Honor 7X, Redmi 5 Plus and Xiaomi Mi A1: Which one of these mid-range titans should you buy?

The smartphone industry is drastically growing where companies have started to manage to give good devices to customers at a cheaper price. As the bezel-less displays became a trend in the premium segment of smartphones, companies like Xiaomi and Honor bought the same to the mid-range segment. Currently, the mid-range market is being dominated by Xiaomi Redmi 5 Plus, Honor 7X and the Xiaomi Mi A1. Here is a quick comparison which will help you choose one of these mid-range titans.

Honor 7X

Honor recently unveiled their budget-oriented Honor 7X with a bezel-less display to bring a tough competition for LG Q6 and the Micromax Canvas Infinity. The Honor 7X sports a 5.93-inch IPS LCD display with a resolution of 1080x2160 pixels and an 18:9 aspect ratio. The smartphone runs on the company's homegrown HiSilicon Kirin 659 chipset coupled with 4GB of RAM. There are two storage options for the Honor 7X which include 32GB and 64GB.

On the optics front, the Honor 7X features a dual-camera setup at the back consisting of a 16-megapixel sensor combined with a 2-megapixel sensor. Up front, there is an 8-megapixel selfie shooter. Under the hood, there is a 3,340mAh battery powering up the internals.

Xiaomi Redmi 5 Plus

The Xiaomi Redmi 5 Plus was recently launched by the company and just like most Xiaomi devices, this one also has a lot going on under its hood at a relatively cheaper price. The Redmi 5 Plus features a 5.99-inch IPS LCD display with a resolution of 1080x2160 pixels and an 18:9 aspect ratio. The smartphone is powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 625 SoC coupled with Adreno 506 GPU. The device is available in two variants, one with 3GB of RAM and 32GB of storage and the other with 4GB of RAM and 64GB of onboard storage.

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The Redmi 5 Plus is backed by a 4,000mAh battery and runs on MIUI 9 based on Android 7.1.2 Nougat. In the camera department, the Redmi 5 Plus sports a 12-megapixel camera at the back while there is a 5-megapixel front-facing camera for selfies and video calling.

Xiaomi Mi A1

Xiaomi Mi A1 was launched by Xiaomi in collaboration with Google under the Android One programme. The smartphone delivers great performance but does look a bit outdated due to the huge bezels. The Xiaomi Mi A1 is powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 625 processor which is an octa-core chipset clocked at 2GHz. The smartphone features a 5.5-inch IPS LCD display with a resolution of 1080x1920 pixels. The device packs in 4GB of RAM and 64GB of onboard storage.

As for the optics, the Mi A1 comes with a 12-megapixel dual camera setup at the back with a dual tone LED flash. Up front, there is a 5-megapixel front-facing camera for selfies and video calling. The Mi A1 is backed by a 3,080mAh battery and runs on stock Android 7.1.2 Nougat which will soon be updated to Android 8.0 Oreo.

Verdict

No matter whichever device you choose from the above options, they will satisfy your basic smartphone needs easily. The choice you make depends on your extra needs like the ones who want the best camera out of the lot can opt-in for the Honor 7X while performance nerds can go in for the Xiaomi Mi A1. The people who are on a tight budget and want to get the cheapest of the lot without losing much of features can just grab the Xiaomi Redmi 5 Plus.