Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 32GB vs Apple iPhone 5s

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Comparing the Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 32GB vs Apple iPhone 5s across performance, display, camera, battery, storage and user rating to help determine the better smartphone.

Here is the summary of the results:

Performance: Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 32GB runs at a higher processing speed of 1.8 GHz, while Apple iPhone 5s runs at 1.3 GHz, making Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 32GB the better performer.


Display: Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 32GB offers a screen size of 5.5 inches, while Apple iPhone 5s offers 4 inches, making Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 32GB the larger display of the two. Both Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 32GB and Apple iPhone 5s feature the same IPS LCD display.


Rear Camera: Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 32GB offers a higher rear camera resolution with 16 MP, while Apple iPhone 5s offers 8 MP, making Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 32GB better for rear camera photography.


Front Camera: Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 32GB offers a higher front camera resolution with 5 MP, while Apple iPhone 5s offers 1.2 MP, making Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 32GB better for front camera photography.


Battery: Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 32GB offers a higher battery capacity with 4050 mAh, while Apple iPhone 5s offers 1560 mAh, making Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 32GB better for longer battery life.


Storage: Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 32GB offers higher internal storage with 32 GB, while Apple iPhone 5s offers 16 GB, making Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 32GB the better option for storage.


User Rating: Apple iPhone 5s receives a higher user rating of 4.4, while Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 32GB has a rating of 4.2.

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Summary

Release Date

09 Mar, 2016
01 Nov, 2013
06 May, 2026

Performance

N/A
Snapdragon 650
Apple A7
Snapdragon 8 Gen 5
Hexa Core (upto 1.8 GHz)
Dual Core (upto 1.3 GHz)
Octa Core (upto 3.8 GHz)
3 GB RAM
1 GB RAM
12 GB RAM

Display

N/A
5.5 inches (13.97 cm)
4 inches (10.16 cm)
6.31 inches (16.03 cm)
IPS LCD
IPS LCD
AMOLED
1080x1920 px (FULL HD)
640x1136 px
1216x2640 px (FHD+)
N/A
N/A
120 Hz Refresh Rate

Rear Camera

N/A
16 MP
Primary Camera
8 MP
Primary Camera
50 MP
Primary Camera
N/A
N/A
50 MP
Telephoto Camera (upto 3x Optical Zoom)
N/A
N/A
8 MP
Ultra-Wide Angle Camera

Front Camera

N/A
5 MP
1.2 MP
50 MP

Battery

N/A
4050 mAh
1560 mAh
6500 mAh
N/A
N/A
90W Flash Charging
No Wireless Charging
No Wireless Charging
Wireless Charging

Storage

32 GB
16 GB
256 GB
eMMC 4.5
N/A
UFS 4.1

Expert Review

8.0/10
N/A
8.4/10

Pros

  • Premium metal build
  • Responsive fingerprint sensor
  • Great battery life
  • Smooth performance
  • Device yet to be reviewed
  • Compact, premium design
  • Excellent battery life
  • Reliable performance
  • Strong portrait photography

Cons

  • Boring design
  • Hybrid dual-SIM vs dedicated dual-SIM
  • Average cameras
  • Still runs Android Lollipop
  • Device yet to be reviewed
  • Video recording inconsistencies
  • Colours can be slightly oversaturated

User Ratings

4.2/5
(198,832 ratings)
4.4/5
(67,397 ratings)
4.4/5
(109 ratings)

Benchmarks (The higher, the better)

N/A
N/A
3,000,897
AnTuTu Score
N/A
N/A
16h 04m
Battery Life (PC Mark)

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General

Launch Date

Mar 09, 2016
(Official)
Nov 01, 2013
(Official)
May 06, 2026
(Official)

Operating System

Android v5.1 (Lollipop)
iOS v7
Android v16

OS Updates

N/A
N/A
5 Year

Security Updates

N/A
N/A
7 Year

Custom UI

MIUI
N/A
Origin OS

Performance

Performance Rating

Avg
N/A
Excellent

Chipset

Qualcomm Snapdragon 650 MSM8956
Apple A7 APL0698
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 SM8845

Processor

Hexa Core

1.8 GHz, Dual core, Cortex A72 1.2 GHz, Quad core, Cortex A53
Dual core, 1.3 GHz, Cyclone
Octa core

3.8 GHz, Dual core, Oryon V3 Phoenix L 3.32 GHz, Hexa Core, Oryon V3 Phoenix M

Architecture (The higher, the better)

64 bit
64 bit
64 bit

Fabrication (The lower, the better)

28 nm
N/A
3 nm

Graphics (GPU)

Adreno 510
PowerVR G6430
Adreno 829

RAM

2 GB / 3 GB
1 GB
12 GB

RAM Type

LPDDR3
LPDDR3
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
3,000,897

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
4,004

Battery Drain* (The lower, the better)

N/A
N/A
5.0 %

Heating* (The lower, the better)

N/A
N/A
17.4 %
* after 30 mins of gaming

Display

Display Rating

Excellent
N/A
Best In Class

Display Type

IPS LCD
IPS LCD
AMOLED

Screen Size

5.5 inches  (13.97 cm)
4 inches  (10.16 cm)
6.31 inches  (16.03 cm)

Resolution

1080x1920 px (FULL HD)
640x1136 px
1216x2640 px (FHD+)

Peak Brightness

N/A
N/A
5000 nits

Refresh Rate

N/A
N/A
120 Hz

Aspect Ratio

16:9
N/A
19.5:9

Pixel Density

401 ppi
326 ppi
460 ppi

Screen to Body Ratio (calculated)

72.98 %
60.66 %
90.11 %

Screen Protection

Yes
Corning Gorilla Glass Oleophobic coating
N/A

Bezel-less Display

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

HDR 10 / HDR+ Support

N/A
N/A
Yes HDR 10+

Screen to Body Ratio (claimed by the brand)

N/A
N/A
94.38 %

Design

Height

150 mm
123.8 mm
150.83 mm

Width

76 mm
58.6 mm
71.76 mm

Thickness

8.6 mm
7.6 mm
7.99 mm

Weight

164 grams
112 grams
191 grams

Build Material

Back: Aluminium
N/A
Back: Glass

Water Resistance

N/A
N/A
Yes Water resistant IP68 IP69 (up to 30 minutes in a depth of 1.5 meter)

Ruggedness

N/A
N/A
Dust proof

Rear Camera

Rear Camera Rating

Good
N/A
Excellent

Resolution

16 MP
Primary Cameraf/2.0CMOS image sensor
8 MP
Primary Cameraf/2.2Back-illuminated sensor BSI
50 MP
Primary Cameraf/1.57IMX921
N/A
N/A
50 MP
f/2.65 Telephoto Camera
N/A
N/A
8 MP
f/2.2 Ultra-Wide Angle Camera

Autofocus

Yes Phase Detection Autofocus
Yes
Yes

OIS

No
No
Yes

Flash

Yes Dual-color LED Flash
Yes Dual-color LED Flash
Yes Dual LED Flash

Image Resolution

4616 x 3464 Pixels
3264 x 2448 Pixels
N/A

Settings

Exposure compensation ISO control
Exposure compensation
N/A

Shooting Modes

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

Camera Features

Digital Zoom
Auto Flash
Digital image stabilization
Face detection
Touch to focus
Digital Zoom
Auto Flash
Digital image stabilization
Face detection
Simultaneous HD video and image recording
Touch to focus
N/A
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Video Recording

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

Front Camera

Front Camera Rating

Good
N/A
Best In Class

Resolution

5 MP
f/2.0 Primary CameraPureCel
1.2 MP
Primary CameraBSI Sensor
50 MP
f/2.0 Primary Camera

Autofocus

No
No
Yes

Flash

No
No
Yes Screen flash

Video Recording

Full HD @30 fps
HD @30 fps
N/A

Battery

Battery Rating

Very Good
N/A
Excellent

Capacity

4050 mAh
1560 mAh
6500 mAh

Battery Type

Li-Polymer
Li-ion
Li-ion

TalkTime

N/A
Up to 10 Hours(3G)
N/A

Quick Charging

N/A
N/A
Yes 90W 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
16h 04m

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

N/A
N/A
0h 41m 0s

Storage

Internal Storage

16 GB / 32 GB
GB / 16 GB / 64 GB
256 GB / 512 GB

Storage Type

eMMC 4.5
N/A
UFS 4.1

Expandable Storage

Yes Up to 32 GB
No
No

Network & Connectivity

SIM Slot(s)

Dual SIM
Single SIM
Dual SIM

SIM Type

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

Network Support

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

VoLTE

Yes
N/A
Yes

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) / 900(band 8) / 850(band 5)
4G Bands:
TD-LTE 2600(band 38) / 2300(band 40) / 1900(band 39)
FD-LTE 2100(band 1) / 1800(band 3) / 2600(band 7) / 900(band 8) / 1900(band 2) / 850(band 5) / 800(band 20)
N/A
N/A
4G Speed:
50 Mbit/s ↑ 100 Mbit/s ↓
N/A
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SIM 2

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) / 900(band 8) / 850(band 5)
N/A
5G Bands:
FDD N1 / N2 / N3 / N5 / N7 / N8 / N18 / N20 / N25 / N26 / N28 / N66 / N71 / N75
TDD N38 / N40 / N41 / N48 / N77 / N78
N/A
N/A
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) / 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: 1.256 W/kg Body: 1.102 W/kg
Head: 1.18 W/kg Body: 1.18 W/kg
N/A

Wi-Fi

Yes Wi-Fi 5 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac) 5GHz
Yes Wi-Fi 4 (802.11 a/b/g/n)
Yes Wi-Fi 4 (802.11 a/n) 5GHz MIMO

Wi-Fi Features

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

Bluetooth

Yes v4.1
Yes v4.0
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

Sensors

Fingerprint Sensor

Yes
Yes
Yes

Fingerprint Sensor Position

Rear
Front
On-screen

Fingerprint Sensor Type

N/A
N/A
Ultrasonic

Other Sensors

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

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