| Manufacturer | |
| Xiaomi | Apple | 
| Announced | |
| March 2014 | October 2013 | 
| Status | |
| Available - June 2014 | Available - November 2013 | 
| Colors | |
| Blue, Green, Yellow, Pink, White, Gray | Space Gray, Silver | 
| Form Factor | |
| Candybar | Candybar | 
| Dimension | |
| 202 x 135.4 x 8.5 mm (7.95 x 5.33 x 0.33 in) | 200 x 134.7 x 7.5 mm (7.87 x 5.3 x 0.3 in) | 
| Weight | |
| 360 g (12.7 oz) | 331 g / 341 g (11.68 oz / 12.03 oz) | 
| 2G Network | |
| No | GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 CDMA2000 1xEV-DO | 
| 3G Network | |
| No | HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 | 
| 4G Network | |
| - | LTE- all models | 
| Messaging | |
| , EMail, IM | , Push Mail, EMail, IM | 
| OS | |
| Android OS, v4.4 (KitKat) | iOS 7.0.2 | 
| Processor | |
| Quad-core 2.2 GHz Cortex-A15, Nvidia Tegra K1 [Similar] | Dual-core 1.3 GHz Cyclone (ARM v8-based), Apple A7 [Similar] | 
| GPU | |
| ULP GeForce Kepler (192 cores) [Similar] | PowerVR G6430 (quad-core graphics) [Similar] | 
| RAM | |
| 2 GB [Browse Similar] | N/A | 
| Internal Memory | |
| 16/64 GB | 16/32/64/128 GB storage | 
| External Memory | |
| microSD, up to 128 GB | No | 
| 3.5mm Jack | |
|  |  | 
| Radio | |
| No | No | 
| Games | |
| Yes + Downloadable | Yes + Downloadable | 
| Loud Speaker | |
|  |  | 
| GPRS | |
| No | Yes | 
| Edge | |
| No | Yes | 
| 3G | |
| No | DC-HSDPA, 42 Mbps; HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps, LTE, 100 Mbps; EV-DO Rev. A, up to 3.1 Mbps | 
| Bluetooth | |
| v4.0 | Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, EDR | 
| Wi-Fi | |
| Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot | Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band | 
| USB | |
| microUSB v2.0, USB On-the-go | Yes, v2.0 | 
| GPS | |
| No | Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS | 
| Browser | |
| HTML5 | HTML (Safari) | 
| Internal | |
| 16/64 GB, 2 GB RAM | 16/32/64/128 GB storage | 
| Expandable Storage | |
| microSD, up to 128 GB | No | 
| USB OTG | |
| Supported | - | 
| Fingerprint | |
|  |  | 
| Proximity Sensor | |
|  |  | 
| Accelerometer Sensor | |
|  |  | 
| NFC | |
|  |  | 
| Type | |
| Li-Po Battery | Non-removable Li-Po battery (23.8 Wh) | 
| Capacity | |
| 6700 mAh | - | 
| Stand by | |
| - | - | 
| Talk Time | |
| Up to 11 h (multimedia) | Up to 10 h (multimedia) |