Xiaomi Mi Max vs Xiaomi Redmi Note 9S Specs Comparison

Availability

Officially announced
May 10, 2016	Mar 23, 2020
Prices (MSRP)
	$249

Design

Dimensions
6.81 x 3.48 x 0.30 inches 173.1 x 88.3 x 7.5 mm	6.53 x 3.02 x 0.35 inches 165.75 x 76.68 x 8.8 mm
Weight
7.16 oz / 203.0 g	7.37 oz / 209.0 g
Materials
Back: Metal	Back: Glass (Corning Gorilla Glass 5)
Biometrics
Fingerprint (touch)	Fingerprint (touch)
Features
Touch sensitive control keys
Keys
Right: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key	Right: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key
Colors
Black, Gold, White	Interstellar grey, Aurora blue, Glacier white

Display

Size
6.4-inch, 74.78% screen-to-body	6.7-inch, 84.42% screen-to-body
Type
IPS LCD	IPS LCD, HDR
Resolution
1920x1080px, 342 PPI	2400x1080px, 20:9 ratio, 395 PPI
Colors
16 777 216
Protection
Corning Gorilla Glass 4	Corning Gorilla Glass 5

PhoneArena Display Test

Bright Max (20% APL)
Untested	Untested
Bright Min
1 (Excellent)	Untested

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Hardware

System chip
Snapdragon 652 8956	Snapdragon 720G SM7125 (8 nm)
Processor
Octa-core 1800 MHz ARM Cortex-A72 and ARM Cortex-A53	Octa-core 2300 MHz Kryo 465
GPU
Adreno 510	Adreno 618
Memory
4GB (LPDDR3)/128GB 3GB/32GB 3GB/64GB	4GB (LPDDR4)/64GB 6GB/128GB
Storage expansion
microSDXC up to 256 GB	microSDXC up to 512 GB
OS
Android (7.0 Nougat, 6.0 Marshmallow)	Android (11, 10)

Battery

Type
4850 mAh, Li - Ion	5020 mAh, Li - Polymer
Charging
	Fast charging

Camera

Rear
Single camera	Quad camera
Main camera
16 MP (PDAF) Aperture size: F2.0	48 MP (PDAF) Aperture size: F1.8 Sensor size: 1/2" Pixel size: 0.8 μm
Second camera
	8 MP (Ultra-wide) Aperture size: F2.2 Pixel size: 1.12 μm
Third camera
	5 MP (Macro, Autofocus) Aperture size: F2.4 Pixel size: 1.12 μm
Fourth camera
	2 MP (Depth information) Aperture size: F2.4 Pixel size: 1.75 μm
Flash
Dual LED	Dual LED
Video recording
4K UHD (30 fps), 1080p (30 fps), 720p (120 fps) Time-lapse video, Picture-taking during video recording, Video calling, Video sharing	4K UHD (30 fps), 1080p (120 fps), 720p (960 fps)
Front
5 MP	16 MP (HDR, Slow-motion videos) Video capture: 1080p

Connectivity & Features

Bluetooth
4.2	5.0
WLAN
b,g,n,ac,dual-band MIMO, Hotspot, Wi-Fi Direct 802.11 b, g, n, ac	a,b,g,n,ac,dual-band Wi-Fi Direct, Hotspot 802.11 a, b, g, n, ac
USB
microUSB, USB 2.0	Type-C
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, BeiDou	GPS, A-GPS, Glonass, Galileo, BeiDou, Cell ID, Wi-Fi positioning
Other
Infrared, Tethering, Computer sync, OTA sync	Infrared

Multimedia

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

Cellular

4G (TDD) Bands
	38, 40
3G Bands
	5, 8, 4, 2, 1
Data Speed
LTE, HSPA	LTE-A, HSDPA+ (4G) 42.2 Mbit/s, HSUPA 5.76 Mbit/s
Dual SIM
Yes	Yes
SIM type
Nano SIM, Micro SIM	Nano SIM
VoLTE
	Yes

Phone Features

Notifications
Haptic feedback, Music ringtones (MP3, FLAC, WAV, MP4, AMR, OGG), Polyphonic ringtones, Vibration, Flight mode, Silent mode, Speakerphone
Other features
Voice dialing, Voice commands, Voice recording

Alternative variants

System chip	Snapdragon 650
Processor	Hexa-core 1800 MHz ARM Cortex-A72 and ARM Cortex-A53
GPU	Adreno 510
Memory	3GB/32GB

with 128GB storage

Memory	6GB/128GB
Prices (MSRP)	$279

Memory	3GB/64GB

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