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| Global Score | |
| 72 | 88.5 |
| Basic Information | |
| Apple | |
| Android 11 | iOS 14.x |
| 2021-04-28 | 2020-11-13 |
| 6.40 x 2.94 x 0.33 inches | 5.18 x 2.53 x 0.29 inches |
| 6.53 ounces | 4.76 ounces |
| Supersonic Black and Supersonic blue | Black, Blue, Green, Purple, Red and White |
| -- | Aluminum and Glass |
| -- | Scratch-Resistant Glass |
| -- | $ 699.00 |
| Display / Screen | |
| 6.5 inches | 5.4 inches |
| 2400 x 1080 pixels | 2340 x 1080 pixels |
| IPS LCD | OLED |
| 405 pixels per inch | 477 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 chipset |
| Cortex-A76, 64-bit, 7 nm (Octa-Core 2200 MHz) processor | 64-bit 64-bit, 5 nm (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 | 2227mAh Li - Ion Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| -- | Wireless Charging |
| 6.8 | 4.16 |
| 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
Apple iPhone 12 mini is a lot better than realme 8 5G, getting a overall score of 88.5 against 72. The Apple iPhone 12 mini is a lighter and somewhat thinner cellphone than the realme 8 5G, although both of them were released with only a couple of months difference. Apple iPhone 12 mini has iOS 14.x operating system, while realme 8 5G comes with Android 11 operating system.
IPhone 12 mini counts with a superior hardware performance than realme 8 5G, because although it has an inferior number of cores , and they both have 4 GB of RAM memory, the iPhone 12 mini also counts with a 64-bits processing unit. Apple iPhone 12 mini has a little sharper display than realme 8 5G, because although it has a little smaller screen and a little worse resolution of 1080 x 2340px, it also counts with much more display brightness and a quite better pixel density.
The realme 8 5G captures just a bit better photographs and videos than iPhone 12 mini, because although it has a tinier aperture and worse video frame rate, and they both have the same 1920x1080 video resolution, the realme 8 5G also counts with a back-facing camera with a way higher resolution.
The realme 8 5G counts with a much greater storage to store more games and applications than iPhone 12 mini, because it has 128 GB internal storage and a slot for external memory cards that admits a maximum of 1 TB. The realme 8 5G features a superior battery performance than iPhone 12 mini, because it has a 5000mAh battery size instead of 2227mAh.
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