Lava Agni 3 5G

The Lava Agni 3 boasts a triple camera setup comprising a 50MP primary unit, an 8MP ultrawide unit, and an 8MP telephoto lens. While the first two are fairly standard for the price range, the inclusion of the 8MP telephoto lens is a notable addition, offering something new for this segment. The lens offers up to 3x optical zoom and 30x digital zoom. The quality is likeable for the price, especially in well-lit environments. The lens gets the colours almost right but fails to capture finer details, preserve shadows, and maintain highlights. This has been our general observation of the Lava Agni 3 cameras.To provide you with a clearer perspective, we have compared the camera performance of the Lava Agni 3 with that of its main competitors: the Realme P2 Pro, Nothing Phone (2a), and Motorola Edge 50 Fusion. However, before we delve into that, it's worth noting that while the Lava smartphone has a 16MP front-facing camera, you can also use the secondary screen to take selfies from the primary rear-facing camera. The results look something like this...The rear screen camera app captures images in a 1:1 aspect ratio by default. You can change this to 3:4 by tapping the arrow at the top of the screen. The result is more detailed and better looking than the front camera.DaylightThe Lava Agni 3's primary camera falls short in clarity and sharpness compared to its rivals. Competitors like the Motorola Edge 50 Fusion, Realme P2 Pro, and Nothing Phone (2a) deliver noticeably better image quality. While the Lava's colour saturation matches the Realme P2 Pro, the latter excels with sharper details and a superior dynamic range. However, the Motorola Edge 50 Fusion stands out the most, offering oversaturated yet vibrant images likely to appeal to social media enthusiasts.UltrawideThe Lava Agni 3 ultrawide images also appear unappealing. The handset is nearly accurate with its colour science, but the level of detail leaves much to be desired. Unlike its competitors, which typically show distortion at the edges, this handset exhibits noticeable warping across the entire frame, further diminishing the overall image quality. While the Nothing Phone (2a) outshines all capturing those finer details in the landscape, it is the Motorola Edge 50 Fusion that delivers eye-catching images with boosted colours.PortraitsThe Lava Agni 3 and its competitors struggle with precise edge detection in portrait shots, often showing warping around the subject's edges. However, the Realme P2 Pro delivers more appealing results, avoiding the oversaturated colours of the Motorola Edge 50 Fusion and the excessive smoothing seen in the Lava Agni 3 and Nothing Phone (2a). The Realme P2 Pro also achieves near-accurate skin tones, enhancing the overall quality of its portraits.SelfiesThe Lava Agni 3's front-facing camera tends to overexpose images, making areas of the face exposed to sunlight look washed out, as evident in the image above. In contrast, competitors like Nothing Phone (2a) manage light more effectively, delivering superior facial details and more realistic skin tones. For those seeking better facial detail with a touch of oversaturation, the Motorola Edge 50 Fusion would be a more suitable option.Night modeThe Lava Agni 3 captures long exposure images by default in low light, keeping the shutter open longer to gather more light. While this results in brighter images, as seen in the sample above, they tend to be much grainier compared to their competitors. The Realme P2 Pro impresses by better controlling light flare and delivering a more realistic image than the Motorola Edge 50 Fusion and Nothing Phone (2a). Though the Lava Agni 3's brightness may appeal to some, its overall image quality falls short in comparison.

The Lava Agni 3 is powered by MediaTek Dimensity 7300X SoC, which is specifically designed for dual-screen phones. That said, the core specs of the SoC are pretty much the same as the regular Dimensity 7300. The Lava smartphone is available in a couple of RAM and storage variants: 8GB + 128GB and 8GB + 256GB. While the RAM is expandable up to 8GB using a portion of the phone's storage, you should know that there is no microSD card slot available.The Lava Agni 3's synthetic benchmark performance is on par with other Dimensity 7300-powered smartphones. The handset achieved 6,76,483 on AnTuTu, whereas its Geekbench scores are 1,041 on the single-core and 3,239 on the multi-core tests. Moreover, the phone performs at 74.6 percent of its peak performance on the Burnout CPU Throttle test. These scores are not best in class, but they are respectable for the price. The real-world performance is also similar.The handset is not the most powerful smartphone within the segment, but it performs seamlessly without any lags or awkward app crash/ freeze issues. The Lava Agni 3 also handles graphically demanding games like BGMI smoothly, supporting HDR graphics with an Ultra frame rate. It delivered an average frame rate of 36.12 FPS, with a temperature increase of 7.9 degrees Celsius after 30 minutes of gameplay. With Call of Duty, you can expect better FPS (54.6) with High graphics and Max frame rate settings. Real Racing 3 is better optimised for the device, offering a 107.55 and 5.6-degree Celsius increase in temperature after half an hour. This thermal efficiency ensures decent performance for most day-to-day tasks.Software-wise, the Lava Agni 3 runs Android 14 OS out of the box. The UI is closer to stock Android, with 31 proprietary Google and Lava apps pre-installed. There are no third-party apps or ads on the device, which makes the overall experience very user-friendly. The company has ensured three years of major software and four years of security updates for the smartphone.Pre-installed appsOS updatesLava Agni 3313 years major + 4 years securityRealme P2 Pro642 years major + 3 years securityMotorola Edge 50 Fusion353 years major + 4 years securityNothing Phone (2a)303 years major + 4 years security

The Lava Agni 3 packs a 5,000mAh battery, backed by a 66W fast charging solution. A compatible charger is provided in the box, which juices up the device from 20 to 100 percent in roughly 43 minutes. A full charge provided 10 hours and 20 minutes of screen time on the PCMark battery test with 20 percent juice still left in the tank. The video streaming test also yielded decent results, consuming just 4 percent of battery after half an hour on the smartphone. As for gaming, the Agni 3 battery depleted by 21 degrees on aggregate with 30 minutes of BGMI, Call of Duty, and Real Racing 3, which is slightly higher than some of its competitors.Charging speedCharging time (20-100 percent)Lava Agni 366W43 minutesRealme P2 Pro80W36 minutesMotorola Edge 50 Fusion68W36 minutesNothing Phone (2a)45W56 minutes