Phone Comparison - BlackBerry Aurora vs Xiaomi Redmi 5 Plus

BlackBerry Aurora
blackberry aurora
Xiaomi Redmi 5 Plus
xiaomi redmi 5 plus
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general General Info

Manufacturer Blackberry Xiaomi
Announced March 2017 February 2018
Status Available - March 2017 Available - February 2018
Price Rs. 17,300 ($260.00) [Similarly Priced] Rs. 9,999 ($150.00) [Similarly Priced]
Colors Black Black, Gold, Rose Gold
Form Factor Candybar Candybar
Dimension 152 x 76.6 x 8.5 mm
(5.98 x 3.02 x 0.33 in)
158.5 x 75.5 x 8.1 mm
(6.24 x 2.97 x 0.32 in)
Weight 178 g (6.28 oz) 180 g (6.35 oz )
SIM Type Dual SIM Hybrid Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2
CDMA 800 & TD-SCDMA
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 / 800 - Taiwan HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 18(800), 19(800), 26(850), 28(700), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300), 41(2500) - Taiwan LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300), 41(2500)
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM
Build Features - - Fingerprint Sensor
Notification LED Yes Yes

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v7.0 (Nougat) Android 7.1.2 (Nougat)
User Interface MIUI 8 MIUI 9
Processor Quad-core 1.4 GHz Cortex-A53, Qualcomm MSM8917 Snapdragon 425 [Similar] Octa-core 1.8 GHz Cortex-A53, Qualcomm MSM8953 Snapdragon 625 [Similar]
GPU Adreno 308 [Similar] Adreno 506 [Similar]
RAM 4 GB [Browse Similar] 3/4 GB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory 32 GB 32/64 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 128 GB microSD, up to 128 GB (uses SIM 2 slot)

display Display

Type IPS LCD Capacitive Touchscreen IPS LCD Capacitive Touchscreen, Corning Gorilla Glass (unspecified Version)
Colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 5.0 inches [Similar] 5.99 inches [Similar]
Resolution 720 x 1280 pixels (294 ppi) [Similar] 1080 x 2160 pixels (403 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 59.08% 77.44%
Multi-Touch yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 13 MP, 4160 x 3120 pixels [Similar] 12 MP [Similar]
Flash Dual-LED (dual Tone) LED Flash
Features Autofocus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, Panorama, HDR Phase Detection Autofocus, f/2.0, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face/smile Detection, HDR, Panorama
Video 1080p@30fps 1080p@30fps
Front Camera 8 MP [Similar] 5 MP, f/2.0, 1080p [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes
3G HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat6 300/50 Mbps, VoLTE HSPA, LTE, VoLTE
Bluetooth v4.2, A2DP, EDR, LE 4.2, A2DP, LE
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot
USB microUSB v2.0, USB OTG microUSB 2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS
Browser HTML5 HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 32 GB, 4 GB RAM 32/64 GB, 3/4 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 128 GB microSD, up to 128 GB (uses SIM 2 slot)
USB OTG Supported Supported

Apps Sensors

Fingerprint fingerprint supported fingerprint supported
Proximity Sensor proximity sensor present proximity sensor present
Accelerometer Sensor accelerometer sensor present accelerometer sensor present
Light Sensor light sensor present light sensor present
Magnetic-Field Sensor (Compass) magnetic field sensor present magnetic field sensor present
NFC NFC not supported NFC not supported

battery Battery

Type Non-removable Li-Ion Battery Non-removable Li-Po battery
Capacity 3000 mAh 3300 mAh
Stand by - -
Talk Time - -