Apple iPhone 17 vs realme 12 Lite
Apple
iPhone 17
realme
12 Lite
At a glance
- Brand
- Apple
- realme
- Release date
- September 2025, 9 months ago
- April 2024, 2 years 2 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
- 338.900 Antutu v10 Overall performance better than 63% of devices
Display
- Size
- 6.3"
- 6.72"
- Resolution
- 1206 x 2622 px QHD
- 1080 x 2400 px FHD+
- Type
- Oled Super Retina XDR
- LCD IPS
- Density
- 458 ppi Very high density
- 392 ppi High 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)
- Hole-punch Notch, Refresh rate 90 Hz, Touch sampling rate 240 Hz, Brightnes 450 cd/m² (typ), Max brightness HBM - 700 cd/m², Peak brightness - 950 cd/m², 4500000:1 contrast ratio, DCI-P3, Scratch resistant, 2.5D glass screen, Capacitive, Multi-touch, Frameless
Performance
- Chipset
- Apple A19
- Qualcomm Snapdragon 685 (SM6225)
- CPU
- 6Core TSMC N3P
- 4x2.8 GHz Cortex A73 + 4x1.9GHz Cortex A53
- CPU type
- Hexa-Core
- Octa-Core
- Process
- 3 nm
- 6 nm
- Frequency
- 4 GHz
- 2.8 GHz
- GPU
- 5 core GPU
- Adreno 610
- RAM
- 8 GB
- 6 GB
- 64-bit
- Yes
- Yes
- RAM type
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- LPDDR4X RAM
Rear camera
- Resolution
- 48 Mpx
- 108 Mpx
- Aperture
- ƒ/ 1.6
- ƒ/ 1.75
- Sensor
- Sony IMX904
- Samsung HM6
- Pixel size
- 1.22 µm
- 0.64 µm
- Sensor size
- 1/1.56"
- 1/1.67"
- 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
- Digital zoom, Dual camera, Digital image stabilization, Autofocus, Touch focus, Geotagging, 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
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- Pixel size
- 0.96 µm
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Battery
- Capacity
- 3692 mAh
- 5000 mAh
- Type
- Li-Ion
- Li-Polymer
- Fast charge
- Yes , 40.0W
- Yes , 33.0W
- 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
- Reverse charging, Non-removable
Storage
- Capacity
- 256 GB
- 128 GB
- Type
- NVMe
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- SD slot
- No
- Yes , Independent SD slot
Body
- Dimensions
- 71.5 mm 149.6 mm 7.8 mm Print 3D Model
- 75.4 mm 164.6 mm 7.6 mm Print 3D Model
- Weight
- 177 g
- 185 g
- Materials
- Aluminium alloy
- Plastic
- Colors
- Black White Blue Pink Green
- Black Green
- Water/dust resistance
- IP68
- IP54
- 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 %
- 86 %
Software
- Operating system
- iOS 26 iOS 26
- Android 14 Upside-down cake RealmeUI 5.0 (Android 14)
- Updates
- OS updates: 7 years, Security updates: 7 years
- OS updates: 2 years, Security updates: 3 years
- 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 5.1 LELow energy consumption
- Bluetooth profiles
- A2DP (Advanced Audio Distribution Profile), LE (Low Energy), APT-x
- A2DP (Advanced Audio Distribution Profile), EDR (Enhanced Data Rate), HID (Human Interface 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
- Dual band, Wi-Fi Hotspot, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi Display
- USB
- USB Type-C
- USB Type-C
- 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), B4 (1700/2100 AWS 1), B5 (850), B7 (2600), B8 (900), B20 (800), B28b (700), B28a (700), B38 (TDD 2600), B40 (TDD 2300), B41 (TDD 2500)
- 3G
- B1 (2100), B2 (1900), B4 (1700/2100 AWS A-F), B5 (850), B8 (900)
- B1 (2100), B4 (1700/2100 AWS A-F), B5 (850), B8 (900)
- 2G
- B2 (1900), B3 (1800), B5 (850), B8 (900)
- B2 (1900), B3 (1800), B5 (850), B8 (900)
Sensors & security
- Fingerprint
- No
- Yes, on the side
- Accelerometer
- Yes
- Yes
- Gyroscope
- Yes
- Yes
- 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
- Dolby Atmos, Stereo Speakers
