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| 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 |
| $ 209.00 | $ 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
Galaxy A21 is a little bit better than the Apple iPhone 5c, with a 76.1 score against 70. Galaxy A21 works with Android 10 OS, while Apple iPhone 5c works with iOS 8.x OS. Galaxy A21 is a way newer and a little bit thinner phone than Apple iPhone 5c, although it's also much heavier. The iPhone 5c counts with a much better looking screen than Galaxy A21, because although it has a really smaller screen and a way worse 1136 x 640 resolution, it also counts with a little more pixels per inch of display.
The Samsung Galaxy A21 has a quite better hardware performance than Apple iPhone 5c, because it has a higher number of faster cores and a higher amount of RAM. Samsung Galaxy A21 features much more storage capacity for apps and games than Apple iPhone 5c, and although they both have the same 32 GB internal storage, the Samsung Galaxy A21 also has a SD extension slot that allows up to 512 GB.
Samsung Galaxy A21 shoots better photographs and videos than iPhone 5c, and although they both have the same video quality and the same 30 frames per second video frame rates, the Samsung Galaxy A21 also has a much bigger camera aperture to take better images in low-light environments, a much better resolution camera in the back and a bigger back-facing camera sensor which offers a higher image and video quality.
The Galaxy A21 has a very superior battery performance than Apple iPhone 5c, because it has 4000mAh of battery capacity against 1507mAh.
The Galaxy A21 not only is the best devices of the ones we compare here, but it's also the cheapest one, making it a very good choice.
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