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| Global Score | |
| 74.2 | 80.3 |
| Basic Information | |
| Huawei | Xiaomi |
| Android 7.0 Nougat | -- |
| 2017-07-11 | 2019-01-15 |
| 5.60 x 2.71 x 0.27 inches | 6.27 x 2.96 x 0.32 inches |
| 5.04 ounces | 6.56 ounces |
| Black, Blue and Gold | Black, Blue and Red |
| Aluminum | Glass (Corning Gorilla Glass 5) |
| -- | Scratch-Resistant Glass |
| Display / Screen | |
| 5 inches | 6.3 inches |
| 1920 x 1080 pixels (Full HD) | 2340 x 1080 pixels |
| IPS LCD | IPS LCD |
| 441 pixels per inch | 409 pixels per inch |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 8.3 | 8.1 |
| Performance | |
| HiSilicon Kirin 659 chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 660 SDM660 chipset |
| ARM Cortex-A53, 64-bit (Octa-Core 2360 MHz) processor | Kryo 260, 64-bit, 14 nm (Octa-Core 2200 MHz) processor |
| 4 GB RAM | 4 GB RAM |
| Mali-T830 MP2 GPU | Adreno 512 GPU |
| 9.27 | 9.18 |
| Storage | |
| 64 GB internal memory | 128 GB internal memory |
| microSDXC (up to 128 GB) external memory slot | microSDXC (up to 256 GB) external memory slot |
| 10.02 | 13.18 |
| Camera | |
| 12.00 MP + 20.00 MP | 48.00 MP + 13.00 MP |
| f/1.80 aperture | f/1.80 aperture |
| -- | 0.5 inches (1/2") sensor |
| 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution | 1920 x 1080 (120 fps) (Full HD) video resolution |
| 9.02 | 11.44 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| Mobile Hotspot | Mobile Hotspot |
| LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA and HSUPA | LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA and HSUPA |
| Nano SIM | Nano SIM |
| 6.6 | 6.7 |
| Battery Life | |
| 2950mAh Li - Polymer Battery | 4000mAh Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 4.96 | 5.92 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 4.2 | Bluetooth 5.0 |
| GPS | GPS |
| -- | Infra-red port |
| Fingerprint ID Scanner | 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 7 has an overall score of 80.3, which is just a bit better than Huawei nova 2's score of 74.2. Although Xiaomi Redmi Note 7 is newer than Huawei nova 2, it's notably heavier and thicker. The Huawei nova 2 features a bit faster CPU than Xiaomi Redmi Note 7. Both of them have 8 processing cores and a 4 GB RAM.
Huawei nova 2 counts with a slightly better display than Xiaomi Redmi Note 7, because although it has a quite lower 1080 x 1920 resolution and a much smaller display, it also counts with a little bit higher screen pixel density. Xiaomi Redmi Note 7 shoots greater photographs and videos than Huawei nova 2, and although they both have the same camera aperture and the same 1920x1080 (Full HD) video quality, the Xiaomi Redmi Note 7 also has a back camera with lot more mega-pixels and better 120 frames per second video frame rate.
The Xiaomi Redmi Note 7 has a much bigger memory capacity to install applications and games or saving photos and videos than Huawei nova 2, because it has a slot for an external memory card that holds a maximum of 256 GB and 128 GB internal memory capacity. The Xiaomi Redmi Note 7 has better battery lifetime than Huawei nova 2, because it has a 36% greater battery capacity.
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