Compare phones
| Global Score | |
| 81.5 | 80.4 |
| Basic Information | |
| Apple | Samsung |
| iOS 15.x, 14.x, 13.x | -- |
| 2020-04-24 | 2017-07-07 |
| 5.45 x 2.65 x 0.29 inches | 6.04 x 2.91 x 0.31 inches |
| 5.22 ounces | 5.89 ounces |
| Black, Red and White | Black, Blue, Gold and Silver |
| Aluminum and Glass | -- |
| Scratch-Resistant Glass | Scratch-Resistant Glass |
| $ 399.00 | $ 611.00 |
| Display / Screen | |
| 4.7 inches | 5.7 inches |
| 1334 x 750 pixels | 2560 x 1440 pixels (Quad HD / 2K) |
| IPS LCD | Super AMOLED |
| 326 pixels per inch | 515 pixels per inch |
| 625 cd/m2 brightness | -- |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 8.2 | 8.6 |
| Performance | |
| Apple A13 Bionic APL1W85 (7 nm) chipset | Samsung Exynos 8 Octa 8890 chipset |
| 64-bit Lightning and Thunder, 64-bit (Hexa-Core 2650 MHz) processor | Exynos M1and ARM Cortex-A53, 64-bit, 14 nm (Octa-Core 2300 MHz) processor |
| 3 GB RAM | 4 GB RAM |
| Apple-designed 4 core GPU | Mali-T880 MP12 GPU |
| 10.35 | 9.27 |
| Storage | |
| 64 GB internal memory | 64 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | microSDXC (up to 256 GB) external memory slot |
| 7.7 | 10.78 |
| Camera | |
| 12.00 MP + 7.00 MP | 12.00 MP + 5.00 MP |
| f/1.80 aperture | f/1.70 aperture |
| 28.00mm focal length | 26.00mm focal length |
| 0.33 inches (1/3") sensor | 0.4 inches (1/2.5") 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 | -- |
| 10.12 | 9.57 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| Mobile Hotspot | Mobile Hotspot |
| LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA and HSUPA | LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G) and HSPA |
| Nano SIM | Nano SIM |
| 6.7 | 6.1 |
| Battery Life | |
| 1821mAh Li - Ion Battery | 3200mAh Li - Ion Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| Wireless Charging | Wireless Charging |
| 3.68 | 5.2 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 5.0 | Bluetooth 4.2 |
| 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 |
Comparison review
Apple iPhone SE (2020) has an overall score of 81.5, which is just a bit better than Galaxy Note Fan Edition's 80.4 score. The Apple iPhone SE (2020) is a newer phone, and it's also lighter and a little thinner than the Galaxy Note Fan Edition. The iPhone SE (2020) has a superior performance than Galaxy Note Fan Edition, because although it has a lower amount of RAM and less cpu cores (although faster), it also counts with a 64 bits processor.
The Samsung Galaxy Note Fan Edition counts with a bit sharper screen than iPhone SE (2020), because it has a lot higher pixels amount per inch of display, a bigger display and a way higher resolution of 1440 x 2560 pixels. The Samsung Galaxy Note Fan Edition features a very superior storage to store more games and applications than iPhone SE (2020), and although they both have exactly the same internal memory capacity, the Samsung Galaxy Note Fan Edition also has a slot for SD memory cards that supports a maximum of 256 GB.
Samsung Galaxy Note Fan Edition counts with a superior battery performance than Apple iPhone SE (2020), because it has 3200mAh of battery capacity. The iPhone SE (2020) counts with a bit better camera than Galaxy Note Fan Edition, because although it has a smaller aperture which is not good for low light captures and video and a tinier back-facing camera sensor taking lower quality videos and images, and they both have a same resolution camera and the same 3840x2160 (4K) video definition, the iPhone SE (2020) also counts with higher 60 fps video frame rate.
IPhone SE (2020) is not only the best phones of the ones we are comparing here, but it's also very cheap compared to the other ones.
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