Nokia 2.1 VS Apple iPhone SE (2020) Comparison

GSM / HSPA / LTE

GSM / CDMA / HSPA / EVDO / LTE

GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2, GSM 900 / 1800 - India

GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900, CDMA 800 / 1900

HSDPA 850 / 900 / 2100 - APAC, EMEA, India, HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100 - LATAM, USA

HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100, CDMA2000 1xEV-DO

1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 20, 38, 40 - APAC, EMEA, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 13, 17, 28, 38, 40, 66 - LATAM, USA, 1, 3, 5, 40, 41 - India

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 11, 12, 13, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 25, 26, 28, 29, 30, 32, 34, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 46, 48, 66 - A2296, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 13, 14, 17, 18, 19, 20, 25, 26, 29, 30, 34, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 46, 48, 66, 71 - A2275, A2298

HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps

HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A (5CA) Cat16 1024/150 Mbps, EV-DO Rev.A 3.1 Mbps

2018, May

2020, April 15

Available. Released 2018, August

Available. Released 2020, April 24

153.6 x 77.6 x 9.7 mm (6.05 x 3.06 x 0.38 in)

138.4 x 67.3 x 7.3 mm (5.45 x 2.65 x 0.29 in)

174 g (6.14 oz)

148 g (5.22 oz)

Glass front (Gorilla Glass 3), plastic back, aluminum frame

Glass front, glass back, aluminum frame

Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by)

Nano-SIM and/or eSIM, IP67 dust/water resistant (up to 1m for 30 mins) Apple Pay (Visa, MasterCard, AMEX certified)

IPS LCD

Retina IPS LCD, 625 nits (typ)

5.5 inches, 83.4 cm2 (~70.0% screen-to-body ratio)

4.7 inches, 60.9 cm2 (~65.4% screen-to-body ratio)

720 x 1280 pixels, 16:9 ratio (~267 ppi density)

750 x 1334 pixels, 16:9 ratio (~326 ppi density)

Corning Gorilla Glass 3

Ion-strengthened glass, oleophobic coating, Wide color gamut True-tone

Android 8.1 Oreo (Go edition), upgradable to Android 10.0, Android One

iOS 13, upgradable to iOS 15.1

Qualcomm MSM8917 Snapdragon 425 (28 nm)

Apple A13 Bionic (7 nm+)

Quad-core 1.4 GHz Cortex-A53

Hexa-core (2x2.65 GHz Lightning + 4x1.8 GHz Thunder)

Adreno 308

Apple GPU (4-core graphics)

microSDXC (dedicated slot)

No

8GB 1GB RAM, eMMC 5.1

64GB 3GB RAM, 128GB 3GB RAM, 256GB 3GB RAM, NVMe

8 MP, AF

12 MP, f/1.8 (wide), PDAF, OIS

LED flash

Quad-LED dual-tone flash, HDR, panorama

720p@30fps

4K@24/30/60fps, 1080p@30/60/120/240fps, HDR, OIS, stereo sound rec.

5 MP

7 MP, f/2.2

1080p@30fps

1080p@30fps; gyro-EIS

-

HDR

Yes, with stereo speakers

Yes, with stereo speakers

Yes

No

Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, hotspot

Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/6, dual-band, hotspot

4.2, A2DP, LE

5.0, A2DP, LE

Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS

Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS

No

Yes

FM radio

No

microUSB 2.0, USB On-The-Go

Lightning, USB 2.0

Accelerometer, proximity

Fingerprint (front-mounted), accelerometer, proximity, gyro, compass, barometer, Siri natural language commands and dictation

Li-Ion 4000 mAh, non-removable

Li-Ion 1821 mAh, non-removable (6.96 Wh)

Charging 10W

Fast charging 18W, 50% in 30 min (advertised) Qi wireless charging

Up to 19 h (3G)

-

Up to 128 h

-

Blue/Copper, Blue/Silver, Grey/Silver

Black, White, Red

TA-1080, TA-1092, TA-1084, TA-1093, TA-1086

A2275, A2296, A2298, iPhone12,8

0.83 W/kg (head)     1.67 W/kg (body)    

0.98 W/kg (head)     0.99 W/kg (body)    

€ 145.44 / $ 63.25

€ 319.00 / $ 249.99 / £ 279.99

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1.17 W/kg (head)     1.16 W/kg (body)    

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AnTuTu: 462253 (v8) GeekBench: 3237 (v5.1)

-

Contrast ratio: 1544:1 (nominal)

-

Photo / Video

-

-24.1 LUFS (Very good)

-

Endurance rating 59h