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Apple iPhone 5s
CDMAA1533
| Global Score | |
| 69.2 | 75.5 |
| Basic Information | |
| Apple | |
| Android 11 | iOS 8.x, 7.x |
| 2021-06-28 | 2013-09-10 |
| 6.54 x 3.03 x 0.36 inches | 4.87 x 2.31 x 0.30 inches |
| 7.02 ounces | 3.95 ounces |
| Frosted Blue and Milky Way Gray | Black, Gold and Gray |
| Plastic | Aluminium |
| $ 250.00 | $ 205.00 |
| Display / Screen | |
| 6.7 inches | 4 inches |
| 2400 x 1080 pixels | 640 x 1136 pixels |
| -- | IPS LCD |
| 393 pixels per inch | 326 pixels per inch |
| -- | 500 cd/m2 brightness |
| No touch screen | Capacitive, Multi-touch |
| 8 | 8.9 |
| Performance | |
| Qualcomm Snapdragon 665 SM6125 chipset | Apple A7 chipset |
| Kryo 260, 64-bit, 11 nm (Octa-Core 2000 MHz) processor | 64-bit Cyclone ARMv8 (Dual-Core 1300 MHz) processor |
| 4 GB RAM | 1 GB (1600 MHz) RAM |
| Adreno 610 GPU | PowerVR G6430 (600 MHz) GPU |
| 9.09 | 9.27 |
| 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 | |
| 64.00 MP + 16.00 MP | 8.00 MP + 1.20 MP |
| f/1.80 aperture | f/2.20 aperture |
| -- | 29.00mm focal length |
| 0.5 inches (1/2") sensor | 0.33 inches (1/3") sensor |
| 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution | 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution |
| -- | 1280 x 720 (120 fps) (HD) slow motion video |
| 11.22 | 8.69 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| Mobile Hotspot | Mobile Hotspot |
| LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G) and HSDPA | LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA, HSUPA, UMTS, EDGE, GPRS, GSM and CDMA |
| Nano SIM | Nano SIM |
| 6.6 | 7.1 |
| Battery Life | |
| 5000mAh Li - Polymer Battery | 1570mAh Li-Ion Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| -- | 250 hours standby time 10 hours talk time |
| 6.8 | 3.36 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 5.0 | Bluetooth 4.0 |
| GPS | GPS |
| NFC | -- |
| Fingerprint ID Scanner | -- |
| Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor | Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor |
| FM Radio | -- |
Comparison review
Apple iPhone 5s has a general score of 75.5, which is slightly better than TCL 20S's 69.2 overall score. The Apple iPhone 5s is an way older cellphone than the TCL 20S, but it's somewhat thinner and a lot lighter anyway. The Apple iPhone 5s comes with iOS 8.x operating system, while TCL 20S has Android 11 operating system.
IPhone 5s has just a bit better performance than TCL 20S, because although it has 3 GB less RAM and an inferior number of cores and also slower, it also counts with a 64-bits processing unit and an extra graphics processing unit. The Apple iPhone 5s features a much better display than TCL 20S, although it has a much lower resolution of 1136 x 640 pixels, a just a bit worse screen density and a lot smaller screen.
TCL 20S features a much greater memory capacity to store more games and applications than iPhone 5s, because it has more internal storage and a SD memory card expansion slot that holds a maximum of 1 TB. The TCL 20S has a superior battery life than iPhone 5s, because it has a 218 percent bigger battery size.
The TCL 20S shoots much clearer videos and photos than Apple iPhone 5s, and although they both have the same 30 frames per second video frame rate and the same 1920x1080 (Full HD) video definition, the TCL 20S also has a way bigger sensor, a back camera with way more mega pixels and a larger aperture to capture better low light images and video.
Even being the best phone of the ones we are comparing here, Apple iPhone 5s is also a bargain compared to the other ones, which makes it very easy to pick between these phones.
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