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Brand

apple

samsung

Model

iPhone 15 Plus

Galaxy S21 FE

Released

2022

Operating System

iOS 17

Android 12

CPU

Apple A16 Bionic APL1010 / APL1W10 (T8120)

Samsung Exynos 2100 5G S5E9840

2910 MHz

RAM

LPDDR5 SDRAM

3200 MHz

6 GB

LPDDR5 SDRAM

3200 MHz

Graphical Controller

Apple A16MP5

ARM Mali-G78 MP14

Memory

128

Display Diagonal

6.4

Resolution

1080x2340

Display Type

AM-OLED

AM-OLED

Display Refresh Rate

60 Hz

Main Camera

2.0 x optical zoom

4000x3000 px

12.0 MP

3.0 x optical zoom

Video Recording

3840x2160 px

60 fps

3840x2160 px

60 fps

Flash

Yes

Yes

Front Camera

12.2 MP

4032x3024 px

Video Recording

3840x2160 px

3840x2160 px

30 fps

Battery

Lithium-ion

3.87 V

4383 mAh

Lithium-ion

Bluetooth

5.0

Protection from solid materials

6 Totally protected from dust

6 Totally protected from dust

Protection from liquids

8 Persistently protected against immersion beyond 1 meter of depth

8 Persistently protected against immersion beyond 1 meter of depth

Depth

7.9 mm

Mass

201 g

SIM Card Slot

e-SIM (embedded), Nano-SIM (4FF)

Nano-SIM (4FF)

Scratch Resistant Screen

Corning Ceramic Shield

Corning Gorilla Glass Victus

Number of Display Scales

16.8

Display Width

2.69 Inch

Display Height

5.82 Inch

Additional sensors

Barometer, Light intensity sensor, Proximity sensor, Step counter, IR face sensor, LiDAR

Barometer, In-screen fingerprint sensor, Hall sensor, Light intensity sensor, Proximity sensor

Compass

Yes

Yes

Accelerometer

Yes

Yes

Gyroscope

Yes

Yes

NFC

Yes

Yes

A/V Out

DisplayPort (Unspecified)

No

Display Light Reflection Mode

Yes

Yes