Phone Comparison - Samsung Galaxy A5 vs Xiaomi Mi Note 2015 vs Sony Xperia M5

general General Info

Manufacturer Samsung Xiaomi Sony
Announced October 2014 January 2015 August 2015
Status Available - November 2014 Available - January 2015 Available - August 2015
Price Rs. 18,090 ($266.03) [Similarly Priced] - Rs. 26,990 ($396.91) [Similarly Priced]
Colors Pearl White, Midnight Black, Platinum Silver, Soft Pink, Light B Black, White Black, White, Gold
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 139.3 x 69.7 x 6.7 mm
(5.48 x 2.74 x 0.26 in)
155.1 x 77.6 x 7 mm
(6.11 x 3.06 x 0.28 in)
145 x 72 x 7.6 mm
(5.71 x 2.83 x 0.3 in)
Weight 123 g (4.34 oz) 161 g (5.68 oz) 142.5 g (5.01.0.18 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 - E5603, E5653
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100 - E5606
4G Network LTE LTE - SIM 1 & SIM 2 LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 20(800) - E5603
LTE band 2(1900), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 12(700), 13(700), 17(700), 28(700) - E5606
LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 28(700), 40(2300) - E5653
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM
Build Features - Corning Gorilla Glass 3 Back Panel -

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v4.4.2 (KitKat) Android OS, v4.4.x (KitKat) Android OS, v5.0 (Lollipop)
Processor Quad-core 1.2 GHz Quad-core 2.5 GHz Krait 400, Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 Octa-core 2.0 GHz Cortex-A53, Mediatek MT6795
GPU - Adreno 330 PowerVR G6200
RAM 2 GB 3 GB 3 GB
Internal Memory 16 GB 16/64 GB 16 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 64 GB - microSD, up to 200 GB

display Display

Type Super AMOLED Capacitive Touchscreen IPS LCD Capacitive Touchscreen, Corning Gorilla Glass 3 IPS LCD Capacitive Touchscreen, Scratch-resistant Glass
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 5.0 inches 5.7 inches 5.0 inches
Resolution 720 x 1280 pixels (294 ppi) 1080 x 1920 pixels (386 ppi) 1080 x 1920 pixels (441 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 70.85% 74.60% 65.89%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 13 MP, 4128 x 3096 pixels 13 MP, 4128 x 3096 pixels 21.5 MP, 5248 x 3936
Flash LED flash dual-LED (dual tone) LED Flash
Features Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Face Detection, Panorama, HDR, Wide Selfie, Rear-cam Selfie Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face/smile Detection, HDR, Panorama Phase Detection Autofocus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face/smile Detection, HDR, Panorama
Video 1080p@30fps 1080p@30fps 2160p@30fps, HDR
Front Camera 5 MP [Similar] 4 MP, 1080p, 1/3 [Similar] 13 MP, autofocus; 1080p@30fps video [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes Up to 85.6 kbps
Edge Yes Yes Up to 236.8 kbps
3G HSDPA, 42 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.8 Mbps; LTE, Cat4, 50 Mbps UL, 150 Mbps DL HSPA, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps
Bluetooth v4.0, BLE, ANT+ v4.0, A2DP, LE v4.1, A2DP, LE, apt-X
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, hotspot
USB microUSB v2.0 microUSB v2.0, USB Host microUSB v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, Beidou Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS
Browser HTML5 HTML5 HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 16 GB, 2 GB RAM 16/64 GB, 3 GB RAM 16 GB, 3 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 64 GB - microSD, up to 200 GB
USB OTG - 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 supported NFC supported NFC supported

battery Battery

Type Non-removable Li-Po Battery Li-Ion Battery Non-removable Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 2300 mAh 3000 mAh 2600 mAh
Stand by - - Up to 671 h (2G)
Up to 656 h (3G)
Talk Time - - Up to 11 h 49 min (2G)
Up to 12 h 11 min (3G)