| Manufacturer | |
| Asus | Xiaomi | 
| Announced | |
| June 2015 | November 2015 | 
| Status | |
| Coming Soon - July 2015 | Available - November 2015 | 
| Price | |
| Rs. 17,999 ($264.69) [Similarly Priced] | Rs. 9,999 ($147.04) [Similarly Priced] | 
| Colors | |
| Black, White, Aurora Metallic | Dark grey, Champagne gold | 
| Form Factor | |
| Candybar | Candybar | 
| Dimension | |
| 209 x 123 x 8.5 mm (8.23 x 4.84 x 0.33 in) | 200.4 x 132.6 x 7 mm (7.89 x 5.22 x 0.28 in) | 
| Weight | |
| 350 g (12.35 oz) | 322 g (11.36 oz) | 
| 2G Network | |
| GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 | N/A | 
| 3G Network | |
| HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 | N/A | 
| 4G Network | |
| LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 20(800) | - | 
| Messaging | |
| SMS, MMS, EMail, IM | , EMail, IM | 
| OS | |
| Android OS, v5.0 (Lollipop) | Android OS/ Optional Windows 10 (64 GB model) | 
| Processor | |
| Quad-core / Octa-core, Qualcomm MSM8916 Snapdragon 410 / Qualcomm MSM8939 Snapdragon 615 | Quad-core 2.24 GHz, Intel Atom X5-Z8500 [Similar] | 
| GPU | |
| Adreno 306 / Adreno 405 [Similar] | Intel HD Graphics [Similar] | 
| RAM | |
| 1 / 2 GB [Browse Similar] | 2 GB [Browse Similar] | 
| Internal Memory | |
| 8 / 16 GB | 16/64 GB | 
| External Memory | |
| microSD, up to 64 GB | microSD, up to 128 GB | 
| 3.5mm Jack | |
|  |  | 
| Radio | |
| To be confirmed | No | 
| Games | |
| Yes + Downloadable | Yes + Downloadable | 
| Loud Speaker | |
|  |  | 
| GPRS | |
| Yes | No | 
| Edge | |
| Yes | No | 
| 3G | |
| HSPA, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps | N/A | 
| Bluetooth | |
| v4.0 | v4.1 | 
| Wi-Fi | |
| Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, hotspot | Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot | 
| USB | |
| microUSB v2.0 | Type-C 1.0 reversible connector | 
| GPS | |
| Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS | No | 
| Browser | |
| HTML5 | HTML5 | 
| Internal | |
| 8 / 16 GB, 1 / 2 GB RAM | 16/64 GB, 2 GB RAM | 
| Expandable Storage | |
| microSD, up to 64 GB | microSD, up to 128 GB | 
| Fingerprint | |
|  |  | 
| Proximity Sensor | |
|  |  | 
| Accelerometer Sensor | |
|  |  | 
| NFC | |
|  |  | 
| Type | |
| Non-removable Li-Po battery (15.2 Wh) | Li-Po Battery | 
| Capacity | |
| 4000 mAh | 6190 mAh | 
| Stand by | |
| - | Up to 649 h | 
| Talk Time | |
| Up to 10 h (multimedia) | Up to 12 h 30 min (multimedia) |