Xiaomi Redmi 9 vs Samsung Galaxy S23 FE Specs Comparison

Availability

Officially announced
	Oct 04, 2023
Prices (MSRP)
	8GB/128GB - $599

Design

Dimensions
6.43 x 3.03 x 0.36 inches 163.32 x 77.01 x 9.1 mm	6.22 x 3.01 x 0.32 inches 158 x 76.5 x 8.2 mm
Weight
6.98 oz / 198.0 g	7.37 oz / 209.0 g
Materials
	Back: Glass (Corning Gorilla Glass 5) Frame: Aluminum
Resistance
	Water, Dust; IP68
Biometrics
2D Face unlock, Fingerprint (touch)	Optical in-screen fingerprint
Keys
Right: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key	Right: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key
Colors
Carbon gray, Sunset purple, Ocean green

Display

Size
6.5-inch, 83.27% screen-to-body	6.4-inch, 83.24% screen-to-body
Type
IPS LCD	Dynamic AMOLED, 120Hz, HDR, 1450 nits
Resolution
2340x1080px, 19.5:9 ratio, 395 PPI	2340x1080px, 29.5:9 ratio, 403 PPI
Protection
Corning Gorilla Glass 3	Corning Gorilla Glass 5
Features
Oleophobic coating

PhoneArena Display Test

Bright Max (20% APL)
Untested	Untested
Bright Min
1.5 (Good)	1.5 (Good)

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Hardware

System chip
MediaTek Helio G80 (12 nm)	Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 SM8450 (4 nm)
Processor
Octa-core 2000 MHz Arm Cortex-A75 and Arm Cortex-A55	Octa-core 1x2.8GHz Cortex-X2 3x2.50G​Hz Cortex-A710 4x1.8​GHz Cortex-A510
GPU
Mali G52 MC2	Adreno 730
Memory
3GB (LPDDR4)/32GB (eMMC 5.1) 4GB/64GB	8GB/128GB 8GB/256GB
Storage expansion
microSDXC	not expandable
OS
Android	Android (14, 13)

PhoneArena Performance Test

GeekBench 6 Single
Untested	1566
GeekBench 6 Multi
Untested	3839
3D Mark High
Untested	2208
3D Mark Low
Untested	1208

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Battery

Type
5020 mAh	4500 mAh, Li - Ion
Charging
Qualcomm Quick Charge 3.0	Fast charging Qi wireless charging, Reverse wireless charging
Charge speed
Wired: 18.0W	Wired: 25.0W Wireless: 15.0W

PhoneArena Battery Tests

Battery Life Estimate

Untested

Browsing

Untested

Video

9h 15min

Gaming

7h 3min

Battery Life Estimate

6h 18min

Browsing

16h 15min

Video

8h 3min

Gaming

8h 50min

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Camera

Rear
Quad camera	Triple camera
Main camera
13 MP (PDAF) Aperture size: F2.2	50 MP (OIS, PDAF) Aperture size: F1.8 Pixel size: 1.0 μm
Second camera
8 MP (Ultra-wide) Aperture size: F2.2	12 MP (Ultra-wide) Aperture size: F2.2 Pixel size: 1.12 μm
Third camera
5 MP (Macro) Aperture size: F2.4	8 MP (Ultra-wide) Optical zoom: 3.0x Aperture size: F2.4 Pixel size: 1.0 μm
Fourth camera
2 MP (Depth information)
Flash
LED	LED
Video recording
1080p	8K UHD (24 fps), 4K UHD (60 fps)
Front
8 MP (HDR) Video capture: 1080p	10 MP

PhoneArena Camera Tests

N/A

Overall

N/A

Photo

N/A

Video

137

Overall

146

Photo

128

Video

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Connectivity & Features

Bluetooth
5.0	5.3
WLAN
Yes Wi-Fi Direct, Hotspot 802.11 b, g, n	Wi-Fi 6,Wi-Fi 6E Wi-Fi Direct, Hotspot 802.11 a, b, g, n, ac, ax
USB
Type-C, USB 2.0	Type-C
Sensors
Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass, Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor	Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass, Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor
Location
GPS, A-GPS, Glonass, BeiDou, Cell ID, Wi-Fi positioning	GPS, A-GPS, Glonass, Galileo, BeiDou, Cell ID, Wi-Fi positioning
Other
NFC, Infrared	NFC

Multimedia

Headphones
3.5mm jack	No 3.5mm jack
Speakers
Earpiece, Loudspeaker	Earpiece, Multiple speakers
Screen mirroring
Wireless screen share
Radio
FM
Additional microphone(s)
Noise cancellation

Cellular

5G Bands
	n1, n2, n3, n5, n7, n8, n20, n28, n38, n40, n41, n66, n77, n78, 5G Ready
LTE Bands
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 20, 28	1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 13, 17, 20, 26, 28, 66
TDD Bands
38, 40, 41	38, 40, 41
3G Bands
1, 2, 4, 5, 8
Data Speed
LTE-A, HSDPA+ (4G) 42.2 Mbit/s, HSUPA 5.76 Mbit/s	LTE-A, HSDPA+ (4G) 42.2 Mbit/s
Dual SIM
Yes
SIM type
Nano SIM	Nano SIM, eSIM
HD Voice
Yes
VoLTE
Yes

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