Phone Comparison - Samsung Galaxy Ace vs Motorola Moto Maxx vs Xiaomi Redmi Note 2

general General Info

Manufacturer Samsung Motorola Xiaomi
Announced January 2011 November 2014 August 2015
Status Available - February 2011 Available - November 2014 Available - August 2015
Price - Rs. 16,990 ($249.85) [Similarly Priced] Rs. 9,700 ($141.99) [Similarly Priced]
Colors Black, Hugo Boss Edition Black Ballistic Nylon Black, White, Yellow, Mint Green, Blue
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 112.4 x 59.9 x 11.5 mm
(4.43 x 2.36 x 0.45 in)
143.5 x 73.3 x 8.3 - 11.2
(5.65 x 2.89 x 0.33 - 0.44)
152 x 76 x 8.3 mm
(5.98 x 2.99 x 0.33 in)
Weight 113 g (3.99 oz) 176 g (6.21 oz) 160 g (5.64 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2
3G Network HSDPA 900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100, TD-SCDMA
4G Network - LTE 700 / 1700 / 1800 / 2100 / 2600 (Bands 2, 3, 4, 7, 17) LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 7(2600), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300), 41(2500)
Messaging SMS, MMS SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM
Build Features - Splash Resistant, Moto Display -

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v2.2 (Froyo), upgradable to v2.3 Android OS, v4.4.4 (KitKat), planned upgrade to v5.0 (Lollipop) Android OS, v5.0 (Lollipop) based MIUI 7
Processor 800 MHz ARM 11 processor, Qualcomm MSM7227 chipset Quad-core 2.7 GHz Krait 450, Qualcomm Snapdragon 805 Octa-core 2.0 GHz Cortex-A53, Mediatek MT6795
GPU Adreno 200 Adreno 420 PowerVR G6200
RAM N/A 3 GB 2 GB
Internal Memory 158 MB storage 64 GB 16 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 32GB, 2GB included, 280MB RAM No Yes

display Display

Type TFT capacitive touchscreen OLED Capacitive Touchscreen, Corning Gorilla Glass 3 IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 3.5 inches 5.2 inches 5.5 inches
Resolution 320 x 480 pixels (165 ppi) 1440 x 2560 pixels (565 ppi) 1080 x 1920 pixels (401 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 54.06% - 72.02%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

3.5mm Jack yes yes yes
Radio Stereo FM radio with RDS No FM radio
Games Yes Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable
Loud Speaker yes yes yes

camera Camera

Rear Camera 5 MP, 2592x1944 pixels 21 MP (5248 x 3936), autofocus 13 MP, 4128 x 3096 pixels
Flash LED flash dual-LED flash LED flash
Features Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Face And Smile Detection Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, Panorama, HDR Phase Detection Auto focus (PDAF), Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face/smile Detection, HDR
Video Yes, QVGA@15fps 2160p@24fps, 1080p@30fps 1080p@30fps
Front Camera No [Similar] 2 MP, 1080p [Similar] 5 MP [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes Yes
3G HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps TD-SCDMA
Bluetooth Yes, v2.1 with A2DP v4.0, A2DP, LE v4.0, A2DP, LE
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot
USB Yes, v2.0 microUSB microUSB v2.0 microUSB v2.0, USB Host
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS
Browser HTML HTML5 HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 158 MB storage 64 GB, 3 GB RAM 16 GB, 2 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 32GB, 2GB included, 280MB RAM No Yes
USB OTG - - Supported

Apps Sensors

Fingerprint fingerprint not supported fingerprint not supported fingerprint not supported
Proximity Sensor proximity sensor not present proximity sensor present proximity sensor present
Accelerometer Sensor accelerometer sensor present accelerometer sensor present accelerometer sensor present
NFC NFC not supported NFC supported NFC not supported

battery Battery

Type Standard battery, Li-Ion Non-removable Li-Po Battery Li-Po Battery
Capacity 1350 mAh 3900 mAh 3060 mAh
Stand by Up to 640 h (2G)
Up to 420 h (3G)
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Talk Time Up to 11 h (2G)
Up to 6 h 30 min (3G)
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