Xiaomi, in China, has always been closely compared to Apple due to the way their devices are so alike to those from the Cupertino-based company. However, today, we intend to discover if the latest Xiaomi Mi 3 is better than the Apple iPhone 5S.
In terms of display, the Mi 3 is far bigger than the iPhone 5S as it comes with a 5” screen that produces 441ppi. This is also 35% sharper than the 326ppi produced on the iPhone 5S’ 4” display. While having a larger screen normally implies that battery drains faster, the fact that the Mi 3 has twice the battery capacity of the iPhone 5S ensures that it can last much longer than the latter.
Under the hood, the Mi 3 is powered by the 2.3GHz Snapdragon 800 processor with 2GB of RAM and Adreno 330 GPU. This is so much faster than the 5S’ 1.3GHz 2-cores Apple A7 processor with 1GB of RAM and PowerVR G6340 GPU.
Even on cameras, the 13MP rear and 2MP front shooters on the Mi 3 perform exceptionally well, if not, better than the 8MP rear and 1.2MP front cameras on the iPhone 5S. Both devices comes with 16GB of internal storage space.
The only way that the iPhone 5S is better than the Xiaomi Mi 3is the fact that it can surf on the 4G network and it runs on the iOS platform. There is simply no rivalling the latter in offering the smoothest mobile experience.
Then again, this is not enough to stop the Mi 3 from galloping to victory. At the rate Xiaomi is growing, we won’t be surprised if it becomes a mainstream smartphone manufacturer in the near future.
