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| Global Score | |
| 88.7 | 88 |
| Basic Information | |
| Apple | Samsung |
| iOS 15.x, 14.x | Android 11, 10 |
| 2020-10-23 | 2020-08-06 |
| 5.78 x 2.81 x 0.29 inches | 6.27 x 2.93 x 0.37 inches |
| 5.78 ounces | 7.16 ounces |
| Black, Blue, Green, Purple, Red and White | Mirage black and Mirage blue |
| Aluminum and Glass | -- |
| Scratch-Resistant Glass | Scratch-Resistant Glass |
| $ 829.00 | -- |
| Display / Screen | |
| 6.1 inches | 6.5 inches |
| 2532 x 1170 pixels | 2400 x 1080 pixels |
| OLED | Super AMOLED |
| 457 pixels per inch | 405 pixels per inch |
| 1200 cd/m2 brightness | -- |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 9.4 | 8.1 |
| Performance | |
| Apple A14 Bionic (5 nm) chipset | Samsung Exynos 9611 chipset |
| 64-bit 64-bit (Hexa-Core 3100 MHz) processor | Arm Cortex-A73 and Arm Cortex-A53, 64-bit, 10 nm (Octa-Core 2300 MHz) processor |
| 4 GB RAM | 6 GB RAM |
| Yes GPU | Mali-G72 MP3 GPU |
| 10.62 | 9.36 |
| 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 | 64.00 MP + 32.00 MP |
| f/1.60 aperture | f/1.80 aperture |
| 26.00mm focal length | 26.00mm focal length |
| -- | 0.59 inches (1/1.7") 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 | 1280 x 720 (480 fps) (HD) slow motion video |
| 10.01 | 12.1 |
| 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 | |
| 2815mAh Li - Ion Battery | 6000mAh Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| Wireless Charging | -- |
| 4.8 | 7.52 |
| 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 |
| -- | FM Radio |
Comparison review
The iPhone 12 has a general score of 88.7, which is a bit better than Galaxy M31s's 88 overall score. Although the iPhone 12 and the Galaxy M31s were released with only 3 months difference, the iPhone 12 is somewhat lighter and a lot thinner. The iPhone 12 works with iOS 15.x operating system, and Galaxy M31s works with Android 11 operating system.
The Apple iPhone 12 features a brighter display than Galaxy M31s, because although it has a bit smaller display, it also counts with a quite greater pixels density and a quite better 1170 x 2532 pixels resolution. IPhone 12 has a better performing processing unit than Galaxy M31s, because although it has 2 less cpu cores and a lower amount of RAM memory, it also counts with a 64 bits processing unit.
The Galaxy M31s counts with a greater camera than iPhone 12, because although it has a tinier camera aperture and slower video frame rate, and they both have the same 3840x2160 (4K) video definition, the Galaxy M31s also counts with a back facing camera with a way higher resolution. The Galaxy M31s has a way bigger storage capacity to install games and applications than iPhone 12, because it has an external memory slot that admits up to 512 GB and 128 GB internal storage capacity.
Galaxy M31s has a really longer battery life than Apple iPhone 12, because it has a 113 percent more battery capacity.
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