LG Aristo vs Samsung Galaxy A12 Specs Comparison

Availability

Officially announced
Jan 17, 2017	Nov 24, 2020
Prices (MSRP)
	€179

Design

Dimensions
5.7 x 2.84 x 0.32 inches 144.8 x 72.1 x 8.1 mm	6.46 x 2.98 x 0.35 inches 164 x 75.8 x 8.9 mm
Weight
5.01 oz / 142.0 g	7.23 oz / 205.0 g
Materials
	Back: Plastic Frame: Plastic
Biometrics
	Fingerprint (touch)
Keys
Left: Volume control; Back: Lock/Unlock key	Right: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key
Colors
Silver	Black, White, Blue, Red

Display

Size
5.0-inch, 66.11% screen-to-body	6.5-inch, 85.80% screen-to-body
Type
IPS LCD	LCD
Resolution
1280x720px, 294 PPI	1600x720px, 20:9 ratio, 270 PPI
Colors
16 777 216
Protection
Tempered Glass

PhoneArena Display Test

Bright Max (20% APL)
Untested	Untested
Bright Min
Untested	4.2 (Poor)

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Hardware

System chip
Snapdragon 425 8917 (28 nm)	Mediatek Helio P35 MT6765 (12 nm)
Processor
Quad-core 1400 MHz ARM Cortex-A53	Octa-core 4x2.3GHz Cortex-A53 4x1.8G​Hz Cortex-A53
GPU
Adreno 308	PowerVR GE8320
Memory
1.5GB (LPDDR3)/16GB	4GB (LPDDR4)/64GB (eMMC 5.1) 3GB/32GB 6GB/128GB
Storage expansion
microSDHC up to 32 GB	microSDXC up to 1024 GB
OS
Android (7.0 Nougat)	Android (10)

Battery

Type
2410 mAh	5000 mAh, Li - Polymer
Charging
	Samsung Adaptive Fast Charging
Charge speed
	Wired: 15.0W

Camera

Rear
Single camera	Quad camera
Main camera
13 MP (Autofocus) Aperture size: F2.2 Sensor size: 1/3" Pixel size: 1.12 μm	48 MP (Autofocus) Aperture size: F2.0 Focal length: 26 mm
Second camera
	5 MP (Ultra-wide) Aperture size: F2.2
Third camera
	2 MP (Macro) Aperture size: F2.4
Fourth camera
	2 MP (Depth information) Aperture size: F2.4
Flash
LED	LED
Video recording
1080p (30 fps) Picture-taking during video recording, Video calling, Video sharing	1080p (30 fps)
Front
5 MP Video capture: 1080p	8 MP

Connectivity & Features

Bluetooth
4.2	5.0
WLAN
b,g,n Hotspot, Wi-Fi Direct 802.11 b, g, n	b,g,n Wi-Fi Direct, Hotspot 802.11 b, g, n
USB
microUSB, USB 2.0	Type-C, USB 2.0
Sensors
Accelerometer, Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor	Accelerometer, Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor
Hearing aid compatible
M3/T3
Location
GPS, A-GPS, S-GPS	GPS, A-GPS, Glonass, Galileo, Cell ID, Wi-Fi positioning
Other
UMA (Wi-Fi Calling), Tethering, Computer sync, OTA sync	NFC

Multimedia

Headphones
3.5mm jack	3.5mm jack
Speakers
Earpiece, Loudspeaker	Earpiece, Loudspeaker
Features
Album art cover, Background playback
Screen mirroring
Wireless screen share	Wireless screen share,MirrorLink
Radio
FM, RDS

Cellular

4G (FDD) Bands
2, 4, 5, 12	1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 20, 28
4G (TDD) Bands
	38, 40, 41
3G Bands
5, 4, 2	1, 5, 8
Data Speed
LTE Cat 4 (150/50 Mbit/s), HSDPA+ (4G) 42.2 Mbit/s, HSUPA 5.76 Mbit/s	LTE, HSDPA+ (4G) 42.2 Mbit/s, HSUPA 5.76 Mbit/s
Dual SIM
	No
SIM type
Nano SIM	Nano SIM
HD Voice
Yes
VoLTE
Yes

Phone Features

Notifications
Haptic feedback
Other features
Voice dialing, Voice commands, Voice recording, TTY/TDD

Regulatory Approval

FCC approval
Date approved: Jan 16, 2017 FCC ID value: ZNFM210	Date approved: Mar 11, 2021 FCC ID value: A3LSMA125U
Measured SAR
Head: 0.84 W/kg Body: 0.60 W/kg Simultaneous Transmission: 1.52 W/kg Wireless Router: 0.67 W/kg	Head: 1.14 W/kg Body: 1.20 W/kg Simultaneous Transmission: 1.59 W/kg Wireless Router: 1.34 W/kg

Alternative variants

With 32GB storage

Memory	3GB/32GB

With 128GB storage

Memory	6GB/128GB

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