Honor 5X vs Xiaomi Redmi Note 4

Comparing the Honor 5X vs Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 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 Redmi Note 4 runs at a higher processing speed of 2.0 GHz, while Honor 5X runs at 1.5 GHz, making Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 the better performer.

Display: Both Honor 5X and Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 offer the same screen size of 5.5 inches and feature the same IPS LCD display.

Rear Camera: Both Honor 5X and Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 feature a 13 MP primary rear camera.

Front Camera: Both Honor 5X and Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 feature a 5 MP primary front camera.

Battery: Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 offers a higher battery capacity with 4100 mAh, while Honor 5X offers 3000 mAh, making Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 better for longer battery life.

Storage: Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 offers higher internal storage with 64 GB, while Honor 5X offers 16 GB, making Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 the better option for storage.

Expert Review: Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 receives a higher expert rating of 8 from the editorial team, while Honor 5X is rated 7.

User Rating: Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 receives a higher user rating of 4.4, while Honor 5X has a rating of 4.1.

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Summary

Spec Score

69%

71%

Release Date

01 Feb, 2016

23 Jan, 2017

Performance


Snapdragon 616	Snapdragon 625
Octa Core (upto 1.5 GHz)	Tru-Octa Core (upto 2 GHz)
2 GB RAM	4 GB RAM

Display


5.5 inches (13.97 cm)	5.5 inches (13.97 cm)
IPS LCD	IPS LCD
1080x1920 px (FULL HD)	1080x1920 px (FULL HD)

Rear Camera


13 MP Primary Camera	13 MP Primary Camera

Front Camera


5 MP	5 MP

Battery


3000 mAh	4100 mAh
Quick Charging	N/A
No Wireless Charging	No Wireless Charging

Storage

16 GB	64 GB
N/A	eMMC 5.1

Expert Review

7.0/10

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Pros

Clean, classy build
Good battery life
Responsive fingerprint sensor

Premium design
Smooth performance
MIUI 8 signature features
Excellent battery life

Cons

Slow touch response on display
Sluggish UI
No USB OTG

Camera image quality could be better
HDR processing takes some time

User Ratings

4.1/5

(20,212 ratings)

4.4/5

(1,348,322 ratings)

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General

Launch Date

Feb 01, 2016

(Official)

Jan 23, 2017

(Official)

Operating System

Android v5.1 (Lollipop)

Android v6.0.1 (Marshmallow)

Custom UI

EMUI

MIUI

Performance

Performance Rating

Avg

Good

Chipset

Qualcomm Snapdragon 616 MSM8939

Qualcomm Snapdragon 625 MSM8953

Processor

Octa core

1.5 GHz, Quad core, Cortex A53 1.2 GHz, Quad core, Cortex A53

Octa core, 2 GHz, Cortex A53

Architecture (The higher, the better)

64 bit

Fabrication (The lower, the better)

N/A

14 nm

Graphics (GPU)

Adreno 405

Adreno 506

RAM

2 GB	2 GB / 3 GB / 4 GB

RAM Type

N/A

LPDDR3

Display

Display Rating

Excellent

Display Type

IPS LCD

Screen Size

5.5 inches (13.97 cm)

Resolution

1080x1920 px (FULL HD)

Pixel Density

401 ppi

Screen to Body Ratio (calculated)

72.07 %

72.5 %

Design

Height

151.3 mm

151 mm

Width

76.3 mm

76 mm

Thickness

8.1 mm

8.4 mm

Weight

158 grams

165 grams

Build Material

Frame: Metal
Back: Metal

Rear Camera

Rear Camera Rating

Good

Resolution

13 MP
Primary Cameraf/2.028 mm focal length Exmor-RS CMOS Sensor

13 MP
Primary Cameraf/2.0IMX258 Back-illuminated sensor BSI Exmor-RS CMOS Sensor 1.12µm pixel size

Autofocus

Yes	Yes Phase Detection Autofocus

OIS

Flash

Yes LED Flash

Yes Dual-color LED Flash

Image Resolution

4128 x 3096 Pixels

Settings

Exposure compensation ISO control

Shooting Modes

Continuous Shooting
High Dynamic Range mode (HDR)

Camera Features

Digital Zoom
Auto Flash
Digital image stabilization
Face detection
Touch to focus

Digital Zoom
Auto Flash
Face detection
Touch to focus

Video Recording

Full HD @30 fps

Full HD @30 fps
HD @120 fps

Front Camera

Front Camera Rating

Good

Resolution

5 MP
f/2.4 Primary Camera

5 MP
f/2.0 Primary CameraCMOS

Autofocus

N/A

Flash

Camera Features

N/A	Fixed Focus

Video Recording

N/A	HD @30 fps

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Battery

Battery Rating

Very Good

Capacity

3000 mAh

4100 mAh

Battery Type

Li-Polymer

TalkTime

Up to 26 Hours(3G) / Up to 27 Hours(2G)

N/A

Quick Charging

Yes Quick Charging v3.0

N/A

Storage

Internal Storage

16 GB

32 GB / 64 GB

Storage Type

N/A

eMMC 5.1

Expandable Storage

Yes Up to 128 GB

Network & Connectivity

SIM Slot(s)

Dual SIM

SIM Type

SIM1: Micro SIM2: Nano

SIM1: Micro SIM2: Nano (Hybrid)

Network Support

5G Not Supported 4G

VoLTE

N/A

Yes

SIM 1

4G Bands:

TD-LTE 2300(band 40)
FD-LTE 2100(band 1) / 1800(band 3) / 2600(band 7) / 900(band 8) / 700(band 28) / 850(band 5) / 850(band 19)

4G Bands:

TD-LTE 2300(band 40)
FD-LTE 1800(band 3) / 850(band 5)

4G Speed:

50 Mbit/s ↑ 150 Mbit/s ↓ (LTE category 4)

N/A

SIM 2

4G Bands:

TD-LTE 2300(band 40)
FD-LTE 2100(band 1) / 1800(band 3) / 2600(band 7) / 900(band 8) / 700(band 28) / 850(band 5) / 850(band 19)

4G Bands:

TD-LTE 2300(band 40)
FD-LTE 1800(band 3) / 850(band 5)

4G Speed:

50 Mbit/s ↑ 150 Mbit/s ↓ (LTE category 4)

N/A

SAR Value

Head: 0.69 W/kg Body: 0.49 W/kg

Head: 1.6 W/kg Body: 0.375 W/kg

Wi-Fi

Yes Wi-Fi 4 (802.11 b/g/n)

Yes Wi-Fi 4 (802.11 a/b/g/n)

Wi-Fi Features

Wi-Fi Direct Mobile Hotspot

Bluetooth

Yes v4.1

GPS

Yes with A-GPS Glonass

NFC

Multimedia

Audio Jack

3.5 mm

Sensors

Fingerprint Sensor

Yes

Fingerprint Sensor Position

Rear

Other Sensors

Light sensor Proximity sensor Accelerometer Compass

Light sensor Proximity sensor Accelerometer Compass Gyroscope

Applications

N/A	Explorer Mi Cloud Mi Remote

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