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| Global Score | |
| 88.5 | 81.3 |
| Basic Information | |
| Apple | Samsung |
| iOS 14.x | Android 10 |
| 2020-11-13 | 2020-04-27 |
| 5.18 x 2.53 x 0.29 inches | 6.27 x 2.88 x 0.34 inches |
| 4.76 ounces | 6.53 ounces |
| Black, Blue, Green, Purple, Red and White | Prism Crush black, Prism Crush blue, Prism Crush red and Prism Crush white |
| Aluminum and Glass | Plastic |
| Scratch-Resistant Glass | -- |
| $ 699.00 | -- |
| Display / Screen | |
| 5.4 inches | 6.4 inches |
| 2340 x 1080 pixels | 2400 x 1080 pixels |
| OLED | Super AMOLED |
| 477 pixels per inch | 411 pixels per inch |
| 1200 cd/m2 brightness | -- |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 9.4 | 8.1 |
| Performance | |
| Apple A14 Bionic chipset | MediaTek Helio P65 MT6768 chipset |
| 64-bit 64-bit, 5 nm (Hexa-Core 3100 MHz) processor | Arm Cortex-A75 and Arm Cortex-A55, 64-bit, 12 nm (Octa-Core 2000 MHz) processor |
| 4 GB RAM | 4 GB RAM |
| Yes GPU | Mali-G52 MC2 GPU |
| 10.62 | 9.09 |
| 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/1.60 aperture | f/2.00 aperture |
| 26.00mm focal length | 26.00mm focal length |
| -- | 0.5 inches (1/2") sensor |
| 3840 x 2160 (60 fps) (4K) video resolution | 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution |
| 1920 x 1080 (240 fps) (Full HD) slow motion video | -- |
| 10.01 | 10.89 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| Mobile Hotspot | Mobile Hotspot |
| 5G, 5G, 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 |
| 10.7 | 6.7 |
| Battery Life | |
| 2227mAh Li - Ion Battery | 5000mAh Li - Polymer Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| Wireless Charging | -- |
| 4.16 | 6.8 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 5.0 | Bluetooth 5.0 |
| GPS | GPS |
| NFC | NFC |
| -- | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor | Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor |
Comparison review
IPhone 12 mini has a score of 88.5, which is slightly better than Samsung Galaxy A31's 81.3 score. Even when iPhone 12 mini and Samsung Galaxy A31 were released with only 7 months difference, iPhone 12 mini is notably lighter and thinner. IPhone 12 mini counts with iOS 14.x OS, while Samsung Galaxy A31 comes with Android 10 OS.
Apple iPhone 12 mini features a more vivid display than Galaxy A31, because although it has a quite smaller screen and a quite lower 1080 x 2340 resolution, it also counts with a little bit greater pixels amount in each inch in the display. The Galaxy A31 features a superior storage capacity for games and applications than iPhone 12 mini, and although they both have exactly the same internal storage capacity, the Galaxy A31 also has a SD memory slot that holds up to 512 GB.
The iPhone 12 mini counts with a greater processing power than Samsung Galaxy A31, because although it has a lower number of cores , and they both have the same RAM memory amount, the iPhone 12 mini also counts with a 64-bit processing unit. Galaxy A31 counts with a way better battery duration than iPhone 12 mini, because it has 5000mAh of battery capacity.
The Samsung Galaxy A31 counts with a little bit better camera than iPhone 12 mini, because although it has worse 30 frames per second video frame rates and a smaller diafragm aperture, and they both have the same (Full HD) video quality, the Samsung Galaxy A31 also counts with a much higher 48 mega-pixels resolution back camera.
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