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| Global Score | |
| 84.1 | 76.1 |
| Basic Information | |
| Samsung | Samsung |
| Android 11, 10 | Android 12, 11 |
| 2020-03-23 | 2021-07-02 |
| 6.26 x 2.96 x 0.35 inches | 6.27 x 2.90 x 0.33 inches |
| 6.63 ounces | 6.56 ounces |
| Midnight blue and Raven black | Black, Mint, Violet and White |
| Plastic and Plastic | Plastic and Plastic |
| Scratch-Resistant Glass | -- |
| Display / Screen | |
| 6.4 inches | 6.4 inches |
| 2340 x 1080 pixels | 1600 x 720 pixels |
| Super AMOLED | Super AMOLED |
| 403 pixels per inch | 274 pixels per inch |
| 420 cd/m2 brightness | -- |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 8.4 | 7.3 |
| Performance | |
| Exynos 9611 chipset | MediaTek Helio G80 MT6769T (12 nm) chipset |
| Arm Cortex-A73 and Arm Cortex-A53, 64-bit, 10 nm (Octa-Core 2300 MHz) processor | Cortex-A75, 64-bit, 12 nm (Octa-Core 2000 MHz) processor |
| 4 GB RAM | 4 GB RAM |
| Mali-G72 MP3 GPU | Mali G52 MC2 GPU |
| 9.27 | 9.09 |
| Storage | |
| 64 GB internal memory | 64 GB internal memory |
| microSDXC (up to 512 GB) external memory slot | microSDXC (up to 1 TB) external memory slot |
| 11.74 | 13.02 |
| Camera | |
| 48.00 MP + 20.00 MP | 48.00 MP + 13.00 MP |
| f/2.00 aperture | f/1.80 aperture |
| 26.00mm focal length | -- |
| 0.5 inches (1/2") sensor | -- |
| 3840 x 2160 (30 fps) (4K) video resolution | 1920 x 1080 (Full HD) video resolution |
| 1920 x 1080 (240 fps) (Full HD) slow motion video | -- |
| 11.55 | 9.35 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| Mobile Hotspot | Mobile Hotspot |
| LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA and HSUPA | LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G) and HSDPA |
| Nano SIM, Dual SIM | Nano SIM, Dual SIM |
| 6.7 | 6.6 |
| Battery Life | |
| 6000mAh Li - Polymer Battery | Nano SIM Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 7.52 | 1.36 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 5.0 | Bluetooth 5.0 |
| GPS | GPS |
| -- | NFC |
| Fingerprint ID Scanner | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Gyroscope and Proximity Sensor | Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor |
| FM Radio | -- |
Comparison review
Galaxy M21 is better than Galaxy A22, with a global score of 84.1 against 76.1. The Galaxy M21 body is older, a little heavier and just a little bit thicker than the Galaxy A22. Both of these phones work with Android operating system, but Galaxy M21 has 11 version while Galaxy A22 has Android 12 version.
Samsung Galaxy M21 has a more vivid screen than Samsung Galaxy A22, and although they both have a screen with the same size, the Samsung Galaxy M21 also has a much better resolution of 1080 x 2340px and a higher quantity of pixels per inch of screen. The Samsung Galaxy A22 has a better memory capacity to install applications and games or saving photos and videos than Galaxy M21, and although they both have exactly the same internal memory, the Samsung Galaxy A22 also has a SD memory card expansion slot that admits up to 1 TB.
Galaxy M21 has a little better processing power than Galaxy A22. They have the same RAM memory amount and 8 processing cores. The Galaxy M21 has a really longer battery lifetime than Samsung Galaxy A22. Samsung Galaxy M21 has a much better camera than Samsung Galaxy A22, because although it has a tinier diafragm aperture which is not nice for capturing photos in low-light environments, and they both have a 48 mega-pixels back camera, the Samsung Galaxy M21 also counts with a much higher video resolution.
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