Dubbed as the selfie phone, the Lumia 730 dual-SIM handset comes with good hardware features with an affordable price tag of US$240. The Nokia Lumia 735 is the single variant of the selfie phone. Apart from the difference in SIM configuration, both the handset features the same hardware specs. On the other hand, the Xiaomi Redmi 1s is also a dual-SIM phone which is available with a very low price tag of US$154 brings hardware features that are available on the Lumia 730 and the Moto G.

Here is a comparison between the Lumia 730 and the Xiaomi Redmi 1s to determine which one offers the best features with affordable price tag:

Design And Display

The Xiaomi Redmi 1s has a thickness of 9.9 mm and it weighs 158 g whereas the Lumia 730 is slimmer and lighter with a thickness of only 8.7 mm and it weighs only 130 g. On the design front, the Redmi 1S is not a head-turner. The rear tends to attract fingerprints even though it features matte plastic. The Redmi 1S is available with coloured panels like black, red, gray, blue, green and yellow. The rear side of the Lumia 735 is slightly curved and it offers good grip, states NDTV. It comes with colour options like orange, green, white and black.

The 4.7-inch AMOLED display of Lumia 730 supports HD resolution and 312 ppi. On the other side, the Redmi 1S also comes with a 4.7-inch screen but enabled IPS LCD display technology, and it also supports HD resolution with 312 ppi. The display panel on Redmi 1S offers good brightness but comes with a very reflective glass. Since the Lumia 730 features an AMOLED panel, the display contents appear brighter and vivid states Gizmodo.

Processor, RAM And Storage

The Lumia 730 is powered by Snapdragon 400 chipset which features 1.2 GHz quad-core Cortex A7 processor along with Adreno 305 graphics. The MSM8228 Snapdragon chipset comes with a slightly faster Cortex A7 processor which delivers a clocking speed of 1.6 GHz which is accompanied by Adreno 305 graphics. Both the handsets come with 1 GB of RAM. The internal storage of Lumia 730 is 8 GB but it supports up to 128 GB on its microSD slot. The Xiaomi Redmi 1S also comes with an inbuilt storage of 8 GB but support only up to 32 GB of microSD.

Camera And Software

The Lumia 730 comes with a unique 6.7 MP Carl Zeiss shooter on its rear which comes with LED flash and it supports full HD video shooting along with stereo sound recording. The wide-angle selfie camera on the front is of 5 MP and it is capable of snapping high quality selfies and groupies. The front camera also supports full HD video recording. The Lumia 730 is running on the Windows Phone 8.1 OS with the latest Lumia Denim update onboard.

The Redmi 1S has an 8 MP camera on the rear side which can shoot full HD videos. The frontal camera is of 1.6 MP and it can shoot HD resolution videos of 720 pixels. The Xiaomi Redmi 1S comes with an outdated Android version which is v4.3 Jellybean. It is overlaid with MIUI 5.0 user interface from Xiaomi.

Connectivity And Battery

The Lumia 735 supports 4G LTE, 3G and Wi-Fi internet connectivity whereas the Redmi 1S does not support 4G LTE connectivity. Another Lumia 735 connectivity feature that is absent on Redmi 1S is NFC. Other common connectivity features include Bluetooth, microUSB and aGPS.

Both the handset houses 2000 mAh battery. GSMArena claims that on a single charge, the Redmi 1S battery supports nearly 15 hours of 3G talk time, nearly 7 hours of internet browsing and over 6:40 hours of video playback. According to GSMArena, a single charge on Lumia 730, will allow it offer 17:30 hours of 3G talk time, 8:20 hours of continuous web browsing and video playback for 10:20 hours.