Apple iPhone 13 vs Samsung Galaxy A12 Comparison and Differences

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Apple iPhone 13

Apple iPhone 13

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Samsung Galaxy A12

Samsung Galaxy A12

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Apple iPhone 13 or Samsung Galaxy A12 Specs Comparison

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Common specs

Brand and model Apple iPhone 13 Samsung Galaxy A12
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Release date 2021, September 14 2020, November 24
Dimensions (HxWxD) 146.7 x 71.5 x 7.7 mm | 5.78 x 5.78 x 2.81 in 164 x 75.8 x 8.9 mm | 6.46 x 6.46 x 2.98 in
Weight 174 g | 6.14 oz 205 g | 7.23 oz
Body Build Glass front (Gorilla Glass), glass back (Gorilla Glass), aluminum frame Glass front, plastic back, plastic frame
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Colors Starlight, Midnight, Blue, Pink, Red Black, White, Blue, Red
Battery 3240 mAh, Li-Ion, non-removable 5000 mAh, Li-Po, non-removable
Battery life Stand by time - Up to 19 h (multimedia)
Music play - Up to 75 h
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Screen

Technology Super Retina XDR OLED PLS IPS
Touchscreen capacitive touchscreen capacitive touchscreen
Display colors 16M 16M
Screen size 6.1" in 6.5" in
Screen area 90.2 cm2 102.0 cm2
Screen format 19.5:9 (height:width) 20:9 (height:width)
Screen to body ratio 86.0% 82.1%
Screen resolution 1170 x 2532 px 720 x 1600 px
Screen PPI /points per inch/ 460 PPI 270 PPI
Screen protection Scratch-resistant ceramic glass, oleophobic coating
Other specs - Wide color gamut
-True-tone
-HDR10
-Dolby Vision
-800 nits (HBM)
-1200 nits (peak)
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Camera and Video

Rear camera, main 12 MP, Dual 48 MP, Quad
Camera specs -12 MP, f/1.6, 26mm (wide), 1.7µm, dual pixel PDAF, sensor-shift OIS
-12 MP, f/2.4, 120˚, 13mm (ultrawide)
-48 MP, f/2.0, 26mm (wide), AF
-5 MP, f/2.2, 123˚ (ultrawide)
-2 MP, f/2.4, (macro)
-2 MP, f/2.4, (depth)
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 60fps), stereo sound rec. 1080p@30fps
DxOMark Main Score 130 90
DxOMark Photo 138 96
DxOMark Video 117 80
Front camera, selfie 12 MP, Dual 8 MP, Single
Specifications 12 MP, f/2.2, 23mm (wide), 1/3.6''
SL 3D, (depth/biometrics sensor)
8 MP, f/2.2
Functions HDR
Video 4K@24/25/30/60fps, 1080p@30/60/120fps, gyro-EIS 1080p@30fps
DxOMark Selfie Score 99
DxOMark Photo 102
DxOMark Video 95

Performance

Operating system - OS iOS 15 Android 10
Chipset - Apple A15 Bionic (5 nm) - Mediatek MT6765 Helio P35 (12nm)
CPU - Hexa-core (2x3.22 GHz Avalanche + 4xX.X GHz Blizzard) - Octa-core (4x2.35 GHz Cortex-A53 & 4x1.8 GHz Cortex-A53)
GPU Apple GPU (4-core graphics) PowerVR GE8320
External memory No microSDXC (dedicated slot)
Internal memory 128GB 4GB RAM, 256GB 4GB RAM, 512GB 4GB RAM 32GB 3GB RAM, 64GB 4GB RAM, 128GB 4GB RAM, 128GB 6GB RAM

Benchmark

Antutu 10 Total 1238187
Antutu 10 CPU 317254
Antutu 10 GPU 394639
Antutu 10 Mem 218353
Antutu 10 UX 317254
Antutu 9 Total 826703
Antutu 8 Total 103760
GeekBench 6 Single Core 2190 158
GeekBench 6 Multi Core 5189 691
GeekBench 6 Metal 17405
GeekBench 5 Single Core 1699 158
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core 4499 930

Communication and Connectivity

SIM card Single SIM (Nano-SIM and/or eSIM)Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by) Single SIM (Nano-SIM)Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by)
Network GSM / CDMA / HSPA / EVDO / LTE / 5G GSM / HSPA / LTE
Bands -2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (dual-SIM) 
CDMA 800 / 1900
-3G - HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100  
CDMA2000 1xEV-DO
-4G - LTE
-5G - Sub6/mmWave
-2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (dual-SIM only)
-3G - HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
-4G - LTE
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 Yes
Edge Yes Yes
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, hotspot
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, GALILEO, BDS, QZSS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, GALILEO, BDS
NFC Yes Yes (market/region dependent)
USB Lightning, USB 2.0 USB Type-C 2.0
Bluetooth 5.0, A2DP, LE 5.0, A2DP, LE
Harmful irradiation SAR - 1.18 W/kg (head) 1.19 W/kg (body)
SAR EU - 1.18 W/kg (head) 1.19 W/kg (body)

SAR EU - 0.67 W/kg (head) 1.38 W/kg (body)

Music and Audio

Radio No FM radio, RDS, recording
Headphone jack No Yes
Others

Other features

Sensors - Face ID, accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, barometer - Fingerprint (side-mounted), accelerometer
Other extras
- Siri natural language commands and dictation
-Ultra Wideband (UWB) support
- Fast charging 23W, 50% in 30 min
-USB Power Delivery 2.0
-MagSafe wireless charging 15W
-Qi magnetic fast wireless charging 7.5W
- IP68 dust/water resistant (up to 6m for 30 mins)
-Apple Pay (Visa, MasterCard, AMEX certified)

- Fast charging 15W

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