Samsung Galaxy A vs Samsung Galaxy S21 FE 5G Comparison and Differences

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Samsung Galaxy A

Samsung Galaxy A

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Samsung Galaxy S21 FE 5G

Samsung Galaxy S21 FE 5G

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Samsung Galaxy A or Samsung Galaxy S21 FE 5G Specs Comparison

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Common specs

Brand and model Samsung Galaxy A Samsung Galaxy S21 FE 5G
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Release date 2010, April 2022, January 07
Dimensions (HxWxD) 119.5 x 59.8 x 12.5 mm | 4.7 x 4.7 x 2.35 in 155.7 x 74.5 x 7.9 mm | 6.13 x 6.13 x 2.93 in
Weight 128 g | 4.52 oz 177 g | 6.24 oz
Body Build Glass front (Gorilla Glass Victus), plastic back, aluminum frame
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Colors Deep Black, Cream White White, Graphite, Lavender, Olive
Battery 1500 mAh,  Removable Li-Ion 4500 mAh, Li-Ion, non-removable
Battery life Stand by time - Up to 560 h (2G) / Up to 450 h (3G)
Talking time - Up to 13 h 20 min (2G) / Up to 7 h 30 min (3G)
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Screen

Technology Super AMOLED Dynamic AMOLED 2X
Touchscreen capacitive touchscreen capacitive touchscreen
Display colors 16M 16M
Screen size 3.7" in 6.4" in
Screen area 39.0 cm2 103.9 cm2
Screen format 5:3 (height:width) 20:9 (height:width)
Screen to body ratio 54.5% 89.6%
Screen resolution 480 x 800 px 1080 x 2400 px
Screen PPI /points per inch/ 252 PPI 401 PPI
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Glass Corning Gorilla Glass Victus
Other specs - 120Hz
-HDR10+
-Always-on display
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Camera and Video

Rear camera, main 5 MP, Single 12 MP, Triple
Camera specs -5 MP, AF -12 MP, f/1.8, 26mm (wide), 1/1.76", 1.8µm, Dual Pixel PDAF, OIS
-8 MP, f/2.4, 76mm (telephoto), 1/4.5", 1.0µm, PDAF, OIS, 3x optical zoom
-12 MP, f/2.2, 13mm, 123˚ (ultrawide), 1/3.0", 1.12µm
Functions LED flash LED flash, auto-HDR, panorama
Video 720p 4K@30/60fps, 1080p@30/60/240fps, 720p@960fps, HDR10+, gyro-EIS
DxOMark Main Score 120
DxOMark Photo 126
DxOMark Video 104
Front camera, selfie 0.3 MP, Single 32 MP, Single
Specifications VGA videocall camera 32 MP, f/2.2, 26mm (wide), 1/2.74", 0.8µm
Functions HDR
Video Yes

Performance

Operating system - OS Android 2.1 (Eclair) Android 12, One UI 4
Chipset - TI OMAP 3430 - Qualcomm SM8350 Snapdragon 888 5G (5 nm)
- Exynos 2100 (5 nm)
CPU - 720 MHz Cortex-A8 - Octa-core (1x2.84 GHz Kryo 680 & 3x2.42 GHz Kryo 680 & 4x1.80 GHz Kryo 680) - Snapdragon
Octa-core (1x2.9 GHz Cortex-X1 & 3x2.80 GHz Cortex-A78 & 4x2.2 GHz Cortex-A55) - Exynos
GPU PowerVR SGX530 Adreno 660 - Snapdragon Mali-G78 MP14 - Exynos
External memory microSD, up to 32 GB (dedicated slot), 8 GB included No
Internal memory 1 GB, 384 MB RAM 128GB 6GB RAM, 128GB 8GB RAM, 256GB 8GB RAM

Benchmark

Antutu 10 Total 724813
Antutu 10 CPU 206713
Antutu 10 GPU 193030
Antutu 10 Mem 172723
Antutu 10 UX 206713
Antutu 9 Total 742147
GeekBench 5 Single Core 1068
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core 3209

Communication and Connectivity

SIM card Mini-SIM Single SIM (Nano-SIM)Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by)
Network GSM / HSPA GSM / CDMA / HSPA / EVDO / LTE / 5G
Bands -2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
-2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2
 
CDMA 800 / 1900 & TD-SCDMA
-3G - HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100  
CDMA2000 1xEV-DO
-4G - LTE
-5G - SA/NSA/Sub6
Speed HSPA 7.2/0.384 Mbps HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A (CA), 5G
GPRS Class 10 Yes
Edge Class 10 Yes
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/6, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot
GPS Yes, with A-GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS, GALILEO
NFC Yes
USB microUSB 2.0 USB Type-C 3.2, USB On-The-Go
Bluetooth 2.1, A2DP 5.0, A2DP, LE
Harmful irradiation
SAR EU - 0.48 W/kg (head)    
SAR - 0.77 W/kg (head) 0.90 W/kg (body)
SAR EU - 0.95 W/kg (head) 1.48 W/kg (body)

Music and Audio

Radio No
Headphone jack Yes No
Others

Other features

Sensors - Accelerometer, proximity, compass - Fingerprint (under display, optical), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass
Other extras
- DMB TV
-MP4/DivX/WMV/H.264 player
-MP3/WAV/eAAC+ player
-Document viewer

- Bixby natural language commands and dictation
-Samsung Pay (Visa, MasterCard certified)
- Fast charging 25W, 50% in 30 min
-Fast wireless charging 15W
-Reverse wireless charging
-USB Power Delivery 3.0
- IP68 dust/water resistant (up to 1.5m for 30 mins)
Versions
- For South Korea

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