Phone Comparison - Micromax Canvas HD Plus A190 vs Xiaomi Redmi 1S vs Samsung Galaxy A8

general General Info

Manufacturer Micromax Xiaomi Samsung
Announced July 2014 May 2014 July 2015
Status Available - July 2014 Available - May 2014 Available - August 2015
Price - - Rs. 26,990 ($396.91) [Similarly Priced]
Colors Black, White Black, Chinese Red, Metallic Gray/ blue, green, yellow panels Pearl White, Midnight Black, Champagne Gold
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension - 137 x 69 x 9.9 mm
(5.39 x 2.72 x 0.39 in)
158 x 76.8 x 5.9 mm
(6.22 x 3.02 x 0.23 in)
Weight - 158 g (5.57 oz) 151 g (5.33 oz)
2G Network GSM 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 GSM 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (optional)
3G Network HSDPA 2100 HSDPA 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network - - LTE
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM
Build Features - - - Fingerprint sensor

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v4.4.2 (KitKat) Android OS, v4.3 (Jelly Bean) Android OS, v5.1 (Lollipop)
Processor Hexa-core 1.5 GHz, Mediatek MT6591 Quad-core 1.6 GHz Cortex-A7, Qualcomm MSM8228 Snapdragon Quad-core 1.5 GHz Cortex-A53 & quad-core 1.0 GHz Cortex-A53, Qualcomm MSM8939 Snapdragon 615
GPU Mali-450 Adreno 305 Adreno 405
RAM 1 GB 1 GB 2 GB
Internal Memory 8 GB (1.08 GB for apps, 4.76 GB for mass storage) 8 GB 16/32 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 128 GB (uses SIM 2 slot)

display Display

Type IPS LCD Capacitive Touchscreen, Corning Gorilla Glass 3 IPS LCD Capacitive Touchscreen, Corning Gorilla Glass 2 Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 5 inches 4.7 inches 5.7 inches
Resolution 720 x 1280 pixels (294 ppi) 720 x 1280 pixels (312 ppi) 1080 x 1920 pixels (386 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio - 64.61% 73.99%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels 8 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels 16 MP, 5312 x 2988 pixels
Flash LED flash LED flash LED flash
Features Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, HDR, BSI 2 Auto focus, 1.4 µm Pixel Size, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection, HDR Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, Panorama, HDR
Video Yes, 1080p@30fps 1080p@30fps 1080p@30fps
Front Camera Yes, 2 MP, 720p [Similar] 1.3 MP, 720p@30fps [Similar] 5 MP, 1080p [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes Yes
3G HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps HSDPA, HSUPA HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat6 300/50 Mbps
Bluetooth Yes, v4.0 with A2DP v4.0, A2DP, LE v4.1, A2DP, EDR, LE
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, WiFi Direct, hotspot
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0, USB On-the-go microUSB v2.0, USB On-the-go microUSB v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS/ Beidou (market dependant)
Browser HTML5 HTML5 HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 8 GB (1.08 GB for apps, 4.76 GB for mass storage), 1 GB RAM 8 GB, 1 GB RAM 16/32 GB, 2 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 128 GB (uses SIM 2 slot)
USB OTG Supported Supported -

Apps Sensors

Fingerprint fingerprint not supported fingerprint not supported fingerprint 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 supported

battery Battery

Type Li-Po Battery Li-Po Battery Non-removable Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 2000 mAh 2000 mAh 3050 mAh
Stand by Up to 250 h - -
Talk Time Up to 7 h - -