Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 Pro vs Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 AI

Sporting a 5.99 inches FHD+ display with a screen resolution of 2160 x 1080 pixels, the Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 Pro Android 4G smartphone was launched on February 14, 2018.

The Redmi Note 5 AI, on the other hand, is slated to hit the store shelves this year on March 20. The phone is likely to feature a big 5.99 inches IPS, FHD+ display with a screen resolution of 2160 x 1080 pixels.

The Redmi Note 5 Pro boasts an eye-catching aluminum alloy body design and its dimensions are 75.5 mm x 158.5 mm x 8.0 mm. Moreover, the device weighs in at 181 grams (with battery). It is currently available in gray, gold, black, blue and rose-gold color options.

The upcoming Redmi Note 5 AI smartphone will be housed in a robust aluminum alloy body and it is expected to have dimensions of 6.24 in x 2.97 in x 0.32 in. Furthermore, the phone is speculated to weigh in at 181 grams (with battery). If previously surfaced reports are anything to go by, it will be available in several color options including gold, black, blue, and rose-gold.

The Redmi Note 5 Pro packs a powerful Qualcomm Snapdragon 636 64-bit processor, under the hood. Aside from that, it has a Qualcomm Adreno 509 graphics processing unit.

The well-received Redmi Note 5 Pro smartphone offers 4GB/6GB of LPDDR4 RAM and 64GB/64GB of internal memory, which can further be expanded up to 128GB via SIM 2 slot. On top of that, it comes with microSD, microSDHC, and microSDXC card slots.

The phone features a slew of important sensors as well. For instance, there’s proximity sensor, accelerometer, light sensor, rear-mounted fingerprint sensor, compass, gyroscope, and hall.

The yet-to-be-released Redmi Note 5 AI smartphone is also likely to carry a Qualcomm Snapdragon 636, 64-bit processor if latest rumors are anything to go by. Moreover, the phone will reportedly come with an Adreno 509 GPU.

Under the hood, the Redmi Note 5 AI smartphone offers 3GB/4GB/6GB of LPDDR4 RAM and 32GB/64GB of expandable onboard storage (up to 128GB via SIM 2 Slot). In addition to that, it will come with a myriad of card slots such as microSD, microSDHC, and microSDXC.

The phone will feature multiple sensors including a proximity sensor, accelerometer, light sensor, fingerprint ID (rear mounted), compass, gyroscope, and hall sensor. It will be backed by a built-in 4,000 mAh Li-Poly (Lithium Polymer) battery.

The Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 Pro smartphone can be purchased in shopping stores by shelling out about $280. The Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 AI smartphone is expected to bear price tags of about $173, $221 and $268 (based on specifications).

Product Name

Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 Pro

Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 AI
Product Image
Price

$229.00

$199.00
Our Rating

8.5

8.6
Brand

Xiaomi

Xiaomi
Category

Mobiles

Mobiles

General

Model

Redmi Note 5 Pro Redmi Note 5 AI Dual Camera
Released

14 February, 2018 20 March, 2018
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

75.5 mm x 158.5 mm x 8.0 mm 6.24 in x 2.97 in x 0.32 in
Weight

181 Grams (With Battery) 181 Grams (With Battery)

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)

IPS, LCD capacitive touchscreen IPS, LCD capacitive touchscreen
Size

5.99-Inch 5.99 inches Full HD+
Resolution

1080 x 2160 Pixels, 24 bit color depth 1080 x 2160 Pixels, 24 bit color depth
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 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.

~ 403 PPI ~ 403 PPI Pixel Per Inch
Touch Screen

Yes Multi Touch Support Yes Multi Touch Support
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 Yes Corning Gorilla Glass
Features

FHD+ display
~ 403 PPI
Capacitive
Multi-touch
2.5D Curved Glass
1000:1 Contrast ratio
450 cd/m2
84% NTSC
Scratch resistant IPS, LCD, FHD+ display
~ 403 PPI Pixel Density
Capacitive Multi-touch
18:9 Ratio
1000:1 Contrast ratio
450 cd/m2
84% NTSC
Scratch resistant
2.5D Curved Glass

Hardware

CPU The main chipset of the device.

Octa-Core 1.8GHz Kryo 4 x 1.8GHz Kryo 260, 4 x 1.6GHz Kryo 260 CPU Clock
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 509 Qualcomm Adreno 509 GPU
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.

3GB/4GB 3GB/4GB/6GB
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.

32GB/64GB 32GB/64GB
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, 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
Light Sensor
Fingerprint
Compass
Gyroscope
Hall Proximity Sensor
Accelerometer
Light Sensor
Fingerprint ID (Rear Mounted)
Compass
Gyroscope
Hall Sensor

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 7.0 Nougat Android 8.1 Oreo OS
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 with MIUI V9.7.9 Yes with MIUI 9

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 with Dual-LED and AF Rear Camera 12 MP f/1.9 +5 MP f/2.0, 1.4 μm with Dual-LED and AF Dual Rear Camera
Image

4000 x 3000 PIxels 4000 x 3000 PIxels
Video

1080p@30fps 1080p@30fps
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 with Dual-LED Flash
Front Camera

20 Megapixel Front camera 13 Megapixels with Sony Lens, Face Recognition

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.

Standard SIM Nano SIM
Dual SIM

Hybrid Dual SIM (Nano + Nano/microSD) Hybrid Dual SIM (Nano-SIM + Nano-SIM/microSD)

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, 802.11n 5GHz, Dual band, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi Display, Wi-Fi Hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, 802.11n 5GHz, Dual band, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi Display, Wi-Fi Hotspot
USB

MicroUSBv2.0, With OTG, Host, Charging and Mass Storage Function Micro USB 2.0 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 GPS, A-GPS, GLONASS, BeiDou Yes, with GPS, A-GPS, GLONASS, BeiDou
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
Headphone Jack

Yes Yes

Battery

Capacity Battery Capacity

4,000 mAh 4,000 mAh
Placement

Non-Removable Non-Removable

Media

Video Playback

Up to 8 Hours Up to 8.8 Hours
Video Out

Yes With Wireless Media Connection Yes With Wireless Media Connection
FM Radio

Yes Yes
Ring Tones

MP3, WAV ringtones MP3, WAV ringtones
Loudspeaker

Yes Yes

Data

4G LTE 4G LTE bands

LTE : 850 / 1800 / 2100 / 2600 MHz, LTE-TDD : 1900 MHz (Band 39), LTE-TDD : 2300 MHz (Band 40), LTE-TDD : 2500 MHz (Band 41), LTE-TDD : 2600 MHz (Band 38) LTE: 850 / 900 / 1800 / 2100 2600 MHz, TDD-LTE: 1900 (B39) / 2300 (B40) / 2500 (B41) / 2600 (B38)
Speed

LTE Cat 12 600 Mbps Download, 100 Mbps Upload, HSPA+ LTE Cat-12 600 Mbps Download, 100 Mbps Upload, & HSPA+