Apple iPhone 12 mini vs Sony Xperia C3 Comparison and Differences

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Apple iPhone 12 mini

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Sony Xperia C3

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Apple iPhone 12 mini or Sony Xperia C3 Specs Comparison

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Common specs

Brand and model Apple iPhone 12 mini Sony Xperia C3
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Release date 2020, October 13 2014, July
Dimensions (HxWxD) 131.5 x 64.2 x 7.4 mm | 5.18 x 5.18 x 2.53 in 156.2 x 78.7 x 7.6 mm | 6.15 x 6.15 x 3.1 in
Weight 135 g | 4.76 oz 149.7 g | 5.28 oz
Body Build Glass front (Gorilla Glass), glass back (Gorilla Glass), aluminum frame
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Colors Black, White, Red, Green, Blue Black, White, Mint
Battery 2227 mAh, Li-Ion, non-removable 2500 mAh,  Non-removable Li-Ion
Battery life Stand by time - Up to 15 h (multimedia)
Music play - Up to 50 h
Stand by time - Up to 1040 h (2G) / Up to 1000 h (3G)
Talking time - Up to 11 h (2G) / Up to 25 h (3G)
Music play - Up to 67 h
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Screen

Technology Super Retina XDR OLED IPS LCD
Touchscreen capacitive touchscreen capacitive touchscreen
Display colors 16M 16M
Screen size 5.4" in 5.5" in
Screen area 71.9 cm2 83.4 cm2
Screen format 19.5:9 (height:width) 16:9 (height:width)
Screen to body ratio 85.1% 67.8%
Screen resolution 1080 x 2340 px 720 x 1280 px
Screen PPI /points per inch/ 476 PPI 267 PPI
Screen protection Scratch-resistant glass, oleophobic coating
Other specs - Dolby Vision
-Wide color gamut
-True-tone
-HDR10
-625 nits (typ)
-1200 nits (peak)
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Camera and Video

Rear camera, main 12 MP, Dual 8 MP, Single
Camera specs -12 MP, f/1.6, 26mm (wide), 1.4µm, dual pixel PDAF, OIS
-12 MP, f/2.4, 120˚, 13mm (ultrawide), 1/3.6''
-8 MP, AF, f/2.3
Functions Dual-LED dual-tone flash, HDR (photo/panorama) LED flash, panorama, HDR
Video 4K@24/30/60fps, 1080p@30/60/120/240fps, HDR, Dolby Vision HDR (up to 30fps), stereo sound rec. 1080p, HDR
DxOMark Main Score 122
DxOMark Photo 132
DxOMark Video 112
Front camera, selfie 12 MP, Dual 5 MP, Single
Specifications 12 MP, f/2.2, 23mm (wide), 1/3.6''
SL 3D, (depth/biometrics sensor)
5 MP, f/2.3
Functions HDR LED flash
Video 4K@24/30/60fps, 1080p@30/60/120fps, gyro-EIS 720p
DxOMark Selfie Score 98
DxOMark Photo 101
DxOMark Video 93

Performance

Operating system - OS iOS 14.1 Android 4.4.2 (KitKat), upgradable to 5.1 (Lollipop)
Chipset - Apple A14 Bionic (5 nm) - Qualcomm MSM8926 Snapdragon 400 (28 nm)
CPU - Hexa-core (2x3.1 GHz Firestorm + 4x1.8 GHz Icestorm) - Quad-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A7
GPU Apple GPU (4-core graphics) Adreno 305
External memory No microSD, up to 32 GB (dedicated slot)
Internal memory 64GB 4GB RAM, 128GB 4GB RAM, 256GB 4GB RAM 8 GB, 1 GB RAM

Benchmark

Antutu 10 CPU 290056
Antutu 10 GPU 332930
Antutu 10 Mem 173556
Antutu 10 UX 290056
Antutu 8 Total 614169
Antutu 7 Total
GeekBench 6 Single Core 1998
GeekBench 6 Multi Core 4422
GeekBench 6 Metal 15843
GeekBench 5 Single Core 1570
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core 3910

Communication and Connectivity

SIM card Single SIM (Nano-SIM and/or eSIM)Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by) - for China Micro-SIM
Network GSM / CDMA / HSPA / EVDO / LTE / 5G GSM / HSPA / LTE
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 - 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 13, 14, 17, 18, 19, 20, 25, 26, 28, 29, 30, 32, 34, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 46, 48, 66, 71 - A2172
-5G - 1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 12, 20, 25, 28, 38, 40, 41, 66, 71, 77, 78, 79, 260, 261 Sub6/mmWave - A2172
-2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
-3G - HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
-4G - LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 7(2600), 8(900), 28(700)
Speed HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A, 5G, EV-DO Rev.A 3.1 Mbps HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps
GPRS Yes Up to 107 kbps
Edge Yes Up to 296 kbps
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/6, dual-band, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, hotspot
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, GALILEO, QZSS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS
NFC Yes Yes
USB Lightning, USB 2.0 microUSB 2.0
Bluetooth 5.0, A2DP, LE 4.0, A2DP
Harmful irradiation
SAR EU - 0.99 W/kg (head) 0.99 W/kg (body)
SAR - 0.91 W/kg (head)     1.24 W/kg (body)    
SAR EU - 0.53 W/kg (head)     0.38 W/kg (body)    

Music and Audio

Radio No FM radio, RDS
Headphone jack No Yes
Others - Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic

Other features

Sensors - Face ID, accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, barometer - Accelerometer, proximity, compass
Other extras
- Siri natural language commands and dictation
- Fast charging 20W, 50% in 30 min
-USB Power Delivery 2.0
-Qi fast wireless charging 12W
- IP68 dust/water resistant (up to 6m for 30 mins)
-Apple Pay (Visa, MasterCard, AMEX certified)

- ANT+
Versions
- Versions: A2403 (International); A2172 (USA); A2402 (Canada, Japan); A2404 (China, Hong Kong)

- Also known as Sony Xperia C3 D2533

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