Apple iPhone 11 vs Samsung Galaxy S21 FE 5G Comparison and Differences

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Apple iPhone 11

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Samsung Galaxy S21 FE 5G

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Apple iPhone 11 or Samsung Galaxy S21 FE 5G Specs Comparison

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Common specs

Brand and model Apple iPhone 11 Samsung Galaxy S21 FE 5G
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Release date 2019, September 2022, January 07
Dimensions (HxWxD) 150.9 x 75.7 x 8.3 mm | 5.94 x 5.94 x 2.98 in 155.7 x 74.5 x 7.9 mm | 6.13 x 6.13 x 2.93 in
Weight 194 g | 6.84 oz 177 g | 6.24 oz
Body Build Front/back glass, aluminum frame (7000 series) Glass front (Gorilla Glass Victus), plastic back, aluminum frame
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Colors Black, Green, Yellow, Purple, Red, White White, Graphite, Lavender, Olive
Battery 3110 mAh,  Non-removable Li-Ion 4500 mAh, Li-Ion, non-removable
Battery life Talking time - Up to 17 h
Music play - Up to 65 h
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Screen

Technology IPS LCD Dynamic AMOLED 2X
Touchscreen capacitive touchscreen capacitive touchscreen
Display colors 16M 16M
Screen size 6.1" in 6.4" in
Screen area 90.3 cm2 103.9 cm2
Screen format 19.5:9 (height:width) 20:9 (height:width)
Screen to body ratio 79.0% 89.6%
Screen resolution 828 x 1792 px 1080 x 2400 px
Screen PPI /points per inch/ 326 PPI 401 PPI
Screen protection Scratch-resistant glass, oleophobic coating Corning Gorilla Glass Victus
Other specs - Liquid Retina
-625 nits
-Dolby Vision
-HDR10
-True-tone
-Wide color gamut
-120 Hz touch-sensing
- 120Hz
-HDR10+
-Always-on display
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Camera and Video

Rear camera, main 12 MP, Dual 12 MP, Triple
Camera specs -12 MP, f/1.8, 26mm (wide), 1/2.55", 1.4µm, dual pixel PDAF, OIS
- 12 MP, f/2.4, 13mm (ultrawide)
-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 Quad-LED dual-tone flash, HDR (photo/panorama) LED flash, auto-HDR, panorama
Video 2160p@24/30/60fps, 1080p@30/60/120/240fps, HDR, stereo sound rec. 4K@30/60fps, 1080p@30/60/240fps, 720p@960fps, HDR10+, gyro-EIS
DxOMark Main Score 119 120
DxOMark Photo 129 126
DxOMark Video 109 104
Front camera, selfie 12 MP, Dual 32 MP, Single
Specifications 12 MP, f/2.2, 23mm (wide)
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32 MP, f/2.2, 26mm (wide), 1/2.74", 0.8µm
Functions HDR HDR
Video 2160p@24/30/60fps, 1080p@30/60/120fps, gyro-EIS Yes
DxOMark Selfie Score 91
DxOMark Photo 92
DxOMark Video 90

Performance

Operating system - OS iOS 13, upgradable to iOS 13.2 Android 12, One UI 4
Chipset - Apple A13 Bionic (7 nm+) - Qualcomm SM8350 Snapdragon 888 5G (5 nm)
- Exynos 2100 (5 nm)
CPU - Hexa-core (2x2.65 GHz Lightning + 4x1.8 GHz Thunder) - 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 Apple GPU (4-core graphics) Adreno 660 - Snapdragon Mali-G78 MP14 - Exynos
External memory No No
Internal memory 64GB 4GB RAM, 128GB 4GB RAM, 256GB 4GB RAM 128GB 6GB RAM, 128GB 8GB RAM, 256GB 8GB RAM

Benchmark

Antutu 10 Total 793999 778093
Antutu 10 CPU 187978 220634
Antutu 10 GPU 284016 220199
Antutu 10 Mem 142523 167618
Antutu 10 UX 187978 220634
Antutu 9 Total 742147
Antutu 8 Total 507467
Antutu 7 Total
GeekBench 6 Single Core 1678
GeekBench 6 Multi Core 3513
GeekBench 6 Metal 13324
GeekBench 5 Single Core 1328 1068
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core 3298 3209
GeekBench 4 Single Core 5472
GeekBench 4 Multi-Core 13769

Communication and Connectivity

SIM card Single SIM (Nano-SIM and/or Electronic SIM card) or Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by) - for China Single SIM (Nano-SIM)Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by)
Network GSM / CDMA / HSPA / EVDO / LTE GSM / CDMA / HSPA / EVDO / LTE / 5G
Bands -2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (dual-SIM) - for China 
CDMA 800 / 1900
-3G - HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100  
CDMA2000 1xEV-DO
-4G - LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 11(1500), 12(700), 13(700), 17(700), 18(800), 19(800), 20(800), 21(1500), 25(1900), 26(850), 28(700), 29(700), 30(2300), 32(1500), 34(2000), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300), 41(2500), 42(3500), 46(5200), 48, 66(1700/2100) - A2221
LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 12(700), 13(700), 14(700), 17(700), 18(800), 19(800), 20(800), 25(1900), 26(850), 29(700), 30(2300), 34(2000), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300), 41(2500), 42(3500), 46(5200), 48, 66(1700/2100), 71(600) - A2111
LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 12(700), 13(700), 14(700), 17(700), 18(800), 19(800), 20(800), 25(1900), 26(850), 29(700), 30(2300), 34(2000), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300), 41(2500), 42(3500), 46(5200), 48, 66(1700/2100), 71(600) - A2223
-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 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A, EV-DO Rev.A 3.1 Mbps HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A (CA), 5G
GPRS Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax, dual-band, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/6, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, GALILEO, QZSS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS, GALILEO
NFC Yes Yes
USB 2.0, proprietary reversible connector USB Type-C 3.2, USB On-The-Go
Bluetooth 5.0, A2DP, LE 5.0, A2DP, LE
Harmful irradiation SAR - 1.09 W/kg (head) 1.18 W/kg (body)
SAR EU - 0.95 W/kg (head) 0.99 W/kg (body)
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 No No
Others - Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic
-Dolby Atmos sound

Other features

Sensors - Face ID, accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, barometer - Fingerprint (under display, optical), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass
Other extras
- Siri natural language commands and dictation
- Fast battery charging 18W: 50% in 30 min
-USB Power Delivery 2.0
-Qi wireless charging
- IP68 dust/water resistant (up to 2m for 30 mins)
-Apple Pay (Visa, MasterCard, AMEX certified)

- 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
- Versions:
-A2221 (Global market)
-A2111 (USA, Canada, Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands)
-A2223 (China, Hong Kong)

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