Phone Comparison - Samsung Galaxy Note II N7100 vs Nokia Lumia 530 vs Xiaomi Redmi Note 2

general General Info

Manufacturer Samsung Nokia Xiaomi
Announced August 2012 July 2014 August 2015
Status Available - September 2012 Available - August 2014 Available - August 2015
Price - - Rs. 9,700 ($141.99) [Similarly Priced]
Colors Titanium Gray, Marble White White, Orange, Gray, Green, Blue Black, White, Yellow, Mint Green, Blue
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 151.1 x 80.5 x 9.4 mm
(5.95 x 3.17 x 0.37 in)
119.7 x 62.3 x 11.7 mm
(4.71 x 2.45 x 0.46 in)
152 x 76 x 8.3 mm
(5.98 x 2.99 x 0.33 in)
Weight 180 g (6.35 oz) 129 g (4.55 oz) 160 g (5.64 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 900 / 2100
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100, TD-SCDMA
4G Network LTE 700 MHz Class 17 / 2100 - LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 7(2600), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300), 41(2500)
Messaging SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v4.1 (Jelly Bean) Microsoft Windows Phone 8.1 Android OS, v5.0 (Lollipop) based MIUI 7
Processor Quad-core 1.6 GHz Cortex-A9, Exynos 4412 Quad Quad-core 1.2 GHz, Qualcomm Snapdragon 200 Octa-core 2.0 GHz Cortex-A53, Mediatek MT6795
GPU Mali-400MP Adreno 302 PowerVR G6200
RAM 2 GB 512 MB 2 GB
Internal Memory 16/32/64 GB storage 4 GB 16 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 128 GB Yes

display Display

Type Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen TFT capacitive touchscreen IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 5.55 inches 4.0 inches 5.5 inches
Resolution 720 x 1280 pixels (265 ppi) 480 x 854 pixels (245 ppi) 1080 x 1920 pixels (401 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 69.61% 59.08% 72.02%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels 5 MP, 2592 x 1936 pixels 13 MP, 4128 x 3096 pixels
Flash LED flash No LED flash
Features Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection, Image Stabilization 1/4'' sensor size Phase Detection Auto focus (PDAF), Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face/smile Detection, HDR
Video Yes, 1080p@30fps 480p@30fps 1080p@30fps
Front Camera Yes, 1.9 MP [Similar] No [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, Cat3, 50 Mbps UL, 100 Mbps DL HSDPA, 21.1 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps TD-SCDMA
Bluetooth Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, LE, EDR v4.0, A2DP, LE v4.0, A2DP, LE
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, DLNA, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot
USB Yes, microUSB (MHL) v2.0, USB Host support microUSB v2.0 microUSB v2.0, USB Host
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS
Browser HTML5 HTML5 HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 16/32/64 GB storage, 2 GB RAM 4 GB, 512 MB RAM 16 GB, 2 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 128 GB Yes
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 supported NFC not supported NFC not supported

battery Battery

Type Standard battery, Li-Ion Li-Ion Battery (BL-5J) Li-Po Battery
Capacity 3100 mAh 1430 mAh 3060 mAh
Stand by Up to 980 h (2G)
Up to 890 h (3G)
Up to 528 h -
Talk Time Up to 35 h (2G)
Up to 16 h (3G)
Up to 13 h 20 min (2G)
Up to 10 h (3G)
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