Introduction

Let me start off this review on saying how lucky I was to get this phone in the first place. I tried for the first 2 sales, and then even on the August 5th sale I tried with multiple devices at hand, and even then, all effort went in vain. Evening strikes and I get a notification from a friend saying he knows someone who wants to divert their Mi3 purchase to another person because they don’t want one. It made me happy beyond my wildest dreams, as it was the perfect situation.

If you didn’t know already, August 6th was my birthday (yes, thank you to those who wished me in their minds…) and I eagerly wanted to place the order for the phone on the August 5th sale so that I can get priority pass and celebrate with the phone on my birthday, but I was almost about to lose the opportunity. The friend-of-a-friend told me he’ll divert his order to my address and had selected Cash-On-Delivery as the option, and told me that I didn’t need to pay anything extra. I felt happy to have met such a generous human being, and also, for making my birthday so special!

My birthday arrives, and like Flipkart’s clockwork, so does the phone. It’s been 1 week and I’ve been using the phone so extensively that it’s undergone major levels of customizations and makeovers.

Let’s begin with the basics, shall we?