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Apple iPhone 5
LTE and GSM A1428A1428
| Global Score | |
| 71.7 | 84.1 |
| Basic Information | |
| Apple | Samsung |
| iOS 7.x, 6.1, 6 | Android 11, 10 |
| 2012-09-12 | 2020-03-23 |
| 4.87 x 2.31 x 0.30 inches | 6.26 x 2.96 x 0.35 inches |
| 3.95 ounces | 6.63 ounces |
| Black and White | Midnight blue and Raven black |
| Aluminium | Plastic and Plastic |
| -- | Scratch-Resistant Glass |
| $ 195.00 | -- |
| Display / Screen | |
| 4 inches | 6.4 inches |
| 640 x 1136 pixels | 2340 x 1080 pixels |
| IPS LCD | Super AMOLED |
| 326 pixels per inch | 403 pixels per inch |
| 500 cd/m2 brightness | 420 cd/m2 brightness |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | No touch screen |
| 8.9 | 8.4 |
| Performance | |
| Apple A6 chipset | Exynos 9611 chipset |
| Apple Swift (Dual-Core 1300 MHz) processor | Arm Cortex-A73 and Arm Cortex-A53, 64-bit, 10 nm (Octa-Core 2300 MHz) processor |
| 1016 MB (1066 MHz) RAM | 4 GB RAM |
| PowerVR SGX543MP3 GPU | Mali-G72 MP3 GPU |
| 8.19 | 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 | |
| 8.00 MP + 1.20 MP | 48.00 MP + 20.00 MP |
| f/2.40 aperture | f/2.00 aperture |
| 33.00mm focal length | 26.00mm focal length |
| 0.31 inches (1/3.2") sensor | 0.5 inches (1/2") sensor |
| 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution | 3840 x 2160 (30 fps) (4K) video resolution |
| -- | 1920 x 1080 (240 fps) (Full HD) slow motion video |
| 8.47 | 11.55 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| Mobile Hotspot | Mobile Hotspot |
| LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA, UMTS, EV-DO A, EV-DO B, EDGE, GPRS, GSM and CDMA | LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA and HSUPA |
| Nano SIM | Nano SIM, Dual SIM |
| 7.2 | 6.7 |
| Battery Life | |
| 1440mAh Li-Polymer Battery | 6000mAh Li - Polymer Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 225 hours standby time 8 hours talk time | -- |
| 3.2 | 7.52 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 4.0 | Bluetooth 5.0 |
| GPS | GPS |
| -- | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor | Accelerometer, Gyroscope and Proximity Sensor |
| -- | FM Radio |
Comparison review
The Galaxy M21 has a general score of 84.1, which is much better than the iPhone 5's 71.7 overall score. The Galaxy M21 works with Android 11 operating system, and iPhone 5 works with iOS 7.x operating system. Galaxy M21's construction is much newer, but thicker and notably heavier than iPhone 5. The Samsung Galaxy M21 features a better performance than iPhone 5, because it has a greater number of cores and more RAM.
Apple iPhone 5 has a little bit better looking screen than Galaxy M21, because although it has a quite inferior pixel number in each inch in the screen, a lot smaller screen and a way worse resolution of 1136 x 640 pixels, it also counts with a little brighter screen. The Galaxy M21 has a lot better camera than iPhone 5, because it has a way bigger camera sensor providing a lot higher image quality, a bigger camera aperture to capture better photos and videos in poorly lited environments, a back facing camera with lot more megapixels and a lot better (4K) video quality.
The Samsung Galaxy M21 features a very superior storage for applications, games, photos and videos than iPhone 5, and although they both have exactly the same internal storage capacity, the Samsung Galaxy M21 also has a SD memory card expansion slot that holds a maximum of 512 GB. The Samsung Galaxy M21 counts with a really longer battery duration than Apple iPhone 5, because it has 6000mAh of battery capacity.
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