Honor 7C vs Xiaomi Redmi 5 – What’s Different?

Huawei's Honor brand just introduced the Honor 7C  smartphone in China today. This directly competes with the Redmi 5 that was introduced back in December last year and will launch in India this week. Both these share almost similar specifications including a 18:9 display, Snapdragon 450, up to 4GB RAM, fingerprint sensor on the back and a metal back. We decided to do a quick comparison of the specifications between the two. Honor 7C Redmi 5 Dimensions 158.3 x 76.7 x 7.8mm, 164 grams 151.8 × 72.8 × 7.7mm, 157 grams Display 5.99 inches HD+ LCD (~268 PPI) 2.5D Curved Glass Display 5.7 inches HD+ LCD (~282 PPI) 2.5D Curved Glass Display, 72% NTSC Color Gamut, 1000: 1 Contrast Ratio Processor 1.8GHz Octa-Core Snapdragon 450 14nm Mobile Platform with Adreno 506 GPU 1.8GHz Octa-Core Snapdragon 450 14nm Mobile Platform with Adreno 506 GPU RAM and Storage 3GB RAM + 32GB storage, 4GB RAM + 64GB Storage 2GB RAM + 16GB storage, 3GB / 4GB RAM + 32GB Storage Expansion slot Up to 256GB microSD via Dedicated slot Up to 128GB microSD via Hybrid SIM slot Camera 13MP with LED Flash, f/2.2 aperture, PDAF, secondary 2 MP camera 12MP with LED Flash, 1.25μm pixel size, f/2.2 aperture, PDAF Front Camera 8MP, f/2.0 aperture, LED flash 5MP, f/2.0 aperture, LED flash Operating System Android 8.0 (Oreo) with EMUI 8.0 Android 7.1.2 (Nougat) with MIUI ...