Phone Comparison - Xiaomi Mi 3 vs Samsung Z1 vs Xiaomi Redmi Note 2

general General Info

Manufacturer Xiaomi Samsung Xiaomi
Announced September 2013 January 2015 August 2015
Status Available - December 2013 Available - January 2015 Available - August 2015
Price - Rs. 5,700 ($83.82) [Similarly Priced] Rs. 9,700 ($141.99) [Similarly Priced]
Colors Various White, Black, Wine Red Black, White, Yellow, Mint Green, Blue
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 144 x 73.6 x 8.1 mm
(5.67 x 2.9 x 0.32 in)
120.4 x 63.2 x 9.7 mm
(4.74 x 2.49 x 0.38 in)
152 x 76 x 8.3 mm
(5.98 x 2.99 x 0.33 in)
Weight 145 g (5.11 oz) 112 g (3.95 oz) 160 g (5.64 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 GSM 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100, TD-SCDMA
4G Network - - LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 7(2600), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300), 41(2500)
Messaging SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v4.4 (KitKat) optimized with MIUI version 5 Tizen OS, v2.3 Android OS, v5.0 (Lollipop) based MIUI 7
Processor Quad-core 2.3 GHz Krait 400, Qualcomm MSM8274AB Snapdragon 800 Dual-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A7, Spreadtrum SC7727S Octa-core 2.0 GHz Cortex-A53, Mediatek MT6795
GPU Adreno 330 Mali-400 PowerVR G6200
RAM 2 GB 768 MB 2 GB
Internal Memory 16/64 GB 4 GB 16 GB
External Memory No microSD, up to 64 GB Yes

display Display

Type IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen PLS TFT capacitive touchscreen IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 5.0 inches 4.0 inches 5.5 inches
Resolution 1080 x 1920 pixels (441 ppi) 480 x 800 pixels (233 ppi) 1080 x 1920 pixels (401 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 64.90% 59.97% 72.02%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

3.5mm Jack yes yes yes
Radio FM radio FM radio FM radio
Games Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable
Loud Speaker yes yes yes

camera Camera

Rear Camera 13 MP, 4128 x 3096 pixels 3.15 MP, 2048 x 1536 pixels 13 MP, 4128 x 3096 pixels
Flash dual-LED flash LED flash LED flash
Features Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection, Image Stabilization, HDR Geo-tagging, Face Detection Phase Detection Auto focus (PDAF), Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face/smile Detection, HDR
Video 1080p@30fps, HDR Yes 1080p@30fps
Front Camera 2 MP, 1080p@30fps [Similar] VGA [Similar] 5 MP [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes Yes
3G DC-HSDPA, 42 Mbps; HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps HSPA TD-SCDMA
Bluetooth v4.0, A2DP v4.1, A2DP v4.0, A2DP, LE
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot
USB microUSB v2.0 (MHL), USB On-the-go microUSB v2.0 microUSB v2.0, USB Host
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS
Browser HTML5 HTML HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 16/64 GB, 2 GB RAM 4 GB, 768 MB RAM 16 GB, 2 GB RAM
Expandable Storage No microSD, up to 64 GB Yes
USB OTG Supported - Supported

Apps Sensors

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

battery Battery

Type Non-removable Li-Ion Battery Li-Ion Battery Li-Po Battery
Capacity 3050 mAh 1500 mAh 3060 mAh
Stand by Up to 500 h - -
Talk Time Up to 4 h Up to 8 h (3G) -