Slowly, a handful of Chinese brands have emerged and are offering tempting handsets that offer great value for your money. The two contenders from our usual specs match-up both hail from China and are poised to appeal to the budget market with their recent launches. We pit Xiaomi‘s Redmi 2 against the freshly-announced Meizu M1, with both having the same price point. See how these contenders fare in this toe-to-toe comparison.
The Xiaomi RedMi 2 featured here is the initial release and not the recently-introduced variant with 2GB RAM and 16GB of storage.
| Xiaomi RedMi 2 | Meizu M1 |
|---|---|
| 4.7-inch HD IPS OGS display (1280 x 720) | 5-inch HD display (1280 x 768) |
| 312ppi | 299ppi |
| AGC Dragontrail Glass | Corning Gorilla Glass 3 |
| 64-bit 1.2GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 410 quad-core processor | 1.5GHz MediaTek MT6732 quad-core processor |
| Adreno 306 GPU | Mali-T760 MP2 GPU |
| 1GB RAM | 1GB RAM |
| 8GB internal storage | 8GB internal storage |
| with expansion slot up to 64GB via microSD | with expansion slot up to 128GB via microSD |
| 8MP rear camera with LED flash | 13MP rear camera with LED flash |
| 2MP front camera | 5MP front camera |
| 4G/LTE | 4G TD-LTE |
| Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n | Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n |
| Bluetooth 4.0 | Bluetooth 4.0 |
| GPS, A-GPS | GPS, A-GPS, GLONASS |
| USB OTG | not supported |
| 2,200mAh battery | 2,610mAh battery |
| Android 4.4 KitKat | Android 4.4 KitKat with Flyme 4 OS |
| 134 x 67.2 x 9.2mm | 140.2 x 72.1 x 8.9mm |
| 132 grams | 128 grams |
| CNY699 (approx. Php4,900) | CNY699 (approx. Php4,900) |
RedMi 2’s Advantage:
- Higher pixel count
- Better processing internals
- USB OTG
M1’s Advantage:
- Bigger display
- Expansion slot up to 128GB
- 13MP rear camera
- 5MP front camera
- 2610mAh battery
- Thinner
- Lighter
Equal in:
- RAM
- Internal storage
- Price
The Meizu M1 proved to have more advantage over the Xiaomi RedMi 2 on paper, although the latter runs on better processing internals both in the CPU and GPU department. Both priced in China at CNY 699 or around Php5K, which would you spend your hard-earned cash on if given the choice?
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