Realme U1 vs OnePlus 5 Comparison and Differences

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Realme U1

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Realme U1 or OnePlus 5 Specs Comparison

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Common specs

Brand and model Realme U1 OnePlus 5
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Release date 2018, November 2017, June
Dimensions (HxWxD) 157 x 74 x 8 mm | 6.18 x 6.18 x 2.91 in 154.2 x 74.1 x 7.3 mm | 6.07 x 6.07 x 2.92 in
Weight 168 g | 5.93 oz 153 g | 5.4 oz
Body Build Front glass, aluminum frame & back
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Colors Ambitious Black, Brave Blue, Fiery Gold Midnight Black, Slate Gray
Battery 3500 mAh,  Non-removable Li-Ion 3300 mAh,  Non-removable Li-Po
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Screen

Technology LTPS IPS LCD Optic AMOLED
Touchscreen capacitive touchscreen capacitive touchscreen
Display colors 16M 16M
Screen size 6.3" in 5.5" in
Screen area 97.4 cm2 83.4 cm2
Screen format 19.5:9 (height:width) 16:9 (height:width)
Screen to body ratio 83.9% 73.0%
Screen resolution 1080 x 2340 px 1080 x 1920 px
Screen PPI /points per inch/ 409 PPI 401 PPI
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Glass 3 Corning Gorilla Glass 5
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Camera and Video

Rear camera, main 13 MP, Dual 16 MP, Dual
Camera specs -13 MP, f/2.2, AF
-2 MP, f/2.4, depth sensor
-16 MP, f/1.7, 24mm (wide), 1/2.8'', 1.12µm, PDAF
-20 MP, f/2.6, 36mm (standard), 1/2.8'', 1.0µm, 1.6x optical zoom, AF
Functions LED flash, HDR, panorama HDR, panorama, dual-LED flash
Video 1080p@30fps, 720p@90fps 2160p@30fps, 1080p@30/60fps, 720p@30/120/480fps, Auto HDR
Front camera, selfie 25 MP, Single 16 MP, Single
Specifications 25 MP, f/2.0, 1/2.8'', 0.9µm 16 MP, f/2.0, 20mm, 1/3.1'', 1.0µm
Functions HDR Auto-HDR
Video 1080p@30fps 1080p (gyro-EIS)

Performance

Operating system - OS Android 8.1 (Oreo); ColorOS 5.2 Android 7.1.1 (Nougat), upgradable to Android 9.0 (Pie); OxygenOS 5.1.4
Chipset - Mediatek Helio P70 (12nm) - Qualcomm MSM8998 Snapdragon 835 (10 nm)
CPU - Octa-core (4x2.1 GHz Cortex-A73 & 4x2.0 GHz Cortex-A53) - Octa-core (4x2.45 GHz Kryo & 4x1.9 GHz Kryo)
GPU Mali-G72 MP3 Adreno 540
External memory microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot) No
Internal memory 64 GB, 4 GB RAM 32 GB, 3 GB RAM 128 GB, 8 GB RAM 64 GB, 6 GB RAM

Benchmark

Antutu 8 Total 210302
GeekBench 4 Single Core 1967
GeekBench 4 Multi-Core 6710

Communication and Connectivity

SIM card Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by) Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by)
Network GSM / HSPA / LTE GSM / CDMA / HSPA / LTE
Bands -2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2
-3G - HSDPA 850 / 900 / 2100
-4G - LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 5(850), 8(900), 38(2600), 40(2300), 41(2500)
-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), 18(800), 19(800), 20(800), 25(1900), 26(850), 28(700), 29(700), 30(2300), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300), 41(2500), 66(1700/2100)
Speed HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A Cat6 300/50 Mbps HSPA, LTE-A (3CA) Cat12 600/150 Mbps
GPRS Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, WiFi Direct, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, hotspot
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS, GALILEO
NFC Yes
USB microUSB 2.0, USB On-The-Go 2.0, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector
Bluetooth 4.2, A2DP, LE 5.0, A2DP, LE, aptX HD

Music and Audio

Radio FM radio No
Headphone jack Yes Yes
Others - Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic - Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic
-Dirac HD sound

Other features

Sensors - Fingerprint (rear-mounted), accelerometer, proximity, compass - Fingerprint (front-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass
Other extras
- Fast battery charging 5V/2A 10W

- Fast battery charging (Dash Charge)

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