miui ROM: Xiaomi vs Samsung vs Micromax

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="background-color: white; border-collapse: collapse; color: #444444; empty-cells: show; font-family: 'Microsoft YaHei', Tahoma, Helvetica, SimSun, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; table-layout: fixed; width: 721px; word-wrap: break-word;"><tbody style="word-wrap: break-word;"><tr style="word-wrap: break-word;"><td class="t_f" id="postmessage_1688327" style="font-size: 14px; word-wrap: break-word;">The last few weeks saw heavy activity in the Indian mobile market with the lauch of Xiaomi Mi4, Redmi Note 4G, Micromax Yu, Samsumg Galaxy Grand Max and the likes, not counting the small time players like Iris, Lava, etc.  What actually triggered me to write this was the huge price cut of Samsung Galaxy S4, yes they are still selling and now the S4 is available at Rs.17,999 with a Rs.1000 gift voucher.<br style="word-wrap: break-word;" /><br style="word-wrap: break-word;" />I need not say much about these phones since you would have read and heard about them a lot and so I'm just giving a comparision table of the specs and the reason for comparing these phones are because of the common and similar hardware on which they run.<br style="word-wrap: break-word;" /><ignore_js_op style="word-wrap: break-word;"><img aid="281902" file="data/attachment/forum/201502/18/214006zd4gj8bytiiqgssw.jpg.thumb.jpg" id="aimg_281902" initialized="true" inpost="1" src="http://en.miui.com/data/attachment/forum/201502/18/214006zd4gj8bytiiqgssw.jpg.thumb.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; word-wrap: break-word;" zoomfile="data/attachment/forum/201502/18/214006zd4gj8bytiiqgssw.jpg" /> </ignore_js_op><ignore_js_op style="word-wrap: break-word;"><img aid="281903" file="data/attachment/forum/201502/18/214007mnt3v4u6zo6xqwf4.jpg.thumb.jpg" id="aimg_281903" inpost="1" src="http://en.miui.com/data/attachment/forum/201502/18/214007mnt3v4u6zo6xqwf4.jpg.thumb.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; word-wrap: break-word;" zoomfile="data/attachment/forum/201502/18/214007mnt3v4u6zo6xqwf4.jpg" /> </ignore_js_op><ignore_js_op style="word-wrap: break-word;"><img aid="281904" file="data/attachment/forum/201502/18/214010a12epunoelgggonp.jpg.thumb.jpg" id="aimg_281904" inpost="1" src="http://en.miui.com/data/attachment/forum/201502/18/214010a12epunoelgggonp.jpg.thumb.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; word-wrap: break-word;" zoomfile="data/attachment/forum/201502/18/214010a12epunoelgggonp.jpg" /> </ignore_js_op><br style="word-wrap: break-word;" />                                                                    <br style="word-wrap: break-word;" /><br style="word-wrap: break-word;" /><table cellspacing="0" class="t_table" style="background-color: lemonchiffon; border-collapse: collapse; border: 1px solid rgb(227, 237, 245); empty-cells: show; table-layout: auto; width: 705px; word-wrap: break-word;"><tbody style="word-wrap: break-word;"><tr style="word-wrap: break-word;"><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(227, 237, 245); font-size: 14px; overflow: hidden; padding: 4px; word-wrap: break-word;"><div align="center" style="word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="font-weight: 700; word-wrap: break-word;">Details</span></div></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(227, 237, 245); font-size: 14px; overflow: hidden; padding: 4px; word-wrap: break-word;"><div align="center" style="word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="font-weight: 700; word-wrap: break-word;">Mi4</span></div></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(227, 237, 245); font-size: 14px; overflow: hidden; padding: 4px; word-wrap: break-word;"><div align="center" style="word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="font-weight: 700; word-wrap: break-word;">Note 4G</span></div></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(227, 237, 245); font-size: 14px; overflow: hidden; padding: 4px; word-wrap: break-word;"><div align="center" style="word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="font-weight: 700; word-wrap: break-word;">S4</span></div></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(227, 237, 245); font-size: 14px; overflow: hidden; padding: 4px; word-wrap: break-word;"><div align="center" style="word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="font-weight: 700; word-wrap: break-word;">Grand Max</span></div></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(227, 237, 245); font-size: 14px; overflow: hidden; padding: 4px; word-wrap: break-word;"><div align="center" style="word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="font-weight: 700; word-wrap: break-word;">Yu</span></div></td></tr><tr style="word-wrap: break-word;"><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(227, 237, 245); font-size: 14px; overflow: hidden; padding: 4px; word-wrap: break-word;">Network/Sim</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(227, 237, 245); font-size: 14px; overflow: hidden; padding: 4px; word-wrap: break-word;">3G / Single</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(227, 237, 245); font-size: 14px; overflow: hidden; padding: 4px; word-wrap: break-word;">4G / Single</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(227, 237, 245); font-size: 14px; overflow: hidden; padding: 4px; word-wrap: break-word;">3G / Single</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(227, 237, 245); font-size: 14px; overflow: hidden; padding: 4px; word-wrap: break-word;">4G / Dual</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(227, 237, 245); font-size: 14px; overflow: hidden; padding: 4px; word-wrap: break-word;">4G / Dual</td></tr><tr style="word-wrap: break-word;"><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(227, 237, 245); font-size: 14px; overflow: hidden; padding: 4px; word-wrap: break-word;">Processor</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(227, 237, 245); font-size: 14px; overflow: hidden; padding: 4px; word-wrap: break-word;">Qualcom SD 801 - 2.5ghz Krait 400</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(227, 237, 245); font-size: 14px; overflow: hidden; padding: 4px; word-wrap: break-word;">Qualcom SD 400 Quad core 1.6ghz, cortex A-7</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(227, 237, 245); font-size: 14px; overflow: hidden; padding: 4px; word-wrap: break-word;">Quad-Core 1.6ghz A15 Cortex and Quad- Core 1.2ghz A7 Cortex with Exynos chipset</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(227, 237, 245); font-size: 14px; overflow: hidden; padding: 4px; word-wrap: break-word;">Qualcom SD 410 Quad-Core 1.6ghz A53 Cortex</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(227, 237, 245); font-size: 14px; overflow: hidden; padding: 4px; word-wrap: break-word;">Qualcom SD 615, 64-Bit LTE chipset</td></tr><tr style="word-wrap: break-word;"><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(227, 237, 245); font-size: 14px; overflow: hidden; padding: 4px; word-wrap: break-word;">Memory/Storage</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(227, 237, 245); font-size: 14px; overflow: hidden; padding: 4px; word-wrap: break-word;">3GB / 16GB or 64GB</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(227, 237, 245); font-size: 14px; overflow: hidden; padding: 4px; word-wrap: break-word;">2GB / 8GB</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(227, 237, 245); font-size: 14px; overflow: hidden; padding: 4px; word-wrap: break-word;">2GB / 16/32/64 GB</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(227, 237, 245); font-size: 14px; overflow: hidden; padding: 4px; word-wrap: break-word;">1.5GB / 16GB</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(227, 237, 245); font-size: 14px; overflow: hidden; padding: 4px; word-wrap: break-word;">2GB / 16GB</td></tr><tr style="word-wrap: break-word;"><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(227, 237, 245); font-size: 14px; overflow: hidden; padding: 4px; word-wrap: break-word;">Camera</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(227, 237, 245); font-size: 14px; overflow: hidden; padding: 4px; word-wrap: break-word;">13 MP Back / 5 MP Front / FULL HD and 4K resolution recording.</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(227, 237, 245); font-size: 14px; overflow: hidden; padding: 4px; word-wrap: break-word;">13 MP Back / 5 MP Front / FULL HD</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(227, 237, 245); font-size: 14px; overflow: hidden; padding: 4px; word-wrap: break-word;">13 MP Back / 2 MP Front / FULL HD</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(227, 237, 245); font-size: 14px; overflow: hidden; padding: 4px; word-wrap: break-word;">13 MP Back / 5 MP Front / FULL HD</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(227, 237, 245); font-size: 14px; overflow: hidden; padding: 4px; word-wrap: break-word;">13 MP Back / 5 MP Front / FULL HD</td></tr><tr style="word-wrap: break-word;"><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(227, 237, 245); font-size: 14px; overflow: hidden; padding: 4px; word-wrap: break-word;">SD Card</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(227, 237, 245); font-size: 14px; overflow: hidden; padding: 4px; word-wrap: break-word;">Not supported</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(227, 237, 245); font-size: 14px; overflow: hidden; padding: 4px; word-wrap: break-word;">Up to 64GB</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(227, 237, 245); font-size: 14px; overflow: hidden; padding: 4px; word-wrap: break-word;">Up to 64GB</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(227, 237, 245); font-size: 14px; overflow: hidden; padding: 4px; word-wrap: break-word;">Up to 64GB</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(227, 237, 245); font-size: 14px; overflow: hidden; padding: 4px; word-wrap: break-word;">Up to 32GB</td></tr><tr style="word-wrap: break-word;"><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(227, 237, 245); font-size: 14px; overflow: hidden; padding: 4px; word-wrap: break-word;">Battery</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(227, 237, 245); font-size: 14px; overflow: hidden; padding: 4px; word-wrap: break-word;">3080 mAh</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(227, 237, 245); font-size: 14px; overflow: hidden; padding: 4px; word-wrap: break-word;">3100 mAh</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(227, 237, 245); font-size: 14px; overflow: hidden; padding: 4px; word-wrap: break-word;">2600 mAh</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(227, 237, 245); font-size: 14px; overflow: hidden; padding: 4px; word-wrap: break-word;">2500 mAh</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(227, 237, 245); font-size: 14px; overflow: hidden; padding: 4px; word-wrap: break-word;">2500 mAh</td></tr><tr style="word-wrap: break-word;"><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(227, 237, 245); font-size: 14px; overflow: hidden; padding: 4px; word-wrap: break-word;">Display</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(227, 237, 245); font-size: 14px; overflow: hidden; padding: 4px; word-wrap: break-word;">5" IPS LCD FHD - 441 ppi</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(227, 237, 245); font-size: 14px; overflow: hidden; padding: 4px; word-wrap: break-word;">5.5" IPS LCD HD - 261 ppi</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(227, 237, 245); font-size: 14px; overflow: hidden; padding: 4px; word-wrap: break-word;">5" Super AMOLED - 441 ppi</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(227, 237, 245); font-size: 14px; overflow: hidden; padding: 4px; word-wrap: break-word;">5.25" IPS LCD HD - 282 ppi</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(227, 237, 245); font-size: 14px; overflow: hidden; padding: 4px; word-wrap: break-word;">5.5" LCD Capacitive HD - 267 ppi</td></tr><tr style="word-wrap: break-word;"><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(227, 237, 245); font-size: 14px; overflow: hidden; padding: 4px; word-wrap: break-word;">Comm</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(227, 237, 245); font-size: 14px; overflow: hidden; padding: 4px; word-wrap: break-word;">WiFi, BT, GPS, Infrared, WiFi Direct, DLNA, Hot spot</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(227, 237, 245); font-size: 14px; overflow: hidden; padding: 4px; word-wrap: break-word;">WiFi, BT, GPS, WiFi Direct, Hot spot</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(227, 237, 245); font-size: 14px; overflow: hidden; padding: 4px; word-wrap: break-word;">WiFi, BT, GPS, Infrared, NFC, WiFi Direct, DLNA, Hot spot</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(227, 237, 245); font-size: 14px; overflow: hidden; padding: 4px; word-wrap: break-word;">WiFi, BT, GPS, WiFi Direct, Hot spot</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(227, 237, 245); font-size: 14px; overflow: hidden; padding: 4px; word-wrap: break-word;">WiFi, BT, GPS, WiFi Direct, Hot spot</td></tr><tr style="word-wrap: break-word;"><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(227, 237, 245); font-size: 14px; overflow: hidden; padding: 4px; word-wrap: break-word;"><br style="word-wrap: break-word;" /></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(227, 237, 245); font-size: 14px; overflow: hidden; padding: 4px; word-wrap: break-word;"></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(227, 237, 245); font-size: 14px; overflow: hidden; padding: 4px; word-wrap: break-word;"></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(227, 237, 245); font-size: 14px; overflow: hidden; padding: 4px; word-wrap: break-word;"></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(227, 237, 245); font-size: 14px; overflow: hidden; padding: 4px; word-wrap: break-word;"></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(227, 237, 245); font-size: 14px; overflow: hidden; padding: 4px; word-wrap: break-word;"></td></tr><tr style="word-wrap: break-word;"><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(227, 237, 245); font-size: 14px; overflow: hidden; padding: 4px; word-wrap: break-word;">Price</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(227, 237, 245); font-size: 14px; overflow: hidden; padding: 4px; word-wrap: break-word;">Rs.19,999/-</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(227, 237, 245); font-size: 14px; overflow: hidden; padding: 4px; word-wrap: break-word;">Rs.9,999/-</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(227, 237, 245); font-size: 14px; overflow: hidden; padding: 4px; word-wrap: break-word;">Rs.17,999/-</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(227, 237, 245); font-size: 14px; overflow: hidden; padding: 4px; word-wrap: break-word;">Rs.15,999/-</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(227, 237, 245); font-size: 14px; overflow: hidden; padding: 4px; word-wrap: break-word;">Rs.8,999/-</td></tr></tbody></table><br style="word-wrap: break-word;" />             <ignore_js_op style="word-wrap: break-word;"><img aid="281906" file="data/attachment/forum/201502/18/214042rk8e3e03caechj0a.jpg.thumb.jpg" id="aimg_281906" initialized="true" inpost="1" src="http://en.miui.com/data/attachment/forum/201502/18/214042rk8e3e03caechj0a.jpg.thumb.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; word-wrap: break-word;" zoomfile="data/attachment/forum/201502/18/214042rk8e3e03caechj0a.jpg" /> </ignore_js_op>                <ignore_js_op style="word-wrap: break-word;"><img aid="281905" file="data/attachment/forum/201502/18/214013ol3h06lwjfvzl04l.jpg.thumb.jpg" id="aimg_281905" inpost="1" src="http://en.miui.com/data/attachment/forum/201502/18/214013ol3h06lwjfvzl04l.jpg.thumb.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; word-wrap: break-word;" zoomfile="data/attachment/forum/201502/18/214013ol3h06lwjfvzl04l.jpg" /> </ignore_js_op><br style="word-wrap: break-word;" /><br style="word-wrap: break-word;" />That looks a tempting proposition and thanks to Xiaomi we now have solid specd phones at reasonable prices. Now let us vote our phone of choice.<br style="word-wrap: break-word;" /><br style="word-wrap: break-word;" /><br style="word-wrap: break-word;" /></td></tr></tbody></table><form action="http://en.miui.com/forum.php?mod=misc&action=votepoll&fid=50&tid=86947&pollsubmit=yes&quickforward=yes" autocomplete="off" id="poll" method="post" name="poll" style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: 'Microsoft YaHei', Tahoma, Helvetica, SimSun, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"><div class="pcht" style="border-radius: 5px; border: 2px solid rgb(248, 248, 248); margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 25px; width: 600px; word-wrap: break-word;"><div class="pinf" style="color: #999999; margin: 15px 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="color: #666666; font-weight: 700; word-wrap: break-word;">Single-option Poll</span></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; empty-cells: show; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px; word-wrap: break-word;" summary="poll panel"><tbody style="word-wrap: break-word;"><tr class="ptl" style="word-wrap: break-word;"><td class="pvt" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; padding: 8px 2px; vertical-align: middle; width: auto; word-wrap: break-word;"><label for="option_1" style="cursor: pointer; word-wrap: break-word;">1.  Xiaomi Mi4 with 3G/16GB</label></td><td class="pvts" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; padding: 8px 2px; vertical-align: middle; width: 100px; word-wrap: break-word;"></td></tr><tr class="ptl" style="word-wrap: break-word;"><td class="pvt" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; padding: 8px 2px; vertical-align: middle; width: auto; word-wrap: break-word;"><label for="option_2" style="cursor: pointer; word-wrap: break-word;">2.  Xiaomi Mi4 with 4G/64GB</label></td><td class="pvts" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; padding: 8px 2px; vertical-align: middle; width: 100px; word-wrap: break-word;"></td></tr><tr class="ptl" style="word-wrap: break-word;"><td class="pvt" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; padding: 8px 2px; vertical-align: middle; width: auto; word-wrap: break-word;"><label for="option_3" style="cursor: pointer; word-wrap: break-word;">3.  Xiaomi Redmi Note 4G</label></td><td class="pvts" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; padding: 8px 2px; vertical-align: middle; width: 100px; word-wrap: break-word;"></td></tr><tr class="ptl" style="word-wrap: break-word;"><td class="pvt" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; padding: 8px 2px; vertical-align: middle; width: auto; word-wrap: break-word;"><label for="option_4" style="cursor: pointer; word-wrap: break-word;">4.  Samsung Galaxy S4</label></td><td class="pvts" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; padding: 8px 2px; vertical-align: middle; width: 100px; word-wrap: break-word;"></td></tr><tr class="ptl" style="word-wrap: break-word;"><td class="pvt" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; padding: 8px 2px; vertical-align: middle; width: auto; word-wrap: break-word;"><label for="option_5" style="cursor: pointer; word-wrap: break-word;">5.  Samsung Galaxy Grand Max</label></td><td class="pvts" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; padding: 8px 2px; vertical-align: middle; width: 100px; word-wrap: break-word;"></td></tr><tr class="ptl" style="word-wrap: break-word;"><td class="pvt" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; padding: 8px 2px; vertical-align: middle; width: auto; word-wrap: break-word;"><label for="option_6" style="cursor: pointer; word-wrap: break-word;">6.  Micromax Yureka</label></td><td class="pvts" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; padding: 8px 2px; vertical-align: middle; width: 100px; word-wrap: break-word;"></td></tr><tr style="word-wrap: break-word;"><td colspan="2" style="height: 31px; line-height: 31px; padding: 4px; vertical-align: middle; word-wrap: break-word;"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table></div></form></div>

Buying guide: Xiaomi vs Samsung vs Micromax

The last few weeks saw heavy activity in the Indian mobile market with the lauch of Xiaomi Mi4, Redmi Note 4G, Micromax Yu, Samsumg Galaxy G...