The Salora Arya Z3 is a low cost octa core powered smartphone available for Rs. 6,999. This dual SIM handset houses the MediaTek 1.4GHz octa core chipset running Android KitKat with 1GB RAM and 8GB of internal storage. Is it worth the price? Find out.
Box Pack
Inside you will find the handset, 2200 mAh battery, user manual, warranty card, data cable, standard quality earphone and travel charger. The SAR value is mentioned on the box : 0.401 W/kg head and 0.891 W/kg body.
Design, Display and OS
The Arya Z3 looks good with black and silver combination. It is a plastic body and sides are silver coloured with metallic finishing. Build quality and finishing is good, could have been a little better but for the price it is good enough.
Z3 weights with battery is 154 grams – the handset is 8.55mm thick. It is comfortable to hold. The rear side has got textures, its black coloured with matte finish. It feels a bit odd when you touch the back panel (cause of the textures), but it does give a very good grip.
Volume rocker is placed on the left side, power button is on the right and 3.5mm audio jack and micro USB port is placed on the top. There is a single mic at the bottom. This is a dual SIM handset and both the SIM slots support 3G. SIM slot 1 is normal SIM slot and SIM 2 is micro SIM.
This handset sports a 5 inch IPS screen supporting 1280 x 720 pixels resolution. Colour reproduction and viewing angles are good. Touch is smooth and responsive. There was a factory fitted film on the screen, you will need to remove that, make sure to clean the screen with a soft cloth to remove the sticky residue left by the film.
There is no LED notification. Z3 comes loaded with 3 sensors – accelerometer, light and proximity.
Salora Arya Z3 is running Android KitKat 4.4.2, I don’t think this handset will get software updates.
Memory and Storage
The Z3 is packed with 1GB RAM and 8GB storage. There is micro SD card slot to add additional storage. Of the 1GB RAM you will get about 526MB free on the first boot and of the 8GB storage you will get about 6GB free for apps / personal storage.
OTG is supported and you can install apps on the external storage.
Performance and Benchmark
Arya Z3 is powered by MediaTek 1.4GHz Cortex A7 octa core chipset MT6592 coupled with Mali 450 MP GPU. Performance is very smooth and lag free.
| App | Result |
| Quadrant | 11537 |
| Antutu | 28271 |
| Vellamo | Metal (699) Multi core (1333) Browser (1661) |
| Nenamark 2 | 54.4 fps |
| Multi Touch | 5 point |
Gaming
I played Asphalt 8, it got installed on internal storage. Game play was very smooth – no issues found. The hardware is powerful enough to play many high end games.
Camera and Entertainment
On the box it is mentioned that the rear camera is 8MP resolution and the front camera is 2MP resolution. But you can shoot in 13MP resolution (Image interpolation) using the rear camera and in 5MP resolution using the front camera.
Camera quality is above average. The rear camera can shoot full HD videos. Check the sample images and video at the end.
Z3 can play FHD videos, I tried 4K videos but it was not smooth audio / video out of sync.
Others
GPS lock was fast, no issues with 3G, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth. Sound is loud and clear, in call quality is also decent enough. With heavy usage the handset does not heat up much.
Battery
There is 2200 mAh battery. Here is the battery performance. You can expect about 3 to 5 hours of continuous moderate to heavy usage.
| Task | Time | Battery drop (%) (max temp) |
| Running Benchmark apps | 22 minutes | 7% (36) |
| FHD video playback with Wi-Fi on + full brightness | 21 minutes | 7% (38) |
| Asphalt 8 Game Play | 11 minutes | 6% (40) |
| Partial Wall Charge | 1 hours 11 minutes | 56% to 100% |
Verdict
Salora Arya Z3 is octa core smartphone with dual SIM (3G + 3G) support. It is available for Rs. 6,999. Camera quality is very good (above average) and overall performance is also impressive. A very good option for this price tag.
Unfortunately this handset has been launched at a time when big well known brands have already launched they respective smartphone and some with the same price tag. The Lenovo A6000 for example, though quad core (64 Bit with 4G) is a better option.
If brand does not matter then the Arya Z3 is worth considering.
[Rating 3.5 out of 5]
Arya Z3 is available on Amazon.in for Rs. 6,999.
Image Gallery
Rear camera sample
Front camera sample
Amey
Bhai eski battery chahiye
raja
I am using z3 for the last 8 months it’s an excellent phone. But from the last 7 days at the point of 7 8 9 the touch screen is not working please give your suggestion.
Gogi Rana
Raja restart the phone and see. you can also try landscape mode and see if the issue is at that particular point and not just the one screen keyboard app. In case you find the same issue then visit service centre and get it rectified.
mansu
Please give me a salora arya z3 stock rom download link because my phone was brick when I install custom rom and i have no backup my rom so please.
vikash
Good handset, good going Arya z3
Anand
Hey Gogi, I have heard about Salora Arya Z3 that it takes too much time to start. I mean to say, does this phone have too much booting time as compared to other smartphones of same specifications?
Gogi Rana
Most smartphones take time to reboot. I do not give more importance to booting cause it is not something that people do every day. But the booting process was normal it did not take too much time to get noticed.
vicky das
Awesome handset…..
Im currently writing this review from arya z3.
I also used holly previously but it defeat this in all aspect without front camera.
Camera r best for video calling.good for outdoor selfie.
If brand does not matter go for it without any hesitation
prajit
Hi Viky,
Is the phone heating up while in use? I am interested in buying this but I read some people mentioning that the phone heats up excessively.
bhadresh
nope , operation is smooth and does not heat up even after long use …i am a happy user of this …only missing part is led light notification
Shokinder Goyla
Hi Gogi,
I am regular visitor to the site and see all reviews before buying any new phone.JUST a request,
while reviewing front camera , you take long shots. No one use front cam for long shots. We use it for selfies. Please show your selfies if you dont mind..as camera front cam also loose focus for long shots and it cannt capture light at far..and keep it same for all reviews like you do for rear camera..lion toy,lift buttons, red pipe, tree texture..
Jaysakthi
Budget friendly and very good specs
vijay
I think this low score by Mr Rana could be bacause of use of Old MT6592 SOC and also a pygmy battery .by SALORA..who are not even manufacturer ..they only buy Readymade mobiles stamped with SALORA name and pack them…
vijay
India seems to getting flooded with these so called OCTACORE..chipsets..all of these are Mediatek MT6592 SOC mobiles.MT.6592 the first mediatek SOC is geeat for battery consumption. Most of these are surplus from China market..where no body buys these..hence they r low in price..I think in 2015 all consumers should boycott this MT 6592 stuff and wait for 2015 mobiles powered by new 64 bit MT 6732..6752. etc soc mobiles..