Fairphone 3 vs Apple iPhone SE2 (2020) Comparison and Differences

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Fairphone 3

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Apple iPhone SE2 (2020)

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Fairphone 3 or Apple iPhone SE2 (2020) Specs Comparison

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Common specs

Brand and model Fairphone 3 Apple iPhone SE2 (2020)
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Release date 2019, August 27 2020, April 15
Dimensions (HxWxD) 158 x 71.8 x 9.9 mm | 6.22 x 6.22 x 2.83 in 138.4 x 67.3 x 7.3 mm | 5.45 x 5.45 x 2.65 in
Weight 189 g | 6.67 oz 148 g | 5.22 oz
Body Build Glass front, glass back, aluminum frame
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Colors Black Black, White, Red
Battery 0 mAh, 1821 mAh, Non-removable Li-Ion
Battery life Music play - Up to 40 h
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Screen

Technology IPS LCD Retina IPS LCD
Touchscreen capacitive touchscreen capacitive touchscreen
Display colors 16M 16M
Screen size 5.65" in 4.7" in
Screen area 82.4 cm2 60.9 cm2
Screen format 18:9 (height:width) 16:9 (height:width)
Screen to body ratio 72.6% 65.4%
Screen resolution 1080 x 2160 px 750 x 1334 px
Screen PPI /points per inch/ 427 PPI 326 PPI
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Glass 5 Ion-strengthened glass, oleophobic coating
Other specs - Wide color gamut
-True-tone
-625 nits max brightness (advertised)
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Camera and Video

Rear camera, main 12 MP, Single 12 MP, Single
Camera specs -12 MP, f/1.8, (wide), 1/2.55'', 1.4µm, dual pixel PDAF -12 MP, f/1.8 (wide), PDAF, OIS
Functions Dual-LED dual-tone flash, HDR, panorama Quad-LED dual-tone flash, HDR, panorama
Video 4K@30fps, 1080p@30fps, gyro-EIS 4K@24/30/60fps, 1080p@30/60/120/240fps, HDR, OIS, stereo sound rec.
DxOMark Main Score 103
DxOMark Photo 108
DxOMark Video 105
Front camera, selfie 8 MP, Single 7 MP, Single
Specifications 8 MP, f/2.0, (wide), 1/4.0'' 7 MP, f/2.2
Functions HDR, panorama
Video 1080p@30fps, gyro-EIS 1080p@30fps; gyro-EIS
DxOMark Selfie Score 84
DxOMark Photo 85
DxOMark Video 83

Performance

Operating system - OS Android 9.0 (Pie) iOS 13
Chipset - Qualcomm SDM632 Snapdragon 632 (14 nm) - Apple A13 Bionic (7 nm+)
CPU - Octa-core (4x1.8 GHz Kryo 250 Gold & 4x1.8 GHz Kryo 250 Silver) - Hexa-core (2x2.65 GHz Lightning + 4x1.8 GHz Thunder)
GPU Adreno 506 Apple GPU (4-core graphics)
External memory microSDXC (dedicated slot) No
Internal memory 64GB 4GB RAM 64GB 3GB RAM, 128GB 3GB RAM, 256GB 3GB RAM

Benchmark

Antutu 10 Total 727313
Antutu 10 CPU 179992
Antutu 10 GPU 243820
Antutu 10 Mem 125429
Antutu 10 UX 179992
Antutu 8 Total 465664
Antutu 7 Total
GeekBench 5 Single Core 1326
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core 2653

Communication and Connectivity

SIM card Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by) Nano-SIM and/or eSIM
Network GSM / HSPA / LTE GSM / CDMA / HSPA / EVDO / LTE
Bands -2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2
-3G - HSDPA 800 / 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100
-4G - 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 13, 20, 26
-2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 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) - A2296
Speed HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A (2CA) Cat6 300/150 Mbps HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A (5CA) Cat16 1024/150 Mbps, EV-DO Rev.A 3.1 Mbps
GPRS Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/6, dual-band, hotspot
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, GALILEO Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS
NFC Yes Yes
USB 2.0, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector 2.0, proprietary reversible connector
Bluetooth 5.0, A2DP, LE 5.0, A2DP, LE
Harmful irradiation
SAR EU - 0.39 W/kg (head)     1.41 W/kg (body)    
SAR - 1.17 W/kg (head) 1.16 W/kg (body)
SAR EU - 0.98 W/kg (head) 0.99 W/kg (body)

Music and Audio

Radio No
Headphone jack Yes No
Others

Other features

Sensors - Fingerprint (rear-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass - Fingerprint (front-mounted), accelerometer, proximity, gyro, compass, barometer
Other extras
- Siri natural language commands and dictation
- Fast charging 18W, 50% in 30 min
-Qi wireless charging
- IP67 dust/water resistant (up to 1m for 30 mins)
-Apple Pay (Visa, MasterCard, AMEX certified)
Versions
- Versions: A2296 (Global market) A2275 (USA, Canada, Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands) A2298 (China)

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