Compare phones
| Global Score | |
| 83.3 | 84.1 |
| Basic Information | |
| Apple | Samsung |
| iOS 15.x, 14.x, 13.x | Android 11, 10 |
| 2019-09-20 | 2020-03-23 |
| 5.94 x 2.98 x 0.33 inches | 6.26 x 2.96 x 0.35 inches |
| 6.84 ounces | 6.63 ounces |
| Black, Green, Purple, Red, White and Yellow | Midnight blue and Raven black |
| Aluminum and Glass | Plastic and Plastic |
| Scratch-Resistant Glass | Scratch-Resistant Glass |
| $ 699.00 | -- |
| Display / Screen | |
| 6.1 inches | 6.4 inches |
| 1792 x 828 pixels | 2340 x 1080 pixels |
| IPS LCD | Super AMOLED |
| 324 pixels per inch | 403 pixels per inch |
| 625 cd/m2 brightness | 420 cd/m2 brightness |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 8.2 | 8.4 |
| Performance | |
| Apple A13 Bionic APL1W85 (7 nm) chipset | Exynos 9611 chipset |
| 64-bit Lightning and Thunder, 64-bit (Hexa-Core 2650 MHz) processor | Arm Cortex-A73 and Arm Cortex-A53, 64-bit, 10 nm (Octa-Core 2300 MHz) processor |
| 4 GB RAM | 4 GB RAM |
| Apple-designed 4 core GPU | Mali-G72 MP3 GPU |
| 10.35 | 9.27 |
| Storage | |
| 64 GB internal memory | 64 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | microSDXC (up to 512 GB) external memory slot |
| 7.7 | 11.74 |
| Camera | |
| 12.00 MP + 12.00 MP | 48.00 MP + 20.00 MP |
| f/1.80 aperture | f/2.00 aperture |
| 26.00mm focal length | 26.00mm focal length |
| 0.39 inches (1/2.55") sensor | 0.5 inches (1/2") sensor |
| 3840 x 2160 (60 fps) (4K) video resolution | 3840 x 2160 (30 fps) (4K) video resolution |
| 1920 x 1080 (240 fps) (Full HD) slow motion video | 1920 x 1080 (240 fps) (Full HD) slow motion video |
| 10.23 | 11.55 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| Mobile Hotspot | Mobile Hotspot |
| LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA and HSUPA | LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA and HSUPA |
| Nano SIM, Dual SIM | Nano SIM, Dual SIM |
| 6.7 | 6.7 |
| Battery Life | |
| 3110mAh Li - Ion Battery | 6000mAh Li - Polymer Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| Wireless Charging | -- |
| 5.12 | 7.52 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 5.0 | Bluetooth 5.0 |
| GPS | GPS |
| NFC | -- |
| -- | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor | Accelerometer, Gyroscope and Proximity Sensor |
| -- | FM Radio |
Comparison review
Galaxy M21 has a score of 84.1, which is a bit better than iPhone 11's score of 83.3. Galaxy M21 comes with Android 11 OS, and iPhone 11 counts with iOS 15.x OS. Galaxy M21's construction is just a little bit lighter but a little bit thicker than iPhone 11, and both of them were released only a couple months apart.
Samsung Galaxy M21 has a little more vivid screen than iPhone 11, because although it has much worse brightness, it also counts with a quite greater pixels density, a quite bigger screen and a higher 1080 x 2340 resolution. IPhone 11 counts with a better processor than Samsung Galaxy M21, because although it has less cpu cores (although faster), and they both have a 4 GB RAM memory, the iPhone 11 also counts with a 64-bit CPU.
The Galaxy M21 features a better camera than Apple iPhone 11, because although it has a smaller camera aperture which is worse for low light captures and video and worse 30 frames per second video frame rates, and they both have the same 3840x2160 video definition, the Galaxy M21 also counts with a much larger back-facing camera sensor providing a way better image quality and a back facing camera with a way better 48 mega-pixels resolution.
The Galaxy M21 has a very superior storage for applications, games, photos and videos than iPhone 11, and although they both have exactly the same internal storage, the Galaxy M21 also has an external SD slot that allows a maximum of 512 GB. The Galaxy M21 has a much longer battery duration than Apple iPhone 11, because it has 6000mAh of battery capacity against 3110mAh.
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