Samsung Galaxy J5 (2016) vs Xiaomi Redmi Note 12 Explorer Specs Comparison

Availability

Officially announced
Mar 28, 2016

Design

Dimensions
5.74 x 2.85 x 0.32 inches 145.8 x 72.3 x 8.1 mm	6.41 x 2.99 x 0.35 inches 162.9 x 76 x 9 mm
Weight
5.57 oz / 158.0 g	7.32 oz / 207.5 g
Materials
Frame: Metal	Back: Glass Frame: Aluminum
Resistance
	Yes; IP57
Biometrics
	Optical in-screen fingerprint
Features
Soft keys
Keys
Left: Volume control; Right: Lock/Unlock key	Right: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key
Colors
Black, Gold, White	Black

Display

Size
5.2-inch, 70.63% screen-to-body	6.7-inch, 86.87% screen-to-body
Type
Super AMOLED	OLED, 120Hz, HDR, 900 nits
Resolution
1280x720px, 282 PPI	2400x1080px, 20:9 ratio, 395 PPI
Colors
16 777 216

PhoneArena Display Test

Bright Max (20% APL)
Untested	Untested
Bright Min
3 (Average)	Untested

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Hardware

System chip
Snapdragon 410 8916 (28 nm)	MediaTek Dimensity 1080 MT6877V (6 nm)
Processor
Quad-core 1200 MHz ARM Cortex-A53	Octa-core 2600 MHz
GPU
Adreno 306	Mali-G68 MC4
Memory
2GB/16GB	8GB/256GB (UFS 2.2)
Storage expansion
microSDXC up to 128 GB	not expandable
OS
Android (7.1 Nougat, 6.0 Marshmallow)	Android (12)

Battery

Type
3100 mAh, Li - Ion	4300 mAh
Charging
	Fast charging
Charge speed
	Wired: 210.0W

Camera

Rear
Single camera	Triple camera
Main camera
13 MP (Autofocus, CMOS image sensor) Aperture size: F1.9 Focal length: 28 mm	200 MP (OIS, PDAF) Aperture size: F1.7 Focal length: 24 mm Sensor size: 1/1.4" Pixel size: 0.56 μm
Second camera
	8 MP (Ultra-wide) Aperture size: F1.9 Sensor size: 1/4" Pixel size: 1.12 μm
Third camera
	2 MP (Macro) Aperture size: F2.4
Flash
LED	Dual LED
Video recording
1080p (30 fps) Video calling	4K UHD (30 fps), 1080p (120 fps), 720p (960 fps)
Front
5 MP (Flash)	16 MP

Connectivity & Features

Bluetooth
4.1	5.2
WLAN
b,g,n Hotspot, Wi-Fi Direct 802.11 b, g, n	a,b,g,n,ac,Wi-Fi 6 Wi-Fi Direct, Hotspot 802.11 a, b, g, n, ac, ax
USB
microUSB, USB 2.0	Type-C, USB 2.0
Sensors
Accelerometer, Hall (for flip covers), Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor	Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass, Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor
Location
GPS, A-GPS, Glonass	GPS, A-GPS, Glonass, Galileo, BeiDou, QZSS, Cell ID, Wi-Fi positioning
Other
NFC, ANT+, Tethering, Computer sync, OTA sync	NFC, Infrared

Multimedia

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

Cellular

5G Bands
	n1, n3, n5, n8, n28, n38, n41, n77, n78, SA, NSA
4G (FDD) Bands
1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 20	1, 3, 5, 8, 19
4G (TDD) Bands
40	34, 38, 39, 40, 41
3G Bands
5, 8, 2, 1	1, 2, 5, 8
Data Speed
	LTE-A, HSDPA+ (4G) 42.2 Mbit/s
SIM type
Micro SIM	Dual Nano SIM

Phone Features

Notifications
Haptic feedback, Music ringtones (MP3), Polyphonic ringtones, Vibration, Flight mode, Silent mode, Speakerphone
Other features
Voice dialing, Voice commands, Voice recording

Regulatory Approval

Measured SAR
Head: 0.45 W/kg Body: 1.17 W/kg

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