Xiaomi Redmi 5 vs Samsung Galaxy S9+

General Info

Manufacturer
Xiaomi	Samsung
Announced
December 2017	February 2018
Status
Available - December 2017	Coming Soon, March 2018
Price
Rs. 8,999 ($150.00) [Similarly Priced]	Rs. 57,999 ($890.00) [Similarly Priced]
Colors
Matte Black, Gold	Various
Form Factor
Candybar	Candybar
Dimension
151.8 x 72.8 x 7.7 mm (5.98 x 2.87 x 0.3 in)	158.1 x 73.8 x 8.5 mm (6.22 x 2.91 x 0.33 in)
Weight
157 g (5.54 oz)	189 g (6.67 oz)
SIM Type
Dual SIM Hybrid (Nano SIM + Micro SIM, or Micro SIM + microSD Card)	Single SIM (Nano-SIM), Hybrid Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by)
2G Network
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2	GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (dual-SIM model only)
3G Network
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 / 800 - Taiwan	HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100
4G Network
LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 18(800), 19(800), 26(850), 28(700), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300), 41(2500) - Taiwan	LTE
Messaging
SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM	SMS, MMS, EMail, IM
Build Features
- Fingerprint Sensor - Infrared Sensor - Metal Build	- Fingerprint Sensor - Samsung Pay (Visa, MasterCard certified) - IP68 certified - dust/water proof over 1.5 meter and 30 minutes
Notification LED
Yes	Yes

OS
Android OS, v7.1.2 (Nougat)	Android 8.0 (Oreo)
User Interface
MIUI 9	-
Processor
Octa-core 2.0 GHz Cortex-A53, Qualcomm MSM8953 Snapdragon 625 [Similar]	Octa-core (4x2.8 GHz Mongoose M3 & 4x1.7 GHz Cortex-A55) - EMEA Octa-core (4x2.7 GHz Kryo 385 Gold & 4x1.7 GHz Kryo 385 Silver) - USA & China, Exynos 9810 Octa - EMEA Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 [Similar]
GPU
Adreno 506 [Similar]	Mali-G72 MP18 - EMEA Adreno 630 - USA & China [Similar]
RAM
3/4 GB [Browse Similar]	6 GB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory
32/64 GB	64 GB
External Memory
microSD, up to 128 GB (uses SIM 2 slot)	microSD, up to 256 GB (uses SIM 2 slot) - dual SIM model only

Type
IPS LCD Capacitive Touchscreen, 2.5D Curved Glass	Super AMOLED Capacitive Touchscreen, Corning Gorilla Glass 5
Colors
16M colors	16M colors
Size
5.7 inches [Similar]	6.2 inches [Similar]
Resolution
720 x 1440 pixels (282 ppi)	1440 x 2960 pixels (531 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio
76.11%	83.59%
Multi-Touch

Rear Camera
12 MP [Similar]	Dual12 MP + 12 MP [Similar]
Flash
Dual-LED (dual Tone)	LED Flash
Features
Phase Detection Autofocus, f/2.0 aperture, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, Panorama, HDR	Phase Detection Autofocus, f/1.6 + f/2.4, 26mm, 1/2.55", 1.4 µm, 52mm, 1/3.6", 1 µm, Dual Pixel AF, OIS, 2x Optical Zoom, Geo-tagging, Simultaneous 4K Video And 9MP Image Recording, Touch Focus, Face/smile Detection, Auto HDR, Panorama
Video
1080p@30fps	2160p@30fps, 1080p@60fps, HDR, dual-video rec.
Front Camera
5 MP [Similar]	8 MP, f/1.6, autofocus, 1440p, dual video call, Auto HDR [Similar]

GPRS
Yes	Yes
Edge
Yes	Yes
3G
HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat6 300/50 Mbps, VoLTE	HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A (4CA) Cat16 1024/150 Mbps
Bluetooth
v4.2, A2DP, EDR, LE	5.0, A2DP, LE, aptX
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot	Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot
USB
Type-C 1.0 reversible connector, USB On-The-Go, Fast Charging	3.1, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector
GPS
Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS	Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS, GALILEO
Browser
HTML5	HTML5

Internal
32/64 GB, 3/4 GB RAM	64 GB, 6 GB RAM
Expandable Storage
microSD, up to 128 GB (uses SIM 2 slot)	microSD, up to 256 GB (uses SIM 2 slot) - dual SIM model only
USB OTG
Supported	Not Supported