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| Global Score | |
| 75.7 | 78.8 |
| Basic Information | |
| Microsoft | |
| Android 10 | Android 10 |
| 2020-04-21 | 2020-09-10 |
| 6.64 x 3.07 x 0.38 inches | 7.36 x 5.72 x 0.19 inches |
| 7.69 ounces | 8.82 ounces |
| Hot Rod red and Eclipse black | Glacier |
| Aluminum and Glass (Corning Gorilla Glass) | Glass (Corning Gorilla Glass 5) |
| Scratch-Resistant Glass | Scratch-Resistant Glass |
| $ 579.00 | $ 540.00 |
| Display / Screen | |
| 6.7 inches | 8.1 inches |
| 2340 x 1080 pixels | 2700 x 1800 pixels |
| AMOLED | AMOLED |
| 385 pixels per inch | 401 pixels per inch |
| 600 cd/m2 brightness | -- |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 8.5 | 8.2 |
| Performance | |
| Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 SM8250 chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 SM8150 chipset |
| Kryo 585, 64-bit, 7 nm (Octa-Core 2840 MHz) processor | Kryo 485, 64-bit, 7 nm (Octa-Core 2840 MHz) processor |
| 8 GB RAM | 6 GB RAM |
| Adreno 650 GPU | Adreno 640 GPU |
| 9.63 | 9.63 |
| Storage | |
| 128 GB internal memory | 128 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | No SD card slot |
| 10.1 | 10.1 |
| Camera | |
| 64.00 MP + 8.00 MP | 11.00 MP |
| f/1.80 aperture | f/2.00 aperture |
| 26.00mm focal length | -- |
| 0.59 inches (1/1.7") sensor | -- |
| 3840 x 2160 (60 fps) (4K) video resolution | 3840 x 2160 (60 fps) (4K) video resolution |
| 1280 x 720 (480 fps) (HD) slow motion video | -- |
| 12.32 | 8.91 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| Mobile Hotspot | Mobile Hotspot |
| 5G, 5G, LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA and HSUPA | LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA and HSUPA |
| Nano SIM, Dual SIM | Nano SIM, Dual SIM |
| 10.7 | 6.7 |
| Battery Life | |
| 4500mAh Li - Polymer Battery | 3577mAh Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 6.32 | 5.52 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 5.1 | Bluetooth 5.0 |
| GPS | GPS |
| NFC | -- |
| 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 Microsoft Surface Duo is just a bit better than nubia Red Magic 5G, with a 78.8 score against 75.7. The Microsoft Surface Duo body is somewhat heavier but much thinner than the nubia Red Magic 5G, and they were only released 5 months apart. These devices use the same Android 10 OS (Operating System), so both should offer very similar OS features.
Nubia Red Magic 5G counts with a little bit better looking display than Microsoft Surface Duo, although it has a little bit smaller display, a quite worse pixels density and a way worse resolution of 1080 x 2340px. Microsoft Surface Duo and nubia Red Magic 5G both count with incredibly similar storage to install applications and games, both have equal internal storage capacity.
The Microsoft Surface Duo features a processing unit that is very similar to nubia Red Magic 5G's processing unit, and although the Microsoft Surface Duo has a smaller amount of RAM memory, they both have the same number of cores. Nubia Red Magic 5G takes way better videos and photos than Microsoft Surface Duo, and although they both have the same video definition and the same 60 fps video frame rate, the nubia Red Magic 5G also has a larger diafragm aperture to take better low light photos and a much higher 64 MP resolution back facing camera.
The nubia Red Magic 5G has longer battery lifetime than Microsoft Surface Duo, because it has a 26% larger battery size.
Despite of being the best phone in this comparison, Microsoft Surface Duo is also cheap compared to the other phone.
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