Apple iPhone 12 Pro vs Samsung Galaxy Watch Active 2 (40mm) Specs Comparison

Availability

Officially announced
Oct 13, 2020	Aug 05, 2019
Prices (MSRP)
$1000 | €1150	$430

Design

Dimensions
5.78 x 2.82 x 0.29 inches (~0.40 inches with camera bump) 146.7 x 71.6 x 7.4 mm (~10.14 mm with camera bump)	1.57 x 1.57 x 0.43 inches 40 x 40 x 10.9 mm
Weight
6.66 oz / 189.0 g	1.31 oz / 37.0 g
Materials
Back: Glass Frame: Stainless steel
Materials & Colors
	Stainless steel: Black, Gold, Silver
Resistance
Water, Splash, Dust; IP68	Water (up to 50 meters), Dust; IP68; MIL-STD-810 certified
Biometrics
3D Face unlock
Keys
Left: Volume control, Other; Right: Lock/Unlock key
Colors
Pacific blue, Gold, Silver, Graphite

Display

Size
6.1-inch, 86.93% screen-to-body	1.2-inch, 29.21% screen-to-body
Type
OLED, 60Hz, HDR, 1200 nits	Super AMOLED
Resolution
2532x1170px, 19.5:9 ratio, 457 PPI	360x360px, 424 PPI
Protection
Ceramic Shield	Corning Gorilla Glass DX+
Features
HDR support, Oleophobic coating, Scratch-resistant glass, Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor

PhoneArena Display Test

Bright Max (20% APL)
Untested	Untested
Bright Min
1.8 (Good)	Untested

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Hardware

System chip
Apple A14 Bionic (5 nm)	Samsung Exynos 9110 (10 nm)
Processor
Hexa-core	Dual-core 1150 MHz Arm Cortex-A53
GPU
Apple 4-core GPU	Mali-T720 MP1
Memory
6GB (LPDDR4)/128GB (NVMe) 6GB/256GB 6GB/512GB	1.5GB/4GB (eMMC) 0.75GB/4GB
Storage expansion
not expandable	not expandable
OS
iOS (18.x, 17.x, 16.x, 15.x, 14.x)	Tizen (4.0)
Compatible devices
	Samsung smartphone, Android smartphone (Android 5.0 and above with 1.5GB RAM and above), iPhone 5 and above or iOS 9.0 and above

PhoneArena Performance Test

GeekBench 6 Single
2053	Untested
GeekBench 6 Multi
4442	Untested
3D Mark High
2257	Untested
3D Mark Low
1767	Untested

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Battery

Type
2815 mAh, Li - Ion	247 mAh, Li - Ion
Charging
USB Power Delivery Qi wireless charging, MagSafe wireless charging	Magnetic charging
Charge speed
Wired: 15.0W Wireless: 15.0W

PhoneArena Battery Tests

Battery Life Estimate

5h 2min

Browsing

12h 35min

Video

6h 48min

Gaming

6h 46min

Battery Life Estimate

Untested

Browsing

Untested

Video

Untested

Gaming

Untested

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Camera

Rear
Triple camera
Main camera
12 MP (OIS, PDAF) Aperture size: F1.6 Focal length: 26 mm Sensor size: 1/2.55" Pixel size: 1.4 μm
Second camera
12 MP (Ultra-wide) Aperture size: F2.4 Focal Length: 13 mm Sensor size: 1/3.4" Pixel size: 1.0 μm
Third camera
12 MP (Telephoto, OIS, PDAF) Optical zoom: 2.0x Aperture size: F2.0 Focal Length: 52 mm Sensor size: 1/3.4" Pixel size: 1.0 μm
Flash
LED
Video recording
4K UHD (60 fps), 1080p (240 fps), 720p (30 fps) OIS, HDR, Time-lapse video, Continuous autofocus, Picture-taking during video recording, Video light
Front
12 MP (Time-of-Flight (ToF), EIS, HDR, Slow-motion videos) Video capture: 4K UHD (60 fps)

Connectivity & Features

Bluetooth
5.0	5.0
WLAN
a,b,g,n,ac,Wi-Fi 6,dual-band MIMO, Wi-Fi Direct, Hotspot 802.11 a, b, g, n, ac, ax	b,g,n 802.11 b, g, n
USB
Lightning
Sensors
Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass, Barometer, LiDAR scanner, Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor	Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Heart rate, Barometer, ECG, Ambient light sensor
Hearing aid compatible
M3/T4
Location
GPS, A-GPS, Glonass, Galileo, BeiDou, QZSS, Cell ID, Wi-Fi positioning	GPS, Glonass
Other
NFC, UMA (Wi-Fi Calling)	NFC

Multimedia

Headphones
No 3.5mm jack
Speakers
Earpiece, Loudspeaker	Loudspeaker
Features
Dolby Atmos

Cellular

5G Bands
n1, n2, n3, n5, n7, n8, n12, n20, n25, n28, n38, n40, n41, n66, n71, n77, n78, n79, n260, n261, Sub-6, mmWave
4G (FDD) Bands
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 13, 14, 17, 18, 19, 20, 25, 26, 28, 29, 30, 32, 66, 71	2, 4, 5, 12, 13, 25, 26, 66
4G (TDD) Bands
34, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 46, 48
3G Bands
1, 2, 4, 5, 8	5, 4, 2
Data Speed
LTE-A Pro Cat 16 (1000/150 Mbit/s)	LTE, HSDPA+ (4G) 42.2 Mbit/s, HSUPA 5.76 Mbit/s
Dual SIM
Yes
SIM type
Nano SIM, eSIM	eSIM
HD Voice
Yes
VoLTE
Yes

Alternative variants

with 256GB storage

Memory	256GB
Prices (MSRP)	$1100

non-LTE version

Memory	0.75GB
Weight	0.92 oz / 26.0 g
Materials & Colors	Aluminum: Aqua black, Cloud Silver, Pink gold
Prices (MSRP)	$280

with 512GB storage

Memory	512GB
Prices (MSRP)	$1300

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