Xiaomi Mi Note 2 vs Samsung Galaxy A35 5G Specs Comparison

Availability

Officially announced
Oct 25, 2016	Mar 11, 2024
Prices (MSRP)
$516	$369

Design

Dimensions
6.15 x 3.04 x 0.30 inches 156.2 x 77.3 x 7.6 mm	6.37 x 3.07 x 0.32 inches 161.7 x 78.0 x 8.2 mm
Weight
5.86 oz / 166.0 g	7.37 oz / 209.0 g
Materials
Back: Glass Frame: Aluminum	Back: Plastic Frame: Plastic
Resistance
	Water, Dust; IP67
Biometrics
Fingerprint (touch)	Optical in-screen fingerprint
Keys
Right: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key	Right: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key
Colors
Black, Silver	Iceblue, Lilac, Navy, Lemon

Display

Size
5.7-inch, 74.26% screen-to-body	6.6-inch, 84.75% screen-to-body
Type
OLED	Super AMOLED, 120Hz, HDR, 500 nits
Resolution
1920x1080px, 386 PPI	2340x1080px, 19.5:9 ratio, 390 PPI
Protection
	Corning Gorilla Glass Victus

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Bright Max (20% APL)
Untested	1531 (Good)
Bright Min
Untested	1.4 (Good)

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Hardware

System chip
Snapdragon 821 MSM8996 Pro	Exynos 1380 (5 nm)
Processor
Quad-core 2350 MHz Kryo	Octa-core 4x2.4GHz Cortex-A78 4x2.0G​Hz Cortex-A55
GPU
Adreno 530	Mali-G68 MP5
Memory
6GB (LPDDR4)/128GB 4GB/64GB	6GB (LPDDR5)/128GB (UFS 3.1) 8GB/128GB 8GB/256GB
Storage expansion
	microSDXC up to 1024 GB
OS
Android (6.0 Marshmallow)	Android (14)

PhoneArena Performance Test

GeekBench 6 Single
Untested	1027
GeekBench 6 Multi
Untested	2937
3D Mark High
Untested	811
3D Mark Low
Untested	807

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Battery

Type
4070 mAh, Li - Ion	5000 mAh, Li - Ion
Charging
Qualcomm Quick Charge 3.0	Fast charging
Charge speed
	Wired: 25.0W

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Battery Life Estimate

Untested

Browsing

Untested

Video

Untested

Gaming

Untested

Battery Life Estimate

6h 12min

Browsing

14h 40min

Video

8h 15min

Gaming

9h 55min

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Camera

Rear
Single camera	Triple camera
Main camera
23 MP (PDAF) Aperture size: F2.0 Sensor size: 1/2.6" Pixel size: 1 μm	50 MP (OIS, Autofocus) Aperture size: F1.8 Sensor size: 1/1.96"
Second camera
	8 MP (Ultra-wide) Aperture size: F2.2 Sensor size: 1/4" Pixel size: 1.12 μm
Third camera
	5 MP (Macro) Aperture size: F2.4
Flash
Dual LED	LED
Video recording
4K UHD EIS, Video calling, Video sharing	4K UHD (30 fps) HDR, Continuous autofocus, Picture-taking during video recording
Front
8 MP (Autofocus)	13 MP Video capture: 4K UHD (30 fps)

PhoneArena Camera Tests

N/A

Overall

N/A

Photo

N/A

Video

130

Overall

138

Photo

123

Video

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Connectivity & Features

Bluetooth
4.2	5.3
WLAN
b,g,n,ac,dual-band 802.11 b, g, n, ac	a,b,g,n,ac,Wi-Fi 6 Wi-Fi Direct, Hotspot 802.11 a, b, g, n, ac, ax
USB
Type-C	Type-C, USB 2.0
Sensors
Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass, Hall (for flip covers), Barometer, Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor	Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass, Hall (for flip covers), Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor
Location
GPS, A-GPS, Glonass, BeiDou	GPS, A-GPS, Glonass, Galileo, BeiDou, QZSS, Cell ID, Wi-Fi positioning
Other
NFC, Tethering, Computer sync, OTA sync	NFC

Multimedia

Headphones
3.5mm jack	No 3.5mm jack
Speakers
Earpiece, Loudspeaker	Earpiece, Multiple speakers
Features
Album art cover, Background playback
Screen mirroring
	Wireless screen share
Additional microphone(s)
	Noise cancellation

Cellular

5G Bands
	n3, n5, n7, n8, n28, n40, n41, n66, n77, n78, SA, NSA, Sub-6
4G (FDD) Bands
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 13, 17, 18, 19, 20, 25, 26, 28, 29, 30	1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 13, 17, 20, 25, 26, 28, 32, 66
4G (TDD) Bands
38, 39, 40, 41	38, 40, 41
3G Bands
5, 8, 4, 2, 1	1, 2, 4, 5, 8
Data Speed
LTE-A Cat 12/13 (600/150 Mbit/s), HSDPA+ (4G) 42.2 Mbit/s, HSUPA 5.76 Mbit/s	LTE-A Pro Cat 18 (1200/150 Mbit/s)
Dual SIM
Yes	Yes
SIM type
Nano SIM	Nano SIM

Alternative variants

Memory	4GB/64GB

With 8GB RAM 128GB internal storage

Memory	8GB/128GB

With 8GB RAM and 256GB internal storage

Memory	8GB/256GB

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