Xiaomi Pocophone F1 vs Apple iPhone 8 Comparison and Differences

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Xiaomi Pocophone F1

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Xiaomi Pocophone F1 or Apple iPhone 8 Specs Comparison

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Common specs

Brand and model Xiaomi Pocophone F1 Apple iPhone 8
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Release date 2018, August 2017, September
Dimensions (HxWxD) 155.5 x 75.3 x 8.8 mm | 6.12 x 6.12 x 2.96 in 138.4 x 67.3 x 7.3 mm | 5.45 x 5.45 x 2.65 in
Weight 182 g | 6.42 oz 148 g | 5.22 oz
Body Build Front glass, plastic body Front/back glass, aluminum frame
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Colors Graphite Black, Steel Blue, Rosso Red, Armored Edition with Kevlar Silver, Space Gray, Gold, Red
Battery 4000 mAh,  Non-removable Li-Po 1821 mAh,  Non-removable Li-Ion
Battery life Talking time - Up to 14 h (3G)
Music play - Up to 40 h
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Screen

Technology IPS LCD LED-backlit IPS LCD
Touchscreen capacitive touchscreen capacitive touchscreen
Display colors 16M 16M
Screen size 6.18" in 4.7" in
Screen area 96.2 cm2 60.9 cm2
Screen format 18.7:9 (height:width) 16:9 (height:width)
Screen to body ratio 82.2% 65.4%
Screen resolution 1080 x 2246 px 750 x 1334 px
Screen PPI /points per inch/ 403 PPI 326 PPI
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Glass (unspecified version) Ion-strengthened glass, oleophobic coating
Other specs - Wide color gamut
-3D Touch display & home button
-True-tone
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Camera and Video

Rear camera, main 12 MP, Dual 12 MP, Single
Camera specs -12 MP, f/1.9, 1/2.55'', 1.4µm, dual pixel PDAF
-5 MP, f/2.0, 1.12µm, depth sensor
-12 MP, f/1.8, 28mm (wide), OIS, PDAF
Functions Dual-LED flash, HDR, panorama Quad-LED dual-tone flash, HDR
Video 2160p@30fps, 1080p@30fps (gyro-EIS), 1080p@240fps, 720p@960fps 2160p@24/30/60fps, 1080p@30/60/120/240fps
DxOMark Main Score 91 92
DxOMark Photo 92 93
DxOMark Video 90 90
Front camera, selfie 20 MP, Single 7 MP, Single
Specifications 20 MP, f/2.0, 0.9µm 7 MP, f/2.2
Functions HDR Face detection, HDR, panorama
Video 1080p@30fps 1080p@30fps

Performance

Operating system - OS Android 8.1 (Oreo), upgradable to Android 9.0 (Pie); MIUI 10.2 POCO iOS 11, upgradable to iOS 12.1.3
Chipset - Qualcomm SDM845 Snapdragon 845 (10 nm) - Apple A11 Bionic (10 nm)
CPU - Octa-core (4x2.8 GHz Kryo 385 Gold & 4x1.8 GHz Kryo 385 Silver) - Hexa-core (2x Monsoon + 4x Mistral)
GPU Adreno 630 Apple GPU (three-core graphics)
External memory microSD, up to 256 GB (uses SIM 2 slot) No
Internal memory 256 GB, 8 GB RAM 64/128 GB, 6 GB RAM 64/256 GB, 2 GB RAM

Benchmark

Antutu 10 Total 485821
Antutu 10 CPU 145501
Antutu 10 GPU 94979
Antutu 10 Mem 93682
Antutu 10 UX 145501
Antutu 8 Total 355750 267441
Antutu 7 Total
GeekBench 6 Single Core 491 1020
GeekBench 6 Multi Core 1628 1595
GeekBench 6 OpenCL 2043
GeekBench 6 Vulkan 1916
GeekBench 6 Metal 4596
GeekBench 5 Single Core 439 909
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core 1754 1838
GeekBench 4 Single Core 2194 4266
GeekBench 4 Multi-Core 7695 10535
GeekBench 4 RenderScript 12921
GeekBench 4 Battery 4646

Communication and Connectivity

SIM card Hybrid Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by) Nano-SIM
Network GSM / HSPA / LTE GSM / HSPA / LTE
Bands -2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2
-3G - HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
-4G - LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 20(800), 38(2600), 40(2300), 41(2500)
-2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
-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), 13(700), 17(700), 18(800), 19(800), 20(800), 25(1900), 26(850), 28(700), 29(700), 30(2300), 34(2000), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300), 41(2500), 66(1700/2100)
Speed HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A (4CA) Cat16 1024/150 Mbps HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A (3CA) Cat12 600/150 Mbps, EV-DO Rev.A 3.1 Mbps
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 A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, GALILEO, QZSS
NFC 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
Harmful irradiation SAR - 1.32 W/kg (head)     1.36 W/kg (body)    
SAR EU - 1.19 W/kg (head)     1.17 W/kg (body)    

Music and Audio

Radio FM radio, recording No
Headphone jack Yes No
Others - Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic - Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic

Other features

Sensors - Infrared face recognition, fingerprint (rear-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass - Fingerprint (front-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, barometer
Other extras
- Fast battery charging 9V/2A 18W (Quick Charge 3.0)

- 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)
Versions
- Also known as Xiaomi Poco F1 in India

- Versions: A1863 (USA, Hong Kong, Australia, New Zealand, China) A1905 (EMEA, UAE, LATAM, Canada, USA AT&T/T-Mobile, Singapore); A1906 (Japan)

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