Nokia 5 Head to Head Against Xiaomi’s Entry-Level Beast Redmi 3s

Nokia, at the recently concluded MWC 2017 event had unveiled a set of new phones which include Nokia 3, Nokia 5, and the global variant of Nokia 6. For the unaware, Nokia 6 was earlier limited to the Chinese market. While the official price for the Indian market has not been revealed yet, considering the European price, all the three handsets more or less fall in the budget category.

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That said, for some people, though, the Nokia 6 may seem a bit on the higher end of the spectrum with the Nokia 3 being slightly underpowered for the asking price. That’s exactly where the Nokia 5 comes in. Priced between the two, the Nokia 5 is relatively specced well and seems to be the go-to phone for all the folks who have been waiting for the Nokia handsets to arrive in the country.

The question is, can Nokia 5 beat smartphones like Xiaomi Redmi 3s which has been in the Indian market for quite some time and more or less offer similar specs at nearly half of the price?

Beginning with design, both Xiaomi Redmi 3s and Nokia 5 offer an all-metal unibody design. However, visually speaking, the Nokia 5 looks a bit premium relatively. The design has been Nokia’s forte, after all.

While both the smartphones offer an HD resolution display, the Nokia 5 at 5.2-inches is slightly bigger than Redmi 3s’s 5-inch display. Additionally, Nokia 5 has a layer of Corning Gorilla Glass on the top.

Under-the-hood, both the smartphones have Qualcomm Snapdragon 430 SoC teamed with 2GB of RAM and 16GB of expandable (up to 128GB) storage space. The Nokia 5 has a 13MP camera at the back which is the same case with the Redmi 3s. At the front, though, the former has an 8MP camera as opposed to the 5MP camera on the latter.