Compare Xiaomi Mi 8 Vs Vivo X21 Smartphone Specs And Price

Xiaomi and Vivo smartphones are both based on China with Vivo X21 already released on March 2018 and Xiaomi Mi 8 opened for sale recently. Irrespective of Rs. 8000 ($ 119) difference in India, the latest released model has advanced features and also have some similarities in dimensions, camera, connectivity and others with the relatively expensive model released earlier. The similarities between the models and are listed as follows:

Rear Camera resolution: 12 MP (LED Flash)OS: Android v8.1 (Oreo)RAM: 6 GBConnectivity: 4G VoLTE 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, 5.0 BluetoothCamera features: Touch to Focus,Face detection, Geo tagging, PanoramaSensors: Fingerprint, Face unlock, accelerometer, compass

The differences identified in resolution, display size, internal storage, processor and battery capacity and others are listed below.

Display & Resolution

6.28-inch and 1080x2280 pixels, Super AMOLED screen for Vivo X216.21-inch and 1080x2248 pixels, IPS screen for Xiaomi Mi 8

Internal Memory

128 GB for Vivo X2164 GB for Xiaomi Mi 8

Secondary camera & Selfie Camera

5MP/12 MP for Vivo X2112MP/20 MP for Xiaomi Mi 8

Processor

2.2 GHz Octa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 660 Processor for Vivo X212.8 GHz Octa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 Processor for Xiaomi Mi 8

Battery capacity 

3200 mAh Li-ion for Vivo X213400 mAh Li-Po for Xiaomi Mi 8

Limitations of the recent smartphone model Xiaomi Mi 8 involve lack of FM Radio, 3.5 mm headphone jack, card slot but it also has advanced features that include its support to NFC by which wireless payments is possible and DLNA with which easy music, photo, and videos sharing are possible thus proved to be worth for the price of Rs.28,000 approximately. It is available in Black and Gold colours for Indian users. 

Xiaomi also released a special edition as SE model marketed as the cheaper version of Xiaomi Mi whose specs are available in the Related section below.