Apple iPhone 12 mini vs Apple iPhone SE

Apple
iPhone 12 mini

Apple
iPhone SE
At a glance
- Brand
- Apple
- Apple
- Release date
- October 2020, 5 years ago
- March 2016, 10 years ago
- AnTuTu
- 1.227.479 Antutu v10 Overall performance better than 87% of devices
- 176.000 Antutu v8 Overall performance better than 38% of devices
Display
- Size
- 5.4"
- 4"
- Resolution
- 1080 x 2340 px FHD+
- 640 x 1136 px HD
- Type
- Oled
- LCD IPS Retina HD Display
- Density
- 477 ppi Very high density
- 326 ppi High Density
- Aspect ratio
- 19.5:9
- 16:9
- Features
- Wide screen notch, Brightnes 625 cd/m² (typ), Peak brightness - 1200 cd/m², 2000000:1 contrast ratio, HDR, DCI-P3, Wide Color display (P3), True Tone display, Super Retina XDR, Scratch resistant, Corning Gorilla Glass, Capacitive, Multi-touch, Oleophobic (lipophobic) coating, Frameless, Haptic Touch
- Without Notch, Brightnes 500 cd/m² (typ), 800:1 contrast ratio, Full sRGB standard, Retina HD display, LED Notifications, Scratch resistant, Capacitive, Multi-touch, Oleophobic (lipophobic) coating
Performance
- Chipset
- Apple A14 Bionic
- Apple A9
- CPU
- 2x Icestorm 3.1 GHz + 4x Firestorm 1.8 GHz
- 2x Twister 1.85 GHz
- CPU type
- Hexa-Core
- Dual-Core
- Process
- 5 nm
- 14 nm
- Frequency
- 3.1 GHz
- 1.84 GHz
- GPU
- Apple 4-core graphics processing unit A14 GPU
- PowerVR GT7600 6xCores
- RAM
- 4 GB
- 2 GB
- RAM type
- LPDDR4X RAM
- —
- 64-bit
- Yes
- Yes
Rear camera
- Resolution
- 12 Mpx
- 12.2 Mpx
- Aperture
- ƒ/ 1.6
- ƒ/ 2.2
- Sensor
- Sony IMX503
- Sony IMX315
- Pixel size
- 1.40 µm
- 10.00 µm
- Sensor size
- 1/2.55"
- 1/6"
- Flash
- LED
- Dual LED
- Optical stabilization
- Yes
- No
- Slow motion
- Yes, 240 fps
- Yes, 240 fps
- Features
- 4K Video, Digital zoom, Optical zoom, Dual camera, Optical Stabilization (OIS), Ultra stable video, Autofocus, Touch focus, Continuous autofocus, Manual focus, Phase detection autofocus (PDAF), Continuous shooting, Geotagging, Panorama, HDR, Face detection, White balance settings, ISO settings, Exposure compensation, Scene mode, Self-timer, RAW, Night Mode
- Digital zoom, Digital image stabilization, Autofocus, Touch focus, Continuous shooting, Geotagging, Panorama, HDR, Face detection, Exposure compensation, Self-timer
Front camera
- Resolution
- 12 Mpx
- 1.2 Mpx
- Aperture
- ƒ/ 2.2
- ƒ/ --
- Sensor
- Sony IMX514
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Battery
- Capacity
- 2227 mAh
- 1642 mAh
- Type
- Li-Ion
- Li-Polymer
- Fast charge
- Yes , 20.0W
- No
- Wireless charging
- * Unconfirmed capacity, 20W adapter sold separately, MagSafe wireless charging up to 15W10, Qi wireless charging up to 7.5W
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- Features
- Wireless charging, Non-removable
- Non-removable
Storage
- Capacity
- 64 GB
- 16 GB
- SD slot
- No
- No
Body
- Dimensions
- 64.2 mm 131.5 mm 7.4 mm Print 3D Model
- 58.6 mm 123.8 mm 7.6 mm Print 3D Model
- Weight
- 135 g
- 113 g
- Materials
- Glass , Aluminium
- Aluminium alloy , Glass
- Colors
- Black White Blue Red Green
- Gold Silver Gray Rose Gold
- Water/dust resistance
- IP68
- —
- Usable surface
- 84 %
- 61 %
Software
- Operating system
- iOS 18 iOS 18
- iOS 15 iPadOS 15
Connectivity
- SIM
- Dual SIM Dual Standby (Nano SIM + Nano SIM / eSIM)
- Single SIM (Nano SIM)
- Bluetooth
- Bluetooth 5.1 LELow energy consumption
- Bluetooth 4.2 LELow energy consumption
- Bluetooth profiles
- A2DP (Advanced Audio Distribution Profile), LE (Low Energy)
- A2DP (Advanced Audio Distribution Profile), LE (Low Energy)
- Wi-Fi
- 802.11a , 802.11b , 802.11g , 802.11n , 802.11n 5GHz , 802.11ac, WiFi 6 (802.11ax)
- 802.11a , 802.11b , 802.11g , 802.11n , 802.11n 5GHz , 802.11ac
- Wi-Fi features
- Dual band, Wi-Fi Hotspot, Wi-Fi MiMO
- Dual band, Wi-Fi Hotspot
- USB features
- Charging, OTG
- Charging, OTG
- Navigation
- GPS, A-GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, QZSS, Galileo
- GPS, A-GPS, GLONASS, Wi-Fi, Cell ID
Networks
- 5G
- n1 (2100), n2 (1900 PCS), n3 (1800), n5 (850), n7 (2600), n8 (900), n12 (700), n20 (800), n25 (1900), n28b (700), n28a (700), n38 (2600), n40 (2300), n41 (2500), n66 (1700), n77 (3700), n78 (3500), n79 (4700)
- —
- 4G LTE
- B1 (2100), B2 (1900), B3 (1800), B4 (1700/2100 AWS 1), B5 (850), B7 (2600), B8 (900), B12 (700), B13 (700), B17 (700), B18 (800), B19 (800), B20 (800), B25 (1900+), B26 (850), B28b (700), B28a (700), B30 (2300), B32 (1500), B34 (TDD 2100), B38 (TDD 2600), B39 (TDD 1900), B40 (TDD 2300), B41 (TDD 2500), B42 (TDD 3500), B46 (TDD 900), B48 (TDD 3600), B66 (1700/2100)
- B1 (2100), B2 (1900), B3 (1800), B4 (1700/2100 AWS 1), B5 (850), B7 (2600), B8 (900), B12 (700), B17 (700), B18 (800), B19 (800), B20 (800), B25 (1900+), B26 (850), B27 (800), B28b (700), B28a (700), B30 (2300)
- 3G
- B1 (2100), B2 (1900), B4 (1700/2100 AWS A-F), B5 (850), B8 (900)
- B1 (2100), B2 (1900), B4 (1700/2100 AWS A-F), B5 (850), B8 (900)
- 2G
- CDMA2000 EV-DO REV.A, CDMA BC0 (800), CDMA BC1 (1900), B2 (1900), B3 (1800), B5 (850), B8 (900)
- CDMA2000 EV-DO REV.A, CDMA BC0 (800), CDMA BC1 (1900), CDMA BC15 (1700/2100 AWS), B2 (1900), B3 (1800), B5 (850), B8 (900)
Sensors & security
- Fingerprint
- No
- Yes, on the front
- Accelerometer
- Yes
- Yes
- Gyroscope
- Yes
- Yes
- Proximity
- Yes
- Yes
- Light sensor
- Yes
- Yes
- Barometer
- Yes
- —
- Cooling system
- No
- No
- Audio
- Dolby Atmos, Dolby Digital Plus, Stereo Speakers
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