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| Global Score | |
| 88.7 | 80 |
| Basic Information | |
| Apple | Samsung |
| iOS 15.x, 14.x | Android 10 |
| 2020-10-23 | 2021-03-18 |
| 5.78 x 2.81 x 0.29 inches | 6.46 x 2.99 x 0.38 inches |
| 5.78 ounces | 7.80 ounces |
| Black, Blue, Green, Purple, Red and White | Black, blue and white |
| Aluminum and Glass | Plastic and Plastic |
| Scratch-Resistant Glass | -- |
| $ 829.00 | -- |
| Display / Screen | |
| 6.1 inches | 6.5 inches |
| 2532 x 1170 pixels | 1600 x 720 pixels |
| OLED | PLS |
| 457 pixels per inch | 270 pixels per inch |
| 1200 cd/m2 brightness | -- |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 9.4 | 7.2 |
| Performance | |
| Apple A14 Bionic (5 nm) chipset | Samsung Exynos 850 S5E3830 chipset |
| 64-bit 64-bit (Hexa-Core 3100 MHz) processor | Cortex-A55, 64-bit, 8 nm (Octa-Core 2000 MHz) processor |
| 4 GB RAM | 4 GB RAM |
| Yes GPU | Mali-G52 MP1 GPU |
| 10.62 | 9.09 |
| Storage | |
| 64 GB internal memory | 64 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | microSDXC (up to 1 TB) external memory slot |
| 7.7 | 13.02 |
| Camera | |
| 12.00 MP + 12.00 MP | 48.00 MP + 8.00 MP |
| f/1.60 aperture | f/2.00 aperture |
| 26.00mm focal length | -- |
| 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 | 10.23 |
| 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 |
| 10.7 | 6.7 |
| Battery Life | |
| 2815mAh Li - Ion Battery | 6000mAh Li - Polymer Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| Wireless Charging | -- |
| 4.8 | 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, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor |
Comparison review
The iPhone 12 is better than Galaxy M12, with an 88.7 score against 80. The iPhone 12 works with iOS 15.x OS, while Galaxy M12 comes with Android 10 OS. IPhone 12's construction is extremely lighter and thinner than Galaxy M12, even when both were only released with a couple of months difference. The iPhone 12 features a quite better processing power than Galaxy M12, because although it has an inferior number of cores , and they both have 4 GB of RAM memory, the iPhone 12 also counts with a 64-bits processing unit.
Apple iPhone 12 counts with a much sharper display than Samsung Galaxy M12, because although it has a quite smaller display, it also counts with a much greater pixels amount per screen inch and a lot better resolution of 1170 x 2532 pixels. Samsung Galaxy M12 has a superior storage to install applications and games or saving photos and videos than Apple iPhone 12, and although they both have exactly the same internal storage, the Samsung Galaxy M12 also has a slot for an SD memory card that admits up to 1 TB.
The Samsung Galaxy M12 counts with a really longer battery lifetime than iPhone 12, because it has a 113 percent larger battery capacity. The Samsung Galaxy M12 features a slightly better camera than iPhone 12, because although it has a tinier aperture and slower video frame rates, and they both have the same (Full HD) video quality, the Samsung Galaxy M12 also counts with a lot better 48 megapixels resolution back camera.
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