Apple iPhone X vs Samsung Galaxy S20 FE Comparison and Differences

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Apple iPhone X

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Apple iPhone X or Samsung Galaxy S20 FE Specs Comparison

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Common specs

Brand and model Apple iPhone X Samsung Galaxy S20 FE
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Release date 2017, September 2020, September 23
Dimensions (HxWxD) 143.6 x 70.9 x 7.7 mm | 5.65 x 5.65 x 2.79 in 159.8 x 74.5 x 8.4 mm | 6.29 x 6.29 x 2.93 in
Weight 174 g | 6.14 oz 190 g | 6.7 oz
Body Build Front/back glass, stainless steel frame Glass front, plastic back, aluminum frame
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Colors Space Gray, Silver Cloud Lavender, Cloud Mint, Cloud Navy, Cloud White, Cloud Red, Cloud Orange
Battery 2716 mAh,  Non-removable Li-Ion 4500 mAh, Li-Po, non-removable
Battery life Talking time - Up to 21 h (3G)
Music play - Up to 60 h
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Screen

Technology Super AMOLED Super AMOLED
Touchscreen capacitive touchscreen capacitive touchscreen
Display colors 16M 16M
Screen size 5.8" in 6.5" in
Screen area 84.4 cm2 101.0 cm2
Screen format 19.5:9 (height:width) 20:9 (height:width)
Screen to body ratio 82.9% 84.8%
Screen resolution 1125 x 2436 px 1080 x 2400 px
Screen PPI /points per inch/ 458 PPI 407 PPI
Screen protection Scratch-resistant glass, oleophobic coating Corning Gorilla Glass 3
Other specs - Dolby Vision
-HDR10
-Wide color gamut
-3D Touch
-True-tone
-120 Hz touch-sensing
- Always-on display
-120Hz refresh rate
-HDR10+
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Camera and Video

Rear camera, main 12 MP, Dual 12 MP, Triple
Camera specs -12 MP, f/1.8, 28mm (wide), 1/3'', 1.22µm, OIS, PDAF
-12 MP, f/2.4, 52mm (telephoto), 1/3.4'', 1.0µm, OIS, PDAF, 2x optical zoom
-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, 123˚, 13mm (ultrawide), 1/3.0", 1.12µm
Functions Quad-LED dual-tone flash, HDR (photo/panorama), panorama, HDR LED flash, auto-HDR, panorama
Video 2160p@24/30/60fps, 1080p@30/60/120/240fps 4K@30/60fps, 1080p@30/60fps, gyro-EIS
DxOMark Main Score 97 115
DxOMark Photo 101 119
DxOMark Video 89 101
Front camera, selfie 7 MP, Single 32 MP, Single
Specifications 7 MP, f/2.2, 32mm (standard) 32 MP, f/2.2, 26mm (wide), 1/2.74", 0.8µm
Functions HDR HDR
Video 1080p@30fps 4K@30/60fps, 1080p@30/60fps (gyro-EIS)
DxOMark Selfie Score 71
DxOMark Photo 74
DxOMark Video 66

Performance

Operating system - OS iOS 11.1.1, upgradable to iOS 12.1.3 Android 10, One UI 2.5
Chipset - Apple A11 Bionic (10 nm) - Exynos 990 (7 nm+)
CPU - Hexa-core 2.39 GHz (2x Monsoon + 4x Mistral) - Octa-core (2x2.73 GHz Mongoose M5 & 2x2.50 GHz Cortex-A76 & 4x2.0 GHz Cortex-A55)
GPU Apple GPU (three-core graphics) Mali-G77 MP11
External memory No microSDXC (uses shared SIM slot)
Internal memory 64/256 GB, 3 GB RAM 128GB 6GB RAM, 128GB 8GB RAM, 256GB 8GB RAM

Benchmark

Antutu 10 Total 386768 727232
Antutu 10 CPU 102557
Antutu 10 GPU 120978
Antutu 10 Mem 83352
Antutu 10 UX 102557
Antutu 9 Total 427741 623211
Antutu 8 Total 302245 525962
Antutu 7 Total
GeekBench 6 Single Core 1045
GeekBench 6 Multi Core 1941
GeekBench 6 Metal 5091
GeekBench 5 Single Core 910 735
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core 2099 2524
GeekBench 4 Single Core 4231
GeekBench 4 Multi-Core 10100

Communication and Connectivity

SIM card Nano-SIM Single SIM (Nano-SIM and/or eSIM)Hybrid Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by)
Network GSM / HSPA / LTE GSM / CDMA / HSPA / EVDO / LTE
Bands -2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
-3G - HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100
-4G - LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 12(700), 13(700), 17(700), 18(800), 19(800), 20(800), 25(1900), 26(850), 28(700), 29(700), 30(2300), 34(2000), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300), 41(2500), 66(1700/2100)
-2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (Dual SIM model only) 
CDMA 800 / 1900 & TD-SCDMA
-3G - HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100  
CDMA2000 1xEV-DO
-4G - LTE
Speed HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A (3CA) Cat12 600/150 Mbps, EV-DO Rev.A 3.1 Mbps HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A (5CA) Cat19 1800/200 Mbps
GPRS Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, 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)     1.17 W/kg (body)    
SAR EU - 0.24 W/kg (head)     1.45 W/kg (body)    

Music and Audio

Radio No No
Headphone jack No No
Others - Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic - 32-bit/384kHz audio
-Tuned by AKG

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: 50% in 30 min
-Qi wireless charging
- IP67 dust/water resistant (up to 1m for 30 mins)
-Apple Pay (Visa, MasterCard, AMEX certified)

- Bixby natural language commands and dictation
- Fast charging 25W
-Fast wireless charging 15W
-Reverse wireless charging 4.5W
-USB Power Delivery 3.0
- Samsung Pay (Visa, MasterCard certified)
-IP68 dust/water resistant (up to 1.5m for 30 mins)
Versions
- Also known as Apple iPhone 10, Apple iPhone Ten Versions: A1865 (USA, Hong Kong, Australia, New Zealand, China) A1901 (EMEA, UAE, LATAM, Canada, USA AT&T/T-Mobile, Singapore)

- Also known as Samsung Galaxy S20 Fan Edition, Samsung Galaxy S20 Lite, Samsung Galaxy S20 FE

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