Phone Comparison - Xiaomi Mi Note 2015 vs Samsung Galaxy A8 vs Samsung Galaxy Core Prime VE

general General Info

Manufacturer Xiaomi Samsung Samsung
Announced January 2015 July 2015 September 2015
Status Available - January 2015 Available - August 2015 Available - September 2015
Price - Rs. 26,990 ($396.91) [Similarly Priced] Rs. 9,999 ($147.04) [Similarly Priced]
Colors Black, White Pearl White, Midnight Black, Champagne Gold White, Grey, Silver
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 155.1 x 77.6 x 7 mm
(6.11 x 3.06 x 0.28 in)
158 x 76.8 x 5.9 mm
(6.22 x 3.02 x 0.23 in)
130.8 x 67.9 x 8.8 mm
(5.15 x 2.67 x 0.35 in)
Weight 161 g (5.68 oz) 151 g (5.33 oz) 130 g (4.59 oz)
2G Network GSM 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (optional) GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (SM-G3606, SM-G3608, SM-G3609)
3G Network HSDPA HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network LTE - SIM 1 & SIM 2 LTE -
Messaging SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM
Build Features Corning Gorilla Glass 3 Back Panel - Fingerprint sensor -

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v4.4.x (KitKat) Android OS, v5.1 (Lollipop) Android OS, v4.4.2 (KitKat)
Processor Quad-core 2.5 GHz Krait 400, Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 Quad-core 1.5 GHz Cortex-A53 & quad-core 1.0 GHz Cortex-A53, Qualcomm MSM8939 Snapdragon 615 Quad-core 1.3 GHz
GPU Adreno 330 Adreno 405 -
RAM 3 GB 2 GB 1 GB
Internal Memory 16/64 GB 16/32 GB 8 GB
External Memory - microSD, up to 128 GB (uses SIM 2 slot) microSD, up to 64 GB

display Display

Type IPS LCD Capacitive Touchscreen, Corning Gorilla Glass 3 Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen PLS capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 5.7 inches 5.7 inches 4.5 inches
Resolution 1080 x 1920 pixels (386 ppi) 1080 x 1920 pixels (386 ppi) 480 x 800 pixels (207 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 74.60% 73.99% 65.10%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

3.5mm Jack yes yes yes
Radio - FM radio with RDS; recording FM radio
Games Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable
Loud Speaker yes yes yes

camera Camera

Rear Camera 13 MP, 4128 x 3096 pixels 16 MP, 5312 x 2988 pixels 5 MP, 2592 х 1944 pixels
Flash dual-LED (dual tone) LED flash LED flash
Features Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face/smile Detection, HDR, Panorama Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, Panorama, HDR Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection
Video 1080p@30fps 1080p@30fps 1080p
Front Camera 4 MP, 1080p, 1/3 [Similar] 5 MP, 1080p [Similar] 2 MP [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes Yes
3G HSPA, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat6 300/50 Mbps HSPA
Bluetooth v4.0, A2DP, LE v4.1, A2DP, EDR, LE v4.0, A2DP
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, WiFi Direct, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB microUSB v2.0, USB Host microUSB v2.0 microUSB v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, Beidou Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS/ Beidou (market dependant) Yes, with A-GPS
Browser HTML5 HTML5 HTML

memory User Memory

Internal 16/64 GB, 3 GB RAM 16/32 GB, 2 GB RAM 8 GB, 1 GB RAM
Expandable Storage - microSD, up to 128 GB (uses SIM 2 slot) microSD, up to 64 GB
USB OTG Supported - -

Apps Sensors

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

battery Battery

Type Li-Ion Battery Non-removable Li-Ion Battery Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 3000 mAh 3050 mAh 2000 mAh
Stand by - - -
Talk Time - - -