Compare phones
| Global Score | |
| 88.5 | 82.4 |
| Basic Information | |
| Apple | Samsung |
| iOS 14.x | Android 9.0 Pie, 8.1 Oreo |
| 2020-11-13 | 2019-03-07 |
| 5.18 x 2.53 x 0.29 inches | 6.26 x 2.96 x 0.33 inches |
| 4.76 ounces | 6.14 ounces |
| Black, Blue, Green, Purple, Red and White | Black and Blue |
| Aluminum and Glass | Plastic |
| Scratch-Resistant Glass | -- |
| $ 699.00 | -- |
| Display / Screen | |
| 5.4 inches | 6.4 inches |
| 2340 x 1080 pixels | 2280 x 1080 pixels |
| OLED | Super AMOLED |
| 477 pixels per inch | 394 pixels per inch |
| 1200 cd/m2 brightness | -- |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 9.4 | 8 |
| Performance | |
| Apple A14 Bionic chipset | Samsung Exynos 7 Octa 7904 chipset |
| 64-bit 64-bit, 5 nm (Hexa-Core 3100 MHz) processor | ARM Cortex-A73 and ARM Cortex-A53, 64-bit, 14 nm (Octa-Core 1800 MHz) processor |
| 4 GB RAM | 6 GB RAM |
| Yes GPU | Mali-G71 MP2 GPU |
| 10.62 | 9 |
| Storage | |
| 64 GB internal memory | 128 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | microSDXC (up to 512 GB) external memory slot |
| 7.7 | 14.14 |
| Camera | |
| 12.00 MP + 12.00 MP | 13.00 MP + 16.00 MP |
| f/1.60 aperture | f/1.90 aperture |
| 26.00mm focal length | 27.00mm focal length |
| -- | 0.32 inches (1/3.1") 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 | 9.13 |
| 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 Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| Wireless Charging | -- |
| 4.16 | 6.8 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 5.0 | Bluetooth 5.0 |
| GPS | GPS |
| NFC | -- |
| -- | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor | Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Proximity Sensor |
| -- | FM Radio |
Comparison review
IPhone 12 mini is slightly better than the Galaxy M30, with an 88.5 score against 82.4. IPhone 12 mini counts with iOS 14.x operating system, and Galaxy M30 comes with Android 9.0 Pie operating system. IPhone 12 mini is a newer phone, and it's also a lot lighter and somewhat thinner than Galaxy M30.
IPhone 12 mini has a brighter screen than Galaxy M30, because although it has a quite smaller display, it also counts with a bit higher resolution of 1080 x 2340 pixels and a bit more pixels per inch of screen. Galaxy M30 features a much better memory capacity to store more games and applications than Apple iPhone 12 mini, because it has a SD memory slot that admits up to 512 GB and 64 GB more internal memory capacity.
The Apple iPhone 12 mini counts with a greater hardware performance than Samsung Galaxy M30, because although it has a lower number of cores (although faster) and a lower amount of RAM, it also counts with a 64 bits CPU. The Samsung Galaxy M30 counts with a much better battery duration than Apple iPhone 12 mini, because it has 5000mAh of battery capacity.
The Apple iPhone 12 mini captures a little bit better photographs and videos than Galaxy M30, because although it has a lesser megapixels resolution camera in the back, it also counts with a much better (4K) video resolution and a bigger diafragm aperture.
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