Nubia Z9 Mini vs Xiaomi Mi4i

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Comparing the Nubia Z9 Mini vs Xiaomi Mi4i across performance, display, camera, battery, storage and user rating to help determine the better smartphone.

Here is the summary of the results:

Performance: Xiaomi Mi4i runs at a higher processing speed of 1.7 GHz, while Nubia Z9 Mini runs at 1.5 GHz, making Xiaomi Mi4i the better performer.


Display: Both Nubia Z9 Mini and Xiaomi Mi4i offer the same screen size of 5 inches and feature the same IPS LCD display.


Rear Camera: Nubia Z9 Mini offers a higher rear camera resolution with 16 MP, while Xiaomi Mi4i offers 13 MP, making Nubia Z9 Mini better for rear camera photography.


Front Camera: Nubia Z9 Mini offers a higher front camera resolution with 8 MP, while Xiaomi Mi4i offers 5 MP, making Nubia Z9 Mini better for front camera photography.


Battery: Xiaomi Mi4i offers a higher battery capacity with 3120 mAh, while Nubia Z9 Mini offers 2900 mAh, making Xiaomi Mi4i better for longer battery life.


Storage: Both Nubia Z9 Mini and Xiaomi Mi4i offer the same internal storage of 16 GB.


User Rating: Xiaomi Mi4i receives a higher user rating of 4.2, while Nubia Z9 Mini has a rating of 3.7.

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Nubia Z9 Mini
₹6,799
(Discontinued)
Xiaomi Mi4i
₹12,999
(Out of Stock)
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Summary

Spec Score

68%
67%

Release Date

19 May, 2015
23 Apr, 2015

Performance

Snapdragon 615
Snapdragon 615
Octa Core (upto 1.5 GHz)
Octa Core (upto 1.7 GHz)
2 GB RAM
2 GB RAM

Display

5.0 inches (12.7 cm)
5.0 inches (12.7 cm)
IPS LCD
IPS LCD
1080x1920 px (FULL HD)
1080x1920 px (FULL HD)

Rear Camera

16 MP
Primary Camera
13 MP
Primary Camera

Front Camera

8 MP
5 MP

Battery

2900 mAh
3120 mAh
N/A
Quick Charging
No Wireless Charging
No Wireless Charging

Storage

16 GB
16 GB

User Ratings

3.7/5
(1,362 ratings)
4.2/5
(86,759 ratings)

Video

Videos
1 Video
Videos
3 More Videos

User Feedback

General

Launch Date

N/A
Apr 23, 2015
(Official)

Operating System

Android v5.0.2 (Lollipop)
Android v5.0.2 (Lollipop)

Custom UI

Nubia UI
N/A

Performance

Performance Rating

Avg
Avg

Chipset

Qualcomm Snapdragon 615 MSM8939
Qualcomm Snapdragon 615 MSM8939

Processor

Octa core

1.5 GHz, Quad core, Cortex A53 1 GHz, Quad core, Cortex A53
Octa core

1.7 GHz, Quad core, Cortex A53 1.1 GHz, Quad core, Cortex A53

Architecture (The higher, the better)

64 bit
N/A

Graphics (GPU)

Adreno 405
Adreno 405

RAM

2 GB
2 GB

Display

Display Rating

Excellent
Excellent

Display Type

IPS LCD
IPS LCD

Screen Size

5.0 inches  (12.7 cm)
5.0 inches  (12.7 cm)

Resolution

1080x1920 px (FULL HD)
1080x1920 px (FULL HD)

Pixel Density

441 ppi
441 ppi

Screen to Body Ratio (calculated)

69.72 %
71.54 %

Screen Protection

Corning Gorilla Glass v3
Yes

Design

Height

141.3 mm
138.1 mm

Width

69.8 mm
69.6 mm

Thickness

8.2 mm
7.8 mm

Weight

145 grams
130 grams

Rear Camera

Rear Camera Rating

Good
Good

Resolution

16 MP
Primary Cameraf/2.0Exmor-R CMOS image sensor
13 MP
Primary Cameraf/2.0CMOS image sensor

Autofocus

Yes
Yes

OIS

No
No

Flash

Yes LED Flash
Yes Dual-color LED Flash

Image Resolution

4616 x 3464 Pixels
4128 x 3096 Pixels

Settings

Exposure compensation
Exposure compensation ISO control

Shooting Modes

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

Camera Features

Digital Zoom
Face detection
Touch to focus
Digital Zoom
Auto Flash
Digital image stabilization
Face detection
Smile detection
Touch to focus
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Video Recording

1920x1080 @ 30 fps
Full HD @30 fps

Front Camera

Front Camera Rating

Good
Good

Resolution

8 MP
Primary CameraExmor RS
5 MP
Primary Camera

Autofocus

N/A
No

Flash

No
No

Camera Features

N/A
Wide Angle Selfie

Video Recording

1920x1080 @ 30 fps
N/A

Battery

Battery Rating

Very Good
Very Good

Capacity

2900 mAh
3120 mAh

Battery Type

Li-ion
Li-ion

TalkTime

Up to 43 Hours(3G)
N/A

Quick Charging

N/A
Yes Quick Charging

Storage

Internal Storage

16 GB
16 GB / 32 GB

Expandable Storage

Yes Up to 128 GB
No

Network & Connectivity

SIM Slot(s)

Dual SIM
Dual SIM

SIM Type

SIM1: Nano SIM2: Nano
SIM1: Micro SIM2: Micro

Network Support

5G Not Supported 4G
5G Not Supported 4G

SIM 1

4G Bands:
TD-LTE 2600(band 38) / 2300(band 40) / 2500(band 41) / 1900(band 39)
FD-LTE 2100(band 1) / 1800(band 3) / 2600(band 7)
4G Bands:
TD-LTE 2600(band 38) / 2300(band 40) / 2500(band 41) / 1900(band 39)
FD-LTE 1800(band 3) / 2600(band 7)
4G Speed:
50 Mbit/s ↑ 150 Mbit/s ↓ (LTE category 4)
4G Speed:
50 Mbit/s ↑ 150 Mbit/s ↓ (LTE category 4)
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SIM 2

N/A
4G Bands:
TD-LTE 2600(band 38) / 2300(band 40) / 2500(band 41) / 1900(band 39)
FD-LTE 1800(band 3) / 2600(band 7)

SAR Value

N/A
Head: 1.29 W/kg Body: 0.79 W/kg

Wi-Fi

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

Wi-Fi Features

Wi-Fi Direct Mobile Hotspot
Wi-Fi Direct Mobile Hotspot

Bluetooth

Yes v4.0
Yes v4.1

GPS

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

NFC

No
No

HDMI

N/A
No

Multimedia

Audio Jack

3.5 mm
3.5 mm

Sensors

Fingerprint Sensor

No
No

Other Sensors

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