Phone Comparison - GiONEE CTRL V1 vs Lenovo A526 vs Xiaomi Redmi 1S

general General Info

Manufacturer Gionee Lenovo Xiaomi
Announced January 2013 April 2014 May 2014
Status Available - January 2013 Available Available - May 2014
Colors Coffee/Black Blue Black, Chinese Red, Metallic Gray/ blue, green, yellow panels
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 123 x 63.5 x 11.2 mm
(4.84 x 2.5 x 0.44 in)
132 x 67.6 x 11.1 mm
(5.2 x 2.66 x 0.44 in)
137 x 69 x 9.9 mm
(5.39 x 2.72 x 0.39 in)
Weight 90 g (3.17 oz) 145 g (5.11 oz) 158 g (5.57 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 GSM 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 900 / 2100 HSDPA 2100 HSDPA 1900 / 2100
Messaging SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) Android OS, v4.2.2 (Jelly Bean) Android OS, v4.3 (Jelly Bean)
Processor 1 GHz Cortex-A9 Quad-core 1.3 GHz, Mediatek MT6582M Quad-core 1.6 GHz Cortex-A7, Qualcomm MSM8228 Snapdragon
GPU - Mali-400MP2 Adreno 305
RAM 512 MB 1 GB 1 GB
Internal Memory 4 GB 4 GB 8 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 32 GB

display Display

Type TFT capacitive touchscreen IPS LCD Capacitive Touchscreen, OnCell technology IPS LCD Capacitive Touchscreen, Corning Gorilla Glass 2
Colors 16M colors 16.7M colors 16M colors
Size 3.95 inches 4.5 inches 4.7 inches
Resolution 320 x 480 pixels (146 ppi) 480 x 854 pixels (218 ppi) 720 x 1280 pixels (312 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 59.52% 62.36% 64.61%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

3.5mm Jack yes yes yes
Radio FM radio FM Radio with Recording FM radio
Games Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable
Loud Speaker yes yes yes

camera Camera

Rear Camera 2 MP, 1600x1200 pixels 5 MP, 2592х1944 pixels 8 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels
Flash No LED flash LED flash
Features Fixed Focus Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, HDR Auto focus, 1.4 µm Pixel Size, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection, HDR
Video Yes Yes, 720p@30fps 1080p@30fps
Front Camera Yes, VGA [Similar] Yes, VGA [Similar] 1.3 MP, 720p@30fps [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Class 12 Yes Yes
Edge Class 12 Yes Yes
3G Yes HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps HSDPA, HSUPA
Bluetooth Yes, v4.0 with A2DP Yes, v4.0 with A2DP v4.0, A2DP, LE
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB Yes Yes, microUSB v2.0, USB On-the-go microUSB v2.0, USB On-the-go
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS
Browser HTML HTML5 HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 4 GB, 512 MB RAM 4 GB, 1 GB RAM 8 GB, 1 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 32 GB
USB OTG - Supported Supported

Apps Sensors

Fingerprint fingerprint not supported fingerprint not supported fingerprint not supported
Proximity Sensor proximity sensor present proximity sensor present proximity sensor present
Accelerometer Sensor accelerometer sensor present accelerometer sensor present accelerometer sensor present
NFC NFC not supported NFC not supported NFC not supported

battery Battery

Type Li-Ion Battery Li-Ion Battery Li-Po Battery
Capacity 1700 mAh 2000 mAh 2000 mAh
Stand by - - -
Talk Time - - -