Apple iPhone 12 vs samsung galaxy s21 in Malaysia
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Launch
Status
Available. Released Oct 2020
Available. Released Jan 2021
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Body
Dimensions
146.7 x 71.5 x 7.4 mm (5.78 x 2.81 x 0.29 in)
151.7 x 71.2 x 7.9 mm
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Weight
164 g (5.78 oz)
171 g
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Build
Glass front (Corning-made glass), glass back (Corning-made glass), aluminum frame
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SIM
Nano-SIM and eSIM or Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by) - for China
Dual Sim, Dual Standby, eSIM (Nano-SIM)
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Colors
Black, White, Red, Green, Blue, Purple
Phantom Gray, Phantom White, Phantom Violet, Phantom Pink
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Display
Type
GSM / CDMA / HSPA / EVDO / LTE / 5G
Dynamic AMOLED 2X Capacitive Touchscreen, 16M Colors, Multitouch
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Size
6.1 inches, 90.2 cm2 (~86.0% screen-to-body ratio)
6.2 Inches
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Resolution
0
1080 x 2400
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Protection
Ceramic Shield glass
Corning Gorilla Glass Victus
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Features
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Eye Comfort Shield, Always-on display, 120Hz, HDR10+, 1300 nits (peak)
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Platform
OS
iOS 14.1, upgradable to iOS 16.5, planned upgrade to iOS 17
Android 11 OS
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Chipset
Apple A14 Bionic (5 nm)
Exynos 2100 (5 nm)
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CPU
Hexa-core (2x3.1 GHz Firestorm + 4x1.8 GHz Icestorm)
Octa-core (1 x 2.9 GHz Cortex-X1 + 3 x 2.80 GHz Cortex-A78 + 4 x 2.2 GHz Cortex-A55)
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GPU
Apple GPU (4-core graphics)
Mali-G78 MP14
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Memory
Card Slot
No
No
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Internal
64GB 4GB RAM, 128GB 4GB RAM, 256GB 4GB RAM
128/256GB Built-in, 8GB RAM, UFS 3.1
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Camera
Main
12 MP, f/1.6, 26mm (wide), 1.4µm, dual pixel PDAF, OIS
Triple Camera: 12 MP, f/1.8, 26mm (wide), 1/1.76", Dual Pixel PDAF, OIS + 64 MP, f/2.0, 28mm (telephoto), 1/1.76", PDAF, OIS, 1.1x optical zoom, 3x hybrid zoom + 12 MP, f/2.2, 13mm, (ultrawide), 1/2.55", Super Steady video, LED Flash
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Features
Dual-LED dual-tone flash, HDR (photo/panorama)
Geo-tagging, touch focus, face/smile detection, Auto HDR, panorama, Video (8K@30fps, 4K@30/60fps, 1080p@30/60/120fps, 720p@960fps, HDR10+, stereo sound rec., gyro-EIS & OIS)
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Selfie
12 MP, f/2.2, 23mm (wide), 1/3.6"
10 MP, f/2.2, 26mm (wide), 1/3.24
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Comms
WLAN
Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/6, dual-band, hotspot
Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/6e, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot
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Bluetooth
5.0, A2DP, LE
v5.0 with A2DP, LE
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GPS
GPS, GLONASS, GALILEO, QZSS
Yes + A-GPS support & Glonass, BDS, GALILEO
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NFC
Yes
Yes
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Radio
No
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USB
Lightning, USB 2.0
USB Type-C 3.2, USB On-The-Go
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Battery
Type
Li-Ion 2815 mAh, non-removable (10.78 Wh)
(Li-Po Non removable), 4000 mAh
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Charging
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Glass front + Gorilla Glass Victus), Plastic back, Aluminum frame, Stylus support, Tuned by AKG, Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic, ANT+, Bixby natural language commands and dictation, Samsung DeX, Samsung Wireless DeX (desktop experience suppo
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