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Battery
Charging 10W wired 18W wired
Type Li-Po 4050 mAh, non-removable Li-Po 5000 mAh, non-removable
Body
Build Glass front, aluminum back, aluminum frame Glass front (Gorilla Glass 5), plastic back, plastic frame
Dimensions 150 x 76 x 8.7 mm (5.91 x 2.99 x 0.34 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 164 g (5.78 oz) 188 g (6.63 oz)
  - Water-repellent coating
Comms
Bluetooth 4.1, A2DP, LE 4.2, A2DP, LE
Infrared port Yes Yes
NFC No No
Positioning GPS, GLONASS, BDS GPS, GLONASS, GALILEO, BDS
Radio Stereo 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, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct
Display
Protection - Corning Gorilla Glass 5
Resolution 1080 x 1920 pixels, 16:9 ratio (~403 ppi density) 720 x 1520 pixels, 19:9 ratio (~270 ppi density)
Size 5.5 inches, 82.6 cm2 (~72.4% 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, January 14. Released 2016, March 03 2019, October 09. Released 2019, October 12
Status Discontinued Discontinued
Main Camera
Features Dual-LED dual-tone flash, HDR, panorama 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 1080p@30fps 1080p@30fps
Memory
Card slot microSDXC (uses shared SIM slot) microSDXC (dedicated slot)
Internal 16GB 2GB RAM (Standard version), 32GB 3GB RAM (High/Special version) 32GB 3GB RAM, 64GB 4GB RAM
  eMMC 4.5 eMMC 5.1
Misc
Colors Silver, Gray, Gold Onyx Black, Ruby Red, Sapphire Blue, Phantom Red
Models 2015116, 2015161 M1908C3IC, MZB8255IN, M1908C3IG, M1908C3IH
SAR 0.49 W/kg (head)     0.50 W/kg (body)     0.34 W/kg (head)     1.00 W/kg (body)    
SAR EU 0.56 W/kg (head)     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 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100 - Global HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100 - Global
4G bands 1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 38, 39, 40, 41 - Global 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 20, 38, 40 - Global
Speed HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat6 300/50 Mbps HSPA, LTE
Technology GSM / HSPA / LTE GSM / HSPA / LTE
  1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 20, 28, 40 - Special edition (Taiwan) 1, 3, 5, 8, 40, 41 - India
Our Tests
Audio quality Noise -96.0dB / Crosstalk -95.6dB -
Battery (old) Endurance rating 93h -
Camera Photo / Video -
Display Contrast ratio: 953:1 (nominal), 2.249 (sunlight) -
Loudspeaker Voice 66dB / Noise 66dB / Ring 75dB -
Performance Basemark OS II 2.0: 1426Basemark X: 14717 -
Platform
Chipset Qualcomm MSM8956 Snapdragon 650 Qualcomm SDM439 Snapdragon 439 (12 nm)
CPU Hexa-core (4x1.4 GHz Cortex-A53 & 2x1.8 GHz Cortex-A72) Octa-core (4x1.95 GHz Cortex-A53 & 4x1.45 GHz Cortex A53)
GPU Adreno 510 Adreno 505
OS Android 5.1.1 (Lollipop), upgradable to 6.0.1 (Marshmallow), MIUI 9.5 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
  24-bit/192kHz audio -
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