Samsung Galaxy J3 Prime vs Apple iPhone SE (2020) Specs Comparison

Availability

Officially announced
Apr 28, 2017	Apr 15, 2020
Prices (MSRP)
	$399

Design

Dimensions
5.54 x 2.76 x 0.34 inches 140.7 x 70.1 x 8.6 mm	5.45 x 2.65 x 0.29 inches 138.4 x 67.3 x 7.3 mm
Weight
5.22 oz / 148.0 g	5.22 oz / 148.0 g
Materials
	Back: Glass Frame: Aluminum
Resistance
	Water, Dust; IP67
Biometrics
	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	Black, White, Red

Display

Size
5.0-inch, 69.74% screen-to-body	4.7-inch, 65.34% screen-to-body
Type
TFT	IPS LCD, 625 nits
Resolution
1280x720px, 294 PPI	1334x750px, 16:9 ratio, 326 PPI
Colors
16 777 216
Protection
Corning Gorilla Glass
Features
	Oleophobic coating

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Bright Max (20% APL)
Untested	Untested
Bright Min
Untested	5 (Poor)

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Hardware

System chip
Snapdragon 425 8917 (28 nm)	Apple A13 Bionic APL1W85 (7 nm)
Processor
Quad-core 1400 MHz ARM Cortex-A53	Hexa-core 2650 MHz Lightning and Thunde
GPU
Adreno 308	Apple-designed 4 core
Memory
1.5GB (LPDDR3)/16GB	3GB (LPDDR4)/64GB 3GB/128GB 3GB/256GB
Storage expansion
microSDXC up to 256 GB	not expandable
OS
Android (7.0 Nougat)	iOS (15.x, 14.x, 13.x)

Battery

Type
2600 mAh, Li - Ion	1821 mAh, Li - Ion
Charging
	USB Power Delivery Qi wireless charging

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Battery Life Estimate

Untested

Browsing

Untested

Video

Untested

Gaming

Untested

Battery Life Estimate

3h 36min

Browsing

9h 5min

Video

4h 45min

Gaming

4h 59min

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Camera

Rear
Single camera	Single camera
Main camera
5 MP (Autofocus) Aperture size: F1.9	12 MP (Sapphire crystal lens cover, OIS, PDAF, CMOS image sensor, BSI sensor) Aperture size: F1.8 Focal length: 28 mm Sensor size: 1/3" Pixel size: 1.22 μm
Flash
LED	LED
Video recording
1080p (30 fps) Video calling, Video sharing	4K UHD (60 fps), 1080p (240 fps) OIS, Time-lapse video, Continuous autofocus
Front
2 MP	7 MP (EIS, HDR) Video capture: 1080p

Connectivity & Features

Bluetooth
4.2	5.0
WLAN
b,g,n Hotspot, Wi-Fi Direct 802.11 b, g, n	a,b,g,n,ac,Wi-Fi 6,dual-band MIMO, Hotspot 802.11 a, b, g, n, ac, ax
USB
microUSB, USB 2.0	Lightning
Sensors
Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor	Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass, Barometer, Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor
Hearing aid compatible
M3/T3	T4
Location
GPS, A-GPS, Glonass	GPS, A-GPS, Glonass, Galileo, Cell ID, Wi-Fi positioning
Other
UMA (Wi-Fi Calling), Tethering, Computer sync, OTA sync	NFC, UMA (Wi-Fi Calling)

Multimedia

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

Cellular

4G (FDD) Bands
2, 4, 5, 12	1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 13, 14, 17, 18, 19, 20, 25, 26, 29, 30, 66, 71
4G (TDD) Bands
	34, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 46, 48
3G Bands
5, 4, 2	1, 2, 4, 5, 8
Data Speed
LTE, HSDPA+ (4G) 42.2 Mbit/s, HSUPA 5.76 Mbit/s	LTE-A, HSDPA+ (4G) 42.2 Mbit/s, HSUPA 5.76 Mbit/s
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: Mar 15, 2017 FCC ID value: A3LSMJ327T
Measured SAR
Head: 0.44 W/kg Body: 0.30 W/kg Simultaneous Transmission: 1.40 W/kg Wireless Router: 0.30 W/kg

Alternative variants

with 128GB storage

Memory	128GB
Prices (MSRP)	$449

with 256GB storage

Memory	256GB
Prices (MSRP)	$549

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