Xiaomi Mi A1 (5X) vs Elephone A4

Following in the footsteps of its well-received predecessors, the Xiaomi-branded Mi A1 (5X) smartphone propelled straight to popularity after hitting the store shelves back in September 2017. The equally well-received Elephone A4 smartphone, on the other hand, was released in March this year. Let’s compare the two popular smartphones on the basis of their design, hardware, and price.

The Mi A1 (5X) is housed in an aluminum alloy body and it features an alluring IPS, LCD, Full HD (1080 x 1920 pixels) display. There’s a fingerprint sensor placed on the back along with a 12MP + 12MP dual camera setup. You can find a 5MP camera located on the front

The phone’s dimensions are 6.12 in x 2.98 in x 0.29 in (LxWxH) and it weighs in at just 165 grams even with the battery. You can choose from 3 color options including gold, rose gold and black.

The Elephone A4 sports an eye-catching plastic and metal body design which is coupled with an equally appealing IPS, HD+ (1440 x 720 pixels) display. You can find a fingerprint scanner mounted on the back side along with an 8MP camera with dual-LED and AF.

There’s a 5MP camera placed on the front for selfie addicts. There’s lack of details regarding the phone’s dimensions and weight; however, we know it is up for grabs in red, gray and gold color versions.

Xiaomi employed a Qualcomm Snapdragon 625 MSM8953, 64-bit processor along with a Qualcomm Adreno 506 GPU in order to power the Mi A1 (5X) smartphone. The device offers 4GB of RAM and 64GB of onboard storage that can be expanded up to 128GB via SIM 2 slot.

The Mi A1 (5X) smartphone is backed by a non-removable 3,080mAh Lithium-ion battery. This mighty cell offers up to 367 hours of standby time and up to 21.7 hours of talk time.

There are 3 card slots including microSD, microSDHC, and microSDXC. The phone also features multiple sensors such as proximity sensor, accelerometer, ambient light, a compass sensor, fingerprint sensor (rear mounted), hall sensor, and gyroscope.

The Elephone A4 packs a MediaTek MT6739WW, 64-bit processor along with PowerVR GE8100 graphics processing unit, under the hood. It has 3GB of RAM coupled with 16GB of expandable internal memory (up to 128GB).

Furthermore, the hybrid dual-SIM (nano-SIM/microSD + nano-SIM) smartphone draws its juices from a 3,000 mAh Lithium-Polymer battery. The built-in cell can deliver up to 260 hours of standby time and up to 11 hours of talk time.

As far as card slots are concerned, the phone comprises microSD, microSDHC, and microSDXC. Furthermore, it features all sorts of sensors including a proximity sensor, accelerometer, ambient light, fingerprint sensor, and compass.

The Xiaomi Mi A1 (5X) smartphone will set you back about $286. The Elephone A4 smartphone sells for $99.90 on the official elephone store. You can check out a point-by-point comparison between the two smartphones below.

Product Name

Xiaomi Mi A1 (5X)

Elephone A4
Product Image
Price
Our Rating

6.0

6.0
Brand

Xiaomi

Elephone
Category

Mobiles

Mobiles

General

Model

Xiaomi Mi A1 (5X) A4
Released

10 September, 2017
Status

Available Available

Design

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

6.12 in x 2.98 in x 0.29 in 148.4*73.2*7.3mm
Weight

165 Grams (With Battery) 170g
Waterproof

No

Display

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)

LTPS, IPS, LCD capacitive touchscreen LG LTPS capacitve touch screen OGS,Side Fingerprint/Bezel-Less
Size

5.5 inches Full HD 5.7"HD+(18:9)
Resolution

1920 x 1080 Pixels, 24 bit color depth 1920 x 1080 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
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.

~ 401 PPI Pixel per inch
Touch Screen

Yes Multi Touch Support Yes, LTPS capacitve touch screen OGS
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.

Yes Corning Gorilla Glass 4
Features

LTPS, IPS, LCD display
Full HD Touch Screen
~ 401 PPI Pixel Per Inch
Capacitive Touch
1000:1 Contrast Ratio
2.5D Curved Glass Screen
450 cd/m2
Capacitive
Color LED Notifications
Multi-touch 5.7 inch screen with 1920 x 1080 pixels resolution
supports side fingerprint and multi-focus
LG LTPS capacitve touch screen OGS,Side Fingerprint/Bezel-Less

Hardware

CPU The main chipset of the device.

Octa-Core 2.0GHz ARM Cortex-A53 CPU Clock Helio P10 (MTK6739) Octa-Core
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 GPU ARM Mali-T860 MP2 700MHz
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.

4GB 2GB
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.

64GB 16GB
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
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 Sensor
Accelerometer
Ambient Light
Compass Sensor
Fingerprint Sensor (Rear Mounted)
Hall Sensor
Gyroscope Gravity sensor / Proximity sensor / Light sensor / Gyrometer / Hall / Breath LED / E-compass

Software

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 7.1.2 Nougat Upgrade to Android 8.0 (Oreo) Android 6.0 Marshmallow
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 MIUI 8.0

Camera

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 Megapixels + 12 Megapixels (Dual Camera) Sony IMX258 13.0 mega pixel back camera F2.0
Image

4032 x 3024 Pixels 1920 x 1080 pixels
Video

2160p@30fps, 720p@120fps 1080P Support Slow Motion
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)

Yes with Dual-LED Flash Yes，Supprt Double flash
Front Camera

5 Megapixels with LED Flash & 1080P OV8858 8.0 mega pixel front camera

Network

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 Micro SIM
Dual SIM

Dual Hybrid SIM (Nano-SIM + Nano-SIM/microSD Card), Dual Standby Dual micro SIM Card Dual Standby

Connectivity

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.

Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, Dual Band, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi Hotspot 802.11a/b/g/n（Support WiFi DISPLAY）Dual Band 2.4G/5G
USB

2.0 Type-C 1.0 USB with OTG, Host, Charging and Mass Storage Function
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.

Yes, with A-GPS, Beidou, GLONASS, GPS A-GPS Support, Built-in GPS
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 Support Wireless charging
Headphone Jack

Yes No

Battery

Capacity Battery Capacity

3,080mAh Lithium-ion 3000mAh
Placement

Non-Removable

Media

Video Playback

Yes Support 3GP, MP4, FLV, WMV, AVI, MKV, H.264, H.263
Video Out

Yes With Wireless Media Connection
FM Radio

Yes Yes Support FM Radio
Ring Tones

Yes
Loudspeaker

Yes
Handsfree

Yes

Data

4G LTE 4G LTE bands

Yes FDD-LTE:Band 1/3/7/8/20 (800/1800/2100/2600MHz), TDD-LTE:Band 38/40
Speed

LTE: 1(2100), 3(1800), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 20(800), 38(2600), 40(2300) MHz