Samsung Galaxy J7 (2016) vs Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 Specs Comparison

Availability

Officially announced
Mar 28, 2016	Feb 14, 2018

Design

Dimensions
5.97 x 2.99 x 0.31 inches 151.7 x 76 x 7.8 mm	6.24 x 2.97 x 0.32 inches 158.5 x 75.45 x 8.05 mm
Weight
5.96 oz / 169.0 g	6.35 oz / 180.0 g
Materials
	Back: Metal
Biometrics
	Fingerprint (touch)
Features
Touch sensitive control keys
Keys
Left: Volume control; Right: Camera shutter	Right: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key
Colors
Gold, Pink, White, Rose gold	Black, Gold, Pink, Blue

Display

Size
5.5-inch, 72.41% screen-to-body	6.0-inch, 77.44% screen-to-body
Type
Super AMOLED	IPS LCD
Resolution
1280x720px, 267 PPI	2160x1080px, 18:9 ratio, 403 PPI
Colors
	16 777 216
Protection
	Corning Gorilla Glass

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Bright Max (20% APL)
Untested	Untested
Bright Min
4 (Poor)	Untested

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Hardware

System chip
Samsung Exynos 7 Octa 7870 (14 nm)	Snapdragon 625 8953 (14 nm)
Processor
Octa-core 1600 MHz ARM Cortex-A53	Octa-core 2000 MHz ARM Cortex-A53
GPU
Mali-T830 MP2	Adreno 506
Memory
2GB (LPDDR3)/16GB	4GB (LPDDR3)/64GB 3GB/32GB
Storage expansion
microSDXC up to 128 GB	microSDXC up to 128 GB
OS
Android (7.0 Nougat, 6.0 Marshmallow)	Android (7.1 Nougat)

Battery

Type
3300 mAh, Li - Ion	4000 mAh

Camera

Rear
Single camera	Single camera
Main camera
13 MP (Autofocus, CMOS image sensor) Aperture size: F1.9 Focal length: 28 mm	12 MP (PDAF) Aperture size: F2.2 Pixel size: 1.25 μm
Flash
LED	Dual LED
Video recording
1080p (30 fps) Video calling	1080p (30 fps) Video calling, Video sharing
Front
5 MP (Flash)	5 MP (Flash) Video capture: 1080p

Connectivity & Features

Bluetooth
4.1	4.2
WLAN
b,g,n Wi-Fi Direct, Hotspot 802.11 b, g, n	a,b,g,n Hotspot, Wi-Fi Direct 802.11 a, b, g, n
USB
microUSB, USB 2.0	microUSB, USB 2.0
Sensors
Accelerometer, Proximity sensor	Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Hall (for flip covers), Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor
Location
GPS, A-GPS, Glonass, BeiDou	GPS, A-GPS, Glonass, BeiDou
Other
NFC, ANT+, Tethering, Computer sync, OTA sync	VoIP, Tethering, Computer sync, OTA sync

Multimedia

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

Cellular

4G (FDD) Bands
1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 20	1, 3, 5
4G (TDD) Bands
40	40, 41
3G Bands
5, 8, 2, 1	5, 8, 2, 1
Data Speed
LTE-A Cat 6 (300/50 Mbit/s), HSPA	LTE, HSPA, HSUPA
Dual SIM
	Yes
SIM type
Micro SIM	Nano SIM, Micro SIM

Phone Features

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

Regulatory Approval

Measured SAR
Head: 0.35 W/kg Body: 1.39 W/kg

Alternative variants

with 32 GB storage

Memory	3GB/32GB

Links

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