Samsung Galaxy A3 (2017) vs Apple iPhone SE (2022) Specs Comparison

Availability

Officially announced
Jan 02, 2017	Mar 08, 2022
Prices (MSRP)
	$429

Design

Dimensions
5.33 x 2.61 x 0.31 inches 135.4 x 66.2 x 7.9 mm	5.45 x 2.65 x 0.29 inches 138.4 x 67.3 x 7.3 mm
Weight
4.87 oz / 138.0 g	5.08 oz / 144.0 g
Materials
Back: Glass Frame: Aluminum	Back: Ceramic Frame: Aluminum
Resistance
Water, Dust; IP68	Water, Dust; IP67
Biometrics
Fingerprint (touch)	Fingerprint (touch)
Features
Touch sensitive control keys
Keys
Left: Volume control; Right: Lock/Unlock key	Left: Volume control, Other; Right: Lock/Unlock key
Colors
Black sky, Gold sand, Peach cloud, Blue mist

Display

Size
4.7-inch, 67.85% screen-to-body	4.7-inch, 65.34% screen-to-body
Type
Super AMOLED	IPS LCD, 625 nits
Resolution
1280x720px, 312 PPI	1334x750px, 16:9 ratio, 326 PPI
Protection
	Ceramic Shield
Features
	Oleophobic coating

PhoneArena Display Test

Bright Max (20% APL)
Untested	Untested
Bright Min
1 (Excellent)	3.1 (Poor)

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Hardware

System chip
Samsung Exynos 7 Octa 7870 (14 nm)	Apple A15 Bionic (5 nm)
Processor
Octa-core 1600 MHz ARM Cortex-A53	Hexa-core 3220 MHz Avalanche and Blizzard
GPU
Mali-T830 MP2	Apple 4-core
Memory
2GB (LPDDR3)/16GB	4GB/64GB 4GB/128GB 4GB/256GB
Storage expansion
microSDXC up to 256 GB	not expandable
OS
Android (7.0 Nougat, 6.0 Marshmallow)	iOS (15.x)

PhoneArena Performance Test

GeekBench 6 Single
Untested	2234
GeekBench 6 Multi
Untested	5168
3D Mark High
Untested	2382
3D Mark Low
Untested	1737

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Battery

Type
2350 mAh	2018 mAh, Li - Ion
Charging
	USB Power Delivery Qi wireless charging
Charge speed
	Wired: 18.0W Wireless: 7.5W

PhoneArena Battery Tests

Battery Life Estimate

Untested

Browsing

Untested

Video

Untested

Gaming

Untested

Battery Life Estimate

3h 57min

Browsing

11h 53min

Video

4h 28min

Gaming

4h 28min

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Camera

Rear
Single camera	Single camera
Main camera
13 MP (Autofocus, CMOS image sensor) Aperture size: F1.9	12 MP (OIS, PDAF) Aperture size: F1.8
Flash
LED	LED
Video recording
1080p (30 fps) Video calling, Video sharing	4K UHD (60 fps), 1080p (240 fps), 720p (30 fps)
Front
8 MP	7 MP

Connectivity & Features

Bluetooth
4.2	5.0
WLAN
a,b,g,n,ac,dual-band Wi-Fi Direct, Hotspot 802.11 a, b, g, n, ac	a,b,g,n,ac,Wi-Fi 6 Wi-Fi Direct, Hotspot 802.11 a, b, g, n, ac, ax
USB
Type-C	Lightning
Sensors
Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass, Hall (for flip covers), Barometer, Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor	Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass, Barometer, Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor
Hearing aid compatible
	M3/T4
Location
GPS, A-GPS, Glonass	GPS, A-GPS, Glonass, Galileo, BeiDou, QZSS, Cell ID, Wi-Fi positioning
Other
NFC, ANT+, UMA (Wi-Fi Calling), 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
Additional microphone(s)
	Noise cancellation

Cellular

5G Bands
	n1, n2, n3, n5, n8, n20, n25, n28, n38, n40, n41, n48, n66, n71, n77, n78, n79
4G (FDD) Bands
1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 20	1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 13, 14, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 25, 26, 28, 29, 30, 32, 66, 71
4G (TDD) Bands
40
3G Bands
5, 8, 2, 1
Data Speed
LTE-A Cat 6 (300/50 Mbit/s), HSPA	LTE-A, HSDPA+ (4G) 42.2 Mbit/s
SIM type
Nano SIM	Nano SIM
HD Voice
	Yes
VoLTE
	Yes

Regulatory Approval

FCC approval
Date approved: Dec 21, 2016 FCC ID value: A3LSMA320F
Measured SAR
Head: 0.45 W/kg Body: 0.74 W/kg Simultaneous Transmission: 1.56 W/kg Wireless Router: 0.94 W/kg

Alternative variants

Dual SIM	Yes

With 128GB internal storage

Memory	128GB

With 256GB internal storage

Memory	256GB

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