Which is the best smartphone between Honor 4X vs Xiaomi Redmi Note ?

After checking out the rating on these factors like Design, Display ,Software , Performance , Battery Life , Camera and Value for money, Xiaomi-Redmi-Note got a higher rating in each of them. The expandable storage of Honor is only 32, while Xiaomi Redmi is giving you 64. Another difference is that Honor has in it a Micro-SIM, whereas the Xiaomi is having a Regular one.

If you consider the credibility of the Brand then again Xiaomi would hold more water than Honor, as per my opinion and you would get its accessories more easily than the other one.

A basic comparison based on the few basic key aspects is as follows -
Design and display
Honor 4X is lighter than the Redmi Note with physical.dimensions of 151.9 x 77.3 mm compared to RedMi Note with154 x 78.7 x 9.5mm. Both the devices are available in basic colors of black and white respectively. Honor 4X is thinner at just 8.7 mm.
Both the phones sport a 5.5 inch full HD IPS LCD display. Both of them have a 1280x720 resolution, but have no screen protection of any sort. Honor 4X has slimmer bezel rings.

Hardware
Honor 4X is powered by a robust Snapdragon 410 processor while the RedMi Note is powered by Snapdragon 400. Being quadcore processors, both sound to be equivalent. Clock speed of the devices is 1.2 GHz and 1.5 GHz for Honor 4X and RedMi Note respectively. Honor 4X scores over RedMi Note as it uses a 64 Bit processor.
They have similar specifications in terms of RAm at 2 GB and internal memory at 8 GB. Expandable memory options are available on both the devices, but while Honor 4X supports only upto 32 GB and Note supports memory expansion upto 64 GB.

Camera
Even in the camera department, the devices stay similar. Both feature a 13 MP rear and a 5 MP front camera. However in terms of performance, Honor 4X captures images with bright colors and details. RedMi Note lags behind. Images do not look sharp on it.

Battery and other features
Honor 4X has a 3000 mAh battery. The battery backup is upto 72 hours as claimed by the manufacturer. It also has power saving mode. RedMi Note carries a little bigger battery at 3100 mAh. The company claims that the battery has a backup time of 38 hours.

Software
Both of them are run on the outdated Android Kitkat 4.4.4. Honor has customisation with EMUI 3.0 while RedMi Note has MIUI 6.0 on top of the stock Android.

Price
Pricewise, Honor 4X is a bit costly at Rs.10499, around Rs.500 higher than the price tag of Rs.9999 for RedMi Note. With such a minor price difference, it would be difficult to decide the best among them. Both the devices are almost similar and have unique features in their own right. With better processor and good design, Honor 4X has slight edge over Xiaomi RedMi Note.

Specs comparison between Huawei Honor 4X and Xiaomi Redmi Note :

OS : Honor 4X runs on the Android v4.4.2 KitKat OS while Redmi Note runs on the Android v4.2 JellyBean OS. Honor 4X is also upgradeable to Android v5.0 Lollipop OS.

Display : Both smartphones are having IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen of 5.5 inches with a resolution of 720 x 1280 pixels.

Memory : Both smartphones have 8 GB internal memory, 32 GB expandable memory via microSD card and 2 GB RAM.

Camera : Camera specs are also same. Both devices sport primary camera of 13 MP and secondary camera of 5 MP.

Connectivity : Both of them support Wi-Fi 802.11, Bluetooth v4.0, GPS, microUSB v2.0 and USB OTG connectivity.

Java : Java is not supported by any of them.

Battery : Honor 4X has Li-Po 3000 mAh battery whereas Redmi Note has Li-Po 3100 mAh battery.

Final Words : Almost both of them are equal in specifications and features. However, Honor 4X operates on the latest version of Android OS. So, I think it is better between the two smartphones.