Samsung Galaxy S21 FE 5G vs Apple iPhone 14 Pro
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Samsung Galaxy S21 FE 5G Apple iPhone 14 Pro
Here we compared two flagship smartphones: the 6.4-inch Samsung Galaxy S21 FE 5G (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 ) that was released on January 4 2022 against the Apple iPhone 14 Pro which is powered by Apple A16 Bionic and came out 9 months after. On this page you will find tests full specs strengths and weaknesses of each of the gadgets.
- Differences
- Review
- Specs
- Benchmarks
- Battery life
- Camera
- Comments
Key differences
An overview of the main advantages of each smartphone Reasons to consider the Samsung Galaxy S21 FE 5G
- Comes with 1300 mAh larger battery capacity: 4500 vs 3200 mAh
- Has a 0.3 inch larger screen size
- Fingerprint scanner
- Slow-motion recording at 960FPS
- Has 2 SIM card slots
- Faster storage type - UFS 3.1 versus NVMe
- Reverse charging feature
- CPU with a higher amount of cores (+2)
- Weighs 29 grams less
Reasons to consider the Apple iPhone 14 Pro
- Delivers 127% higher peak brightness (1800 against 793 nits)
- Shows 36% longer battery life (36:11 vs 26:34 hours)
- Better camera quality (According to DxOMark rating)
- Newer Bluetooth version (v5.3)
- Apple releases software updates and supports their phones a few years longer than Samsung
- 31% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (1000K versus 764K)
- 15% higher pixel density (460 vs 401 PPI)
- Ready for eSIM technology
Review
Display Screen quality color accuracy brightness Galaxy S21 FE 5G 88 iPhone 14 Pro 94 Performance CPU/GPU performance in apps and games Galaxy S21 FE 5G 79 iPhone 14 Pro 91 Battery Battery life charging type and speed Galaxy S21 FE 5G 75 iPhone 14 Pro 81 Camera Photo and video recording quality Galaxy S21 FE 5G 81 iPhone 14 Pro 87 Connectivity Networks ports data transmission Galaxy S21 FE 5G 89 iPhone 14 Pro 81 NanoReview score Final comparison evaluation Galaxy S21 FE 5G 81 iPhone 14 Pro 88
Value for money
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Tests and specifications
Comparison table of technical specifications and tests Phone: Galaxy S21 FE 5G vs iPhone 14 Pro
Display
| Type | Dynamic AMOLED | OLED |
| Size | 6.4 inches | 6.1 inches |
| Resolution | 1080 x 2400 pixels | 1179 x 2556 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 20:9 | 19.5:9 |
| PPI | 401 ppi | 460 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 120 Hz | 120 Hz |
| Max rated brightness | 420 nits | 1000 nits |
| Max rated brightness in HDR | 1200 nits | 1600 nits |
| HDR support | Yes HDR10+ | Yes Dolby Vision |
| Screen protection | Gorilla Glass Victus | Ceramic Shield |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 89.6% | 87% |
| Display features | - DCI-P3 - Always-On Display | - DCI-P3 - Always-On Display |
Display tests | RGB color space | 97% | 99.8% |
| PWM | 247 Hz | 240 Hz |
| Response time | 6 ms | 1 ms |
| Contrast | ∞ Infinity | ∞ Infinity |
Peak brightness test (auto) Galaxy S21 FE 5G 793 nits iPhone 14 Pro +127% 1800 nits Sources: NotebookCheck [3] [4]
Design and build
| Height | 155.7 mm (6.13 inches) | 147.5 mm (5.81 inches) |
| Width | 74.5 mm (2.93 inches) | 71.5 mm (2.81 inches) |
| Thickness | 7.9 mm (0.31 inches) | 7.85 mm (0.31 inches) |
| Weight | 177 gramm (6.24 oz) | 206 gramm (7.27 oz) |
| Waterproof | IP68 | IP68 |
| Rear material | Plastic | Glass |
| Frame material | Metal | Metal |
| Colors | White Gray Green Purple | Black Silver Gold Purple |
| Fingerprint scanner | Yes in-display | No |
Screen-to-body ratio Galaxy S21 FE 5G +3% 89.6% iPhone 14 Pro 87%
Performance
Tests of Samsung Galaxy S21 FE 5G and Apple iPhone 14 Pro in the benchmarks
SoC | Chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 | Apple A16 Bionic |
| Max. clock | 2840 MHz | 3460 MHz |
| CPU cores | 8 (1 + 3 + 4) | 6 (2 + 4) |
| Architecture | - 4 cores at 1.8 GHz: Kryo 680 Silver (Cortex-A55) - 3 cores at 2.42 GHz: Kryo 680 Gold (Cortex-A78) - 1 core at 2.84 GHz: Kryo 680 Prime (Cortex-X1) | - 4 cores at 2.02 GHz: Sawtooth - 2 cores at 3.46 GHz: Everest |
| L3 cache | 4 MB | - |
| Lithography process | 5 nanometers | 4 nanometers |
| Graphics | Adreno 660 | Apple GPU |
| GPU clock | 840 MHz | - |
| FLOPS | ~1720 GFLOPS | - |
Memory | RAM size | 6 8 GB | 6 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR5 | LPDDR5 |
| Memory clock | 2750 MHz | - |
| Channels | 2 | 4 |
Storage | Storage size | 128 256 GB | 128 256 512 1024 GB |
| Storage type | UFS 3.1 | NVMe |
| Memory card | No | No |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 5 (Single-Core) Galaxy S21 FE 5G 1115 iPhone 14 Pro +67% 1863 Geekbench 5 (Multi-Core) Galaxy S21 FE 5G 3054 iPhone 14 Pro +75% 5355 AnTuTu Benchmark 9 Galaxy S21 FE 5G 764227 iPhone 14 Pro +31% 1000693
| CPU | 194989 | 244651 |
| GPU | 281856 | 425909 |
| Memory | 133252 | 181638 |
| UX | 147872 | 146169 |
| Total score | 764227 | 1000693 |
3DMark Wild Life Performance Galaxy S21 FE 5G 5788 iPhone 14 Pro +70% 9856
| Stability | 69% | 78% |
| Graphics test | 34 FPS | 59 FPS |
| Graphics score | 5788 | 9856 |
| PCMark 3.0 score | 12290 | - |
AnTuTu 9 Android Smartphone Scores Sources: 3DMark [3] [4] ▶️ Submit your AnTuTu result
Software
| Operating system | Android 12 | iOS 16 (Can be upgraded to iOS 16.0.3) |
| ROM | One UI 4.0 | - |
| OS size | 17.5 GB | - |
Battery
Specifications | Capacity | 4500 mAh | 3200 mAh |
| Charge power | 25 W | 23 W |
| Battery type | Li-Ion | Li-Ion |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Wireless charging | Yes (15 W) | Yes (7.5 W) |
| Reverse charging | Yes (wireless) | No |
| Fast charging | Yes (51% in 30 min) | Yes (60% in 30 min) |
| Full charging time | 1:15 hr | 1:41 hr |
Battery life tests | Web browsing | 07:42 hr | 12:35 hr |
| Watching video | 13:05 hr | 15:45 hr |
| Gaming | 05:29 hr | 06:02 hr |
| Standby | 91 hr | 120 hr |
General battery life Galaxy S21 FE 5G 26:34 hr iPhone 14 Pro +36% 36:11 hr Smartphone Battery Life Ranking
Camera
Specs and camera test of smartphones
Main camera | Matrix | 12 megapixels | 48 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 4000 x 3000 | 8000 x 6000 |
| Zoom | Optical 3x | Optical 3x |
| Flash | LED | Dual LED |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| 8K video recording | No | No |
| 4K video recording | Up to 60FPS | Up to 60FPS |
| 1080p video recording | Up to 60FPS | Up to 60FPS |
| Slow motion | 960 FPS (720p) | 240 FPS (1080p) |
| Angle of widest lens | 123° | 120° |
| Lenses | 3 (12 MP + 8 MP + 12 MP) | 4 (48 MP + 12 MP + 12 MP + 0 MP) |
| Wide (main) lens | - 12 MP - Aperture: f/1.8 - Focal length: 26 mm - Pixel size: 1.8 micron - Sensor: 1/1.76" Sony IMX555 (Exmor-RS CMOS) - Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) - Optical stabilization | - 48 MP - Aperture: f/1.8 - Focal length: 24 mm - Pixel size: 1.22 micron - Sensor: 1/1.28" - Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) - Optical stabilization |
| Telephoto lens | - 8 MP - Aperture: f/2.4 - Focal length: 76 mm - Pixel size: 1 micron - Sensor: 1/4.5" Hynix Hi847 (CMOS) - Phase autofocus - Optical stabilization | - 12 MP - Aperture: f/2.8 - Focal length: 77 mm - Sensor: 1/3.5" - Phase autofocus - Optical stabilization |
| Ultra-wide lens | - 12 MP - Aperture: f/2.2 - Focal length: 13 mm - Pixel size: 1.12 micron - Sensor: 1/3.0" Sony IMX258 (Exmor-RS CMOS) | - 12 MP - Aperture: f/2.2 - Focal length: 13 mm - Pixel size: 1.4 micron - Sensor: 1/2.55" - Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) |
| Depth lens | - | Yes |
| Camera features | - Bokeh mode - Pro mode - RAW support | - Bokeh mode - Pro mode - RAW support |
| Samples | Photo samples of Samsung Galaxy S21 FE 5G from DxOMark | Photo samples of Apple iPhone 14 Pro from DxOMark |
Selfie camera | Megapixels | 32 megapixels | 12 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 6464 x 4864 | 4032 x 3024 |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/1.9 |
| Focal length | 26 mm | 23 mm |
| Pixel size | 0.8 microns | - |
| Sensor type | Exmor-RS CMOS | - |
| Sensor size | 1/2.74" | 1/3.6" |
| Video resolution | 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS | 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS |
DxOMark camera tests
Photo quality Galaxy S21 FE 5G 126 iPhone 14 Pro +13% 143 Video quality Galaxy S21 FE 5G 104 iPhone 14 Pro +43% 149 Generic camera score Galaxy S21 FE 5G 120 iPhone 14 Pro +22% 146
Connectivity
| Wi-Fi standard | Wi-Fi 6 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax) | Wi-Fi 6 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax) |
| Wi-Fi features | - Dual Band - Wi-Fi MiMO - Wi-Fi Direct - Wi-Fi Hotspot - Wi-Fi Display | - Dual Band - Wi-Fi MiMO - Wi-Fi Direct - Wi-Fi Hotspot - Wi-Fi Display |
| Bluetooth version | 5 | 5.3 |
| Bluetooth features | LE | LE |
| USB type | USB Type-C | - |
| USB version | 3.2 | 2 |
| USB features | - Charging - USB-Storage mode - OTG | - Charging - USB-Storage mode - OTG |
| GPS | GPS GLONASS Beidou Galileo | GPS GLONASS Beidou Galileo QZSS |
| NFC* | Yes | Yes |
| Infrared port | No | No |
Network | Number of SIM* | 2 | 1 |
| Type of SIM card | Nano | Nano |
| Multi SIM mode | Standby | - |
| eSIM support* | No | Yes |
| Hybrid slot | No | No |
| LTE Cat* | 19 | 20 |
| 5G support | Yes | Yes |
Sound
| Speakers | Stereo | Stereo |
| Headphone audio jack | No | No |
| FM radio | No | No |
| Dolby Atmos | Yes | Yes |
Speakers test Max. loudness Galaxy S21 FE 5G 88.9 dB iPhone 14 Pro +1% 89.5 dB
Other
| Category | Flagship | Flagship |
| Announced | January 2022 | September 2022 |
| Release date | January 2022 | September 2022 |
| SAR (head) | 0.95 W/kg | - |
| SAR (body) | 1.48 W/kg | - |
| Sensors | - Hall-effect sensor - Barometer - Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint | - Barometer - Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Face recognition sensor |
*Disclaimer! NFC GSM network support and some other specs can be different depending on the country.
Conclusion
After analyzing all the data we think that the Apple iPhone 14 Pro is definitely a better buy.
Cast your vote
So which phone would you choose? Samsung Galaxy S21 FE 5G 5 (71.4%) Apple iPhone 14 Pro 2 (28.6%) Vote Total votes:
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