And as you’d expect, the Helio P10 is fully 64-bit capable thanks to ARMv8-A support.

The model I received to review is the 2/16 GB model.

Like most budget devices, there’s no NFC in the m3 Note.

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The m3 Note’s performance in general leaves a bit to be desired.

To be clear, it’s much better than the Umi Touch, which used a previous-generation MediaTek SoC.

To see what the issue is, let’s take a look at some benchmarks.

In CPU-limited workloads, the Helio P10 boasts around 15% better performance than the Snapdragon 410.

Performance in most other apps is fine, and in some cases better than the Moto G 2015.

This indicates to me that the m3 Note’s software stack is using way too much memory.