Xioami Redmi 1s Vs Microsoft Lumia 535: we don't expect much power and features on low-costs phones, but these two phones are the best grabs among their rivals.
Check out this brief comparison from IB Times and Kpopstarz.
Design And Screen
In terms of design, the Microsoft Lumis 535, though the Nokia label has been dropped off it still carries Lumia's colorful hues trademark and clad in plastic shell.
It measures 140.2 x 72.45 x 8.8 mm and weighs 146 gram and carries a qHD display at a 960 x 540 resolution (220 ppi).
On the other hand, Xiaomi Redmi 1s pulls off a smaller screen of 4.7in LCD Capacitive touchscreen with a resolution of 720 x 1280 and offers a higher pixel density of 312 ppi that gives a better display. Its screen is protected by the AGC Dragontrail glass.
Hardware and OS
The Lumia 535 is powered by a a quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 200 chipset clocked at 1.2GHz and supported by 1GB RAM. It runs on the latest Windows 8.1 and the latest Denim update.
Xiaomi Redmi 1S features a of a 1.6 GHz quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 SoC, with the same 1GB of RAM and Cortex-A7 chipset. It runs on Android 4.3 Jelly bean with MIUI 5 UI. It is still unclear if update to Android 5.0 Lollipop will be available on this device.
Both phones also share the 8GB internal memory and can be expandable up to 32Gb on the Xiaomi Redmi 1s, and up to 128GB on the Lumia 535
Camera
The Lumia 535 sports a 5MP autofocus rear camera that comes with LED flash and supports geo-tagging of images. The camera supports shooting 480p videos at 30 frames per second (fps). (via IB Times)
While the Xiaomi Redmi 1s sports an 8MP rear camera and allows shooting of videos at 1080p videos at 30 frames per second (fps) and coupled by a 1.6MP front snapper.
Price
The Microsoft Lumia 535 is available for $169.99 via Expansys and the Xiaomi Redmi 1S price is around $154.99.
Verdict
Xioami Redmi 1s Vs Microsoft Lumia 535: In terms of specs and features clearly the Xiaomi Redmi 1s is a better buy over the Lumia 535.
