Xiaomi Mi 9 vs Apple iPhone XR Comparison and Differences

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Xiaomi Mi 9

Xiaomi Mi 9

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Apple iPhone XR

Apple iPhone XR

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Xiaomi Mi 9 or Apple iPhone XR Specs Comparison

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Common specs

Brand and model Xiaomi Mi 9 Apple iPhone XR
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Release date 2019, February 2018, September
Dimensions (HxWxD) 157.5 x 74.7 x 7.6 mm | 6.2 x 6.2 x 2.94 in 150.9 x 75.7 x 8.3 mm | 5.94 x 5.94 x 2.98 in
Weight 173 g | 6.1 oz 194 g | 6.84 oz
Body Build Back glass (Gorilla Glass 5), aluminum frame (7000 series) Front/back glass, aluminum frame (7000 series)
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Colors Lavender Violet, Ocean Blue, Piano Black Black, Red, Yellow, Blue, Coral, White
Battery 3300 mAh,  Non-removable Li-Po 2942 mAh,  Non-removable Li-Ion
Battery life Talking time - Up to 25 h (3G)
Music play - Up to 65 h
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Screen

Technology Super AMOLED IPS LCD
Touchscreen capacitive touchscreen capacitive touchscreen
Display colors 16M 16M
Screen size 6.39" in 6.1" in
Screen area 100.2 cm2 90.3 cm2
Screen format 19.5:9 (height:width) 19.5:9 (height:width)
Screen to body ratio 85.2% 79.0%
Screen resolution 1080 x 2340 px 828 x 1792 px
Screen PPI /points per inch/ 403 PPI 326 PPI
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Glass 6 Scratch-resistant glass, oleophobic coating
Other specs - HDR10
-DCI-P3
- True-tone
-Wide color gamut
-120 Hz touch-sensing
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Camera and Video

Rear camera, main 48 MP, Triple 12 MP, Single
Camera specs -48 MP, f/1.8, 1/2'', 0.8µm, Laser/PDAF
-16 MP, f/2.2, 13mm (ultrawide), 1/3.0'', 1.0µm, Laser/PDAF
-12 MP, f/2.2, 54mm (telephoto), 1/3.6'', 1.0µm, Laser/PDAF, 2x optical zoom
-12 MP, f/1.8, 26mm (wide), 1/2.55'', 1.4µm, OIS, PDAF
Functions Dual-LED flash, HDR, panorama Quad-LED dual-tone flash, HDR (photo/panorama)
Video 2160p@30/60fps, 1080p@30/120/240fps, 1080p@960fps 2160p@24/30/60fps, 1080p@30/60/120/240fps, HDR, stereo sound rec.
DxOMark Main Score 110 101
DxOMark Photo 115 103
DxOMark Video 99 96
Front camera, selfie 20 MP, Single 7 MP, Single
Specifications 20 MP, f/2.0, 0.9µm 7 MP, f/2.2, 32mm (standard)
Functions HDR HDR
Video 1080p@30fps 1080p@60fps

Performance

Operating system - OS Android 9.0 (Pie) iOS 12, upgradable to iOS 12.1.3
Chipset - Qualcomm SM8150 Snapdragon 855 (7 nm) - Apple A12 Bionic (7 nm)
CPU - Octa-core (1x2.84 GHz Kryo 485 & 3x2.42 GHz Kryo 485 & 4x1.8 GHz Kryo 485) - Hexa-core (2x2.5 GHz Vortex + 4x1.6 GHz Tempest)
GPU Adreno 640 Apple GPU (4-core graphics)
External memory No No
Internal memory 64/128 GB, 6/8 GB RAM 64/128/256 GB, 3 GB RAM

Benchmark

Antutu 10 Total 625750 676475
Antutu 10 CPU 192486 191136
Antutu 10 GPU 191970 175470
Antutu 10 Mem 106764 133543
Antutu 10 UX 192486 191136
Antutu 8 Total 445567 414479
Antutu 7 Total
GeekBench 6 Single Core 856 1235
GeekBench 6 Multi Core 2550 2248
GeekBench 6 OpenCL 2579
GeekBench 6 Vulkan 2356
GeekBench 6 Metal 8126
GeekBench 5 Single Core 678 1108
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core 2575 2575
GeekBench 4 Single Core 3235 4819
GeekBench 4 Multi-Core 10405 11408
GeekBench 4 RenderScript 7120
GeekBench 4 Battery 6086

Communication and Connectivity

SIM card Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by) Nano-SIM, Electronic SIM card (eSIM)
Network GSM / CDMA / HSPA / LTE GSM / CDMA / HSPA / EVDO / LTE
Bands -2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 
CDMA 800 & TD-SCDMA
-3G - HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100
-4G - LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 12(700), 17(700), 20(800), 28(700), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300)
-2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900  
CDMA 800 / 1900
-3G - HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100  
CDMA2000 1xEV-DO
-4G - LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 12(700), 13(700), 14(700), 17(700), 18(800), 19(800), 20(800), 25(1900), 26(850), 29(700), 30(2300), 32(1500), 34(2000), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300), 41(2500), 66(1700/2100), 71(600)
Speed HSPA, LTE-A HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A
GPRS Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, hotspot
GPS Yes, with dual-band A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS, GALILEO, QZSS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, GALILEO, QZSS
NFC Yes Yes
USB 2.0, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector, USB On-The-Go 2.0, proprietary reversible connector
Bluetooth 5.0, A2DP, LE, aptX HD 5.0, A2DP, LE

Music and Audio

Radio No No
Headphone jack No No
Others - Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic - Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic

Other features

Sensors - Fingerprint (under display), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass , Infrared port - Face ID, accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, barometer
Other extras
- Fast battery charging 27W (Quick Charge 4+)
-Fast wireless charging 20W

- Siri natural language commands and dictation
- Fast battery charging: 50% in 30 min
-Qi wireless charging
- IP67 dust/water resistant (up to 1m for 30 mins)
-Apple Pay (Visa, MasterCard, AMEX certified)

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