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Realme 9 5G SE vs Samsung Galaxy S21 FE

Realme9 5G SE

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Realme 9 5G SE Realme Lowest price Price $215 Full specs

Samsung Galaxy S21 FE Samsung Price $240 Full specs

General

Device Type

Smart Phone

Device Name

Realme 9 5G SE

Samsung Galaxy S21 FE

Announced

March 2022

January 2022

Released

March 2022

January 2022

Colors

Starry GlowAzure Glow

WhiteOliveGraphiteLavender

Design

Length

164.4 mm (6.47 in)

155.7 mm (6.13 in)

Width

75.8 mm (2.98 in)

74.5 mm (2.93 in)

Thickness

8.5 mm (0.33 in)

7.9 mm (0.31 in)

Weight

199 g (7.02 oz)

177 g (6.24 oz)

Materials

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Glass front (Gorilla Glass Victus)Aluminum framePlastic back

Network

2G Network

Yes

3G Network

Yes

4G Network

Yes

5G Network

Yes

GPRS

Yes

EDGE

Yes

SIM

Nano SIM

Multi SIM

Dual SIM: SIM1 + SIM2 + MicroSD

Dual SIM

Speed

3G Up to 42 MB4G Up to 1.2 GB5G Up to 3.7 GB

3G Up to 42 MB4G Up to 2 GB5G Up to 7.5 GB

Display

Display Type

IPS LCD

Dynamic AMOLED 2X

Size

6.6 Inches

6.4 Inches

Refresh Rate

144 Hz

120 Hz

Resolution

1080x2412 Pixels (FHD+)

1080x2340 Pixels (FHD+)

Screen Ratio

84.1%

86.7%

Aspect Ratio

20:9

19.5:9

Pixel Density

400 PPI

403 PPI

Brightness Level

600 Nits

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Display Protection

Panda Glass

Corning Gorilla Glass Victus

Features

No extras

HDR10+Always-on Display

On both: Hole-punch Notch, Eye Care Display, Dark Mode, Capacitive, Multi-touch, 16M Colors

Hardware

Chipset

Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G

Samsung Exynos 2100Snapdragon 888

Manufacturing Technology

6 nm

5 nm

CPU Type

8 (Octa-core)

CPU

1x2.4 GHz (Cortex-A78)3x2.2 GHz (Cortex-A78)4x1.9 GHz (Cortex-A55)

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GPU

Adreno 642L

Mali-G78 MP14 (Exynos 2100)Adreno 660 (Snapdragon 888)

RAM (Memory)

6/8 GB

6/8 GB6 GB (128 GB)8 GB (128 GB)8 GB (256 GB)

Internal Storage

128 GB

128/256 GB

Storage Options

128 GB (6 GB RAM)128 GB (8 GB RAM)

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Storage Type

UFS 2.2

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Ram Type

LPDDR4x

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Card Slot

Yes - MicroSD

Software

Android 11 (Realme UI 2.0)

Android 12 (One UI 4)

Update To

Android 12 (Realme UI 3.0)

Android 13 (One UI 5)

Main camera

Camera Setup

Triple Camera

Resolution

48 + 2 + 2 MP

12 MP + 8 MP + 12 MP

Camera

48 MP: Standard2 MP: Macro2 MP: Depth

12 MP: Standard (OIS)8 MP: Telephoto (OIS)12 MP: Ultrawide

Aperture Size

F/1.8 (48 MP)F/2.4 (2 MP)F/2.4 (2 MP)

F/1.8 (12 MP)F/2.4 (8 MP)F/2.2 (12 MP)

Stabilization

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Optical Stabilization (OIS)Electronic Stabilization (EIS)

Zoom

Digital Zoom

Optical Zoom 3xDigital Zoom 30x

Slow Motion

Yes

FHD 1080P@240fpsHD 720P@960fps

Video

4K 2160P@30fpsFHD 1080P@30/60fps

4K 2160P@30/60fpsFHD 1080P@30/60fpsHDR10+ Recording

Flash

Yes

More details (1)Camera Features

Camera Features

Autofocus (AF)Portrait ModeNight ModePro ModeAI Scene DetectionContinuous shootingPanoramaExposure compensationFace detectionGeotaggingHDRISO settingsScene modeSelf-timerTouch focusWhite balance settings

Autofocus (AF)Night ModePortrait ModePro ModeAI Scene DetectionContinuous shootingPanoramaExposure compensationFace detectionGeotaggingHDRISO settingsScene modeSelf-timerTouch focusWhite balance settings