Phone Comparison - Samsung Galaxy Nexus vs Xiaomi Redmi 2 vs Xiaomi Redmi Note 2

general General Info

Manufacturer Samsung Xiaomi Xiaomi
Announced October 2011 January 2015 August 2015
Status Available - November 2011 Available - January 2015 Available - August 2015
Price - Rs. 5,999 ($88.22) [Similarly Priced] Rs. 9,700 ($141.99) [Similarly Priced]
Colors Black Black, White, Yellow, Pink, Green Black, White, Yellow, Mint Green, Blue
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 135.5 x 67.9 x 8.9 mm
(5.33 x 2.67 x 0.35 in)
134 x 67.2 x 9.4 mm
(5.28 x 2.65 x 0.37 in)
152 x 76 x 8.3 mm
(5.98 x 2.99 x 0.33 in)
Weight 135 g (4.76 oz) 133 g (4.69 oz) 160 g (5.64 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 GSM 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100
TD-SCDMA 1900 / 2100
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100, TD-SCDMA
4G Network LTE 700 (region specific) LTE 1800 / 2600 TD-LTE 1900 / 2300 / 2500 / 2600 (Bands 3, 7, 38, 39, 40, 41) LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 7(2600), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300), 41(2500)
Messaging SMS, MMS, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) Android OS, v4.4 (KitKat) Android OS, v5.0 (Lollipop) based MIUI 7
Processor Dual-core 1.2GHz Cortex-A9 CPU, TI OMAP 4460 chipset Quad-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A53, Qualcomm MSM8916 Snapdragon 410 Octa-core 2.0 GHz Cortex-A53, Mediatek MT6795
GPU No Adreno 306 PowerVR G6200
RAM 1 GB 1 GB 2 GB
Internal Memory 16/32 GB storage 8 GB 16 GB
External Memory No microSD, up to 32 GB Yes

display Display

Type Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen IPS LCD Capacitive Touchscreen IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 4.65 inches 4.7 inches 5.5 inches
Resolution 720 x 1280 pixels (316 ppi) 720 x 1280 pixels (312 ppi) 1080 x 1920 pixels (401 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 64.72% 67.83% 72.02%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

3.5mm Jack yes yes yes
Radio No FM Radio FM radio
Games Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable
Loud Speaker yes yes yes

camera Camera

Rear Camera 5 MP, 2592x1936 pixels 8 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels 13 MP, 4128 x 3096 pixels
Flash LED flash LED flash LED flash
Features Auto focus, Touch Focus, Geo-tagging, Face Detection Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, HDR, Sony Sensor, Panorama, Real-time HDR Phase Detection Auto focus (PDAF), Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face/smile Detection, HDR
Video Yes, 1080p@30fps Yes, 1080p 1080p@30fps
Front Camera Yes, 1.3 MP [Similar] 2 MP, 720p [Similar] 5 MP [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes Yes
3G HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps; LTE HSPA, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps TD-SCDMA
Bluetooth Yes, v3.0 with A2DP v4.0, A2DP v4.0, A2DP, LE
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot
USB Yes, v2.0 microUSB microUSB v2.0 microUSB v2.0, USB Host
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support, barometer sensor Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, Beidou Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS
Browser HTML HTML5 HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 16/32GB storage, 1 GB RAM 8 GB, 1 GB RAM / 16 GB, 2 GB RAM 16 GB, 2 GB RAM
Expandable Storage No microSD, up to 32 GB Yes
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 not supported NFC not supported

battery Battery

Type Standard battery, Li-Ion Li-Po Battery Li-Po Battery
Capacity 1750 mAh 2200 mAh 3060 mAh
Stand by Up to 290 h (2G)
Up to 270 h (3G)
- -
Talk Time Up to 17 h 40 min (2G)
Up to 8 h 20 min (3G)
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