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| Global Score | |
| 72.9 | 80.3 |
| Basic Information | |
| Huawei | Xiaomi |
| 2016-04-16 | 2019-01-15 |
| 5.71 x 2.79 x 0.27 inches | 6.27 x 2.96 x 0.32 inches |
| 5.08 ounces | 6.56 ounces |
| Gold, Gray, Pink and Silver | Black, Blue and Red |
| Aluminum | Glass (Corning Gorilla Glass 5) |
| Scratch-Resistant Glass | Scratch-Resistant Glass |
| Display / Screen | |
| 5.2 inches | 6.3 inches |
| 1920 x 1080 pixels (Full HD) | 2340 x 1080 pixels |
| IPS LCD | IPS LCD |
| 424 pixels per inch | 409 pixels per inch |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 8.2 | 8.1 |
| Performance | |
| HiSilicon Kirin 955 chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 660 SDM660 chipset |
| ARM Cortex-A72 and ARM Cortex-A53, 64-bit (Octa-Core 2500 MHz) processor | Kryo 260, 64-bit, 14 nm (Octa-Core 2200 MHz) processor |
| 3 GB RAM | 4 GB RAM |
| Mali-T880 MP4 GPU | Adreno 512 GPU |
| 9.36 | 9.18 |
| Storage | |
| 32 GB internal memory | 128 GB internal memory |
| microSDXC (up to 256 GB) external memory slot | microSDXC (up to 256 GB) external memory slot |
| 8.88 | 13.18 |
| Camera | |
| 12.00 MP + 8.00 MP | 48.00 MP + 13.00 MP |
| f/2.20 aperture | f/1.80 aperture |
| 27.00mm focal length | -- |
| 0.34 inches (1/2.9") sensor | 0.5 inches (1/2") sensor |
| 1920 x 1080 (60 fps) (Full HD) video resolution | 1920 x 1080 (120 fps) (Full HD) video resolution |
| 9.24 | 11.44 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| Mobile Hotspot | Mobile Hotspot |
| LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G) and HSPA | LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA and HSUPA |
| Nano SIM | Nano SIM |
| 6.1 | 6.7 |
| Battery Life | |
| 3000mAh Li - Ion Battery | 4000mAh Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 4.96 | 5.92 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 4.2 | Bluetooth 5.0 |
| GPS | GPS |
| NFC | -- |
| -- | 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 a score of 80.3, which is better than the Huawei P9's overall score of 72.9. The Xiaomi Redmi Note 7 is a noticeably newer cellphone than the Huawei P9, but it's thicker and much heavier. The Huawei P9 features a slightly better looking screen than Xiaomi Redmi Note 7, because although it has a little smaller screen and a quite lower resolution of 1080 x 1920px, it also counts with a little bit better quantity of pixels per inch of display.
Xiaomi Redmi Note 7 features much more storage capacity to install games and applications than Huawei P9, and although they both have a slot for SD memory cards that allows up to 256 GB, the Xiaomi Redmi Note 7 also has 128 GB internal memory capacity. The Huawei P9 features a bit superior CPU than Xiaomi Redmi Note 7, although it has a lower amount of RAM, they both have 8 processing cores.
Xiaomi Redmi Note 7 features greater battery lifetime than Huawei P9, because it has a 33% bigger battery capacity. Xiaomi Redmi Note 7 has a lot better camera than Huawei P9, and although they both have the same (Full HD) video resolution, the Xiaomi Redmi Note 7 also has a bigger aperture for better low light images and videos, a much more megapixels camera, higher 120 fps video frame rate and a lot larger back camera sensor which gives a lot better photo and video quality.
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