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| Global Score | |
| 84.1 | 78.7 |
| Basic Information | |
| Samsung | Samsung |
| Android 11, 10 | Android 14 |
| 2020-03-23 | -- |
| 6.26 x 2.96 x 0.35 inches | -- |
| 6.63 ounces | -- |
| Midnight blue and Raven black | -- |
| Plastic and Plastic | Glass (Corning Gorilla Glass) and Plastic |
| Scratch-Resistant Glass | Scratch-Resistant Glass |
| Display / Screen | |
| 6.4 inches | 6.6 inches |
| 2340 x 1080 pixels | 2400 x 1080 pixels |
| Super AMOLED | Super AMOLED |
| 403 pixels per inch | 399 pixels per inch |
| 420 cd/m2 brightness | -- |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 8.4 | 7.5 |
| Performance | |
| Exynos 9611 chipset | -- |
| Arm Cortex-A73 and Arm Cortex-A53, 64-bit, 10 nm (Octa-Core 2300 MHz) processor | processor |
| 4 GB RAM | 8 GB RAM |
| Mali-G72 MP3 GPU | Yes GPU |
| 9.27 | 6.21 |
| Storage | |
| 64 GB internal memory | 128 GB internal memory |
| microSDXC (up to 512 GB) external memory slot | No SD card slot |
| 11.74 | 10.1 |
| Camera | |
| 48.00 MP + 20.00 MP | 50.00 MP + 12.00 MP |
| f/2.00 aperture | f/1.80 aperture |
| 26.00mm focal length | -- |
| 0.5 inches (1/2") sensor | 0.64 inches (1/1.56") sensor |
| 3840 x 2160 (30 fps) (4K) video resolution | 3840 x 2160 (30 fps) (4K) video resolution |
| 1920 x 1080 (240 fps) (Full HD) slow motion video | -- |
| 11.55 | 11.55 |
| 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) and HSDPA |
| Nano SIM, Dual SIM | Nano SIM |
| 6.7 | 10.6 |
| Battery Life | |
| 6000mAh Li - Polymer Battery | 5000mAh Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 7.52 | 6.8 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 5.0 | Bluetooth 5.3 |
| 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 has a general score of 84.1, which is just a bit better than Samsung Galaxy A56 5G (Rumored)'s overall score of 78.7. These phones include Android operating system, but Galaxy M21 has the older 11 version while Samsung Galaxy A56 5G (Rumored) has Android 14. The Samsung Galaxy M21 features a better looking display than Galaxy A56 5G (Rumored), because although it has a bit smaller display and a bit worse resolution of 1080 x 2340, it also counts with a quite greater pixels amount per screen inch.
The Galaxy M21 counts with a really superior hardware performance than Samsung Galaxy A56 5G (Rumored), although it has a smaller amount of RAM memory, they both have a Octa-Core CPU. Samsung Galaxy M21 counts with a greater memory capacity to install games and applications than Samsung Galaxy A56 5G (Rumored), because although it has only 64 GB internal storage capacity, it also counts with an external memory card slot that allows up to 512 GB.
Galaxy M21 has better battery duration than Samsung Galaxy A56 5G (Rumored), because it has 6000mAh of battery capacity against 5000mAh. Samsung Galaxy M21 and Galaxy A56 5G (Rumored) have incredibly similar cameras, and although the Galaxy A56 5G (Rumored) has a lot larger sensor shooting much better quality photos, a bigger camera aperture and a back facing camera with a higher resolution, they both have the same 30 fps video frame rate and the same 3840x2160 video resolution.
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