Alcatel A50 vs Samsung Galaxy S21 FE Specs Comparison

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Samsung Galaxy S21 FE
Alcatel A50 Samsung Galaxy S21 FE
Released · Jul 10, 2017
Released · Jan 11, 2022
5.2-inch · 1280x720px
6.4-inch · 2340x1080px
Single camera
Triple camera
2GB · 16GB
6GB · 128GB
2800 mAh
4500 mAh
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Availability

Officially announced
Jun 27, 2017 Jan 04, 2022
Prices (MSRP)
$150 $700 | €749

Design

Dimensions
5.75 x 2.83 x 0.31 inches
146.1 x 71.9 x 7.9 mm
6.13 x 2.93 x 0.31 inches (~0.36 inches with camera bump)
155.7 x 74.5 x 7.9 mm (~9.2 mm with camera bump)
Weight
5.14 oz / 146.0 g 6.00 oz / 170.0 g
Materials
Back: Plastic Back: Plastic
Frame: Metal
Resistance
Water, Dust; IP68
Biometrics
2D Face unlock, Ultrasonic in-screen fingerprint
Features
Touch sensitive control keys
Keys
Right: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key Right: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key
Colors
Silver White, Graphite, Lavender, Olive

Display

Size
5.2-inch, 71.00% screen-to-body 6.4-inch, 86.77% screen-to-body
Type
IPS LCD Dynamic AMOLED, 120Hz, HDR, 1200 nits
Resolution
1280x720px, 282 PPI 2340x1080px, 19.5:9 ratio, 403 PPI
Colors
16 777 216
Protection
Dragontrail Corning Gorilla Glass Victus
PhoneArena Display Test
Bright Max (20% APL)
Untested Untested
Bright Min
Untested 1.6 (Good)

Hardware

System chip
MediaTek MT6738 (28 nm) Snapdragon 888 SM8350 (5 nm)
Processor
Quad-core
1500 MHz
ARM Cortex-A53
Octa-core
1x2.84GHz Cortex-X1
3x2.42G​Hz Cortex-A78
4x1.80​GHz Cortex-A55
GPU
Mali-T860 MP2 Adreno 660
Memory
2GB (LPDDR3)/16GB 6GB (LPDDR5)/128GB (UFS 3.1)
8GB/256GB
Storage expansion
microSDXC up to 128 GB not expandable
OS
Android (7.0 Nougat) Android (14, 13, 12)
PhoneArena Performance Test
GeekBench 6 Single
Untested 1278
GeekBench 6 Multi
Untested 3505
3D Mark High
Untested 1445
3D Mark Low
Untested 907

Battery

Type
2800 mAh 4500 mAh, Li - Ion
Charging
Fast charging
Qi wireless charging, Reverse wireless charging
Charge speed
Wired: 25.0W
Wireless: 15.0W
PhoneArena Battery Tests
Battery Life Estimate
Untested
Browsing
Untested
Video
Untested
Gaming
Untested
Battery Life Estimate
Untested
Browsing
9h 39min
Video
7h 19min
Gaming
Untested

Camera

Rear
Single camera Triple camera
Main camera
13 MP (Autofocus) 12 MP (OIS, PDAF)
Aperture size: F1.8
Focal length: 26 mm
Sensor size: 1/1.76"
Pixel size: 1.8 μm
Second camera
12 MP (Ultra-wide)
Aperture size: F2.2
Focal Length: 13 mm
Sensor size: 1/3"
Third camera
8 MP (Telephoto, OIS)
Optical zoom: 3.0x
Aperture size: F2.4
Focal Length: 13 mm
Sensor size: 1/4.5"
Pixel size: 1.0 μm
Flash
Dual LED LED
Video recording
1080p
Video calling, Video sharing
4K UHD (60 fps)
HDR, Continuous autofocus, Picture-taking during video recording, 10-bit HDR
Front
5 MP (Flash) 32 MP (HDR, Autofocus)
Video capture: 4K UHD (60 fps)

Connectivity & Features

Bluetooth
4.2 5.0
WLAN
a,b,g,n,dual-band
Hotspot, Wi-Fi Direct
802.11 a, b, g, n
a,b,g,n,ac,Wi-Fi 6
Wi-Fi Direct, Hotspot
802.11 a, b, g, n, ac, ax
USB
Type-C Type-C, USB 3.2
Sensors
Accelerometer, Compass, Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass, Hall (for flip covers), Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor
Hearing aid compatible
M4/T3
Location
GPS, A-GPS, Glonass GPS, A-GPS, Glonass, Galileo, BeiDou
Other
VoIP, Tethering, Computer sync, OTA sync NFC

Multimedia

Headphones
3.5mm jack No 3.5mm jack
Speakers
Earpiece, Loudspeaker Earpiece, Loudspeaker
Features
Album art cover, Background playback
Screen mirroring
Wireless screen share Wireless screen share
Radio
FM FM, Stereo, RDS
Additional microphone(s)
Noise cancellation

Cellular

5G Bands
n1, n3, n5, n8, n20, n28, n38, n40, n41, n66, n78, 5G Ready
4G (FDD) Bands
2, 4, 5, 7, 12 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 17, 20, 26, 28, 32, 66
4G (TDD) Bands
38, 40, 41
3G Bands
5, 4, 2, 1 1, 2, 4, 5, 8
Data Speed
LTE, HSDPA+ (4G) 42.2 Mbit/s, HSUPA 5.76 Mbit/s LTE-A Pro Cat 20 (2000/150 Mbit/s), HSDPA+ (4G) 42.2 Mbit/s
SIM type
Nano SIM Dual Nano SIM
VoLTE
Yes

Phone Features

Notifications
Haptic feedback
Other features
Voice dialing, Voice commands, Voice recording

Regulatory Approval

FCC approval
Date approved: Jun 29, 2021
FCC ID value: A3LSMG990U
Measured SAR
Head: 0.77 W/kg
Body: 0.90 W/kg
Simultaneous Transmission: 1.48 W/kg
Wireless Router: 1.09 W/kg

Alternative variants

Rear Single camera
Main camera 8 MP
Front 2 MP
Colors Black
4G (FDD) Bands 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 12
With 8GB RAM and 256GB internal storage
Memory 8GB/256GB
Prices (MSRP) $770
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