Samsung Galaxy A70 vs Xiaomi Redmi 9 Specs Comparison

Availability

Officially announced
Mar 26, 2019

Design

Dimensions
6.47 x 3.02 x 0.31 inches 164.3 x 76.7 x 7.9 mm	6.43 x 3.03 x 0.36 inches 163.32 x 77.01 x 9.1 mm
Weight
6.46 oz (183.0 g)	6.98 oz (198.0 g)
Materials
Back: Plastic
Biometrics
2D Face unlock, Optical in-screen fingerprint	2D Face unlock, Fingerprint (touch)
Keys
Right: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key	Right: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key
Colors
Black, Pink, Blue, White	Carbon gray, Sunset purple, Ocean green

Display

Size
6.7-inch, 85.97% screen-to-body	6.5-inch, 83.27% screen-to-body
Type
Super AMOLED	IPS LCD
Resolution
2400x1080px, 20:9 ratio, 393 PPI	2340x1080px, 19.5:9 ratio, 395 PPI
Protection
Corning Gorilla Glass 3	Corning Gorilla Glass 3
Features
	Oleophobic coating

Hardware

System chip
Snapdragon 675 SM6150 (11 nm)	MediaTek Helio G80 (12 nm)
Processor
Octa-core 2000 MHz Kryo 460	Octa-core 2000 MHz Arm Cortex-A75 and Arm Cortex-A55
GPU
Adreno 612	Mali G52 MC2
Memory
6GB (LPDDR4)/128GB	3GB (LPDDR4)/32GB (eMMC 5.1) 4GB/64GB
Storage expansion
microSDXC up to 512 GB	microSDXC
OS
Android (10, 9.0 Pie)	Android

Battery

Type
4500 mAh	5020 mAh
Charging
Samsung Adaptive Fast Charging	Qualcomm Quick Charge 3.0
Charge speed
	Wired: 18.0W

PhoneArena Battery Tests

Battery Life Estimate

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Browsing

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Video

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Gaming

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Battery Life Estimate

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Browsing

Untested

Video

9h 15min

Gaming

7h 3min

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Camera

Rear
Triple camera	Quad camera
Main camera
Aperture size: F1.7 Focal length: 27 mm Sensor size: 1/2.8" Pixel size: 0.8 μm	13 MP (PDAF) Aperture size: F2.2
Second camera
8 MP (Ultra-wide) Aperture size: F2.2 Focal Length: 13 mm Sensor size: 1/4" Pixel size: 1.12 μm	8 MP (Ultra-wide) Aperture size: F2.2
Third camera
5 MP (Depth information) Aperture size: F2.2 Focal Length: 24 mm Sensor size: 1/5" Pixel size: 1.12 μm	5 MP (Macro) Aperture size: F2.4
Fourth camera
	2 MP (Depth information)
Flash
LED	LED
Video recording
4K UHD (30 fps), 1080p (240 fps) Video calling, Video sharing	1080p
Front
32 MP Video capture: 1080p	8 MP (HDR) Video capture: 1080p

Connectivity & Features

Bluetooth
5.0	5.0
WLAN
a,b,g,n,ac,dual-band Wi-Fi Direct, Hotspot 802.11 a, b, g, n, ac	b,g,n Wi-Fi Direct, Hotspot 802.11 b, g, n
USB
Type-C, USB 2.0	Type-C, USB 2.0
Sensors
Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass, Hall (for flip covers), Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor	Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass, Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor
Location
GPS, A-GPS, Glonass, Galileo, BeiDou, Cell ID, Wi-Fi positioning	GPS, A-GPS, Glonass, BeiDou, Cell ID, Wi-Fi positioning
Other
NFC, ANT+, VoIP, Tethering, Computer sync, OTA sync	NFC, Infrared

Multimedia

Headphones
3.5mm jack	3.5mm jack
Speakers
Earpiece, Loudspeaker	Earpiece, Loudspeaker
Features
Album art cover, Background playback
Screen mirroring
Wireless screen share	Wireless screen share
Radio
FM	FM
Additional microphone(s)
Noise cancellation	Noise cancellation

Cellular

4G (FDD) Bands
1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 20	1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 20, 28
4G (TDD) Bands
38, 40, 41	38, 40, 41
3G Bands
5, 8, 2, 1	1, 2, 4, 5, 8
Data Speed
LTE-A Cat 11 (600/75 Mbit/s), HSDPA+ (4G) 42.2 Mbit/s, HSPA	LTE-A, HSDPA+ (4G) 42.2 Mbit/s, HSUPA 5.76 Mbit/s
Dual SIM
Yes	Yes
SIM type
Nano SIM	Nano SIM
HD Voice
	Yes
VoLTE
	Yes

Regulatory Approval

FCC approval
Date approved: Mar 28, 2019 FCC ID value: A3LSMA705FN
Measured SAR
Head: 0.26 W/kg Body: 0.25 W/kg Simultaneous Transmission: 0.89 W/kg Wireless Router: 0.38 W/kg

Alternative variants

with 64GB storage

Memory	4GB/64GB

Links

Full specifications
Samsung Galaxy A70 Specs	Xiaomi Redmi 9 Specs
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