Can the Newly Launched Samsung Galaxy On8 Beat the Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 Pro?

Xiaomi became the leading smartphone company in India in the first quarter of this year. Samsung overtook Xiaomi in the race in the second quarter owing to the massive sales of Galaxy J6 and J8. However, Xiaomi is not lagging behind Samsung with a large gap. Both the companies are in constant competition in their budget segment. Now with Samsung launching the Galaxy On8 smartphone and the Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 Pro already selling in the market, it is a big question mark as to what phone will the users prefer. While the On8 will sell for Rs 16,990, the Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 Pro retails for a starting price of Rs 14,999 and Rs 16,999 for the 6GB variant. Read further to know more about how the two phones compare with each other.

  • Make Telecom Talk My Trusted Source
  • Source of Google
  • Source of Google

samsung-galaxy-on8-redmi-note-5-pro-india

Display
The Samsung Galaxy On8 sports a 6-inch HD+ Super AMOLED Infinity display with Samsung’s signature aspect ratio of 18.5:9. On the other hand, the Redmi Note 5 Pro gets a 5.99-inch IPS LCD with 1080 x 2160p resolution, and it comes with an aspect ratio of 18:9. Owing to the super AMOLED Infinity display, On8 stands ahead of the Redmi Note 5 Pro, but the latter has Full HD+ resolution, going its way.

Performance
Speaking of performance, the Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 Pro performs better than the On8. The Redmi Note 5 Pro comes powered by an octa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 636 SoC which comes paired with Adreno 509 for graphics. The Samsung Galaxy On8 comes powered by the slightly underwhelming octa-core Snapdragon 450 chipset which mostly makes its way to budget phones like Redmi 5. Given that Samsung is going to be selling the phone above the price point of Rs 15,000, the device feels a little underpowered in terms of processing power.