At the beginning of the year, even before the launch of smartphones Galaxy S22, Samsung presented a lightweight version of the previous series. Now Apple it also launched a lightweight version of its iPhone. Samsung calls its FE, Apple SE on the contrary. Both models then try to combine ideal equipment with a low price. But neither of them is doing very well.
Advice iPhone SE has a fairly clear goal. In a years-proven body, bring an up-to-date chip that will power the device without problems for the next five years. This is because the A15 Bionic chip is currently beating even in the latest range of iPhones, and that Apple he is great at optimizing iOS, while always bringing support for the latest version.
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On the other hand, Samsung does not follow the path of recycling the old design in order to reduce production costs and increase sales. Rather, the South Korean company will present a new device that is only inspired by the higher line, even if it is also trying to relax somewhere. For the FE series, he says that he took what the fans like the most and created a perfect phone inspired by them.
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Design and display
Neither of the models has an original appearance, as both are based on some previous model. In the case of the iPhone SE, it is iPhone 8, which was introduced in 2017. Its height is 138,4 mm, width 67,3 mm, thickness 7,3 mm and weight 144 g. It offers an aluminum frame that is enclosed by glass on both sides. The front covers the display, the back allows wireless charging to pass through. Apple i states that this is the most durable glass in smartphones. There is no lack of water resistance according to IP67 (up to 30 minutes at a depth of up to 1 meter).
Samsung Galaxy The S21 FE has dimensions of 155,7 x 74,5 x 7,9 mm and weighs 177 g. Its frame is also aluminum, but the back is already plastic. The display is then covered by very durable Corning Gorilla Glass Victus. Resistance is according to IP68 (30 minutes at a depth of up to 1,5 meters). Of course, even this design is not original and is based on the series Galaxy S21.
iPhone The SE offers a 4,7" Retina HD display with a resolution of 1334 x 750 pixels at 326 pixels per inch. Compared to him, he has Galaxy S21 FE 6,4" Dynamic AMOLED 2X display with a resolution of 2340 × 1080 pixels at 401 ppi. Add to that a 120Hz refresh rate.
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Cameras
On the 3rd generation iPhone SE, it's fairly simple. It has only one 12MP camera with f/1,8 aperture. Galaxy S21 FE 5G has a triple camera, where there are 12MPx wide-angle sf/1,8, 12MPx ultra-wide-angle lens sf/2,2 and 8MPx telephoto lens with triple zoom af/2,4. The iPhone's front camera is only 7MPx sf/2,2, though Galaxy it provides a 32 MPx camera located in the aperture of the display vf/2,2. It's true that iPhone thanks to the new chip, it offers new software options, even so it simply lags behind the hardware ones.
Performance, memory, battery
The A15 Bionic in iPhone SE 3rd generation is unmatched. On the other hand, the question is whether such a device will even use its potential. Galaxy The S21 FE was originally distributed to the European market with Samsung's Exynos 2100 chipset, but now you can get it with Qualcomm's Snapdragon 888. Although this is not the current technological top in the field of smartphones with Androidum, on the other hand, he can still handle everything you prepare for him.
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Operation memory Apple it doesn't say, if it's the same as the iPhone 8, it should be 3GB, if it's the same as the iPhone 13, it's 4GB. The internal memory can be chosen from 64, 128, 256 GB in the case of the iPhone and 128 or 256 GB in the case of Galaxy. The first variant has 6 GB of RAM, the second has 8 GB.
For the iPhone battery, it can be said that if it is the same as iPhonem 8, has a capacity of 1821 mAh. Thanks to the A15 Bionic chip, however Apple indicates an extension of its duration (up to 15 hours of video playback). But whether it can match the endurance of the S21 FE 5G model is a question, because this model has a capacity of 4 mAh (and up to 500 hours of video playback). Sure, it has a bigger display and a not so ideally tuned hardware system, but even so, the difference in capacity is really huge.
Price
Both devices offer support for two SIM cards, Samsung in the form of two physical, Apple combines one physical and one eSIM. Both devices also have 5G connectivity, which Samsung points out already in the name of the phone. But if you had to decide between the two devices, the price will certainly play a role. At the same time, it is true that for the higher equipment of the model Galaxy you will also pay more.
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iPhone SE 3rd generation costs CZK 64 in its 12GB memory variant, if you go for 490GB you will pay CZK 128. For 13 GB it is already CZK 990. In contrast, Samsung Galaxy The S21 FE 5G costs CZK 128 in the 18GB version and a relatively high CZK 990 in the case of 256GB. Model Galaxy At the same time, the S22 starts at only CZK 1 more, even if only in the 000GB variant. It could simply be said that Galaxy S21 FE 5G surpasses iPhone SE 3rd generation in all respects, except for performance, but it is unnecessarily expensive and many could pay to go for a smaller, but again more powerful and newer Galaxy S22.
Correct your mistake, S21FE 5G is only with SD888 in the EU for a long time! Btw, now 128GB is on sale in Alza 😉
Thanks for the warning, added in the article.