Phone Comparison - Samsung Galaxy Note 4 Duos vs Xiaomi Mi Note 2015 vs Samsung Galaxy A8

general General Info

Manufacturer Samsung Xiaomi Samsung
Announced October 2014 January 2015 July 2015
Status Available - October 2014 Available - January 2015 Available - August 2015
Price - - Rs. 26,990 ($396.91) [Similarly Priced]
Colors Frosted white, Charcoal black, Bronze Gold, Blossom Pink Black, White Pearl White, Midnight Black, Champagne Gold
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 153.5 x 78.6 x 8.5 mm
(6.04 x 3.09 x 0.33 in)
155.1 x 77.6 x 7 mm
(6.11 x 3.06 x 0.28 in)
158 x 76.8 x 5.9 mm
(6.22 x 3.02 x 0.23 in)
Weight 175 g (6.17 oz) 161 g (5.68 oz) 151 g (5.33 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1
TD-SCDMA 1880 / 2010 - SIM 1
GSM 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (optional)
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 - SIM 1 HSDPA HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network LTE 1800 / 2100 / 2600 (Bands 1, 3, 7) - SIM 1 LTE - SIM 1 & SIM 2 LTE
Messaging SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM
Build Features - Fingerprint sensor (PayPal certified)
- S Pen stylus
Corning Gorilla Glass 3 Back Panel - Fingerprint sensor

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v4.4.4 (KitKat) Android OS, v4.4.x (KitKat) Android OS, v5.1 (Lollipop)
Processor Quad-core 2.7 GHz Krait 450, Qualcomm Snapdragon 805 Quad-core 2.5 GHz Krait 400, Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 Quad-core 1.5 GHz Cortex-A53 & quad-core 1.0 GHz Cortex-A53, Qualcomm MSM8939 Snapdragon 615
GPU Adreno 420 Adreno 330 Adreno 405
RAM 3 GB 3 GB 2 GB
Internal Memory 16 GB 16/64 GB 16/32 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 128 GB - microSD, up to 128 GB (uses SIM 2 slot)

display Display

Type Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen IPS LCD Capacitive Touchscreen, Corning Gorilla Glass 3 Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 5.7 inches 5.7 inches 5.7 inches
Resolution 1440 x 2560 pixels (515 ppi) 1080 x 1920 pixels (386 ppi) 1080 x 1920 pixels (386 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 74.32% 74.60% 73.99%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

3.5mm Jack yes yes yes
Radio No - FM radio with RDS; recording
Games Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable
Loud Speaker yes yes yes

camera Camera

Rear Camera 16 MP, 5312 x 2988 pixels 13 MP, 4128 x 3096 pixels 16 MP, 5312 x 2988 pixels
Flash optical image stabil dual-LED (dual tone) LED flash
Features Dual Shot, Simultaneous HD Video And Image Recording, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face/smile Detection, Panorama, HDR Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face/smile Detection, HDR, Panorama Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, Panorama, HDR
Video 2160p@30fps, 1080p@60fps, optical stabilization, dual-video rec. 1080p@30fps 1080p@30fps
Front Camera 3.7 MP, 1440p [Similar] 4 MP, 1080p, 1/3 [Similar] 5 MP, 1080p [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes Yes
3G HSDPA, HSUPA, LTE HSPA, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat6 300/50 Mbps
Bluetooth v4.1, A2DP, EDR, LE v4.0, A2DP, LE v4.1, A2DP, EDR, 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 Direct, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, WiFi Direct, hotspot
USB microUSB v2.0 (MHL 3), USB Host, USB On-the-go microUSB v2.0, USB Host microUSB v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, Beidou Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, Beidou Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS/ Beidou (market dependant)
Browser HTML5 HTML5 HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 16 GB, 3 GB RAM 16/64 GB, 3 GB RAM 16/32 GB, 2 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 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 supported NFC supported NFC supported

battery Battery

Type Li-Ion Battery Li-Ion Battery Non-removable Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 3000 mAh 3000 mAh 3050 mAh
Stand by Up to 381 h (3G) - -
Talk Time - - -