Samsung I8520 Galaxy Beam vs Xiaomi Mi 5

Key differences

Calculated from recorded specifications using minimum difference thresholds. These are differences, not an overall ranking. For three phones, numeric highlights compare the two extremes.

• Display technology

  OLED versus LCD

  I8520 Galaxy Beam:

  OLED

  Mi 5:

  LCD

• Weight

  Mi 5: 27 g lighter

  I8520 Galaxy Beam:

  156 g

  Mi 5:

  129 g

• Width

  I8520 Galaxy Beam: 9.4 mm narrower

  I8520 Galaxy Beam:

  59.8 mm

  Mi 5:

  69.2 mm

• Screen diagonal

  I8520 Galaxy Beam: 1.45 in smaller diagonal

  I8520 Galaxy Beam:

  3.7 in

  Mi 5:

  5.15 in

• Depth

  Mi 5: 7.6 mm thinner

  I8520 Galaxy Beam:

  14.9 mm

  Mi 5:

  7.3 mm

• Height

  I8520 Galaxy Beam: 21.6 mm shorter

  I8520 Galaxy Beam:

  123 mm

  Mi 5:

  144.6 mm

Relative size, not calibrated actual size. Front and side outlines share one scale and a bottom baseline. Generic outlines use recorded body dimensions, excluding camera bumps.

1. 1. I8520 Galaxy Beam

   Height:

   123 mm

   Width:

   59.8 mm

   Depth:

   14.9 mm +7.6 mm versus Mi 5

2. 2. Mi 5

   Height:

   144.6 mm +21.6 mm versus I8520 Galaxy Beam

   Width:

   69.2 mm +9.4 mm versus I8520 Galaxy Beam

   Depth:

   7.3 mm

Screen size

Approximate rectangular screens calculated from recorded diagonal and aspect ratio at one relative scale. Rounded corners and cutouts are not subtracted. These are not phone outlines or calibrated actual sizes.

1. 1. I8520 Galaxy Beam

   Screen diagonal:

   3.7 in

   Aspect ratio (height:width):

   5:3

   Approximate rectangular screen area:

   39 cm²

2. 2. Mi 5

   Screen diagonal:

   5.15 in

   Aspect ratio (height:width):

   16:9

   Approximate rectangular screen area:

   73.1 cm²

Mi 5 has approximately 87.6% more rectangular screen area than I8520 Galaxy Beam.

Memory variants

Each row compares the same storage capacity. Cells show recorded RAM alternatives, not combined maxima. Not recorded does not mean unavailable in every market.

No unambiguous storage/RAM pairings are recorded. See the original specifications below.

Practical features

Explicit Yes and No values are shown directly. Qualified or regional records retain their details. Unknown means the record is missing.

Battery capacity

Capacity is not battery life. No endurance test is implied.

Open a section for more detail. On narrow screens, swipe sideways or use Left/Right arrow keys while the table is focused. Unknown means missing data, not No. Recorded zero values are shown as recorded.