Samsung Z4 vs Xiaomi Redmi 4 16GB

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Comparing the Samsung Z4 vs Xiaomi Redmi 4 16GB across performance, display, camera, battery, storage and user rating to help determine the better smartphone.

Here is the summary of the results:

Performance: Samsung Z4 runs at a higher processing speed of 1.5 GHz, while Xiaomi Redmi 4 16GB runs at 1.4 GHz, making Samsung Z4 the better performer.


Display: Xiaomi Redmi 4 16GB offers a screen size of 5 inches, while Samsung Z4 offers 4.5 inches, making Xiaomi Redmi 4 16GB the larger display of the two. Xiaomi Redmi 4 16GB features a IPS LCD display compared to Samsung Z4's TFT, making Xiaomi Redmi 4 16GB the better display of the two.


Rear Camera: Xiaomi Redmi 4 16GB offers a higher rear camera resolution with 13 MP, while Samsung Z4 offers 5 MP, making Xiaomi Redmi 4 16GB better for rear camera photography.


Front Camera: Both Samsung Z4 and Xiaomi Redmi 4 16GB feature a 5 MP primary front camera.


Battery: Xiaomi Redmi 4 16GB offers a higher battery capacity with 4100 mAh, while Samsung Z4 offers 2050 mAh, making Xiaomi Redmi 4 16GB better for longer battery life.


Storage: Samsung Z4 offers higher internal storage with 8 GB, while Xiaomi Redmi 4 16GB offers 16 GB, making Samsung Z4 the better option for storage.


User Rating: Xiaomi Redmi 4 16GB receives a higher user rating of 3.9, while Samsung Z4 has a rating of 3.4.

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Samsung Z4
₹6,200
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₹5,499
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Summary

Release Date

19 May, 2017
23 May, 2017
14 May, 2026

Performance

N/A
Spreadtrum SC9830A
Snapdragon 435
Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Quad Core (upto 1.5 GHz)
Tru-Octa Core (upto 1.4 GHz)
Octa Core (upto 4.61 GHz)
1 GB RAM
2 GB RAM
16 GB RAM

Display

N/A
4.5 inches (11.43 cm)
5.0 inches (12.7 cm)
6.82 inches (17.32 cm)
TFT
IPS LCD
AMOLED
480x800 px
720x1280 px (HD)
1440x3168 px (QHD+)
N/A
N/A
144 Hz Refresh Rate

Rear Camera

N/A
5 MP
Primary Camera
13 MP
Primary Camera
200 MP
Primary Camera (upto 3.7x Optical Zoom)
N/A
N/A
200 MP
Telephoto Camera
N/A
N/A
50 MP
Ultra-Wide Angle Camera

Front Camera

N/A
5 MP
5 MP
50 MP

Battery

N/A
2050 mAh
4100 mAh
6600 mAh
N/A
N/A
100W Flash Charging
No Wireless Charging
No Wireless Charging
Wireless Charging

Storage

8 GB
16 GB
512 GB
N/A
N/A
UFS 4.1

Expert Review

N/A
8.0/10
8.7/10

Pros

  • Device yet to be reviewed
  • Sleek, premium design
  • Excellent battery life
  • Good performance
  • Stellar and versatile three-lens camera system
  • Excellent performance
  • Bright and crisp 2K AMOLED display

Cons

  • Device yet to be reviewed
  • Proximity sensor acts up
  • Still runs Marshmallow
  • Bundled charger doesn't support fast charging
  • Battery life could have been better
  • Very expensive with camera kit
  • No shortcut key

User Ratings

3.4/5
(827 ratings)
3.9/5
(71,218 ratings)
4.6/5
(29 ratings)

Benchmarks (The higher, the better)

N/A
N/A
3,977,648
AnTuTu Score
N/A
N/A
15h 10m
Battery Life (PC Mark)

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General

Launch Date

N/A
N/A
May 06, 2026
(Official)

Operating System

Tizen v3.0
Android v6.0.1 (Marshmallow)
Android v16

OS Updates

N/A
N/A
5 Year

Security Updates

N/A
N/A
7 Year

Custom UI

N/A
MIUI
Origin OS

Performance

Performance Rating

N/A
Avg
Best In Class

Chipset

Spreadtrum SC9830A
Qualcomm Snapdragon 435 MSM8940
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 SM8850-AC

Processor

Quad core, 1.5 GHz, Cortex A7
Octa core, 1.4 GHz, Cortex A53
Octa core

4.61 GHz, Dual core, Oryon 3.62 GHz, Hexa Core, Oryon

Architecture (The higher, the better)

N/A
64 bit
64 bit

Fabrication (The lower, the better)

N/A
N/A
3 nm

Graphics (GPU)

Mali-400 MP2
Adreno 505
Adreno 840

RAM

1 GB
2 GB / 3 GB / 4 GB
16 GB

RAM Type

N/A
N/A
LPDDR5X Ultra

Performance Test Results

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

N/A
N/A
3,977,648

Bootup Time (The lower, the better)

N/A
N/A
14.0 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
N/A
6,450

Battery Drain* (The lower, the better)

N/A
N/A
7.0 %

Heating* (The lower, the better)

N/A
N/A
21.7 %
* after 30 mins of gaming

Display

Display Rating

N/A
Excellent
Best In Class

Display Type

TFT
IPS LCD
AMOLED

Screen Size

4.5 inches  (11.43 cm)
5.0 inches  (12.7 cm)
6.82 inches  (17.32 cm)

Resolution

480x800 px
720x1280 px (HD)
1440x3168 px (QHD+)

Peak Brightness

N/A
N/A
4500 nits

Refresh Rate

N/A
N/A
144 Hz

Aspect Ratio

N/A
N/A
19.8:9

Pixel Density

207 ppi
294 ppi
510 ppi

Screen to Body Ratio (calculated)

62.67 %
70.67 %
89.7 %

Screen Protection

N/A
N/A
Yes

Bezel-less Display

N/A
N/A
Yes with punch-hole display

HDR 10 / HDR+ Support

N/A
N/A
Yes

Screen to Body Ratio (claimed by the brand)

N/A
N/A
94.49 %

Display Colour

262k
N/A
N/A

Design

Height

132.9 mm
139.2 mm
162.98 mm

Width

69.2 mm
69.9 mm
76.81 mm

Thickness

10.3 mm
8.6 mm
8.19 mm

Weight

143 grams
150 grams
232 grams

Build Material

N/A
Frame: Metal
Back: Metal
Back: Glass

Rear Camera

Rear Camera Rating

N/A
Good
Best In Class

Resolution

5 MP
Primary Camera
13 MP
Primary Cameraf/2.01.12µm pixel size
200 MP
Primary Camera105x Digital Zoom 3.7x Optical Zoomf/1.8535 mm focal length LYT 901 0.7µm pixel size
N/A
N/A
200 MP
f/2.67 Telephoto Camera85 mm focal length 1/1.28" sensor size
N/A
N/A
50 MP
f/2.0 Ultra-Wide Angle Camera14 mm focal length

Autofocus

Yes
Yes Phase Detection Autofocus
Yes

OIS

No
No
Yes

Flash

Yes Dual LED Flash
Yes LED Flash
Yes Dual LED Flash

Image Resolution

2592 x 1944 Pixels
4128 x 3096 Pixels
N/A

Settings

N/A
Exposure compensation ISO control
N/A

Shooting Modes

N/A
Continuous Shooting
High Dynamic Range mode (HDR)
Burst mode
N/A

Camera Features

Digital Zoom
Auto Flash
Digital Zoom
Auto Flash
Face detection
Touch to focus
105 x Digital Zoom
3.7 x Optical Zoom

Video Recording

1280x720 @ 30 fps
Full HD @30 fps
HD @120 fps
8k @30 fps
4k @30/60/120 fps
Full HD @30/60/120 fps

Front Camera

Front Camera Rating

N/A
Good
Best In Class

Resolution

5 MP
Front Camera
5 MP
f/2.2 Primary Camera
50 MP
f/2.45 Primary Camera

Autofocus

No
No
N/A

Flash

Yes LED Flash
No
Yes Screen flash

Battery

Battery Rating

N/A
Excellent
Excellent

Capacity

2050 mAh
4100 mAh
6600 mAh

Battery Type

Li-ion
Li-ion
Li-ion

TalkTime

Up to 9 Hours(3G)
Up to 36 Hours(3G)
N/A

Quick Charging

N/A
N/A
Yes 100W Flash Charging

Wireless Charging

N/A
N/A
Yes 40W Wireless 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
N/A
15h 10m

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

N/A
N/A
0h 36m 0s

Storage

Internal Storage

8 GB
16 GB / 32 GB / 64 GB
512 GB

Storage Type

N/A
N/A
UFS 4.1

Expandable Storage

Yes Up to 128 GB
Yes Up to 128 GB
N/A

Network & Connectivity

SIM Slot(s)

Dual SIM
Dual SIM
Dual SIM

SIM Type

SIM1: Micro SIM2: Micro
SIM1: Micro SIM2: Nano (Hybrid)
SIM1: Nano SIM2: Nano

Network Support

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

VoLTE

Yes
Yes
Yes

SIM 1

4G Bands:
TD-LTE 2300(band 40)
FD-LTE 2100(band 1) / 1800(band 3) / 900(band 8) / 850(band 5)
4G Bands:
TD-LTE 2300(band 40) / 2500(band 41)
FD-LTE 2100(band 1) / 1800(band 3) / 850(band 5)
5G Bands:
FDD N1 / N2 / N3 / N5 / N7 / N8 / N12 / N18 / N20 / N25 / N26 / N28 / N66
TDD N38 / N40 / N41 / N48 / N77 / N78 / N79 / N80 / N81 / N83 / N84 / N89
N/A
4G Speed:
100 Mbit/s ↑ 300 Mbit/s ↓ (LTE category 6)
4G Bands:
TD-LTE 3500(band 48) / 2600(band 38) / 2300(band 40) / 2500(band 41) / 2100(band 34) / 1900(band 39) / 3500(band 42) / 3700(band 43)
FD-LTE 1700(band 66) / 2100(band 1) / 1800(band 3) / 2600(band 7) / 900(band 8) / 700(band 28) / 1900(band 2) / 1700(band 4) / 850(band 5) / 700(band 17) / 850(band 18) / 850(band 19) / 800(band 20) / 1900(band 25) / 850(band 26)
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SIM 2

N/A
4G Bands:
TD-LTE 2300(band 40) / 2500(band 41)
FD-LTE 2100(band 1) / 1800(band 3) / 850(band 5)
5G Bands:
FDD N1 / N2 / N3 / N5 / N7 / N8 / N12 / N18 / N20 / N25 / N26 / N28 / N66
TDD N38 / N40 / N41 / N48 / N77 / N78 / N79 / N80 / N81 / N83 / N84 / N89
N/A
4G Speed:
100 Mbit/s ↑ 300 Mbit/s ↓ (LTE category 6)
4G Bands:
TD-LTE 2600(band 38) / 2300(band 40) / 2500(band 41) / 2100(band 34) / 1900(band 39) / 3500(band 42) / 3700(band 43) / 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) / 700(band 12) / 700(band 17) / 850(band 18) / 850(band 19) / 800(band 20) / 1900(band 25) / 850(band 26) / 1700(band 66)
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SAR Value

N/A
Head: 0.75 W/kg Body: 0.612 W/kg
N/A

Wi-Fi

Yes Wi-Fi 4 (802.11 b/g/n)
Yes Wi-Fi 4 (802.11 b/g/n)
Yes Wi-Fi 7 (802.11 be/ax) MIMO

Wi-Fi Features

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

Bluetooth

Yes v4.0
Yes v4.2
Yes v6.0

GPS

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

NFC

No
No
Yes

IR Blaster

N/A
N/A
Yes

Multimedia

Audio Jack

3.5 mm
3.5 mm
USB Type-C

Video Player

Yes Video Formats: 3G2 3GP ASF AVI M4V MKV MP4
N/A
N/A

Ring Tone

Music ringtones Vibration
N/A
N/A

Music

Yes Music Formats: 3GA AAC AMR FLAC M4A (Apple lossless) MP3 OGA WAV WMA
N/A
N/A

Sensors

Fingerprint Sensor

No
Yes
Yes

Fingerprint Sensor Position

N/A
Rear
On-screen

Fingerprint Sensor Type

N/A
N/A
Ultrasonic

Other Sensors

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

Games

Yes
N/A
N/A

Browser

Yes HTML
N/A
N/A

Phone Book

Yes Practically Unlimited
N/A
N/A

Email

Yes
N/A
N/A

Instant Messaging

Yes
N/A
N/A

Other Facilities

Android Market Countdown timer World clock Calendar Alarm Document viewer
N/A
N/A

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