Phone Comparison - Xiaomi Mi Pad 7.9 vs Xiaomi Redmi Note 4G vs Apple iPad Mini 4

general General Info

Manufacturer Xiaomi Xiaomi Apple
Announced March 2014 August 2014 September 2015
Status Available - June 2014 Available - November 2014 Available - September 2015
Price - - Rs. 28,799 ($423.51) [Similarly Priced]
Colors Blue, Green, Yellow, Pink, White, Gray Black/White Space Gray, Silver, Gold
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 202 x 135.4 x 8.5 mm
(7.95 x 5.33 x 0.33 in)
154 x 78.7 x 9.5 mm
(6.06 x 3.1 x 0.37 in)
203.2 x 134.8 x 6.1 mm
(8 x 5.31 x 0.24 in)
Weight 360 g (12.7 oz) 199 g (7.02 oz) 299 g (Wi-Fi) / 304 (10.55 oz (Wi-Fi) / 10.72 )
2G Network No GSM 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
CDMA2000 1xEV-DO
3G Network No TD-SCDMA 1900 / 2000 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network - TD-LTE 1900 / 2300 / 2600 LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 13(700), 17(700), 18(800), 19(800), 20(800), 25(1900), 26(850), 28(700), 29(700), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300), 41(2500) - Cellular version only
Messaging , EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM , Push Mail, EMail, IM
Build Features - - - Fingerprint sensor (TouchID v2)

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v4.4 (KitKat) Android OS, v4.2 (Jelly Bean) iOS 9
Processor Quad-core 2.2 GHz Cortex-A15, Nvidia Tegra K1 Quad-core 1.6 GHz Cortex-A7, Qualcomm MSM8928 Snapdragon 400 Dual-core 1.5 GHz, Apple A8
GPU ULP GeForce Kepler (192 cores) Adreno 305 -
RAM 2 GB 2 GB 1 GB
Internal Memory 16/64 GB 8 GB 16/64/128 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 128 GB microSD, up to 64 GB No

display Display

Type IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen LED-backlit IPS LCD, Capacitive Touchscreen, Scratch-resistant Glass, Oleophobic Coating
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 7.9 inches 5.5 inches 7.9 inches
Resolution 1536 x 2048 pixels (324 ppi) 720 x 1280 pixels (267 ppi) 1536 x 2048 pixels (324 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 70.69% 68.82% 70.58%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

3.5mm Jack yes yes yes
Radio No FM radio No
Games Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable
Loud Speaker yes yes yes

camera Camera

Rear Camera 8 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels 13 MP, 4128 x 3096 pixels 8 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels
Flash No LED flash No
Features - Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection, HDR Auto focus, 1.12μm Pixel Size, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face/smile Detection, HDR (Photo/Panorama)
Video 1080p 1080p@30fps 1080p@30fps, 720p@120fps, HDR, stereo sound rec.
Front Camera 5 MP [Similar] 5 MP [Similar] 1.2 MP, 720p@30fps, Face Detection, HDR [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS No Yes Yes
Edge No Yes Yes
3G No TD-SCDMA; LTE HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps, EV-DO Rev.A 3.1 Mbps
Bluetooth v4.0 v4.0, A2DP, LE v4.0, A2DP, EDR
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, hotspot
USB microUSB v2.0, USB On-the-go microUSB v2.0, USB On-the-go v2.0, reversible connector
GPS No Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS (3G/LTE model only)
Browser HTML5 HTML5 HTML5 (Safari)

memory User Memory

Internal 16/64 GB, 2 GB RAM 8 GB, 2 GB RAM 16/64/128 GB, 1 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 128 GB microSD, up to 64 GB No
USB OTG Supported Supported -

Apps Sensors

Fingerprint fingerprint not supported fingerprint not supported fingerprint supported
Proximity Sensor proximity sensor not present proximity sensor present proximity sensor not 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-Po Battery Non-removable Li-Po battery
Capacity 6700 mAh 3200 mAh 5124 mAh
Stand by - Up to 775 h (3G) -
Talk Time Up to 11 h (multimedia) Up to 38 h (2G)
Up to 14 h (3G)
Up to 10 h (multimedia)