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| Global Score | |
| 87.1 | 90.8 |
| Basic Information | |
| Apple | Samsung |
| -- | Android 11, 10 |
| 2017-09-22 | 2020-10-02 |
| 6.24 x 3.07 x 0.30 inches | 6.29 x 2.93 x 0.33 inches |
| 7.13 ounces | 6.70 ounces |
| Gold, Red, Silver and Space gray | Cloud lavender, Cloud mint, Cloud navy, Cloud orange, Cloud red and Cloud white |
| Aluminum and Glass | Aluminum and Plastic |
| Scratch-Resistant Glass | Scratch-Resistant Glass |
| $ 949.00 | $ 509.00 |
| Display / Screen | |
| 5.5 inches | 6.5 inches |
| 1920 x 1080 pixels (Full HD) | 2400 x 1080 pixels |
| IPS LCD | Super AMOLED |
| 401 pixels per inch | 405 pixels per inch |
| 625 cd/m2 brightness | -- |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 8.6 | 8.2 |
| Performance | |
| Apple A11 Bionic APL1W72 (10 nm) chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 SM8250 chipset |
| 64-bit Monsoon and Mistral, 64-bit (Hexa-Core 2390 MHz) processor | Kryo 585, 64-bit, 7 nm (Octa-Core 2840 MHz) processor |
| 3 GB RAM | 6 GB RAM |
| Apple 3-core GPU GPU | Adreno 650 GPU |
| 10.17 | 9.63 |
| Storage | |
| 256 GB internal memory | 128 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | microSDXC (up to 1000 GB) external memory slot |
| 13.3 | 15.38 |
| Camera | |
| 12.00 MP + 7.00 MP | 12.00 MP + 32.00 MP |
| f/1.80 aperture | f/1.80 aperture |
| 28.00mm focal length | 26.00mm focal length |
| 0.33 inches (1/3") sensor | 0.57 inches (1/1.76") sensor |
| 3840 x 2160 (60 fps) (4K) video resolution | 3840 x 2160 (60 fps) (4K) video resolution |
| 1920 x 1080 (240 fps) (Full HD) slow motion video | 1280 x 720 (960 fps) (HD) slow motion video |
| 10.12 | 10.56 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| Mobile Hotspot | Mobile Hotspot |
| LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA and HSUPA | 5G, 5G, LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA and HSUPA |
| Nano SIM | Nano SIM |
| 6.7 | 10.7 |
| Battery Life | |
| 2691mAh Li - Ion Battery | 4500mAh Li - Ion Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| Wireless Charging | Wireless Charging |
| 4.64 | 6.32 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 5.0 | Bluetooth 5.0 |
| GPS | GPS |
| NFC | NFC |
| Fingerprint ID Scanner | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor | Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor |
| -- | FM Radio |
Comparison review
Galaxy S20 FE has a global score of 90.8, which is a bit better than Apple iPhone 8 Plus's global score of 87.1. Even though Galaxy S20 FE is a little bit thicker than Apple iPhone 8 Plus, it's just a little lighter and way newer. Apple iPhone 8 Plus counts with a little sharper screen than Samsung Galaxy S20 FE, although it has a little bit less pixels per screen inch, a quite smaller screen and a little bit worse 1080 x 1920 resolution.
Samsung Galaxy S20 FE has a quite bigger memory to install applications and games or saving photos and videos than Apple iPhone 8 Plus, because although it has 0 less internal storage, it also counts with a SD card slot that admits up to 1000 GB. IPhone 8 Plus has a little bit better processing power than Galaxy S20 FE, because although it has a lower amount of RAM memory and lesser and slower processing cores, it also counts with a 64-bits processor.
The Galaxy S20 FE captures just a bit better pictures and videos than iPhone 8 Plus, and although they both have the same (4K) video quality, the same camera aperture, the same 60 frames per second video frame rate and a same resolution camera in the back, the Galaxy S20 FE also has a much larger camera sensor providing a much higher image quality.
Samsung Galaxy S20 FE counts with a very superior battery duration than iPhone 8 Plus, because it has 4500mAh of battery capacity instead of 2691mAh.
Despite of being the best phone of the ones in this comparison, the Samsung Galaxy S20 FE is also a bargain compared to others.
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