Compare phones
| Global Score | |
| 70 | 76.1 |
| Basic Information | |
| Apple | Samsung |
| iOS 8.x, 7.x | Android 10 |
| 2013-09-10 | 2020-06-29 |
| 4.90 x 2.33 x 0.35 inches | 6.61 x 3.02 x 0.32 inches |
| 4.66 ounces | 6.81 ounces |
| Blue, Green, Pink, White and Yellow | Black |
| Polycarbonate | Plastic and Plastic |
| $ 300.00 | $ 194.00 |
| Display / Screen | |
| 4 inches | 6.5 inches |
| 640 x 1136 pixels | 1600 x 720 pixels |
| IPS LCD | IPS LCD |
| 326 pixels per inch | 270 pixels per inch |
| 500 cd/m2 brightness | -- |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | No touch screen |
| 8.9 | 7.3 |
| Performance | |
| Apple A6 chipset | Mediatek Helio P35 chipset |
| Swift (Dual-Core 1300 MHz) processor | Arm Cortex-A53, 64-bit, 12 nm (Octa-Core 2300 MHz) processor |
| 1016 MB (1066 MHz) RAM | 3 GB RAM |
| PowerVR SGX 543MP3 GPU | PowerVR GE8320 GPU |
| 8.19 | 9.27 |
| Storage | |
| 32 GB internal memory | 32 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | microSDXC (up to 512 GB) external memory slot |
| 5.8 | 9.84 |
| Camera | |
| 8.00 MP + 1.20 MP | 16.00 MP + 13.00 MP |
| f/2.40 aperture | f/1.80 aperture |
| 33.00mm focal length | -- |
| 0.31 inches (1/3.2") sensor | 0.33 inches (1/3.06") sensor |
| 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution | 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution |
| 8.47 | 9.35 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| Mobile Hotspot | Mobile Hotspot |
| LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA, HSUPA, UMTS, EDGE, GPRS, GSM and CDMA | LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA and HSUPA |
| Nano SIM | Nano SIM |
| 7.1 | 6.7 |
| Battery Life | |
| 1507mAh Li-Ion Battery | 4000mAh Li - Polymer Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 250 hours standby time 10 hours talk time | -- |
| 3.28 | 5.92 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 4.0 | Bluetooth 5.0 |
| GPS | GPS |
| -- | NFC |
| -- | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor | Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor |
| -- | FM Radio |
Comparison review
Samsung Galaxy A21 is a little bit better than the iPhone 5c, getting a 76.1 score against 70. Samsung Galaxy A21 comes with Android 10 OS, while iPhone 5c comes with iOS 8.x OS. Samsung Galaxy A21's body is a lot newer and a bit thinner than iPhone 5c's, although it's also much heavier. IPhone 5c features a lot better looking display than Samsung Galaxy A21, because although it has a much smaller screen and a lot lower resolution of 1136 x 640px, it also counts with a just a little greater count of pixels per inch in the display.
Samsung Galaxy A21 counts with a way bigger storage capacity to store more games and applications than Apple iPhone 5c, and although they both have the same 32 GB internal storage capacity, the Samsung Galaxy A21 also has an external memory card slot that admits a maximum of 512 GB. Galaxy A21 counts with a quite superior hardware performance than iPhone 5c, because it has more RAM and a larger number of faster cores.
The Samsung Galaxy A21 features a superior camera than Apple iPhone 5c, and although they both have the same 30 fps video frame rates and the same 1920x1080 (Full HD) video definition, the Samsung Galaxy A21 also has a much bigger diafragm aperture to take better low light photos and video, a bigger sensor shooting better quality videos and photographs and a lot higher 16 megapixels resolution camera.
The Samsung Galaxy A21 counts with a much longer battery performance than iPhone 5c, because it has a 4000mAh battery capacity against 1507mAh.
Even being the best phone of the ones we compare here, Galaxy A21 is also by far the cheapest, which makes it an obvious call.
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