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| Global Score | |
| 70 | 76.6 |
| Basic Information | |
| Apple | Xiaomi |
| iOS 8.x, 7.x | Android 10 |
| 2013-09-10 | 2020-05-20 |
| 4.90 x 2.33 x 0.35 inches | 6.39 x 3.04 x 0.35 inches |
| 4.66 ounces | 7.02 ounces |
| Blue, Green, Pink, White and Yellow | Forest green, Midnight gray and Polar white |
| Polycarbonate | Plastic |
| -- | Scratch-Resistant Glass |
| $ 300.00 | $ 283.00 |
| Display / Screen | |
| 4 inches | 6.5 inches |
| 640 x 1136 pixels | 2340 x 1080 pixels |
| IPS LCD | IPS LCD |
| 326 pixels per inch | 396 pixels per inch |
| 500 cd/m2 brightness | -- |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | No touch screen |
| 8.9 | 8 |
| Performance | |
| Apple A6 chipset | MediaTek Helio G85 chipset |
| Swift (Dual-Core 1300 MHz) processor | Arm Cortex-A75 and ArmCortex-A55, 64-bit, 12 nm (Octa-Core 2000 MHz) processor |
| 1016 MB (1066 MHz) RAM | 3 GB RAM |
| PowerVR SGX 543MP3 GPU | Mali G52 MC2 GPU |
| 8.19 | 9.09 |
| Storage | |
| 32 GB internal memory | 64 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | microSDXC (up to 128 GB) external memory slot |
| 5.8 | 10.02 |
| Camera | |
| 8.00 MP + 1.20 MP | 48.00 MP + 13.00 MP |
| f/2.40 aperture | f/1.80 aperture |
| 33.00mm focal length | -- |
| 0.31 inches (1/3.2") sensor | 0.5 inches (1/2") sensor |
| 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution | 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution |
| -- | 1280 x 720 (120 fps) (HD) slow motion video |
| 8.47 | 11 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| Mobile Hotspot | Mobile Hotspot |
| LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA, HSUPA, UMTS, EDGE, GPRS, GSM and CDMA | LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA and HSUPA |
| Nano SIM | Nano SIM, Dual SIM |
| 7.1 | 6.7 |
| Battery Life | |
| 1507mAh Li-Ion Battery | 5020mAh Li - Polymer Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 250 hours standby time 10 hours talk time | -- |
| 3.28 | 6.8 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 4.0 | Bluetooth 5.0 |
| GPS | GPS |
| -- | NFC |
| -- | Infra-red port |
| -- | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor | Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor |
Comparison review
The Xiaomi Redmi Note 9 is just a bit better than Apple iPhone 5c, with a 76.6 score against 70. Xiaomi Redmi Note 9 counts with Android 10 OS, while Apple iPhone 5c has iOS 8.x OS. Xiaomi Redmi Note 9's design has the same thickness than Apple iPhone 5c, but it's notably heavier. Xiaomi Redmi Note 9 counts with a more powerful processing unit than Apple iPhone 5c, because it has a higher number of cores and 2,01 GB more RAM memory.
The Apple iPhone 5c has a brighter display than Xiaomi Redmi Note 9, although it has a little lower number of pixels per inch of display, a way worse resolution of 1136 x 640 pixels and a way smaller screen. The Xiaomi Redmi Note 9 has a much better storage to install applications and games than Apple iPhone 5c, because it has a SD extension slot that allows a maximum of 128 GB and more internal storage capacity.
The Xiaomi Redmi Note 9 has a very superior battery performance than Apple iPhone 5c, because it has 5020mAh of battery capacity. Xiaomi Redmi Note 9 has a lot better camera than iPhone 5c, and although they both have the same 1920x1080 (Full HD) video quality and the same 30 frames per second video frame rate, the Xiaomi Redmi Note 9 also has a back facing camera with a lot higher 48 megapixels resolution, a lot bigger aperture for better low light images and videos and a way larger sensor capturing lot better quality videos and photographs.
Xiaomi Redmi Note 9 not only is the best devices of the ones in this comparison, but it's also a bit cheaper.
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