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| Global Score | |
| 75.5 | 83.3 |
| Basic Information | |
| Xiaomi | |
| Android 13 | Android 10, 9.0 Pie, 8.0 Oreo |
| 2023-09-15 | 2018-06-05 |
| 6.36 x 2.98 x 0.38 inches | 6.10 x 2.94 x 0.30 inches |
| 7.48 ounces | 6.17 ounces |
| Matte Black, Sky Blue and Transparent Edition | Black, Blue, Gold and White |
| Aluminum and Plastic | Glass (Corning Gorilla Glass 5) |
| Scratch-Resistant Glass | Scratch-Resistant Glass |
| Display / Screen | |
| 6.5 inches | 6.2 inches |
| 2700 x 1224 pixels | 2248 x 1080 pixels |
| OLED | AMOLED |
| 456 pixels per inch | 402 pixels per inch |
| 800 cd/m2 brightness | 600 cd/m2 brightness |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 9 | 8.6 |
| Performance | |
| Qualcomm QCM6490 (6 nm) chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 SDM845 chipset |
| Octa-Core 2700 MHz processor | Kryo 385, 64-bit, 10 nm (Octa-Core 2800 MHz) processor |
| 8 GB RAM | 6 GB RAM |
| Adreno 643 GPU | Adreno 630 GPU |
| 9.63 | 9.63 |
| Storage | |
| 256 GB internal memory | 256 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | No SD card slot |
| 13.3 | 13.3 |
| Camera | |
| 50.00 MP | 12.00 MP + 20.00 MP |
| f/1.90 aperture | f/1.80 aperture |
| -- | 56.00mm focal length |
| 0.67 inches (1/1.49") sensor | 0.39 inches (1/2.55") sensor |
| -- | 3840 x 2160 (30 fps) (4K) video resolution |
| -- | 1280 x 720 (960 fps) (HD) slow motion video |
| 9.46 | 9.9 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| Mobile Hotspot | Mobile Hotspot |
| 5G, 5G, LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G) and HSDPA | LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA and HSUPA |
| Nano SIM | Nano SIM, Dual SIM |
| 10.6 | 6.7 |
| Battery Life | |
| 4200mAh Li - Ion Battery | 3400mAh Li - Polymer Battery |
| Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 6.08 | 5.36 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 5.2 | Bluetooth 5.0 |
| GPS | GPS |
| NFC | NFC |
| Fingerprint ID Scanner | 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 better than Fairphone 5, with an 83.3 score against 75.5. Xiaomi Mi 8 is an older phone than the Fairphone 5, but it is lighter and much thinner anyway. Both of these devices work with Android operating system, but Xiaomi Mi 8 has 10 version and Fairphone 5 has Android 13. The Fairphone 5 features just a bit better display than Xiaomi Mi 8, because it has a quite better resolution of 1224 x 2700px, a quite bigger screen, a brighter display and a little better display pixel density.
Fairphone 5 and Xiaomi Mi 8 feature very similar processing units, and although the Xiaomi Mi 8 has a smaller amount of RAM memory, they both have the same number of cores. The Xiaomi Mi 8 shoots a bit better pictures and videos than Fairphone 5, because although it has a much smaller back camera sensor giving a way worse image quality and a camera in the back with a much worse 12 mega-pixels resolution, it also counts with a bigger camera aperture to take better low light photos and videos.
The Fairphone 5 and the Xiaomi Mi 8 have similar memory capacity for games and applications, both of them have the same internal memory capacity. The Fairphone 5 has improved battery lifetime than Xiaomi Mi 8, because it has 4200mAh of battery capacity.
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