Phone Comparison - Apple iPhone SE vs Samsung Galaxy A3 (2017) vs Samsung Galaxy S10e

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general General Info

Manufacturer Apple Samsung Samsung
Announced March 2016 January 2017 February 2019
Status Available - March 2016 Coming Soon - January 2017 Available - March 2019
Price Rs. 21,499 ($399.00) [Similarly Priced] Rs. 19,990 ($299.00) [Similarly Priced] Rs. 55,900 ($0.00) [Similarly Priced]
Colors Space Gray, White/Silver, Gold, Rose Gold Various Prism White, Prism Black, Prism Green, Prism Blue, Canary Yellow, Flamingo Pink, Ceramic Black, Ceramic White
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 123.8 x 58.6 x 7.6 mm
(4.87 x 2.31 x 0.3 in)
135.4 x 66.2 x 7.9 mm
(5.33 x 2.61 x 0.31 in)
142.2 x 69.9 x 7.9 mm
(5.6 x 2.75 x 0.31 in)
Weight - - 150 g (5.29 oz)
SIM Type Single-SIM Dual-SIM Single SIM (Nano-SIM) or Hybrid Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (optional) GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100
4G Network LTE LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 20(800) LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 12(700), 13(700), 17(700), 18(800), 19(800), 20(800), 25(1900), 26(850), 28(700), 32(1500), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300), 41(2500), 66(1700/2100)
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM
Build Features - Fingerprint Sensor - - Fingerprint Sensor
- Samsung Pay (Visa, MasterCard certified)
- IP68 dust/water proof (up to 1.5m for 30 mins)
Notification LED Yes Yes -

hardware Hardware and OS

OS iOS 9.3 Android OS, v6.0.1 (Marshmallow) Android 9.0 (Pie)
Processor Dual-core 1.84 GHz Twister, Apple A9 Octa-core 1.6 GHz Cortex-A53, Exynos 7870 Octa-core (2x2.7 GHz Mongoose M4 & 2x2.3 GHz Cortex-A75 & 4x1.9 GHz Cortex-A55) - EMEA
Octa-core (1x2.8 GHz Kryo 485 & 3x2.4 GHz Kryo 485 & 4x1.7 GHz Kryo 485) - USA/LATAM, China, Exynos 9820 Octa (8 nm) - EMEA
Qualcomm SDM855 Snapdragon 855 (7 nm) - USA/LATAM, China
GPU PowerVR GT7600 Mali-T830 MP2 Mali-G76 MP12 - EMEA
Adreno 640 - USA/LATAM, China
RAM 2 GB 2 GB 8 GB
Internal Memory 16/64 GB 16 GB 256 GB
External Memory No microSD, up to 256 GB microSD, up to 512 GB (uses SIM 2 slot) - dual SIM model only

display Display

Type LED-backlit IPS LCD, Capacitive Touchscreen Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen Dynamic AMOLED Capacitive Touchscreen, Corning Gorilla Glass 5
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 4.0 inches 4.7 inches 5.8 inches
Resolution 640 x 1136 pixels (326 ppi) 720 x 1280 pixels (312 ppi) 1080 x 2280 pixels (435 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 60.84% 68.14% 84.46%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

3.5mm Jack yes yes yes
Radio No FM radio FM radio (USA & Canada only)
Games Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable
Loud Speaker yes yes yes

camera Camera

Rear Camera 12 MP 13 MP, 4128 x 3096 pixels 12 MP + 16 MP
Flash Dual-LED (Dual Tone) LED flash 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) Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, Panorama 12 MP, f/1.5-2.4, 26mm (wide), 1/2.55", 1.4µm, Dual Pixel PDAF, OIS
16 MP, f/2.2, 12mm (ultrawide)
auto-HDR, panorama
Video 2160p@30fps, 1080p@60fps,1080p@120fps, 720p@240fps 1080p@30fps 2160p@60fps, 1080p@240fps, 720p@960fps, HDR, dual-video rec.
Front Camera 1.2 MP, f/2.4, 31mm, 720p@30fps, face detection, HDR [Similar] 8 MP [Similar] 10 MP, f/1.9, Dual Pixel PDAF, Dual video call
Auto-HDR, 2160p@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 Cat4 150/50 Mbps, VoLTE HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A (7CA) Cat20 2000/150 Mbps
Bluetooth v4.2, A2DP, LE v4.2, A2DP, EDR, LE, ANT+ 5.0, A2DP, LE, aptX
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot
USB v2.0, Reversible Connector Type-C 1.0 reversible connector, Fast Charging 3.1, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS/ BDS (market dependant) Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS, GALILEO
Browser HTML5 (Safari) HTML5 Yes

memory User Memory

Internal 16/64 GB, 2 GB RAM 16 GB, 2 GB RAM 256 GB, 8 GB RAM or 128 GB, 6 GB RAM
Expandable Storage No microSD, up to 256 GB microSD, up to 512 GB (uses SIM 2 slot) - dual SIM model only
USB OTG - Supported Supported

Apps Sensors

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

battery Battery

Type Non-removable Li-Po Battery Non-removable Li-Ion Battery Non-removable Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 1642 mAh 2350 mAh 3100 mAh
Stand by - - -
Talk Time - - -