Specs Comparison: Xiaomi RedMi 2 vs Meizu M1

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?

Kevin Bruce Francisco

Kevin Bruce Francisco is the Senior Editor and Video Producer for YugaTech. He's a Digital Filmmaking graduate who's always either daydreaming of traveling or actually going places on his bike. Follow him on Twitter for more tech updates @kevincofrancis.

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11 Comments

Aron says:

10 years ago

@Joanni, you girl deserve a potato! High five! :D
@derp, you need to grow up. Seriously.
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Aron says:

10 years ago

TO MODERATOR: Delete this reply and the initial post. Sorry. :)

derp says:

10 years ago

phone for jejemons.
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Aron says:

10 years ago

@Joanni, you girl deserve a potato! High five! :D
@derp, you need to grow up. Seriously.
Joanni says:

10 years ago

Jejemon is a description of a characteristic and not buying power! You can be owning an iphone6 and still be a jejemon with your words. Im pretty sure also, that having some lame thought of an items’ amount being described as a “jejemon” would count you as a jejemon ~ having that kind of perception and all ;p
Macki says:

10 years ago

Dinamay mo pa tong mga china phone sa mga bulok at mas mukhang pang jejemon mong myphone, cherry mobile na phone.

dontet says:

10 years ago

Redmi 2 is dual sim and has 2gb version… Game over!
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gummie09 says:

10 years ago

Actually, Redmi 2 was initially released with 1GB RAM but complaints arise so they pulled them and announced new stocks with bumped specs.

cris says:

10 years ago

bakit dun sa unang post nyo eh 2GB ang ram ng redmi 2 at 16gb ang storage?

http://www.yugatech.com/mobile/xiaomi-announces-a-beefier-redmi-2/
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Carl Lamiel says:

10 years ago

“The Xiaomi RedMi 2 featured here is the initial release and not the recently-introduced variant with 2GB RAM and 16GB of storage.” The RedMi 2 has two versions.
cris says:

10 years ago

oooppss, sorry, di napansin yung note.

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