Samsung Galaxy S21 FE vs Motorola Edge 50 Pro Specs Comparison

Availability

Officially announced
Jan 04, 2022
Prices (MSRP)
$700 | €749	€699

Design

Dimensions
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)	6.35 x 2.85 x 0.32 inches 161.2 x 72.4 x 8.2 mm
Weight
6.00 oz / 170.0 g	6.56 oz / 186.0 g
Materials
Back: Plastic Frame: Metal	Back: Plastic, Vegan Leather Frame: Aluminum
Resistance
Water, Dust; IP68	Water, Dust; IP68
Biometrics
2D Face unlock, Ultrasonic in-screen fingerprint	Optical in-screen fingerprint
Keys
Right: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key	Right: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key
Colors
White, Graphite, Lavender, Olive	Luxe Lavender, Black Beauty, Moonlight Pearl, Vanilla Cream

Display

Size
6.4-inch, 86.77% screen-to-body	6.7-inch, 92.82% screen-to-body
Type
Dynamic AMOLED, 120Hz, HDR, 1200 nits	P-OLED, 144Hz, HDR, 2000 nits
Resolution
2340x1080px, 19.5:9 ratio, 403 PPI	2712x1220px, 20:9 ratio, 444 PPI
Protection
Corning Gorilla Glass Victus	Corning Gorilla Glass

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Bright Max (20% APL)
Untested	Untested
Bright Min
1.6 (Good)	2.4 (Average)

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Hardware

System chip
Snapdragon 888 SM8350 (5 nm)	Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 SM7550-AB (4 nm)
Processor
Octa-core 1x2.84GHz Cortex-X1 3x2.42G​Hz Cortex-A78 4x1.80​GHz Cortex-A55	Octa-core 1x2.63GHz Cortex-A715 4x2.4​GHz Cortex-A715 3x1.8​GHz Cortex-A510
GPU
Adreno 660	Adreno 720
Memory
6GB (LPDDR5)/128GB (UFS 3.1) 8GB/256GB	12GB (LPDDR4X)/512GB (UFS 2.2) 12GB/512GB
Storage expansion
not expandable	not expandable
OS
Android (14, 13, 12)	Android (14)

PhoneArena Performance Test

GeekBench 6 Single
1278	1156
GeekBench 6 Multi
3505	3130
3D Mark High
1445	1483
3D Mark Low
907	1288

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Battery

Type
4500 mAh, Li - Ion	4500 mAh, Li - Polymer
Charging
Fast charging Qi wireless charging, Reverse wireless charging	Fast charging Qi wireless charging, Reverse wireless charging
Charge speed
Wired: 25.0W Wireless: 15.0W	Wired: 125.0W Wireless: 50.0W

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Battery Life Estimate

Untested

Browsing

9h 39min

Video

7h 19min

Gaming

Untested

Battery Life Estimate

6h 22min

Browsing

14h 37min

Video

9h 13min

Gaming

8h 59min

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Camera

Rear
Triple camera	Triple camera
Main camera
12 MP (OIS, PDAF) Aperture size: F1.8 Focal length: 26 mm Sensor size: 1/1.76" Pixel size: 1.8 μm	50 MP (OIS, Laser and PDAF) Aperture size: F1.4 Focal length: 25 mm Sensor size: 1/1.55" Pixel size: 1.0 μm
Second camera
12 MP (Ultra-wide) Aperture size: F2.2 Focal Length: 13 mm Sensor size: 1/3"	13 MP (Ultra-wide) Aperture size: F2.2 Focal Length: 16 mm Pixel size: 1.12 μm
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	10 MP (Telephoto, OIS, PDAF) Optical zoom: 3.0x Aperture size: F2.0 Focal Length: 67 mm Pixel size: 1.0 μm
Flash
LED	LED
Video recording
4K UHD (60 fps) HDR, Continuous autofocus, Picture-taking during video recording, 10-bit HDR	4K UHD (30 fps)
Front
32 MP (HDR, Autofocus) Video capture: 4K UHD (60 fps)	50 MP Video capture: 4K UHD (30 fps)

PhoneArena Camera Tests

N/A

Overall

N/A

Photo

N/A

Video

143

Overall

151

Photo

134

Video

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Connectivity & Features

Bluetooth
5.0	5.4
WLAN
a,b,g,n,ac,Wi-Fi 6 Wi-Fi Direct, Hotspot 802.11 a, b, g, n, ac, ax	a,b,g,n,ac,Wi-Fi 6,Wi-Fi 6E Wi-Fi Direct, Hotspot 802.11 a, b, g, n, ac, ax
USB
Type-C, USB 3.2	Type-C, USB 3.1
Sensors
Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass, Hall (for flip covers), Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor	Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass, Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor
Location
GPS, A-GPS, Glonass, Galileo, BeiDou	GPS, A-GPS, Glonass, Galileo, BeiDou, Cell ID, Wi-Fi positioning
Other
NFC	NFC

Multimedia

Headphones
No 3.5mm jack	No 3.5mm jack
Speakers
Earpiece, Loudspeaker	Earpiece, Multiple speakers
Screen mirroring
Wireless screen share	Wireless screen share
Radio
FM, Stereo, RDS
Additional microphone(s)
Noise cancellation	Noise cancellation

Cellular

5G Bands
n1, n3, n5, n8, n20, n28, n38, n40, n41, n66, n78, 5G Ready	n1, n2, n3, n5, n7, n8, n20, n28, n38, n40, n41, n66, n77, n78
4G (FDD) Bands
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 17, 20, 26, 28, 32, 66	1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 13, 17, 18, 19, 20, 25, 26, 28, 32, 66
4G (TDD) Bands
38, 40, 41	38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 48
3G Bands
1, 2, 4, 5, 8	1, 2, 4, 5, 8
Data Speed
LTE-A Pro Cat 20 (2000/150 Mbit/s), HSDPA+ (4G) 42.2 Mbit/s	LTE-A, HSDPA+ (4G) 42.2 Mbit/s
SIM type
Dual Nano SIM	Nano SIM, eSIM

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

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Memory	8GB/256GB
Prices (MSRP)	$770

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Memory	12GB/512GB

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