Phone Comparison - Xiaomi Mi 4 vs Samsung Galaxy A5 vs Apple iPhone 6s Plus

Price Comparison (India) - -

general General Info

Manufacturer Xiaomi Samsung Apple
Announced July 2014 October 2014 September 2015
Status Available - Q3 2014 Available - November 2014 Available - September 2015
Price - Rs. 18,090 ($266.03) [Similarly Priced] Rs. 53,999 ($794.10) [Similarly Priced]
Colors Black, White Pearl White, Midnight Black, Platinum Silver, Soft Pink, Light B Space Gray, Silver, Gold, Rose Gold
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 139.2 x 68.5 x 8.9 mm
(5.48 x 2.7 x 0.35 in)
139.3 x 69.7 x 6.7 mm
(5.48 x 2.74 x 0.26 in)
158.2 x 77.9 x 7.3 mm
(6.23 x 3.07 x 0.29 in)
Weight 149 g (5.26 oz) 123 g (4.34 oz) 192 g (6.77 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
CDMA 800 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100
CDMA2000 1xEV-DO
4G Network LTE LTE LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 12(700), 13(700), 17(700), 18(800), 19(800), 20(800), 25(1900), 26(850), 28(700), 29(700), 30(2300) - A1633
LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 8
SAR US - W/kg (head)
- W/kg (body)
- W/kg (head)
- W/kg (body)
1.12 W/kg (head)
1.14 W/kg (body)
SAR EU - W/kg (head)
- W/kg (body)
- W/kg (head)
- W/kg (body)
0.93 W/kg (head)
0.98 W/kg (body)
Messaging SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM
Build Features - - - Fingerprint sensor (TouchID v2)
- 3D Touch display
- Apple Pay (Visa, MasterCard, AMEX certified)

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v4.4.3 (KitKat) Android OS, v4.4.2 (KitKat) iOS 9
Processor Quad-core 2.5 GHz Krait 400, Qualcomm MSM8974AC Snapdragon 801 Quad-core 1.2 GHz 2 GHz Dual-core, Apple A9
GPU Adreno 330 - -
RAM 3 GB 2 GB 2 GB
Internal Memory 16/64 GB 16 GB 16/64/128 GB
External Memory No microSD, up to 64 GB No

display Display

Type IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen Super AMOLED Capacitive Touchscreen LED-backlit IPS LCD, Capacitive Touchscreen, Sapphire Crystal Glass, Ion-Strengthened Glass, Oleophobic Coating
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 5.0 inches 5.0 inches 5.5 inches
Resolution 1080 x 1920 pixels (441 ppi) 720 x 1280 pixels (294 ppi) 1080 x 1920 pixels (401 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 72.14% 70.85% 67.51%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

3.5mm Jack yes yes yes
Radio FM radio - No
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 12 MP, 4608 x 2592 pixels
Flash Dual-LED Flash LED flash Real-tone Flash
Features Auto focus, 1/3' Sensor Size, 1.12µm Pixel Size, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection, HDR Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Face Detection, Panorama, HDR, Wide Selfie, Rear-cam Selfie Phase-Detection AutoFocus, Geo-tagging, Simultaneous HD Video And Image Recording, Touch Focus, Face/smile Detection, HDR (Photo/Panorama)
Video 2160p, 1080p@30fps, HDR 1080p@30fps 2160p@30fps, 1080p@60fps, 720p@240fps
Front Camera 8 MP, 1080p@30fps [Similar] 5 MP [Similar] 5 MP, 1080p@30fps, 720p@240fps [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes Yes
3G DC-HSDPA, 42 Mbps; HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps; LTE HSDPA, 42 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.8 Mbps; LTE, Cat4, 50 Mbps UL, 150 Mbps DL HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps, EV-DO Rev.A 3.1 Mbps
Bluetooth v4.0, A2DP v4.0, BLE, ANT+ v4.1, A2DP, LE
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, hotspot
USB microUSB v2.0 (MHL), USB On-the-go microUSB v2.0 v2.0, reversible connector
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS
Browser HTML5 HTML5 HTML5 (Safari)

memory User Memory

Internal 16/64 GB, 3 GB RAM 16 GB, 2 GB RAM 16/64/128 GB, 2 GB RAM
Expandable Storage No microSD, up to 64 GB No
USB OTG Supported - -

Apps Sensors

Fingerprint fingerprint not supported fingerprint not supported fingerprint 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-Ion Battery Non-removable Li-Po Battery Non-removable Li-Po Battery (11.1 Wh)
Capacity 3080 mAh 2300 mAh 2915 mAh
Stand by - - Up to 384 h (3G)
Talk Time - - Up to 24 h (3G)