Samsung Galaxy S21 FE vs Samsung Galaxy A15 5G Specs Comparison

Availability

Officially announced
Jan 04, 2022	Dec 11, 2023
Prices (MSRP)
$700 | €749	$200

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)	6.30 x 3.02 x 0.33 inches 160.1 x 76.8 x 8.4 mm
Weight
6.00 oz / 170.0 g	7.05 oz / 200.0 g
Materials
Back: Plastic Frame: Metal	Back: Plastic Frame: Plastic
Resistance
Water, Dust; IP68
Biometrics
2D Face unlock, Ultrasonic in-screen fingerprint	Fingerprint (touch)
Keys
Right: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key	Right: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key
Colors
White, Graphite, Lavender, Olive	Blue Black, Light Blue

Display

Size
6.4-inch, 86.77% screen-to-body	6.5-inch, 84.49% screen-to-body
Type
Dynamic AMOLED, 120Hz, HDR, 1200 nits	Super AMOLED, 90Hz, 800 nits
Resolution
2340x1080px, 19.5:9 ratio, 403 PPI	2340x1080px, 19.5:9 ratio, 396 PPI
Protection
Corning Gorilla Glass Victus

PhoneArena Display Test

Bright Max (20% APL)
Untested	1072 (Average)
Bright Min
1.6 (Good)	1.7 (Good)

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Hardware

System chip
Snapdragon 888 SM8350 (5 nm)	Mediatek Dimensity 6100+ (6 nm)
Processor
Octa-core 1x2.84GHz Cortex-X1 3x2.42G​Hz Cortex-A78 4x1.80​GHz Cortex-A55	Octa-core 2x2.2GHz Cortex-A76 6x2.0G​Hz Cortex-A55
GPU
Adreno 660	Mali-G57 MC2
Memory
6GB (LPDDR5)/128GB (UFS 3.1) 8GB/256GB	4GB/128GB
Storage expansion
not expandable	microSDXC up to 1000 GB
OS
Android (14, 13, 12)	Android (14)

PhoneArena Performance Test

GeekBench 6 Single
1278	683
GeekBench 6 Multi
3505	1728
3D Mark High
1445	340
3D Mark Low
907	335

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Battery

Type
4500 mAh, Li - Ion	5000 mAh
Charging
Fast charging Qi wireless charging, Reverse wireless charging	Fast charging
Charge speed
Wired: 25.0W Wireless: 15.0W	Wired: 25.0W

PhoneArena Battery Tests

Battery Life Estimate

Untested

Browsing

9h 39min

Video

7h 19min

Gaming

Untested

Battery Life Estimate

6h 43min

Browsing

10h 41min

Video

12h 15min

Gaming

10h 19min

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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 (Autofocus) Aperture size: F1.8
Second camera
12 MP (Ultra-wide) Aperture size: F2.2 Focal Length: 13 mm Sensor size: 1/3"	5 MP (Ultra-wide) Aperture size: F2.2
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	2 MP (Macro) Aperture size: F2.4
Flash
LED	LED
Video recording
4K UHD (60 fps) HDR, Continuous autofocus, Picture-taking during video recording, 10-bit HDR	1080p (30 fps)
Front
32 MP (HDR, Autofocus) Video capture: 4K UHD (60 fps)	13 MP Video capture: 1080p

PhoneArena Camera Tests

N/A

Overall

N/A

Photo

N/A

Video

122

Overall

136

Photo

107

Video

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Connectivity & Features

Bluetooth
5.0	5.3
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,dual-band Wi-Fi Direct, Hotspot 802.11 a, b, g, n, ac
USB
Type-C, USB 3.2	Type-C, USB 2.0
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	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, n3, n5, n7, n8, n28, n40, n41, n66, n71, n77, n78, SA, NSA, Sub-6
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, 17, 20, 26, 28, 66
4G (TDD) Bands
38, 40, 41	38, 40, 41
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
Dual SIM
	Yes
SIM type
Dual Nano SIM	Dual Nano SIM
HD Voice
	Yes
VoLTE
	Yes

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

With 8GB RAM and 256GB internal storage

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

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