Huawei Y7 Prime 2019 vs Xiaomi Redmi Note 7

The Y7 Prime 2019 was made available to the public last month, and Xiaomi also took the wraps off its long-awaited Redmi Note 7 smartphone in January this year.

Let us take a gander at a brief comparison between the two recently unveiled smartphones based on their appearance, design, hardware, and performance.

Appearance & Design

The Huawei Y7 Prime 2019 sports an appealing plastic and metal body design, which is further augmented with an equally fascinating 2.5D curved glass screen.

The phone sports a mammoth 6.26 inches IPS display with an HD+ screen resolution of 1520×720 pixels.

This display offers 24-bit color depth with a pixel density of 269 PPI (pixels per inch) and a screen to body ratio of 80.28%.

On the photography front, the Huawei Y7 Prime 2019 houses a 13MP + 2MP dual-camera setup with LED and AF on the back. Up front, there’s a 16MP selfie camera.

The phone’s dimensions are 76.91 mm x 158.92 mm x 8.1 mm and it weighs in at just 168g with the battery. The phone comes in three color versions including black, blue and red.

The Xiaomi Redmi Note 7 smartphone features a 6.3 inches IPS, FHD+ display with a resolution of 1080 x 2340 pixels.

The phone offers 24-bit color depth with 16 million display color at a pixel density of 409PPI.

The screen is scratch resistant and there’s a Corning Gorilla Glass 5 on top for added protection.

Featuring a 2.5D curved glass screen, the phone is housed in a sturdy aluminum alloy body and it has a dimension of 75.2 mm x 159.21 mm x 8.1 mm and its weight is 186g even with the battery.

On the back, there are 48MP + 5MP cameras with dual-LED flash and AF. There’s a 13MP front-mounted camera for selfies and face-to-face video chatting.

Hardware & Performance

The Huawei Y7 Prime 2019 is powered by Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 450 processor and it features the company’s highly competent Adreno 506 GPU.

The phone ships with 3GB of LPDDR3 RAM and offers 32GB of expandable (up to 512GB) internal storage capacity.

This Huawei-branded phone is backed by a built-in 4,000 mAh Lithium-Polymer battery that delivers standby time of up to 360 hours and about 14 hours of talk time.

The phone runs Emotion UI 8.2 based on Android 8.1 Oreo OS. Aside from microSD, microSDHC, microSDXC card slots, the Y7 Prime 2019 features useful sensors like a proximity sensor, accelerometer, ambient light, and compass.

The Redmi Note 7 packs a powerful Qualcomm Snapdragon 660 MSM8976 Plus 64-bit processor with Qualcomm Adreno 512 graphics processing unit.

It comes with 3GB/4GB/6GB of LPDDR4X RAM and is available in 32GB and 64GB storage options.

The phone draws its juices from a robust 4000mAh battery. This non-removable cell provides a standby time of about 251 hours and a talk time of up for 23 hours.

The phone runs MIUI V10 based on Android 8.1 Oreo OS. In terms of card slots, the Redmi Note 7 has microSD, microSDHC, and microSDXC.

Moreover, it features several sensors like proximity, accelerometer, ambient, compass, gyroscope and a fingerprint sensor.

Price

The Huawei Y7 Prime 2019 would normally set you back about 200 EUR, which roughly converts to about $229. The Xiaomi Redmi Note 7 usually carries a more reasonable 150 EUR (about $171) price tag.

You can check out a more detailed comparison between the Huawei Y7 Prime 2019 and Xiaomi Redmi Note 7 smartphones below:

General

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  • Model
    Huawei Y7 Prime 2019 Xiaomi Redmi Note 7
  • Released
    Jan, 2019 Jan, 2019
  • Status
    Available Available

Design

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  • Type Design Type called form factor refers to a mobile phone's size, shape, and style as well as the layout and position of major components of phone. There are three major form factors seen in mobile phones => bar phones, folding phones and sliding phones.
    Bar Bar
  • Dimensions
    76.91 x 158.92 x 8.1 mm 159.2 x 75.2 x 8.1 mm
  • Weight
    168 Grams 186 Grams (With Battery)
  • Waterproof
    No No

Display

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  • Display Type Display Technology => A number of display technologies and types used in mobile phones => TFT (Thin Film Transistor), IPS (In-Place Switching), OLED (Organic Light Emitting Diode), AMOLED (Active-Matrix Organic Light-Emitting Diode), Super AMOLED (an even advanced version of AMOLED), Resistive Touchscreen (Resistive touchscreens contain two layer of conductive material with a very small gap between them which acts as a resistance), Capacitive Touchsceen (Capacitive touchscreen technology consists of a layer of glass coated with a transparent conductor)
    IPS IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen
  • Size
    6.26 in (inches) 6.3 inches
  • Resolution
    720 x 1520 pixels 1080 x 2340 pixels
  • Display Colors Display Colors is refers to the number of different shades of colors that the screen is capable of displaying => 64K colors, 256K colors and 16 million colors, Obviously 16M is highest available range of colors and better than others.
    16M Colors 16 Millions Colors
  • Pixel Density Pixel Density (PPI) is refers to the concentration of pixels on a particular display, measured in pixels per inch (ppi). Pixel density is calculated by dividing the diagonal pixel resolution of a display by its diagonal size, higher pixel density better display quality.
    269 ppi (pixels per inch) 409 ppi (pixels per inch)
  • Touch Screen
    Yes Multi Touch Support Yes
  • Display Protection Display Protection => Gorilla Glass is a special alkali-aluminosilicate glass shield with exceptional damage resistance that helps protect mobile displays from scratches, drops, and bumps of everyday use, It is always better to go for a smartphone with Gorilla Glass for that added protection and peace of mind.
    2.5D curved glass screen Corning Gorilla Glass 5
  • Features
    Capacitive
    Multi-touch
    LTPS (Low Temperature PolySilicon)

Hardware

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  • CPU The main chipset of the device.
    ARM Cortex-A53, 1800 MHz, Cores: 8 Octa-core (4x2.2 GHz Kryo 260 + 4x1.8 GHz Kryo 260)
  • GPU GPU (Graphics Processing Unit) is a single-chip processor designed to rapidly manipulate and alter memory to accelerate the creation of images in a frame buffer intended for output to a display, This includes things such as lighting effects, object transformations, and 3D motion.
    Qualcomm Adreno 506 Adreno 512
  • RAM (Memory) RAM (Random Access Memory) is a type of computer memory that can be accessed randomly, any byte of memory can be accessed without touching the preceding bytes that allows information to be stored and accessed quickly from random locations. RAM is the most common type of memory found in computer systems, smartphones, tablets and other electronic devices.
    3 GB, 933 MHz 3 GB, 4 GB, 6 GB
  • Internal Storage Internal Storage is a data storage space (flash memory) mostly used in smartphones, tablets and other electronic devices where operating system, apps, music, photos, videos, files and other user data Is stored.
    32 GB 32 GB, 64 GB, 128 GB
  • Memory Card Slot Memory Card Slot is a special slot for inserting a memory card. Memory cards allow you to expand the phone's built-in memory, A memory card (sometimes called a flash memory card or a storage card) is a small storage medium used to store data such as text, pictures, audio, and video, for use on small, portable or remote computing devices such as mobile phones, mp3 players, digital cameras.
    microSD, microSDHC, microSDXC microSD, up to 256 GB (uses shared SIM slot)
  • Sensors Sensors are electronic components that detects and responds to some type of input from the physical environment. The specific input could be light, heat, motion, moisture, pressure and location, The output is generally a signal that is converted to use in computing systems, a location sensor, such as a GPS receiver is able to detect current location of your electronic device.
    Proximity
    Light
    Accelerometer
    Compass
    Fingerprint
    Fingerprint (rear-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass

Software

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  • Operating System OS => Every computer system run on a base software called Operating System (OS). Operating System controls all basic operations of the computer (such as smartphone, PDAs, tablet computers and other handheld devices). The Operating System allows the user to install and run third party applications (apps), apps are used to add new functionality to the device.
    Android 8.1 Oreo Android 9.0 (Pie) + MIUI 10
  • User Interface UI or user interface of a device is the look and feel of the on-screen menu system. How it works, its color scheme, how it responds to button presses, all of these things are part of the user interface.
    Yes Yes

Camera

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  • Rear Camera Camera is able to capture photographs and usually videos, The most important characteristics of a camera are the resolution (measured in megapixels), lens focus type (fixed or automatic), higher megapixel cameras are known to capture higher quality photos, but not always a good measurement of the photos quality.
    12.98 MP (megapixels) 48 MP (wide) + 5 MP depth sensor or 12 MP (wide) + 2 MP depth sensor
  • Image
    4160 x 3120 pixels 1080p
  • Video
    1920 x 1080 pixels 1080p@30/60/120fps, (gyro-EIS)
  • Flash Flash Light => There is commonly two types of flash lights are used in camera mobile phones, LED Flash (LED flash offers lower power consumption with drive circuitry that takes up very little room, LEDs can be strobed faster than any other light source), Xenon Flash (xenon flash produces an extremely intense full-spectrum white light for a very short duration)
    LED Dual-LED flash, HDR, panorama
  • Front Camera
    15.93 MP (megapixels) 13 MP

Network

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  • SIM SIM (Subscriber Identity Module) is a small card that contains mobile network subscriber's account information. This allows the phone using the card to attach to a mobile network. The SIM card is most commonly associated with GSM and UMTS mobile networks. Moving a SIM card from one phone to another allows a subscriber to switch mobile phones without having to contact their mobile network carrier. SIM cards can also be used by a phone to store limited amounts of data, such as phone numbers and text messages.
    Nano SIM Nano SIM
  • Dual SIM
    Nano-SIM, Nano-SIM / NMSD Hybrid Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by)

Connectivity

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  • Wi-fi Wi-Fi is a popular wireless networking technology using radio waves to provide high-speed network connections that allows devices to communicate without cords or cables, Wi-Fi is increasingly becoming the preferred mode of internet connectivity all over the world.
    b, g, n, n 5GHz, Dual band, Wi-Fi Hotspot, Wi-Fi Direct Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot
  • USB
    2.0, Micro USB 2.0, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector
  • GPS GPS The Global Positioning System is a satellite-based radio navigation system, GPS permits users to determine their position, velocity and the time 24 hours a day, in all weather, anywhere in the world, In order to locate your position, your device or GPS receiver must have a clear view of the sky.
    GPS, A-GPS, GLONASS, BeiDou Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS
  • NFC NFC (Near field communication) is a set of standards for smartphones and similar devices to establish peer-to-peer radio communications with each other by touching them together or bringing them into proximity, usually no more than a few inches.
    No No
  • Wireless Charging Wireless Charging (Inductive Charging) uses an electromagnetic field to transfer energy between two objects. This is usually done with a charging station. Energy is sent through an inductive coupling to an electrical device, which can then use that energy to charge batteries or run the device.
    No No
  • Headphone Jack
    Yes Yes

Battery

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  • Capacity Battery Capacity
    4000 mAh, Li-Polymer Li-Po 4000 mAh battery + Fast battery charging 18W (Quick Charge 4)
  • Placement
    Non-Removable Non-removable

Media

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  • Video Playback
    Yes Yes
  • Video Out
    Yes Yes
  • FM Radio
    Yes Yes
  • Ring Tones
    Yes Yes
  • Loudspeaker
    Yes Yes
  • Handsfree
    Yes Yes

Data

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  • 4G LTE 4G LTE bands
    Yes LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 20(800), 28(700), 38(2600), 40(2300) - Global LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 34(2000), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300), 41(2500)
  • Speed
    LTE 850 MHz LTE 900 MHz LTE 1800 MHz LTE 2100 MHz LTE-TDD 1900 MHz (B39) LTE-TDD 2300 MHz (B40) LTE-TDD 2500 MHz (B41) LTE-TDD 2600 MHz (B38) LTE-TDD 2000 MHz (B34) HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A (2CA) Cat12 600/150 Mbps

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