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Apple iPhone 5
LTE and GSM A1428A1428
| Global Score | |
| 71.7 | 83.3 |
| Basic Information | |
| Apple | Xiaomi |
| iOS 7.x, 6.1, 6 | Android 10, 9.0 Pie, 8.0 Oreo |
| 2012-09-12 | 2018-06-05 |
| 4.87 x 2.31 x 0.30 inches | 6.10 x 2.94 x 0.30 inches |
| 3.95 ounces | 6.17 ounces |
| Black and White | Black, Blue, Gold and White |
| Aluminium | Glass (Corning Gorilla Glass 5) |
| -- | Scratch-Resistant Glass |
| $ 195.00 | -- |
| Display / Screen | |
| 4 inches | 6.2 inches |
| 640 x 1136 pixels | 2248 x 1080 pixels |
| IPS LCD | AMOLED |
| 326 pixels per inch | 402 pixels per inch |
| 500 cd/m2 brightness | 600 cd/m2 brightness |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | No touch screen |
| 8.9 | 8.6 |
| Performance | |
| Apple A6 chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 SDM845 chipset |
| Apple Swift (Dual-Core 1300 MHz) processor | Kryo 385, 64-bit, 10 nm (Octa-Core 2800 MHz) processor |
| 1016 MB (1066 MHz) RAM | 6 GB RAM |
| PowerVR SGX543MP3 GPU | Adreno 630 GPU |
| 8.19 | 9.63 |
| Storage | |
| 64 GB internal memory | 256 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | No SD card slot |
| 7.7 | 13.3 |
| Camera | |
| 8.00 MP + 1.20 MP | 12.00 MP + 20.00 MP |
| f/2.40 aperture | f/1.80 aperture |
| 33.00mm focal length | 56.00mm focal length |
| 0.31 inches (1/3.2") sensor | 0.39 inches (1/2.55") sensor |
| 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution | 3840 x 2160 (30 fps) (4K) video resolution |
| -- | 1280 x 720 (960 fps) (HD) slow motion video |
| 8.47 | 9.9 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| Mobile Hotspot | Mobile Hotspot |
| LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA, UMTS, EV-DO A, EV-DO B, EDGE, GPRS, GSM and CDMA | LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA and HSUPA |
| Nano SIM | Nano SIM, Dual SIM |
| 7.2 | 6.7 |
| Battery Life | |
| 1440mAh Li-Polymer Battery | 3400mAh Li - Polymer Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 225 hours standby time 8 hours talk time | -- |
| 3.2 | 5.36 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 4.0 | Bluetooth 5.0 |
| GPS | GPS |
| -- | NFC |
| -- | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor | Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor |
Comparison review
The Xiaomi Mi 8 is much better than Apple iPhone 5, with a general score of 83.3 against 71.7. The Xiaomi Mi 8 design has the same thickness than Apple iPhone 5, but it is incredibly heavier. Xiaomi Mi 8 works with Android 10 OS, while Apple iPhone 5 works with iOS 7.x OS. Xiaomi Mi 8 features a more powerful processing unit than Apple iPhone 5, because it has more processing cores and a larger amount of RAM.
IPhone 5 counts with a little bit better looking display than Xiaomi Mi 8, although it has a much smaller screen, a just a little less pixels per inch of display, less bright screen and a way worse resolution of 1136 x 640 pixels. The Xiaomi Mi 8 features a much better camera than iPhone 5, because it has a way larger aperture for better low light photos, a lot larger sensor providing a way better image quality, a back camera with a much better resolution and a way better (4K) video definition.
The Xiaomi Mi 8 has a much bigger memory capacity to store more games and applications than Apple iPhone 5, because it has 256 GB internal memory. Xiaomi Mi 8 has a much better battery performance than Apple iPhone 5, because it has 3400mAh of battery capacity.
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