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Battery
Charging - 18W wired
Type Li-Ion 4850 mAh, non-removable Li-Po 5000 mAh, non-removable
Body
Build Glass front (Gorilla Glass 4), aluminum back, aluminum frame Glass front (Gorilla Glass 5), plastic back, plastic frame
Dimensions 173.1 x 88.3 x 7.5 mm (6.81 x 3.48 x 0.30 in) 156.5 x 75.4 x 9.4 mm (6.16 x 2.97 x 0.37 in)
SIM Nano-SIM + Micro-SIM Nano-SIM + Nano-SIM
Weight 203g (7.16 oz) 188 g (6.63 oz)
  - Water-repellent coating
Comms
Bluetooth 4.2, A2DP, LE 4.2, A2DP, LE
Infrared port Yes Yes
NFC No No
Positioning GPS, GLONASS, BDS GPS, GLONASS, GALILEO, BDS
Radio FM radio, recording Wireless FM radio (no wired headphones required)
USB microUSB 2.0, OTG USB Type-C 2.0, OTG
WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct
Display
Protection Corning Gorilla Glass 4 Corning Gorilla Glass 5
Resolution 1080 x 1920 pixels, 16:9 ratio (~342 ppi density) 720 x 1520 pixels, 19:9 ratio (~270 ppi density)
Size 6.44 inches, 114.3 cm2 (~74.8% screen-to-body ratio) 6.22 inches, 96.6 cm2 (~81.8% screen-to-body ratio)
Type IPS LCD IPS LCD, 400 nits (typ)
Features
Sensors Fingerprint (rear-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass Fingerprint (rear-mounted), accelerometer, proximity, compass
Launch
Announced 2016, May. Released 2016, May 2019, October 09. Released 2019, October 12
Status Discontinued Discontinued
Main Camera
Features Dual-LED dual-tone flash, panorama, HDR LED flash, HDR, panorama
Single 16 MP, f/2.0, PDAF 12 MP, f/1.8, 1/2.55", 1.4µm, dual pixel PDAF 2 MP, (depth)
Video 4K@30fps, 1080p@30fps, 720p@120fps 1080p@30fps
Memory
Card slot microSDXC (uses shared SIM slot) microSDXC (dedicated slot)
Internal 16GB 2GB RAM, 32GB 3GB RAM, 64GB 3GB RAM, 128GB 4GB RAM (Prime) 32GB 3GB RAM, 64GB 4GB RAM
  eMMC 4.5 or eMMC 5.1 eMMC 5.1
Misc
Colors Gray, Silver, Gold Onyx Black, Ruby Red, Sapphire Blue, Phantom Red
Models 2016001, 2016002, 2016007 M1908C3IC, MZB8255IN, M1908C3IG, M1908C3IH
SAR 0.49 W/kg (head)     1.13 W/kg (body)     0.34 W/kg (head)     1.00 W/kg (body)    
SAR EU - 0.23 W/kg (head)     1.48 W/kg (body)    
Network
2G bands GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G bands HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100 - Global
4G bands 1, 3, 7, 38, 39, 40, 41 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 20, 38, 40 - Global
Speed HSPA, LTE HSPA, LTE
Technology GSM / CDMA / HSPA / EVDO / LTE GSM / HSPA / LTE
  TD-SCDMA 1, 3, 5, 8, 40, 41 - India
Our Tests
Audio quality Noise -93.5dB / Crosstalk -93.8dB -
Battery (old) Endurance rating 108h -
Camera Photo / Video -
Display Contrast ratio: 922 (nominal), 1.996 (sunlight) -
Loudspeaker Voice 67dB / Noise 66dB / Ring 68dB -
Performance Basemark OS II 2.0: 1362Basemark X: 15487 -
Platform
Chipset Qualcomm MSM8956 Snapdragon 650Qualcomm MSM8976 Snapdragon 652 (28 nm) - Prime model Qualcomm SDM439 Snapdragon 439 (12 nm)
CPU Hexa-core (4x1.4 GHz Cortex-A53 & 2x1.8 GHz Cortex-A72)Octa-core (4x1.4 GHz Cortex-A53 & 4x1.8 GHz Cortex-A72) Octa-core (4x1.95 GHz Cortex-A53 & 4x1.45 GHz Cortex A53)
GPU Adreno 510 Adreno 505
OS Android 6.0 (Marshmallow), upgradable to 7.0 (Nougat), MIUI 10 Android 9.0 (Pie), upgradable to Android 10, MIUI 12
Selfie camera
Features - HDR
Single 5 MP, f/2.0 8 MP, f/2.0, 1/4.0", 1.12µm
Video 1080p@30fps 1080p@30fps
Sound
3.5mm jack Yes Yes
Loudspeaker Yes Yes
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