Samsung SCH-A870 vs Samsung Galaxy S21 FE Specs Comparison

Availability

Officially announced
	Jan 04, 2022
Prices (MSRP)
	6GB/128GB - $700 | €749 8GB/256GB - $770

Design

Dimensions
3.60 x 1.80 x 0.85 inches 91.5 x 46 x 21.5 mm	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)
Weight
3.40 oz / 96.0 g	6.00 oz / 170.0 g
Materials
	Back: Plastic Frame: Metal
Resistance
	Water, Dust; IP68
Biometrics
	2D Face unlock, Optical in-screen fingerprint
Features
Numeric keypad, Soft keys
Keys
Left: Volume control; Right: Camera shutter, Other	Right: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key
Colors
	White, Graphite, Lavender, Olive

Display

Size
	6.4-inch, 86.77% screen-to-body
Type
TFT	Dynamic AMOLED, 120Hz, HDR, 1200 nits
Resolution
160x128px	2340x1080px, 19.5:9 ratio, 403 PPI
Protection
	Corning Gorilla Glass Victus
Additional display
96 x96 px, STN, Colors: 65 536

PhoneArena Display Test

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

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Hardware

System chip
	Snapdragon 888 SM8350 (5 nm)
Processor
	Octa-core 1x2.84GHz Cortex-X1 3x2.42G​Hz Cortex-A78 4x1.80​GHz Cortex-A55
GPU
	Adreno 660
Memory
0.03GB	6GB (LPDDR5)/128GB (UFS 3.1) 8GB/256GB
Storage expansion
	not expandable
OS
	Android (14, 13, 12)

PhoneArena Performance Test

GeekBench 6 Single
Untested	1278
GeekBench 6 Multi
Untested	3505
3D Mark High
Untested	1445
3D Mark Low
Untested	907

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Battery

Type
1000 mAh, Li - Ion	4500 mAh, Li - Ion
Charging
	Fast charging Qi wireless charging, Reverse wireless charging
Charge speed
	Wired: 25.0W Wireless: 15.0W

PhoneArena Battery Tests

Battery Life Estimate

Untested

Browsing

Untested

Video

Untested

Gaming

Untested

Battery Life Estimate

Untested

Browsing

9h 39min

Video

7h 19min

Gaming

Untested

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Camera

Rear
Single camera	Triple camera
Main camera
0.3 MP VGA	12 MP (OIS, PDAF) Aperture size: F1.8 Focal length: 26 mm Sensor size: 1/1.76" Pixel size: 1.8 μm
Second camera
	12 MP (Ultra-wide) Aperture size: F2.2 Focal Length: 13 mm Sensor size: 1/3"
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
Flash
Yes	LED
Video recording
	4K UHD (60 fps) HDR, Continuous autofocus, Picture-taking during video recording, 10-bit HDR
Front
	32 MP (HDR, Autofocus) Video capture: 4K UHD (60 fps)

Connectivity & Features

Bluetooth
1.2	5.0
WLAN
	Wi-Fi 6 Wi-Fi Direct, Hotspot 802.11 a, b, g, n, ac, ax
USB
Yes	Type-C, USB 3.2
Sensors
	Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass, Hall (for flip covers), Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor
Location
GPS	GPS, A-GPS, Glonass, Galileo, BeiDou
Other
	NFC

Multimedia

Headphones
2.5mm jack	No 3.5mm jack
Speakers
	Earpiece, Loudspeaker

Cellular

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

Regulatory Approval

FCC approval
Date approved: Mar 20, 2006 FCC ID value: A3LSCHA870	Date approved: Jun 29, 2021 FCC ID value: A3LSMG990U
Measured SAR
Head: 0.97 W/kg Measured in: 1900 MHz Body: 1.23 W/kg Measured in: 1900 MHz	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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