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| Global Score | |
| 86.5 | 92.8 |
| Basic Information | |
| Samsung | Apple |
| Android 11, 10 | iOS 15.x, 14.x |
| 2020-03-05 | 2020-10-23 |
| 6.27 x 2.96 x 0.35 inches | 5.78 x 2.82 x 0.29 inches |
| 6.74 ounces | 6.66 ounces |
| Black, Blue and Red | Gold, Graphite, Pacific blue and Silver |
| Plastic and Plastic | Glass and Stainless steel |
| Scratch-Resistant Glass | Scratch-Resistant Glass |
| -- | $ 1000.00 |
| Display / Screen | |
| 6.4 inches | 6.1 inches |
| 2340 x 1080 pixels | 2532 x 1170 pixels |
| Super AMOLED | OLED |
| 403 pixels per inch | 457 pixels per inch |
| 420 cd/m2 brightness | 1200 cd/m2 brightness |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 8.4 | 9.4 |
| Performance | |
| Exynos 9611 chipset | Apple A14 Bionic (5 nm) chipset |
| Arm Cortex-A73 and Arm Cortex-A53, 64-bit, 10 nm (Octa-Core 2300 MHz) processor | 64-bit 64-bit (Hexa-Core 3100 MHz) processor |
| 6 GB RAM | 6 GB RAM |
| Mali-G72 MP3 GPU | Yes GPU |
| 9.36 | 10.62 |
| 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 | |
| 64.00 MP + 32.00 MP | 12.00 MP + 12.00 MP |
| f/1.80 aperture | f/1.60 aperture |
| 26.00mm focal length | 26.00mm focal length |
| 0.59 inches (1/1.7") sensor | -- |
| 3840 x 2160 (30 fps) (4K) video resolution | 3840 x 2160 (60 fps) (4K) video resolution |
| 1920 x 1080 (240 fps) (Full HD) slow motion video | 1920 x 1080 (240 fps) (Full HD) slow motion video |
| 12.1 | 10.01 |
| 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), HSDPA and HSUPA |
| Nano SIM, Dual SIM | Nano SIM, Dual SIM |
| 6.7 | 10.7 |
| Battery Life | |
| 6000mAh Li - Polymer Battery | 2815mAh Li - Ion Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| -- | Wireless Charging |
| 7.52 | 4.8 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 5.0 | Bluetooth 5.0 |
| GPS | GPS |
| NFC | NFC |
| Fingerprint ID Scanner | -- |
| Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor | Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor |
| FM Radio | -- |
Comparison review
The iPhone 12 Pro is a bit better than the Samsung Galaxy M31, having a 92.8 score against 86.5. IPhone 12 Pro's design is a bit lighter and somewhat thinner than the Samsung Galaxy M31, although both were only released with a couple of months difference. IPhone 12 Pro has iOS 15.x OS, while Samsung Galaxy M31 comes with Android 11 OS.
Apple iPhone 12 Pro features a more vivid screen than Galaxy M31, because although it has a bit smaller screen, it also counts with a slightly higher resolution of 1170 x 2532, a much brighter screen and a little higher pixels count per inch in the display. IPhone 12 Pro has a superior CPU than Samsung Galaxy M31, because although it has an inferior number of cores , and they both have a 6 GB RAM memory, the iPhone 12 Pro also counts with a 64-bits processor.
The Samsung Galaxy M31 has a quite bigger memory capacity to install games and applications than Apple iPhone 12 Pro, because although it has just 64 GB internal storage capacity, it also counts with a slot for an external memory card that allows a maximum of 512 GB. Samsung Galaxy M31 features a much longer battery duration than Apple iPhone 12 Pro, because it has 6000mAh of battery capacity.
Samsung Galaxy M31 has a much better camera than iPhone 12 Pro, because although it has a smaller diafragm aperture which is not nice for low-light photography and video and worse 30 fps video frame rate, and they both have the same video quality, the Samsung Galaxy M31 also counts with a back camera with a lot higher resolution.
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