Apple iPhone XR 128GB vs Xiaomi 17

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Comparing the Apple iPhone XR 128GB vs Xiaomi 17 across performance, display, camera, battery, storage, expert reviews and user rating to help determine the better smartphone.

Here is the summary of the results:

Performance: Xiaomi 17 scores higher on the Geekbench Multi-Core test with 10,459, while Apple iPhone XR 128GB scores 2,578, making Xiaomi 17 the better performer.


Display: Xiaomi 17 offers a screen size of 6.3 inches, while Apple iPhone XR 128GB offers 6.1 inches, making Xiaomi 17 the larger display of the two. Xiaomi 17 features a OLED display compared to Apple iPhone XR 128GB's IPS LCD, making Xiaomi 17 the better display of the two.


Rear Camera: Xiaomi 17 offers a higher rear camera resolution with 50 MP, while Apple iPhone XR 128GB offers 12 MP, making Xiaomi 17 better for rear camera photography.


Front Camera: Xiaomi 17 offers a higher front camera resolution with 50 MP, while Apple iPhone XR 128GB offers 7 MP, making Xiaomi 17 better for front camera photography.


Battery: Xiaomi 17 offers a higher battery capacity with 6330 mAh, while Apple iPhone XR 128GB offers 2942 mAh, making Xiaomi 17 better for longer battery life.


Storage: Xiaomi 17 offers higher internal storage with 512 GB, while Apple iPhone XR 128GB offers 128 GB, making Xiaomi 17 the better option for storage.


Expert Review: Xiaomi 17 receives a higher expert rating of 8.2 from the editorial team, while Apple iPhone XR 128GB is rated 8.


User Rating: Apple iPhone XR 128GB receives a higher user rating of 4.6, while Xiaomi 17 has a rating of 4.5.

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Summary

Spec Score

74%
95%

Release Date

26 Oct, 2018
18 Mar, 2026

Performance

Apple A12 Bionic
Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Hexa Core (upto 2.49 GHz)
Octa Core (upto 4.61 GHz)
3 GB RAM
12 GB RAM

Display

6.1 inches (15.49 cm)
6.3 inches (16 cm)
IPS LCD
OLED
828x1792 px (HD+)
2656x1220 px (UHD (4k))
60 Hz Refresh Rate
120 Hz Refresh Rate

Rear Camera

12 MP
Wide Angle Primary Camera
50 MP
Wide Angle Primary Camera
N/A
50 MP
Ultra-Wide Angle Camera
N/A
50 MP
Telephoto Camera (upto 2.6x Optical Zoom)

Front Camera

7 MP
50 MP
Wide Angle Lens

Battery

2942 mAh
6330 mAh
Fast Charging
100W Hyper Charging
Wireless Charging
Wireless Charging

Storage

128 GB
512 GB
NVMe
UFS 4.1

Expert Review

8.0/10
8.2/10

Pros

  • Available in bright colours
  • Flawless performance
  • Impressive cameras
  • Great battery backup
  • Elegant, compact build
  • Excellent display and speakers
  • Great performance output
  • Impressive camera system

Cons

  • No optical zoom capabilities
  • Doesn’t ship with a fast charger or 3.5mm adapter
  • Heats up with extended use
  • Low optical zoom level
  • Some software quirks
  • Pricier than rivals

User Ratings

4.6/5
(120,911 ratings)
4.5/5
(381 ratings)

Benchmarks (The higher, the better)

366,895
AnTuTu Score
3,453,123
AnTuTu Score
N/A
16h 32m
Battery Life (PC Mark)

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General

Launch Date

Oct 26, 2018
(Official)
Mar 11, 2026
(Official)

Operating System

iOS v12.0
Android v16

Custom UI

N/A
HyperOS

Performance

Performance Rating

Avg
Excellent

Chipset

Apple A12 Bionic
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 SM8850-AC
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Processor

Hexa Core

2.49 GHz, Dual core, Vortex 1.52 GHz, Quad core, Tempest
Octa core

4.61 GHz, Dual core, Oryon 3.63 GHz, Hexa Core, Oryon

Co-Processor

M12
N/A

Architecture (The higher, the better)

64 bit
64 bit

Fabrication (The lower, the better)

7 nm
3 nm

Graphics (GPU)

Apple GPU (four-core graphics)
Adreno 840

RAM

3 GB
12 GB

RAM Type

LPDDR4X
LPDDR5X

Cooling Technology

N/A
Vapor Chamber

Performance Test Results

AnTuTu Score (The higher, the better) AnTuTu benchmark measures overall performance of a phone by stress-testing CPU, GPU, RAM, etc.

366,895
3,453,123

Bootup Time (The lower, the better)

32.0 s
15.0 s

Gaming Test Results

Wild Life Extreme (The higher, the better) Wild Life Extreme is a classic mobile benchmark; it renders in 4K to test the peak performance of a wide range of devices.

N/A
5,751

Battery Drain* (The lower, the better)

4.0 %
6.0 %

Heating* (The lower, the better)

27.0 %
16.0 %
* after 30 mins of gaming

Display

Display Rating

Very Good
Excellent

Display Type

IPS LCD
OLED

Screen Size

6.1 inches  (15.49 cm)
6.3 inches  (16 cm)

Resolution

828x1792 px (HD+)
2656x1220 px (UHD (4k))

Brightness

625 nits
N/A

Peak Brightness

N/A
3500 nits

Refresh Rate

60 Hz
120 Hz

Touch Sampling Rate

N/A
300 Hz

Aspect Ratio

19.5:9
19.5:9

Pixel Density

324 ppi
460 ppi

Screen to Body Ratio (calculated)

79.79 %
89.45 %

Screen Protection

Yes
Yes

Bezel-less Display

Yes with notch
Yes with punch-hole display

HDR 10 / HDR+ Support

N/A
Yes HDR 10+

Design

Height

150.9 mm
151.1 mm

Width

75.7 mm
71.8 mm

Thickness

8.3 mm
8.06 mm

Weight

194 grams
191 grams

Build Material

Back: Gorilla Glass
N/A

Water Resistance

Yes Water resistant IP67 (up to 30 minutes in a depth of 1 meter)
Yes Water resistant IP68 (up to 30 minutes in a depth of 1.5 meter)

Ruggedness

Dust proof
Dust proof

Rear Camera

Rear Camera Rating

Very Good
Excellent

Resolution

12 MP
Primary Camera5x Digital Zoomf/1.8 Wide Angle26 mm focal length 1/2.55" sensor size Back-illuminated sensor BSI 1.4µm pixel size
50 MP
Primary Cameraf/1.67 Wide Angle23 mm focal length 1/1.31" sensor size Light Fusion 950 2.4µm pixel size
N/A
50 MP
f/2.0 Ultra-Wide Angle Camera17 mm focal length 1/2.76" sensor size 1.12µm pixel size
N/A
50 MP
f/2.0 Telephoto Camera60 mm focal length 1/2.75" sensor size 0.64µm pixel size

Autofocus

Yes Phase Detection Autofocus
N/A

OIS

Yes
N/A

Flash

Yes Quad LED True Tone Flash
Yes Dual-color LED Flash

Image Resolution

4000 x 3000 Pixels
8150 x 6150 Pixels

Settings

Exposure compensation ISO control
N/A

Shooting Modes

Continuous Shooting
High Dynamic Range mode (HDR)
Burst mode
High Dynamic Range mode (HDR)
SuperMoon

Camera Features

5 x Digital Zoom
Auto Flash
Face detection
Touch to focus
Auto Flash

Video Recording

4k @60 fps
Full HD @240 fps
8k @30 fps
4k @30/60 fps
Full HD @30/60/120/240/960 fps
HD @30/120/240/480/960/1920 fps

Video Recording Features

Optical Image stabilization
Stereo recording
Slow Motion
Video Pro Mode

Front Camera

Front Camera Rating

Very Good
Best In Class

Resolution

7 MP
f/2.2 Primary Camera32 mm focal length BSI Sensor
50 MP
f/2.2 Wide Angle Primary Camera21 mm focal length 1/2.88" sensor size

Autofocus

N/A
Yes Phase Detection Autofocus

Flash

Yes Retina Flash
N/A

Video Recording

Full HD @30 fps
4k @30/60 fps
Full HD @30/60 fps
HD @30 fps

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Battery

Battery Rating

Very Good
Excellent

Capacity

2942 mAh
6330 mAh

Battery Type

Li-ion
Silicon Carbon

Quick Charging

Yes Fast Charging 50% in 30 minutes
Yes 100W Hyper Charging v3.0

Wireless Charging

Yes
Yes 50W Wireless Charging

Reverse Charging

N/A
Yes 22.5W Reverse Charging

Wireless Reverse Charging

N/A
Yes 22.5W Wireless Reverse Charging

Battery Test Results

Battery Life (PC Mark) (The higher, the better) PCMark Battery benchmark measures battery life of a phone with various activities such as web browsing, photo editing, writing, video editing, etc.

N/A
16h 32m

Charging Time (20% to 100%) (The lower, the better)

N/A
38m

Storage

Internal Storage

64 GB / 128 GB / 256 GB
512 GB

Storage Type

NVMe
UFS 4.1

Expandable Storage

No
No

Network & Connectivity

SIM Slot(s)

Dual SIM
Dual SIM

SIM Type

SIM1: Nano SIM2: eSIM
SIM1: Nano SIM2: Nano/eSIM

Network Support

5G Not Supported 4G
5G 4G

VoLTE

Yes
Yes

SIM 1

4G Bands:
TD-LTE 2600(band 38) / 2300(band 40) / 2500(band 41) / 2100(band 34) / 1900(band 39)
FD-LTE 2100(band 1) / 1800(band 3) / 2600(band 7) / 900(band 8) / 1900(band 2) / 1700(band 4) / 850(band 5) / 700(band 13) / 700(band 14) / 700(band 17) / 850(band 18) / 850(band 19) / 800(band 20) / 1900(band 25) / 850(band 26) / 700(band 29) / 2300(band 30)
5G Bands:
FDD N1 / N2 / N3 / N5 / N7 / N8 / N12 / N20 / N25 / N26 / N28 / N66 / N71 / N75
TDD N38 / N40 / N41 / N48 / N77 / N78
N/A
4G Bands:
TD-LTE 3500(band 48) / 2600(band 38) / 2300(band 40) / 2500(band 41) / 1900(band 39) / 3500(band 42)
FD-LTE 1700(band 66) / 2100(band 1) / 1500(band 32) / 600(band 71) / 1800(band 3) / 2600(band 7) / 900(band 8) / 700(band 28) / 1900(band 2) / 1700(band 4) / 850(band 5) / 700(band 13) / 700(band 17) / 850(band 18) / 850(band 19) / 800(band 20) / 1900(band 25) / 850(band 26)
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SIM 2

4G Bands:
TD-LTE 2600(band 38) / 2300(band 40) / 2500(band 41) / 2100(band 34) / 1900(band 39)
FD-LTE 2100(band 1) / 1800(band 3) / 2600(band 7) / 900(band 8) / 1900(band 2) / 1700(band 4) / 850(band 5) / 700(band 13) / 700(band 14) / 700(band 17) / 850(band 18) / 850(band 19) / 800(band 20) / 1900(band 25) / 850(band 26) / 700(band 29) / 2300(band 30)
5G Bands:
FDD N1 / N2 / N3 / N5 / N7 / N8 / N12 / N18 / N20 / N25 / N26 / N28 / N66 / N71 / N75
TDD N38 / N40 / N41 / N48 / N66 / N77 / N78 / N80 / N81 / N83 / N84 / N89
N/A
4G Bands:
TD-LTE 2600(band 38) / 2300(band 40) / 2500(band 41) / 2100(band 34) / 1900(band 39) / 3500(band 42) / 3500(band 48)
FD-LTE 2100(band 1) / 1800(band 3) / 2600(band 7) / 900(band 8) / 700(band 28) / 1900(band 2) / 1700(band 4) / 850(band 5) / 1500(band 32) / 700(band 12) / 700(band 13) / 700(band 17) / 850(band 18) / 850(band 19) / 800(band 20) / 600(Band 71) / 1900(band 25) / 850(band 26) / 1700(band 66)
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SAR Value

Head: 1.13 W/kg Body: 1.16 W/kg
N/A

Wi-Fi

Yes Wi-Fi 5 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac) 5GHz MIMO
Yes Wi-Fi 7 (802.11 a/be) MIMO

Wi-Fi Features

Mobile Hotspot
Wi-Fi Direct Mobile Hotspot

Bluetooth

Yes v5.0
Yes v6.0

GPS

Yes with A-GPS Glonass
Yes with A-GPS Glonass

NFC

Yes
Yes

IR Blaster

N/A
Yes

Multimedia

Stereo Speakers

Yes
Yes

Audio Jack

Lightning
USB Type-C

Audio Features

Dolby Digital Dolby Digital Plus
Dolby Atmos

Sensors

Fingerprint Sensor

No
Yes

Fingerprint Sensor Position

N/A
On-screen

Fingerprint Sensor Type

N/A
Ultrasonic

Other Sensors

Light sensor Proximity sensor Accelerometer Barometer Compass Gyroscope
Light sensor Proximity sensor Accelerometer Barometer Compass Gyroscope

Applications

iTunes Store FaceTime Find My iPhone Find My Friends
N/A

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