Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge vs Xiaomi Redmi 5a
Price Comparison (India)
General Info
| Manufacturer | |
| Samsung | Xiaomi |
| Announced | |
| March 2015 | October 2017 |
| Status | |
| Available - April 2015 | Available - October 2017 |
| Price | |
| Rs. 34,900 ($513.24) [Similarly Priced] | Rs. 4,999 ($90.00) [Similarly Priced] |
| Colors | |
| White Pearl, Black Sapphire, Gold Platinum, Green Emerald | Gold, Rose Gold, Gray |
| Form Factor | |
| Candybar | Candybar |
| Dimension | |
|
142.1 x 70.1 x 7 mm (5.59 x 2.76 x 0.28 in) |
140.4 x 70.1 x 8.4 mm (5.53 x 2.76 x 0.33 in) |
| Weight | |
| 132 g (4.66 oz) | 137 g (4.83 oz) |
| SIM Type | |
| - | Hybrid Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by) |
| 2G Network | |
| GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 | GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 CDMA 800 & TD-SCDMA |
| 3G Network | |
| HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 | HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 |
| 4G Network | |
| LTE | LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 34(2000), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300), 41(2500) |
| SAR US | |
|
1.58 W/kg (head) 1.34 W/kg (body) |
- W/kg (head) - W/kg (body) |
| SAR EU | |
|
0.33 W/kg (head) 0.59 W/kg (body) |
- W/kg (head) - W/kg (body) |
| Messaging | |
| SMS, MMS, EMail, IM | SMS, MMS, EMail, IM |
| Build Features | |
| - Corning Gorilla Glass 4 back panel - Fingerprint sensor (PayPal certified) - Samsung Pay (Visa, MasterCard certified) |
- |
| Notification LED | |
| - | Yes |
Display
| Type | |
| Super AMOLED Capacitive Touchscreen, Corning Gorilla Glass 4, Curved Edge Screen | IPS LCD Capacitive Touchscreen |
| Colors | |
| 16M colors | 16M colors |
| Size | |
| 5.1 inches [Similar] | 5.0 inches [Similar] |
| Resolution | |
| 1440 x 2560 pixels (576 ppi) [Similar] | 720 x 1280 pixels (294 ppi) [Similar] |
| Screen-to-Body Ratio | 71.96% | 69.89% |
| Multi-Touch | |
Hardware and OS
| OS | |
| Android OS, v5.0.2 (Lollipop) | Android 7.1 (Nougat) |
| User Interface | |
| - | MIUI 9 |
| Processor | |
| Quad-core 1.5 GHz Cortex-A53 & Quad-core 2.1 GHz Cortex-A57, Exynos 7420 [Similar] | Quad-core 1.4 GHz Cortex-A53, Qualcomm MSM8917 Snapdragon 425 [Similar] |
| GPU | |
| Mali-T760 [Similar] | Adreno 308 [Similar] |
| RAM | |
| 3 GB [Browse Similar] | 2 GB [Browse Similar] |
| Internal Memory | |
| 32/64/128 GB | 16 GB |
| External Memory | |
| No | microSD, up to 256 GB (uses SIM 2 slot) |
Camera
| Rear Camera | |
| 16 MP, 3456 x 4608 pixels, OIS [Similar] | 13 MP [Similar] |
| Flash | |
| LED Flash | LED Flash |
| Features | |
| Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, Auto HDR, Panorama | Autofocus, f/2.2, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face/smile Detection, HDR, Panorama |
| Video | |
| 2160p@30fps, 1080p@60fps, 720p@120fps, HDR, dual-video rec. | 1080p@30fps |
| Front Camera | |
| 5 MP, 1080p@30fps, dual video call, HDR [Similar] | 5 MP, f/2.0 [Similar] |
Multimedia
| 3.5mm Jack | |
| Radio | |
| No | FM radio |
| Games | |
| Yes + Downloadable | Yes + Downloadable |
| Loud Speaker | |
Connectivity and Data Rate
| GPRS | |
| Yes | Yes |
| Edge | |
| Yes | Yes |
| 3G | |
| HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat6 300/50 Mbps | HSPA, LTE, VoLTE |
| Bluetooth | |
| v4.1, A2DP, LE, apt-X | 4.1, A2DP, LE |
| Wi-Fi | |
| Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot | Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot |
| USB | |
| microUSB v2.0 (MHL 3 TV-out), USB Host | microUSB 2.0 |
| GPS | |
| Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, Beidou | Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS |
| Browser | |
| HTML5 | HTML5 |
User Memory
| Internal | |
| 32/64/128 GB, 3 GB RAM | 16 GB, 2 GB RAM |
| Expandable Storage | |
| No | microSD, up to 256 GB (uses SIM 2 slot) |
| USB OTG | |
| Supported | Supported |
Sensors
| Fingerprint | |
| Proximity Sensor | |
| Accelerometer Sensor | |
| NFC | |
Battery
| Type | |
| Non-removable Li-Ion Battery | Non-removable Li-Ion Battery |
| Capacity | |
| 2600 mAh | 3000 mAh |
| Stand by | |
| - | - |
| Talk Time | |
| - | - |