Apple iPhone 17 vs Meizu Note 21
Apple
iPhone 17
Meizu
Note 21
At a glance
- Brand
- Apple
- Meizu
- Release date
- September 2025, 9 months ago
- October 2024, 1 years 8 months ago
- Launch price
- € 959.00 ($ 1,122.77)
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- AnTuTu
- 2.084.100 Antutu v10 Overall performance better than 95% of devices
- 239.300 Antutu v10 Overall performance better than 57% of devices
Display
- Size
- 6.3"
- 6.74"
- Resolution
- 1206 x 2622 px QHD
- 720 x 1600 px HD+
- Type
- Oled Super Retina XDR
- LCD IPS
- Density
- 458 ppi Very high density
- 260 ppi Medium Density
- Aspect ratio
- 20:9
- 20:9
- Features
- Hole-punch Notch, HLG, Refresh rate 120 Hz, Brightnes 1000 cd/m² (typ), Max brightness HBM - 1600 cd/m², Peak brightness - 3000 cd/m², 2000000:1 contrast ratio, Always-On Display, HDR10+, DCI-P3, True Tone display, Super Retina XDR, Dolby Vision, Scratch resistant, Corning Gorilla Glass, Ceramic Shield, Capacitive, Multi-touch, Oleophobic (lipophobic) coating, Frameless, Haptic Touch, LTPO (Low Temperature PolySilicon oxide)
- Water Drop Notch, Refresh rate 90 Hz, 2.5D curved glass screen, Capacitive, Multi-touch, Frameless
Performance
- Chipset
- Apple A19
- Unisoc Tiger T606
- CPU
- 6Core TSMC N3P
- 2x1.6 GHz Cortex A75 + 6x1.6 GHz Cortex A55
- CPU type
- Hexa-Core
- Octa-Core
- Process
- 3 nm
- 12 nm
- Frequency
- 4 GHz
- 1.6 GHz
- GPU
- 5 core GPU
- ARM Mali-G57
- RAM
- 8 GB
- 8 GB
- 64-bit
- Yes
- Yes
- RAM type
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- LPDDR4X RAM
Rear camera
- Resolution
- 48 Mpx
- 50 Mpx
- Aperture
- ƒ/ 1.6
- ƒ/ 1.8
- Sensor
- Sony IMX904
- Samsung S5KJN1
- Pixel size
- 1.22 µm
- 0.80 µm
- Sensor size
- 1/1.56"
- 1/2.76"
- Flash
- LED
- LED
- Optical stabilization
- Yes
- No
- Slow motion
- Yes, 240 fps
- No, 30 fps
- Features
- Cinematic Mode, Noise reduction, Face unlock, Pro Video Mode, 4K Video, Digital zoom, Dual camera, Digital image stabilization, 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
- Dual camera, Digital image stabilization, Autofocus, Touch focus, Phase detection autofocus (PDAF), Continuous shooting, Geotagging, Panorama, HDR, Face detection, White balance settings, ISO settings, Exposure compensation, Scene mode, Self-timer
Front camera
- Resolution
- 18 Mpx
- 8 Mpx
- Aperture
- ƒ/ 1.9
- ƒ/ 2.0
- Sensor
- Sony IMX914
- Hynix HI-846
- Pixel size
- 0.96 µm
- 1.12 µm
Battery
- Capacity
- 3692 mAh
- 6000 mAh
- Type
- Li-Ion
- Li-Polymer
- Fast charge
- Yes , 40.0W
- Yes , 18.0W
- Wireless charging
- 25W Wireless Charging
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- Charge cycles
- 1000 cycles
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- Runtime
- ~ 41h
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- Features
- Wireless charging, Non-removable
- Non-removable
Storage
- Capacity
- 256 GB
- 256 GB
- Type
- NVMe
- eMMC 5.1 Storage
- SD slot
- No
- No
Body
- Dimensions
- 71.5 mm 149.6 mm 7.8 mm Print 3D Model
- 77.4 mm 168.8 mm 9.1 mm Print 3D Model
- Weight
- 177 g
- 215 g
- Materials
- Aluminium alloy
- Plastic
- Colors
- Black White Blue Pink Green
- Black White Blue
- Water/dust resistance
- IP68
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- Drop resistance
- Class A B C D E 180 drops without defects
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- Repairability
- Class A B C D E
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- Usable surface
- 90 %
- 84 %
Software
- Operating system
- iOS 26 iOS 26
- Android 14 Upside-down cake Android 14
- Updates
- OS updates: 7 years, Security updates: 7 years
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- Google services
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- With Google Mobile Services
Connectivity
- SIM
- Dual SIM Dual Standby (Nano SIM / eSIM + eSIM)
- Dual SIM Dual Standby (Nano SIM + Nano SIM)
- Bluetooth
- Bluetooth 6.0 LELow energy consumption
- Bluetooth 5.0 LELow energy consumption
- Bluetooth profiles
- A2DP (Advanced Audio Distribution Profile), LE (Low Energy), APT-x
- 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) , WiFi 6E , WiFi 7 (802.11be)
- 802.11a , 802.11b , 802.11g , 802.11n , 802.11n 5GHz , 802.11ac
- Wi-Fi features
- Dual band, Wi-Fi Hotspot, Wi-Fi MiMO
- Wi-Fi Hotspot, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi Display
- USB
- USB Type-C
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- USB features
- Charging, OTG
- Charging, OTG
- Navigation
- GPS, A-GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, QZSS, Galileo, GPS (L1+L5), BeiDou (B1), Galileo (E1+E5a), NavIC System, QZSS (L1 + L5)
- GPS, A-GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
Networks
- 5G
- n1 (2100), n2 (1900 PCS), n3 (1800), n5 (850), n7 (2600), n8 (900), n12 (700), n20 (800), n25 (1900), n26 (850), n28b (700), n28a (700), n30 (2300), n38 (2600), n40 (2300), n41 (2500), n48 (3500), n53 (2400), n66 (1700), n70 (1700), n75 (1500), n77 (3700), n78 (3500), n79 (4700), n258 mmWave (26GHz), n260 mmWave (39GHz), n261 mmWave (28GHz)
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- 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), B48 (TDD 3600), B53 (TDD 2400), B66 (1700/2100)
- B1 (2100), B3 (1800), B5 (850), B7 (2600), B20 (800), B28b (700), B28a (700), B38 (TDD 2600), B40 (TDD 2300), B41 (TDD 2500), B66 (1700/2100)
- 3G
- B1 (2100), B2 (1900), B4 (1700/2100 AWS A-F), B5 (850), B8 (900)
- B1 (2100), B5 (850)
- 2G
- B2 (1900), B3 (1800), B5 (850), B8 (900)
- B2 (1900), B3 (1800), B5 (850)
Sensors & security
- Fingerprint
- No
- Yes, on the side
- Accelerometer
- Yes
- Yes
- Gyroscope
- Yes
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- Proximity
- Yes
- Yes
- Light sensor
- Yes
- Yes
- Barometer
- Yes
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- Cooling system
- Yes
- No
- Audio
- Dolby Atmos, Noise cancellation microphone, Stereo Speakers, 3 microphones
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