Xiaomi Mi Note vs. Mi Note Pro vs. Apple iPhone 6 Plus: Price, Specifications and Everything You Need to Know

Technology start-up firm Xiaomi, on 15 January, came up with a couple of devices - Mi Note and Note Pro - which may finally put the company in a league of its own.

Xiaomi, in its bid to shed the tag of 'Apple copycat', has launched the top-end Mi Note series phablets with state-of-art internal hardware, keeping the cost of the devices less than half of that of iPhone 6 Plus (unlocked models).

All through the presentation, company's CEO Lei Jun made a point to compare the new Mi Note and Note Pro with the Apple's flagship phablet.

[For more details and photos, check our live event coverage story: Xiaomi Flagship Product Launch Live Update: Mi Note, Note Pro Announced; to Take on Apple iPhone 6 Plus]

To provide clear perspective on the new Xiaomi Mi Note, Note Pro and the Apple iPhone 6 Plus. We have done a quick rundown of the key features of these three devices, check it out here:

Display:

Apple iPhone 6 Plus features 5.5-inch LED-backlit IPS screen with Retina HD (aka full HD) and 1920x1080p resolution; and like all previous iPhones it flaunts premium metal chassis (on corners) and shell on the rear-side.

Xiaomi Mi Note sports a 5.7-inch full HD (1920x1080p) display manufactured by LG, the company which is known to be one of the screen supply partners of Apple iDevices.

On the other hand, the top-end Xiaomi Note Pro flaunts 5.7-inch 2K (2560x1440p) screen protected by 3D curved Gorilla Glass 3 on top and metal frame around the corners. The less expensive sibling of the model also features same metal based chassis.

Processor, RAM and Storage capacity:

Apple iPhone 6 Plus comes packed with advanced 20-nanometer class-based second generation 64-bit A8 chipset which is 25-percent faster (50-percent faster graphics too) than the A7 in iPhone 5S. It is supported by second generation, M8 motion co-processor 1GB RAM and 16GB/64GB/128GB memory.

Xiaomi Mi Note ships with 2.5GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 CPU with Adreno 330 and is supported by sumptuous 3GB RAM and 16GB/64GB storage space.

Xiaomi's Pro model is more like a Mi Note on steroids. It is said to be the first smartphone in the industry to ship with the Qualcomm's new processor Snapdragon 810 SoC (System on Chip), which supports 4G-LTE Cat 9 network enabling download speed close to a staggering 450 mbps. It comes paired with new generation LPDDR 4 series 4GB RAM and 64GB inbuilt memory.

Camera:

Both Xiaomi Mi Note and Pro models house same camera specifications. They come with a 13.0-megapixel Sony main camera with OIS (Optical Image Stabilization), 6 physical lens, f/2.0 aperture, Philips 2-Tone LED flash and pack a 4.0-megapixel camera with large 2-micron pixel lens on the front.

Apple iPhone 6 Plus features a 8-megapixel iSight camera with 1.5µ pixels, f/2.2 aperture, True-Tone flash, hybrid IR filter, five-element lens and 1.2-megapixel FaceTime camera with f/2.2 aperture, auto-HDR and 720p HD video recording.

Xiaomi Mi Note and Note Pro Price & Availability details:

Xiaomi has confirmed that the normal Mi Note models - 16GB and 64GB models - cost ¥2299 Yuan (around $371/€315/₹22900) and ¥2799 Yuan (around $451/€384/₹27,900), respectively. They will go on sale in China on 27 January at Mi.com.

Meanwhile, the premium Mi Note Pro 64GB model is slated to hit stores a little later in the year, for ¥3299 Yuan (around $532/€452/₹32,900), as mass production of the device is expected to take-off in March.

Key specifications of Xiaomi Mi Note, Mi Note Pro and Apple iPhone 6 Plus: