Phone Comparison - Xiaomi Redmi Note 4G vs Lava Iris X8 vs Samsung Z3

general General Info

Manufacturer Xiaomi Lava Samsung
Announced August 2014 February 2015 October 2015
Status Available - November 2014 Available - February 2015 Available - October 2015
Price - Rs. 6,649 ($97.78) [Similarly Priced] Rs. 5,944 ($87.41) [Similarly Priced]
Colors Black/White Black, White Black, Silver, Gold
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 154 x 78.7 x 9.5 mm
(6.06 x 3.1 x 0.37 in)
143.4x70.9x8.6 mm
(5.65x2.79x0.34 in)
141.6 x 70 x 7.9 mm
(5.57 x 2.76 x 0.31 in)
Weight 199 g (7.02 oz) 160 g (5.64 oz) 137 g (4.83 oz)
2G Network GSM 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2
3G Network TD-SCDMA 1900 / 2000 HSDPA 2100 HSDPA 900 / 2100
4G Network TD-LTE 1900 / 2300 / 2600 - -
Messaging SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM
Notification LED - - No

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v4.2 (Jelly Bean) Android OS, v4.4.2 (KitKat), planned upgrade to v5.0 (Lollipop) Tizen OS, v2.4
Processor Quad-core 1.6 GHz Cortex-A7, Qualcomm MSM8928 Snapdragon 400 Octa-core 1.4 GHz, Mediatek MT6592M Quad-core 1.3 GHz, Spreadtrum SC8830
GPU Adreno 305 Mali-450MP4 Mali-400 MP
RAM 2 GB 2 GB 1 GB
Internal Memory 8 GB 16 GB (12.9 GB for mass storage) 8 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 64 GB microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 128 GB

display Display

Type IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen IPS LCD Capacitive Touchscreen, Asahi Glass Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16.7M colors 16M colors
Size 5.5 inches 5.0 inches 5.0 inches
Resolution 720 x 1280 pixels (267 ppi) 720 x 1280 pixels (294 ppi) 720 x 1280 pixels (294 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 68.82% - 69.40%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

3.5mm Jack yes yes yes
Radio FM radio FM Radio with 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 8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels 8 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels
Flash LED flash LED flash LED flash
Features Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection, HDR Auto focus, BSI III Sensor, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, HDR Geo-tagging, Face Detection
Video 1080p@30fps Yes, 1080p@30fps Yes
Front Camera 5 MP [Similar] Yes, 3 MP [Similar] 5 MP [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes Yes
3G TD-SCDMA; LTE HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps HSPA
Bluetooth v4.0, A2DP, LE Yes, v4.0 with 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 hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n
USB microUSB v2.0, USB On-the-go Yes, microUSB v2.0 microUSB v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS
Browser HTML5 HTML5 HTML

memory User Memory

Internal 8 GB, 2 GB RAM 16 GB (12.9 GB for mass storage), 2 GB RAM 8 GB, 1 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 64 GB microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 128 GB
USB OTG Supported - -

Apps Sensors

Fingerprint fingerprint not supported fingerprint not 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 not supported NFC not supported NFC not supported

battery Battery

Type Li-Po Battery Li-Ion Battery Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 3200 mAh 2500 mAh 2600 mAh
Stand by Up to 775 h (3G) - -
Talk Time Up to 38 h (2G)
Up to 14 h (3G)
Up to 14 h (2G)
Up to 9 h (3G)
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