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| Global Score | |
| 72 | 88.7 |
| Basic Information | |
| Apple | |
| Android 11 | iOS 15.x, 14.x |
| 2021-04-28 | 2020-10-23 |
| 6.40 x 2.94 x 0.33 inches | 5.78 x 2.81 x 0.29 inches |
| 6.53 ounces | 5.78 ounces |
| Supersonic Black and Supersonic blue | Black, Blue, Green, Purple, Red and White |
| -- | Aluminum and Glass |
| -- | Scratch-Resistant Glass |
| -- | $ 829.00 |
| Display / Screen | |
| 6.5 inches | 6.1 inches |
| 2400 x 1080 pixels | 2532 x 1170 pixels |
| IPS LCD | OLED |
| 405 pixels per inch | 457 pixels per inch |
| 600 cd/m2 brightness | 1200 cd/m2 brightness |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 8.6 | 9.4 |
| Performance | |
| MediaTek Dimensity 700 MT6833V chipset | Apple A14 Bionic (5 nm) chipset |
| Cortex-A76, 64-bit, 7 nm (Octa-Core 2200 MHz) processor | 64-bit 64-bit (Hexa-Core 3100 MHz) processor |
| 4 GB RAM | 4 GB RAM |
| Mali-G57 GPU | Yes GPU |
| 9.18 | 10.62 |
| Storage | |
| 128 GB internal memory | 64 GB internal memory |
| microSDXC (up to 1 TB) external memory slot | No SD card slot |
| 15.42 | 7.7 |
| Camera | |
| 48.00 MP + 16.00 MP | 12.00 MP + 12.00 MP |
| f/1.80 aperture | f/1.60 aperture |
| 26.00mm focal length | 26.00mm focal length |
| 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution | 3840 x 2160 (60 fps) (4K) video resolution |
| 1280 x 720 (120 fps) (HD) slow motion video | 1920 x 1080 (240 fps) (Full HD) slow motion video |
| 10.56 | 10.01 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| Mobile Hotspot | Mobile Hotspot |
| 5G, 5G, LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G) and HSDPA | 5G, 5G, LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA and HSUPA |
| Nano SIM, Dual SIM | Nano SIM, Dual SIM |
| 10.6 | 10.7 |
| Battery Life | |
| 5000mAh Li - Polymer Battery | 2815mAh Li - Ion Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| -- | Wireless Charging |
| 6.8 | 4.8 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 5.1 | Bluetooth 5.0 |
| GPS | GPS |
| -- | NFC |
| Fingerprint ID Scanner | -- |
| Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor | Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor |
Comparison review
The iPhone 12 has a score of 88.7, which is a lot better than realme 8 5G's score of 72. IPhone 12 counts with iOS 15.x operating system, and realme 8 5G counts with Android 11 operating system. Although the iPhone 12 and the realme 8 5G were released only a couple of months apart, the iPhone 12 is thinner and somewhat lighter.
IPhone 12 features a slightly better display than realme 8 5G, because although it has a bit smaller display, it also counts with way more brightness, a quite better pixels amount in each screen inch and a little higher resolution of 1170 x 2532 pixels. Realme 8 5G features a much greater memory for games and applications than iPhone 12, because it has an external memory slot that holds up to 1 TB and 128 GB internal memory.
The Apple iPhone 12 features a quite better hardware performance than realme 8 5G, because although it has a lower number of cores , and they both have 4 GB of RAM, the Apple iPhone 12 also counts with a 64-bits CPU. Realme 8 5G takes a little bit better photos and videos than iPhone 12, because although it has a smaller aperture which is not so good for low-light photos and worse 30 fps video frame rates, and they both have the same 1920x1080 video resolution, the realme 8 5G also counts with a back facing camera with a lot better resolution.
Realme 8 5G has a much better battery lifetime than iPhone 12, because it has a 5000mAh battery capacity.
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