three events in Redmi's transformation:

1. Redmi changed to the label of "REDMI", an international norm.

2. Lu Weibing joined Xiaomi and was in charge of Redmi, which brought something different to this sub-brand that always wanted to lose the low-end hat. Whether it was popular science or verbal warfare, Redmi just became a topic.

the development of 3. k series product line, Redmi, which was once deeply engaged in the low-end market, can also be a light flagship and a performance flagship.

Some analysts believe that Xiaomi's re-layout of Redmi is because its old rival Glory changed its strategic layout after its independent operation. As a sub-brand of Huawei, Glory is now rushing to the flagship market repeatedly, and some models ranked in glory even put the big brother Huawei under pressure. Although this view is good, it can't be verified. After all, no one has responded to Xiaomi, and no matter how reasonable the analysis is, it belongs to what Keiko said.

(From Xiaomi official website, except for the reverse customized version of e-commerce, the other six K3 series mobile phones that have been listed can be searched in official website)

A brief reading of the history of Redmi shows that the K3 series is the most successful series of Redmi since its establishment, and perhaps the person in charge of Xiaomi thinks that the ID of "K3" exists.

In detail, seven models of Redmi mobile phones with K3 ID have been released, namely K3 4G, K3 5G, K3 Pro, K3 Pro Zoom Edition, K3 Extreme Edition, K315G and K3 Extreme Commemorative Edition.

even so, the ID K3 is still "favored without fear", which means that even Xiaomi 1T, which has performed well in foreign markets, has been "downgraded" to Redmi. This is the protagonist Redmi K3S Extreme Commemorative Edition (hereinafter referred to as "K3S Extreme Commemorative Edition") that we evaluated today. Can it realize Redmi's high-end dream?

Appearance: matrix camera module, different lens arrangement

Appearance, this K3S Extreme Commemorative Edition is the least K3, because its camera is not centered, which is not in line with the previous "family tradition", probably because of the name change. After all, it was called Xiaomi 1T in the international market before it was brought back.

The highlight of the whole machine is the camera module. Although it is a matrix design, it adopts a different lens arrangement. For example, it is a "one cylinder" and a "four cylinders", but only two slots of this "four cylinders" are cameras, the slot in the upper right corner is a light sensor, and the slot in the lower right corner is a flash.

the fuselage material adopts the mainstream glass material, which makes it feel warm and moist. The star black color scheme in our hands is not frosted. The advantage is that it looks more elegant and business-like. The disadvantage is that it is easy to get fingerprints. After all, you can't have your cake and eat it. Because the Xiaomi 1T brought back from abroad was assigned to Redmi, the Logo was also changed to Redmi, and the position was the same as that of Xiaomi 1T.

the thickness of the body is 9.33mm, which is barely acceptable for a mobile phone with a glass body with a large capacity of 5mAh. It's just the protruding thickness of this camera module, which is a bit ...

There is no 3.5mm earphone hole, but there is no special explanation on waterproof, so I don't know why the body with this thickness needs to castrate this slot. The card slot is a double-sided card slot, which can theoretically save more space for arranging cables.

screen: top LCD screen, with a high refresh rate of 144Hz, and enjoy the silky

K3S Extreme Commemorative Edition uses a 6.67-inch LCD screen with a resolution of 24 18 pixels and a maximum brightness of 65nit, which supports P3 wide color gamut display. In terms of color representation accuracy, JNCD .39, Delta E .63 (Note: JNCD stands for color accuracy, and Delta E is the test unit of color difference perceived by human eyes. The larger the value, the more distorted the color is, and the smaller the value, the more realistic the color is. JNCD 2 is a quasi-professional display screen), so this is a top-level LCD display screen.

judging from the actual display effect of the high-standard pictures imported into the mobile phone, the display effect is really exquisite, with rich layers and perfect colors, and the light display is true without color cast.

according to the press conference, the biggest highlight of K3S Extreme Commemorative Edition, a 144Hz high screen, is that it pioneered the self-adaptation of the seven-speed frame rate from 3 Hz to 144 Hz. The system can match the most appropriate refresh rate according to the current screen display content, so as to achieve a smooth experience of the whole scene. For example, when playing a 24FPS movie, the screen will be displayed at 48Hz; When playing a 25FPS TV series, the screen will automatically switch to 5Hz. In other words, the signal terminal and the display terminal can be accurately matched, and the viewing experience is very smooth with MEMC motion frame insertion technology.

Through a number of tests on the testing website testUFO, we found that the adaptive function of K3S Extreme Commemorative Edition is really powerful, and the look and feel is as smooth as Dove's advertising words.

In the full-screen scheme, the K3S Extreme Commemorative Edition adopts a single-hole design, which is different from its K3 "family", but the aperture is very small, which will not have much impact on vision.

It's a pity that the thickness of this "chin" is roughly measured with a ruler, which is more than 6mm. If this is the flagship production process, its chin and its price are the same, and it will return to 218.

Performance: Snapdragon 865 blessing, with a qualitative leap

Different from the previous K3 Extreme Commemorative Edition, this K3S Extreme Commemorative Edition uses Snapdragon 865 as the processor. After all, the memory specifications supported by Dimensity 1 Plus are low, which is not conducive to Redmi's impact on the high-end market. Therefore, this K3S Extreme Commemorative Edition supports LPDDR5 memory and UFS 3.1 flash memory, just like many Snapdragon 865 models.

Looking back at the press conference, the presenter positioned the K3S Extreme Commemorative Edition and the previously released K3 Extreme Commemorative Edition as two supreme editions, but by comparing the configurations, we can find that the K3S Extreme Edition is a little higher than the K3 Extreme Edition.

judging from the running score, the performance of K3S Extreme Commemorative Edition has indeed made a qualitative leap. The running score of Ann Bunny (version V8.4.7) is 6618, and the score of Geekbench 4 (version 4.4.) is 4281 for single core and 13348 for multi-core, all of which have reached the level of first-class flagship.

charging: 33 W wired fast charging, 5mAh battery in 53 minutes

Compared with the K3 Extreme Commemorative Edition, the battery capacity of the K3S Extreme Commemorative Edition has been upgraded to 5mAh, but the standard charging accessory is still a 33W wired charger.

tested with original charging accessories, it takes 53 minutes for K3S Extreme Commemorative Edition to complete the whole charging cycle. For a "heavy tank" with 5mAh, this charging speed is not particularly slow, which is above the industry average. During the whole charging process, except for the last 5% charging stage, there is no particularly slow time period, and the charging curve is approximately linear.

Game: It runs smoothly, and there is no obvious jam.

Some users equate the performance with the game experience. In fact, this is not a necessary and sufficient condition for a mobile phone with good performance. If the optimization and resource scheduling are not done well, the game experience may not be as good as some mobile phones with lower configuration but better optimization. What's the game experience of K3S Extreme Commemorative Edition with the top configuration of "Snapdragon 865+LPDDR 5+UFS 3.1"? We decided to use the monitoring software PerfDog and temperature measuring gun to carry out the actual measurement.

The basic setting of the glory of the king is as shown in the above figure. In a nutshell, all special effects are fully turned on, and all items with gear selection are selected with the highest gear. The hero chosen in the ranking is keeping the promise for a hundred miles. The reason for choosing it is not because the author has a preference for this hero, but because many mobile phones are prone to rollover when playing this hero. This hero skill can expand their horizons, and many mobile phones just drop frames when using this skill. In addition, the screen may not follow the hand at the moment of shooting, or the touch is out of order, or the mobile phone itself is stuck.

through the actual measurement, it can be found that the performance of the K3S Extreme Commemorative Edition is very stable, and the screen is very close to the hand when the second skill is attacked, and there is no jam. The monitoring data of PerfDog shows that the frame rate of the K3S Extreme Commemorative Edition does not fluctuate when it is a hero who is easy to overturn the mobile phone with a hundred miles, and the frame rate curve is approximately horizontal and straight.

The only regret is losing the ranking, because after choosing the hero of keeping a promise for a hundred miles in the front row, some teammates will play you if they don't trust this hero. Although this hero is popular in the competition, it is embarrassing to stand alone in the passerby. However, it is precisely because of the whole headwind that the high-altitude sniper and high-altitude team battle account for more time, which tests the performance of the mobile phone. The perfect performance in this test environment has higher gold content.

The setup of Peace Elite is as shown in the above picture. The selected image quality is "Ultra HD" which was only opened in recent months. At present, only the models of Snapdragon 865 chip and Apple A13 chip are opened in this photo lab. The higher the image quality, the more attractive it is, which will test the performance of the mobile phone. In terms of frame number, the highest frame number under "Ultra HD" image quality is set to "Ultra High", that is, the 4-frame mode.

because the map I chose is a new map valley, with more players and fewer robots, and the parachuting player jumped into a hot area, I fought all the time after landing, and the author was less skilled than others, and it took only 12 minutes to "box". The biggest feeling during the game is that the "Ultra HD" image quality has a lot of details, and the rendering is very powerful, and there is no obvious jam.

Of course, PerfDog's monitoring data is also relatively perfect, and the whole process is approximately straight. Only a few intense gun battles have a little fluctuation, but the fluctuation is not outrageous, and it floats in a small channel. I can't feel this slight change in frame number at all during the game.

After playing Peace Elite with the above settings for one hour with the K3S Extreme Commemorative Edition, I feel that the fuselage is a little too hot. According to the actual measurement in temperature measuring gun, the highest temperature on the front and back is hovering around 4, which is not too hot in terms of specific temperature values.

The fuselage is hot and cold, and the heating areas on the front and back are all near the camera module, which may be its embarrassment: if the camera side is placed in the left hand position, then the position where the left thumb touches the direction key is near the front camera module; If one side of the camera is placed in the right hand position, then the position of the right hand middle finger supporting the fuselage is near the rear camera module. In other words, no matter how the hands change direction, a certain part of one hand will be in the hottest area for a long time, and the somatosensory temperature will feel very hot.

At present, there are two solutions that can be thought of: First, don't play for a long time, just let your mobile phone have a rest after playing one or two games; Second, DIY customizes a mobile phone case that can cover the rear camera and has good heat insulation effect. When playing, the camera side is switched to the right hand position, so that the highest temperature area on the front and back will not be touched for a long time.

taking photos: 64 million pixel AI three shots, and the photos are exquisite

Although Mr. Lei issued a document saying that the K3S Extreme Commemorative Edition was renamed by Xiaomi 1T, which has a very outstanding reputation in the international market, the configurations of the two mobile phones are not exactly the same, such as the camera. Xiaomi 1T uses Samsung's 18 million pixel camera, while the K3S Extreme Commemorative Edition has a main camera of 64 million pixels.

Sony IMX682, whose main camera is 1/1.7 inch, can be regarded as an outsole, just like the K3 Extreme Commemorative Edition. The sensor is a miniature version of Sony IMX686, and the parameters are roughly the same, except that IMX682 castrates some functions, such as 8K video. However, the K3S Extreme Commemorative Edition itself supports the shooting of 8K video, but when using 8K video mode, the lens is switched to another super wide-angle lens.

The other two lenses are a 13-megapixel ultra-wide-angle lens with a viewing angle of 123 and a 5-megapixel macro lens supporting automatic focusing of 2cm~1cm. There is no portrait lens, which is different from the K3 Extreme Commemorative Edition. However, the 2-megapixel portrait lens of the K3 Extreme Commemorative Edition itself is suspected of adding up, and any lens can be used to calculate the depth of field.

there is no telephoto lens, so all zooming is performed by the main camera, and it can support up to 1x digital zooming.

After analyzing the lens configuration, let's take a look at the proofs:

The weather conditions in Chongqing these days are not very good, either rain or fog, and the visibility is very low. The outdoor big scene photos taken by K3S Extreme Commemorative Edition perfectly restore the weather conditions, and the camera can accurately restore the gray and white in this environment, without obvious color cast.

The foggy weather is actually very unfriendly to shooting, because the light in the fog is poor, which requires more exposure time. In addition, the fog makes the air reflect brighter. Undoubtedly, the fog will mislead the camera's exposure system. In the process of shooting, we found that the photos taken by K3S Extreme Commemorative Edition with autofocus were overexposed and whitened, so sliding the shaft bar after focusing weakened its exposure effect. The above three photos were taken in this way, and the photos taken were transparent and not dry, with higher color saturation and more beautiful overall.

In the indoor environment, the K3S Extreme Commemorative Edition accurately restores the colors, and slightly adds some color saturation, and the processing intensity is just right, so the colors of the photos we see are very bright, which is in line with the public's aesthetics.

in the indoor environment, the K3S Extreme Commemorative Edition is sensitive to light.