Phone Comparison - Apple iPhone SE vs Samsung Galaxy A23 vs Google Pixel 7a

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general General Info

Manufacturer Apple Samsung Google
Announced March 2016 March 2022 2023, May 10
Status Available - March 2016 Coming Soon - March 2022 Available. Released 2023, May 10
Price Rs. 21,499 ($399.00) [Similarly Priced] - Rs. 43,999 ($0.00) [Similarly Priced]
Colors Space Gray, White/Silver, Gold, Rose Gold Black, White, Peach, Blue Arctic Blue, Carbon, Cotton
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 123.8 x 58.6 x 7.6 mm
(4.87 x 2.31 x 0.3 in)
164.5 x 76.9 x 8.4 mm
(6.48 x 3.03 x 0.33 in)
152 x 72.9 x 9 mm
(5.98 x 2.87 x 0.35 in)
Weight - 195 g (6.88 oz) 193.5 g (6.81.0.18 oz)
SIM Type Single-SIM Single SIM (Nano-SIM), Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by) Nano-SIM and eSIM
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (dual-SIM only) GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 800 / 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100
4G Network LTE LTE 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 13, 14, 17, 20, 25, 26, 28, 29, 30, 38, 40, 41, 48, 66, 71 - GWKK3, G0DZQ
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 25, 28, 32, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 66 - GHL1X, G82U8
5G Network - - 1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 12, 14, 20, 25, 28, 30, 38, 41, 48, 66, 71, 77, 78 SA/NSA/Sub6 - GWKK3
1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 12, 14, 20, 25, 28, 30, 38, 41, 48, 66, 71, 77, 78, 260, 261 SA/NSA/Sub6/mmWave - G0DZQ
1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 12, 20, 25, 28, 38, 40, 41, 66, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79 SA/NSA/Sub6 - GHL1X, G82U8
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM
Build Features - Fingerprint Sensor - Fingerprint Sensor (side-mounted)
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- Fingerprint Sensor (under display, optical)
IP67 dust/water resistant (up to 1m for 30 min)
Notification LED Yes - -

hardware Hardware and OS

OS iOS 9.3 Android 12 Android 13
User Interface - One UI 4.1 -
Processor Dual-core 1.84 GHz Twister, Apple A9 Octa-core (4x2.4 GHz Kryo 265 Gold & 4x1.9 GHz Kryo 265 Silver), Qualcomm SM6225 Snapdragon 680 4G (6 nm) Octa-core (2x2.85 GHz Cortex-X1 & 2x2.35 GHz Cortex-A78 & 4x1.80 GHz Cortex-A55), Google Tensor G2 (5 nm)
GPU PowerVR GT7600 Adreno 610 Mali-G710 MP7
RAM 2 GB 8 GB 6 GB
Internal Memory 16/64 GB 128 GB 128 GB
External Memory No microSDXC (dedicated slot) No

display Display

Type LED-backlit IPS LCD, Capacitive Touchscreen FHD+ TFT LCD Screen
90Hz Refresh Rate
Corning Gorilla Glass 5
FHD+ OLED Screen
HDR
90Hz Refresh Rate
Corning Gorilla Glass
Colors 16M colors 16M Colors 16M Colors
Size 4.0 inches 6.6 inches 6.1 inches
Resolution 640 x 1136 pixels (326 ppi) 1080 x 2408 pixels (400 ppi) 1080 x 2400 pixels (431 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 60.84% 82.90% 81.24%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

3.5mm Jack yes yes no
Radio No Unspecified No
Games Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable
Loud Speaker yes yes

camera Camera

Rear Camera 12 MP 50 MP + 5 MP + 2 MP + 2 MP 64 MP + 13 MP
Flash Dual-LED (Dual Tone) LED flash Dual-LED Flash
Features Phase Detection Autofocus, f/2.2, 29mm, 1/3" sensor size, 1.22 µm pixel size, geo-tagging, simultaneous 4K video and 8MP image recording, touch focus, face/smile detection, HDR (photo/panorama) 50 MP, f/1.8, (wide), PDAF
5 MP, f/2.2, (ultrawide), 1/5", 1.12µm
2 MP, f/2.4, (depth)
2 MP, f/2.4, (macro)
panorama, HDR
64 MP, f/1.9, 26mm (wide), 1/1.73", 0.8µm, Dual Pixel PDAF, OIS
13 MP, f/2.2, 120˚ (ultrawide), 1.12µm
Pixel Shift, Auto-HDR, Panorama
Video 2160p@30fps, 1080p@60fps,1080p@120fps, 720p@240fps 1080p@30fps 4K@30/60fps, 1080p@30/60/120/240fps; gyro-EIS, OIS
Front Camera 1.2 MP, f/2.4, 31mm, 720p@30fps, face detection, HDR [Similar] 8 MP, f/2.2, (wide)
1080p@30fps [Similar]
13 MP, f/2.2, 20mm (ultrawide), 1.12µm
Auto-HDR, panorama
4K@30fps, 1080p@30fps [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes Yes
3G HSPA, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A HSPA, LTE-A (CA), 5G
Bluetooth v4.2, A2DP, LE Yes 5.2, A2DP, LE
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, hotspot Yes Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/6e, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct
USB v2.0, Reversible Connector USB Type-C 2.0 USB Type-C 3.1
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, GALILEO, BDS GPS, GLONASS, GALILEO, BDS, QZSS
Browser HTML5 (Safari) Yes Yes

memory User Memory

Internal 16/64 GB, 2 GB RAM 128 GB, 8 GB RAM or 128 GB, 6 GB RAM or 64 GB, 6 GB RAM or 64 GB, 4 GB RAM 128 GB, 6 GB RAM UFS 3.1
Expandable Storage No microSDXC (dedicated slot) No
USB OTG - Not Supported Not Supported

Apps Sensors

Fingerprint fingerprint supported fingerprint supported fingerprint supported
Proximity Sensor proximity sensor present proximity sensor not present proximity sensor present
Accelerometer Sensor accelerometer sensor present accelerometer sensor not present accelerometer sensor present
Magnetic-Field Sensor (Compass) magnetic field sensor present magnetic field sensor not present magnetic field sensor present
Gyroscope Sensor gyroscope sensor present gyroscope sensor not present gyroscope sensor present
Barometer Sensor barometer sensor barometer sensor not present barometer sensor present
NFC NFC supported NFC not supported NFC supported

battery Battery

Type Non-removable Li-Po Battery Non-removable Li-Po Battery
Fast battery Charging 25W
Non-removable Li-Po Battery
Fast battery Charging 18W, PD3.0
Capacity 1642 mAh 5000 mAh 4385 mAh
Stand by - - -
Talk Time - - -