OnePlus 5 vs Xiaomi Mi 6 – What’s different


OnePlus 5 Midnight Black

OnePlus, as promised, introduced its latest flagship device dubbed as OnePlus 5 with much fanfare today. This is the first smartphone in the OnePlus portfolio to sport a dual camera setup. Having said that, today we have come up with spec comparison between OnePlus 5 and its arch rival Xiaomi Mi 6. As both the device possess more or less the similar internals, we found it interesting to compare side by side. Do check it out here. 

Price $479 / $539 $360/ $421/ $435

Name OnePlus 5

OnePlus 5 teaser

Xiaomi Mi6

Xiaomi Mi 6 -1

Dimensions 152.7 x 74.7 x 7.25mm 145.2 x 70.5 x 7.5 mm
Weight 153 g 168 g
Display Optic AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
5.5 inches with Corning Gorilla Glass 5 5.15 inches
1080 x 1920 pixels 1080 x 1920 pixels
Processor Qualcomm MSM8998 Snapdragon 835 Qualcomm MSM8998 Snapdragon 835
RAM & Storage 6GB RAM/64GB inbuilt or 8GB RAM/128GB inbuilt storage 64GB/128 GB, 6GB RAM
Main Camera 16 Megapixel Sony IMX398 (1.12 microns), f/1.7 aperture,EIS, dual LED Flash, 20 Megapixel secondary camera, Sony IMX350, (1.0microns), f/2.6 aperture 12MP rear camera with 1.25μm pixel size, f/1.8 aperture, dual-tone LED flash, 4-axis OIS, 4K video recording, secondary 12MP camera with 1.0 μm pixel size, 52mm portrait lens, f/2.6 aperture
Front Camera 16 Megapixel Sony IMX371 with f/2.0 Aperture, 1.0 microns 8MP front-facing camera
Operating System Android 7.1.1 (Nougat) Android 7.1.1 (Nougat)
Battery Li-Ion 3300 mAh Li-Po 3350 mAh
Colours Midnight Black, Slate Gray Ceramic Black, Black, Blue, White
Connectivity Dual SIM, 4G LTE, WiFi 802.11ac dual-band (2×2 MU-MIMO ), GPS/GLONASS/Beidou, NFC Dual SIM, 4G LTE, WiFi 802.11ac dual-band (2×2 MU-MIMO), GPS/GLONASS/Beidou, NFC
Bluetooth 5.0 5.0
USB 2.0, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector Type-C 1.0 reversible connector
Other Features Ceramic Scratch Resistant Fingerprint Sensor Ultrasonic Fingerprint sensor, Infrared sensor
3.5mm audio jack, 3 microphones with noise cancellation, Dirac HD Sound  Stereo speakers
 Dash Charge Qualcomm Quick Charge 3.0