Samsung Galaxy A12 vs Samsung Galaxy J1 Ace Comparison and Differences

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Samsung Galaxy A12

Samsung Galaxy A12

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Samsung Galaxy J1 Ace

Samsung Galaxy J1 Ace

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Samsung Galaxy A12 or Samsung Galaxy J1 Ace Specs Comparison

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Common specs

Brand and model Samsung Galaxy A12 Samsung Galaxy J1 Ace
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Release date 2020, November 24 2015, September
Dimensions (HxWxD) 164 x 75.8 x 8.9 mm | 6.46 x 6.46 x 2.98 in 130.1 x 67.6 x 9.5 mm | 5.12 x 5.12 x 2.66 in
Weight 205 g | 7.23 oz 131 g | 4.62 oz
Body Build Glass front, plastic back, plastic frame Plastic body
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Colors Black, White, Blue, Red White, Black, Blue
Battery 5000 mAh, Li-Po, non-removable 1900 mAh,  Removable Li-Ion
Battery life Talking time - Up to 10 h (3G)
Music play - Up to 68 h
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Screen

Technology PLS IPS Super AMOLED
Touchscreen capacitive touchscreen capacitive touchscreen
Display colors 16M 16M
Screen size 6.5" in 4.3" in
Screen area 102.0 cm2 52.6 cm2
Screen format 20:9 (height:width) 5:3 (height:width)
Screen to body ratio 82.1% 59.8%
Screen resolution 720 x 1600 px 480 x 800 px
Screen PPI /points per inch/ 270 PPI 217 PPI
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Camera and Video

Rear camera, main 48 MP, Quad 5 MP, Single
Camera specs -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)
-5 MP, f/2.2, 31mm (standard), AF
Functions LED flash, panorama, HDR LED flash, panorama
Video 1080p@30fps 720p@30fps
DxOMark Main Score 90
DxOMark Photo 96
DxOMark Video 80
Front camera, selfie 8 MP, Single 2 MP, Single
Specifications 8 MP, f/2.2 2 MP
Video 1080p@30fps

Performance

Operating system - OS Android 10 Android 4.4.4 (KitKat), upgradable to 5.1.1 (Lollipop)
Chipset - Mediatek MT6765 Helio P35 (12nm) - Spreadtrum SC9830
- Marvell PXA1908 - J110L
CPU - Octa-core (4x2.35 GHz Cortex-A53 & 4x1.8 GHz Cortex-A53) - Quad-core 1.5 GHz Cortex-A7 - J111F
-Quad-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A7
-Dual-core 1.3 GHz Cortex-A53- J110L
GPU PowerVR GE8320 Mali-400MP2
Vivante GC7000 UL - J110L
External memory microSDXC (dedicated slot) microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot)
Internal memory 32GB 3GB RAM, 64GB 4GB RAM, 128GB 4GB RAM, 128GB 6GB RAM 4 GB, 512 MB RAM - J110L
4 GB, 768 MB RAM - J110F, J110G
8 GB, 1 GB RAM - J110M, J111F

Benchmark

Antutu 8 Total 103760
GeekBench 6 Single Core 158
GeekBench 6 Multi Core 691
GeekBench 5 Single Core 158
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core 930
GeekBench 4 Single Core 414
GeekBench 4 Multi-Core 1175

Communication and Connectivity

SIM card Single SIM (Nano-SIM)Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by) Single SIM (Micro-SIM)Dual SIM (Micro-SIM, dual stand-by)
Network GSM / HSPA / LTE GSM / HSPA / LTE
Bands -2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (dual-SIM only)
-3G - HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
-4G - LTE
-2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (dual-SIM model only)
-3G - HSDPA 850 / 900 / 2100 - J111F 
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100 - J110M 
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 2100 - J110F 
HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100 - J110L
-4G - LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 20(800) - J110F 
LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 17(700), 28(700) - J110M 
LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 20(800), 40(2300) - J110G, J111F
Speed HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps HSPA 21.1/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps
GPRS Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, GALILEO, BDS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS
NFC Yes (market/region dependent)
USB USB Type-C 2.0 microUSB 2.0
Bluetooth 5.0, A2DP, LE 4.0, A2DP
Harmful irradiation
SAR EU - 0.67 W/kg (head) 1.38 W/kg (body)
SAR - 1.57 W/kg (head)     1.22 W/kg (body)    
SAR EU - 0.69 W/kg (head)     0.53 W/kg (body)    

Music and Audio

Radio FM radio, RDS, recording FM radio, RDS, recording
Headphone jack Yes Yes

Other features

Sensors - Fingerprint (side-mounted), accelerometer - Accelerometer, proximity
Other extras
- Fast charging 15W
Versions
- Versions: J110M (New Zealand, LATAM); J110F (Australia, Africa, UAE); J110G (Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore); J110L with no LTE (Brazil) Also known as Samsung Galaxy J1 Ace Duos with dual-SIM card slo

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