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Iphone 12 mini vs Samsung s21 comparison

Apple IPhone 12 Mini
Samsung Galaxy S21
Network
Technology 5G/LTE/EVDO/HSPA/CDMA/GSM 5G/LTE/EVDO/HSPA/CDMA/GSM
2G bands GSM 850/900/1800/1900 CDMA 800/1900

SIM1 and SIM2 (GSM 850/900/1800/1900)
CDMA 800/1900
3G bands HSDPA 850/900/1700(AWS)/1900/2100 CDMA2000 (1xEV-DO) HSDPA 850/900/1700(AWS)/1900/2100
CDMA2000 (1xEV-DO)
4G bands 1,2,3,4,5,7,8,12,13,14,17,18,19,20,21,25,26,28,29,30,32,34,38,39,40,41,42,46,48,66,71 - A2341, A2406, A2407, A2408 1,2,3,4,5,7,8,12,13,14,17,18,19,20,25,26,28,30,32,38,39,40,41,46,48,66,71
5G bands 1,2,3,5,7,8,12,20,25,28,38,40,41,66,71,77,78,79,260,261 Sub6/mmWave - A2341, A2406, A2407, A2408 1,3,5,7,8,20,28,38,40,41,66,77,78 SA/NSA/Sub6
Network Type Speed EV-DO Rev.A 3.1 Mbps, 5G, LTE-A, HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps LTE-A(7CA)Cat20 (2000/200)Mbps, 5G(5+ Gbps DL)
Launch
Launch Date October 13, 2020 January 14, 2021
Status Available Available
Body
Weight 135g 171g
Build Gorilla Glass (Front And Back) With Aluminum Frame Gorilla Glass Victus Front, Plastic Back With Aluminum Frame
SIM Dual SIM (eSIM / Nano-SIM) Dual SIM (Nano-SIM + eSIM)
Display
Display Dolby Vision, Super Retina XDR OLED Dynamic Amoled 2X
Size 5.4 inch 6.2 Inch
Resolution (1080x2340) Pixels (1080x2400) Pixels
Platform
OS IOS 14.1, Upgradable Up To IOS 15.4 Android 11, One (UI 3.1)
CPU Hexa-Core(2x3.1GHz Firestorm+4x1.8GHz Icestorm) Octa-Core (4x2.2 GHz Cortex-A55 / 1x2.9GHz Cortex-X1 / 3x2.80 GHz Cortex-A78)
GPU 4-Core Graphics Apple GPU Mali-G78 MP14
Memory
Card slot N/A N/A
Main Camera
Features True Tone Flash, Panorama, Night Mode, Deep Fusion, Lens Correction, Auto Image Stabilization (AIS), Burst Mode, Digital Zoom (5x), Depth Control, and Dual-LED Dual-Tone Flash LED Flash, Geo-Tagging, Touch Focus, Face/Smile Detection, Auto HDR, Panorama, and HDR10+
Video 4K Dolby Vision HDR Video Recording (30fps)
4K Video Recording (24/25/30/60fps)
1080p HD Video Recording (25/30/60fps)
720p HD Video Recording (30fps)
1080p Slow‑Motion Video Recording (120/240fps)
8K Video Recording (24/30fps)
4K Video Recording (30/60fps)
1080p Video Recording (30/60/240fps)
Sound
Loudspeaker Stereo Speakers Stereo Speakers Available
3.5mm jack N/A N/A
Comms
WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11 (a/b/g/n/ac), Dual-Band, Wi-Fi Direct, and Hotspot Wi-Fi(802.11) A/B/G/N/AC/6, Hotspot, Wi-Fi Direct, Dual-Band
Bluetooth Bluetooth v5.0 Yes, v5.0
GPS GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, QZSS, and BeiDou Yes (A-GPS Support & Glonass, GALILEO, and BDS)
NFC Yes Yes
RADIO N/A Yes
USB USB 2.0, Lightning USB Type-C (3.2)
Features
Sensors Face ID / Barometer / Three‑axis Gyro / Accelerometer / Proximity Sensor / Ambient Light Lensor Fingerprint (ultrasonic) / Accelerometer / Gyro / Proximity / Compass / Barometer
Battery
Type Li-Ion 2227 mAh (Non-Removable) Li-Po 4000 mAh (Non removable)
Charging 20W Fast Charging, (50% in 30 Min) 2.0 USB Power 7.5W Qi Magnetic Fast Wireless Charging 15W MagSafe Wireless Charging Fast Charging (25W)
USB Power Delivery 3.0
Fast Qi/PMA Wireless Charging (15W)
Reverse Wireless Charging (4.5W)
Misc
Colors Purple, Blue, Green, Red, White, Black Phantom Gray, Phantom Pink, Phantom White, and Phantom Violet
Model A2640 (Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia), A2639 (mainland China, Hong Kong, Macao), A2638 (other countries and regions), A2636 (Canada, Japan, Mexico, Saudi Arabia), A2483 (United States) SM-G991B, SM-G991B/DS
Price 173,500 210,000
Brand IPhone Samsung
Model IPhone 12 Mini Samsung S21
Apple IPhone 12 Mini
Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra 5G
Network
Technology
2G bands
GSM 850/900/1800/1900 CDMA 800/1900

SIM1 and SIM2 (GSM 1850/900/1800/1900)
3G bands
HSDPA 850/900/1700(AWS)/1900/2100 CDMA2000 (1xEV-DO) HSDPA 850/900/1700 (AWS) /1900/2100
4G bands
1,2,3,4,5,7,8,12,13,14,17,18,19,20,21,25,26,28,29,30,32,34,38,39,40,41,42,46,48,66,71 - A2341, A2406, A2407, A2408 1,2,3,4,5,7,8,12,13,17,18,19,20,25,26,28,32,38,39,40,41,66
5G bands
1,2,3,5,7,8,12,20,25,28,38,40,41,66,71,77,78,79,260,261 Sub6/mmWave - A2341, A2406, A2407, A2408 5G, SA/NSA/Sub6
Network Type Speed
EV-DO Rev.A 3.1 Mbps, 5G, LTE-A, HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps HSPA (42.2/5.76 Mbps), LTE-A(7CA) Cat20 (2000/200Mbps), 5G
Launch
Launch Date
October 13, 2020 January 14, 2021
Status
Available Available
Body
Weight
135g 227g
SIM
Dual SIM (eSIM / Nano-SIM) Dual Sim (Nano-SIM / eSIM)
Display
Display
Dolby Vision, Super Retina XDR OLED Dynamic Amoled 2X
Size
5.4 inch 6.8 Inch
Resolution
(1080x2340) Pixels (1440x3200) Pixels
Platform
OS
IOS 14.1, Upgradable Up To IOS 15.4 One UI 3.1, Android 11
Chipset
Apple A14 Bionic EXYNOS 2100 (5nm) 
CPU
Hexa-Core(2x3.1GHz Firestorm+4x1.8GHz Icestorm) Octa-Core (4x2.2 GHz Cortex-A55 / 1x2.9 GHz Cortex-X1 / 3x2.80 GHz Cortex-A78)
GPU
4-Core Graphics Apple GPU Mali-G78 (MP14)  
Memory
Card slot
N/A N/A
Internal
64GB 4GB RAM
128GB 4GB RAM
256GB 4GB RAM
256GB 12GB RAM
Main Camera
Features
True Tone Flash, Panorama, Night Mode, Deep Fusion, Lens Correction, Auto Image Stabilization (AIS), Burst Mode, Digital Zoom (5x), Depth Control, and Dual-LED Dual-Tone Flash LED Flash, Dual Dixel PDAF, Touch Focus, Panorama, Face/Smile Detection, Auto HDR, Geo-Tagging and HDR10+ Video
Video
4K Dolby Vision HDR Video Recording (30fps)
4K Video Recording (24/25/30/60fps)
1080p HD Video Recording (25/30/60fps)
720p HD Video Recording (30fps)
1080p Slow‑Motion Video Recording (120/240fps)
4K Video Recording (30/60fps)
8K Video Recording (24fps)
1080p Video Recording (30/60/240fps)
720p Video Recording (960fps)
Selfie Camera
Front Camera
12MP camera (F/2.2 Aperture) 40MP (F/2.2 Aperture) Wide
Video
4K Dolby Vision HDR Video Recording (30fps)
4K Video Recording (24/25/30/60fps)
1080p HD Video Recording (25/30/60fps)
720p HD Video Recording (30fps)
1080p Slow‑Motion Video Recording (120/240fps)
4K Video Recording (30/60fps)
8K Video Recording (24fps)
1080p Video Recording (30/60/240fps)
720p Video Recording (960fps)
Sound
Loudspeaker
Stereo Speakers Yes, (Stereo Speakers)
3.5mm jack
N/A N/A
Comms
WLAN
Wi-Fi 802.11 (a/b/g/n/ac), Dual-Band, Wi-Fi Direct, and Hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 (a/b/g/n/ac/6e), Hotspot, Wi-Fi Direct, Dual-Band
WLAN
Wi-Fi 802.11 (a/b/g/n/ac), Dual-Band, Wi-Fi Direct, and Hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 (a/b/g/n/ac/6e), Hotspot, Wi-Fi Direct, Dual-Band
Bluetooth
Bluetooth v5.0 LE, v5.2, A2DP
GPS
GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, QZSS, and BeiDou Yes + (A-GPS, Galileo, BDS, Glonass)
NFC
Yes Yes
RADIO
N/A FM Radio (Snapdragon model)
USB
USB 2.0, Lightning USB Type-C (3.2)
Features
Sensors
Face ID / Barometer / Three‑axis Gyro / Accelerometer / Proximity Sensor / Ambient Light Lensor Compass / Barometer / Fingerprint (Under Display, Ultrasonic) / Accelerometer / Gyro / Proximity
Battery
Type
Li-Ion 2227 mAh (Non-Removable) Li-Ion 5000 mAh (Non-Removable)
Charging
20W Fast Charging, (50% in 30 Min) 2.0 USB Power 7.5W Qi Magnetic Fast Wireless Charging 15W MagSafe Wireless Charging Fast Charging 25W
Reverse Wireless Charging 4.5W
Misc
Colors
Purple, Blue, Green, Red, White, Black Phantom Brown, Phantom Black, Phantom Silver, Phantom Titanium, and Phantom Navy
Model
A2640 (Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia), A2639 (mainland China, Hong Kong, Macao), A2638 (other countries and regions), A2636 (Canada, Japan, Mexico, Saudi Arabia), A2483 (United States) SM-G998BZKGMEA
Price
173500 242999
Brand
IPhone Samsung
Model
IPhone 12 Mini Samsung S21

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