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| Global Score | |
| 71.9 | 76.4 |
| Basic Information | |
| Xiaomi | |
| Android 10, 9.0 Pie | Android 6.0 Marshmallow |
| 2020-04-17 | 2016-09-29 |
| 6.42 x 3.04 x 0.35 inches | 5.73 x 2.77 x 0.32 inches |
| 7.27 ounces | 5.11 ounces |
| Midnight black and Phantom purple | Gold, Gray, Pink and Silver |
| Aluminum and Glass | Metal |
| -- | $ 345.00 |
| Display / Screen | |
| 6.6 inches | 5.2 inches |
| 2340 x 1080 pixels | 1920 x 1080 pixels (Full HD) |
| IPS LCD | IPS LCD |
| 390 pixels per inch | 424 pixels per inch |
| -- | 600 cd/m2 brightness |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 8 | 8.7 |
| Performance | |
| Kirin 810 chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 821 MSM8996 Pro chipset |
| Arm Cortex-A76, Arm Cortex-A55 and DynamIQ, 64-bit, 7 nm (Octa-Core 2200 MHz) processor | Kryo, 64-bit (Quad-Core 2340 MHz) processor |
| 6 GB RAM | 4 GB RAM |
| Mali-G52 MP6 GPU | Adreno 530 GPU |
| 9.27 | 9 |
| Storage | |
| 256 GB internal memory | 128 GB internal memory |
| microSDXC (up to 512 GB) external memory slot | No SD card slot |
| 17.34 | 10.1 |
| Camera | |
| 48.00 MP + 16.00 MP | 12.00 MP + 4.00 MP |
| f/1.80 aperture | f/2.00 aperture |
| 0.5 inches (1/2") sensor | 0.43 inches (1/2.3") sensor |
| 1920 x 1080 (60 fps) (Full HD) video resolution | 3840 x 2160 (30 fps) (4K) video resolution |
| -- | 1920 x 1080 (120 fps) (Full HD) slow motion video |
| 11.11 | 9.68 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| Mobile Hotspot | -- |
| LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA and HSUPA | LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G) and HSPA |
| Nano SIM | Nano SIM, Dual SIM |
| 6.7 | 5.5 |
| Battery Life | |
| 4000mAh Battery | 3200mAh Li - Ion Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 5.92 | 5.2 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 4.2 | Bluetooth 4.2 |
| GPS | GPS |
| -- | NFC |
| Fingerprint ID Scanner | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor | Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor |
| FM Radio | -- |
Comparison review
Xiaomi Mi 5s is just a bit better than Honor 9X Pro, having a 76.4 score against 71.9. The Xiaomi Mi 5s body is just a bit thinner and much lighter than the Honor 9X Pro, despite of the fact that it was released 4 years before. Both phones we are comparing include Android operating system, but the Xiaomi Mi 5s has a more recent 6.0 Marshmallow version and Honor 9X Pro has Android 10, so it offers lots of additional features and performance improvements.
Xiaomi Mi 5s counts with a slightly better screen than Honor 9X Pro, because although it has a little worse resolution of 1080 x 1920 and a lot smaller display, it also counts with a little bit more pixels per inch of screen. Honor 9X Pro has a little bit better processing power than Xiaomi Mi 5s, because it has 2 GB more RAM memory and a greater number of cores.
The Honor 9X Pro shoots better pictures and videos than Xiaomi Mi 5s, and although they both have the same 1920x1080 video definition, the Honor 9X Pro also has faster video frame rates, a bigger sensor which provides a higher photo and video quality, a way higher 48 megapixels resolution back camera and a larger camera aperture to capture better low light photography.
Honor 9X Pro counts with a way bigger storage for applications and games than Xiaomi Mi 5s, because it has more internal storage and an external memory card slot that admits up to 512 GB. The Honor 9X Pro counts with superior battery life than Xiaomi Mi 5s, because it has a 4000mAh battery size against 3200mAh.
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