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| Global Score | |
| 88.5 | 78.8 |
| Basic Information | |
| Apple | Xiaomi |
| iOS 14.x | Android 12 |
| 2020-11-13 | 2021-12-28 |
| 5.18 x 2.53 x 0.29 inches | 6.01 x 2.75 x 0.32 inches |
| 4.76 ounces | 6.31 ounces |
| Black, Blue, Green, Purple, Red and White | Black, Blue, Green and Pink |
| Aluminum and Glass | Aluminum and Glass |
| Scratch-Resistant Glass | Scratch-Resistant Glass |
| $ 699.00 | -- |
| Display / Screen | |
| 5.4 inches | 6.3 inches |
| 2340 x 1080 pixels | 2400 x 1080 pixels |
| OLED | AMOLED |
| 477 pixels per inch | 418 pixels per inch |
| 1200 cd/m2 brightness | 1100 cd/m2 brightness |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 9.4 | 8.9 |
| Performance | |
| Apple A14 Bionic chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen1 SM8450 (4 nm) chipset |
| 64-bit 64-bit, 5 nm (Hexa-Core 3100 MHz) processor | processor |
| 4 GB RAM | 8 GB RAM |
| Yes GPU | Adreno 730 GPU |
| 10.62 | 6.21 |
| Storage | |
| 64 GB internal memory | 128 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | No SD card slot |
| 7.7 | 10.1 |
| Camera | |
| 12.00 MP + 12.00 MP | 50.00 MP + 32.00 MP |
| f/1.60 aperture | f/1.90 aperture |
| 26.00mm focal length | 26.00mm focal length |
| -- | 0.64 inches (1/1.56") sensor |
| 3840 x 2160 (60 fps) (4K) video resolution | 7680 x 4320 (24 fps) video resolution |
| 1920 x 1080 (240 fps) (Full HD) slow motion video | 1920 x 1080 (960 fps) (Full HD) slow motion video |
| 10.01 | 12.54 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| Mobile Hotspot | Mobile Hotspot |
| 5G, 5G, LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA and HSUPA | 5G, 5G, LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G) and HSDPA |
| Nano SIM, Dual SIM | Nano SIM, Dual SIM |
| 10.7 | 10.6 |
| Battery Life | |
| 2227mAh Li - Ion Battery | 4500mAh Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| Wireless Charging | Wireless Charging |
| 4.16 | 6.32 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 5.0 | Bluetooth 5.2 |
| GPS | GPS |
| NFC | NFC |
| -- | Infra-red port |
| -- | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor | Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor |
Comparison review
Apple iPhone 12 mini is better than the Xiaomi 12, getting an 88.5 score against 78.8. Apple iPhone 12 mini's design is incredibly lighter and a little thinner than Xiaomi 12, although it was released only 14 months before. The Apple iPhone 12 mini has iOS 14.x OS, and Xiaomi 12 works with Android 12 OS.
The Apple iPhone 12 mini features a little more vivid screen than Xiaomi 12, because although it has a bit worse 1080 x 2340 resolution and a quite smaller screen, it also counts with a quite higher quantity of pixels in each inch of screen and a little bit more display brightness. The Xiaomi 12 has a much greater memory capacity to install applications and games or saving photos and videos than Apple iPhone 12 mini, because it has 128 GB internal storage.
The Apple iPhone 12 mini has a much greater hardware performance than Xiaomi 12, because although it has a smaller amount of RAM memory and an inferior number of cores , it also counts with a 64-bits CPU. The Xiaomi 12 features a much better battery lifetime than Apple iPhone 12 mini, because it has 4500mAh of battery capacity.
Xiaomi 12 has a very superior camera than Apple iPhone 12 mini, because although it has a smaller diafragm aperture which is not good for low light images, it also counts with a much better video resolution and a back-facing camera with way more mega-pixels.
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