Hello everyone, it’s time for the best selling phone globally that is, iPhone 11 to be compared with the best selling phone from Samsung, the Galaxy S20 FE. The battle of 699$ price. Let’s just see how does the S20 FE currently compares with the iPhone 11. Let’s get all the specs difference out of these two. Let’s get started.
iPhone 11 | Galaxy S20 FE |
Improved Cameras | Powerful triple camera system |
Powerful Processor | Offers 5G connectivity |
New colors available | Large 4,500 mAh battery |
Excellent new Night Mode | Lower resolution screen |
The screen isn’t as pretty | Plastic design |
Key Specification
iPhone 11 | Galaxy S20 FE | |
Chipset | Apple A13 Bionic | Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 |
Display Size | 6.8 inches | 6.7 inches |
Memory | 4GB | 8GB |
Storage | 64GB | 128GB |
Camera | 12 MP + 12 MP | 12 MP + 12 MP + 8 MP |
Fingerprint Sensor Position | Face ID | On-screen |
Design
iPhone 11 | Galaxy S20 FE | |
Dimensions | 150.9 x 75.7 x 8.3 mm | 159.8 x 74.5 x 8.4 mm |
Weight | 194 grams | 196 grams |
Screen Resolution | 828 x 1792 pixels | 1080 x 2400 Pixels |
Color | Black, Purple, Yellow, Green, Red, White | Cloud red, orange, lavender, mint, navy, white |
Display Type | Liquid Retina IPS LCD | Super AMOLED |
Build Material | Scratch-resistant glass, oleophobic coating | Corning Gorilla Glass 3 |
The S20 FE has a colorful plastic body, iPhone 11 is colorful as well but with a premium glass and aluminium combo and iPhone just feels premium in hand. Both devices are IP68 water and dust resistant. Now display wise the S20 FE just crushes the iPhone 11 with its AMOLED 120 Hz 1080p display. The display supports HDR10. Whereas the iPhone 11 has a 6.1 inch LCD Liquid Retina Display with 60Hz refresh rate. The S20 FE not only does it have OLED it has 120 hertz which is the current 2020 smartphone standard. The S20 FE is not the best of Samsung when it comes to the design, still, it has slimmer bezels than the iPhone 11. The punch hole looks much cleaner than the notch.
Performance
iPhone 11 | Galaxy S20 FE | |
Processor | Hexa-core, 2650 MHz, Lightning and Thunder | Octa-core, 2840 MHz, Kryo 585 |
GPU | Apple-designed 4 core | Adreno 650 |
RAM | 4GB LPDDR4 | 8GB LPDDR5 |
Internal storage | 64GB 4GB RAM, 128GB 4GB RAM, 256GB 4GB RAM | 128GB 6GB RAM, 128GB 8GB RAM, 256GB 8GB RAM |
Storage expansion | No | microSDXC up to 1000 GB |
OS | iOS 13, upgradable to iOS 14 | Android 10, One UI 2.5 |
UI 2.5 definitely brings a lot of features in the iPhone 11 on the other hand comes with iOS 14 which has excellent privacy and top of the line app optimization. The FE on the other hand works seamlessly with Windows thanks to the collaboration between Samsung and Microsoft. When it comes to software, when we talk about the internal specs this is where it gets a bit confusing. The iPhone 11 comes with Apple A13 chip while the S20 FE rocks the Snapdragon 865 Slash EXYNOS 990 depending on your market. The Apple A13 is faster than both, though 865 can match the A13 the EXYNOX 990 is definitely not on the same level the Apple A13 is. Gaming is better on the Snapdragon 865 on Galaxy S20 FE. The Galaxy S20 FE has the same camera setup as the S20.
Camera
iPhone 11 | Galaxy S20 FE | |
Rear | Dual camera | Triple camera |
Front | 12 MP | 12 MP |
Video recording | 3840×2160 (4K UHD) (60 fps), 1920×1080 (Full HD) (240 fps), 1280×720 (HD) | 3840×2160 (4K UHD) |
The iPhone 11 has the same camera setup as the iPhone 11 Pro series. But Samsung gives you the extra zoom on the S20 FE, 8-megapixel telephoto that gives you 3X lossless zoom and then up to 30X digital zoom. Both phones can shoot 4k 60 FPS video from both front and back cameras the iPhone can further take that to the next level with 1080p 120 Hz videos.
Multimedia
iPhone 11 | Galaxy S20 FE | |
Headphone jack | No 3.5mm jack | No 3.5mm jack |
Loudspeaker | Earpiece, Multiple speakers | Earpiece, Multiple speakers |
Audio Features | Dolby Atmos | Dolby Atmos, Dolby Digital Plus |
FM Radio | No | FM |
Battery Life
iPhone 11 | Galaxy S20 FE | |
Capacity | 3110 mAh | 4500 mAh |
Type | Li-ion | Li-ion |
Quick Charging | No | Yes |
Wireless Charging | Yes | Yes |
User Replaceable | No | No |
Now let’s talk about the battery on both phones. The iPhone 11 is one of the best phones when it comes to the battery performance. Despite S20 is 120 Hz display it can still give you a full day of usage as Samsung promises that thanks to a 4500 mAh battery.
Connectivity
 | iPhone 11 | Galaxy S20 FE |
SIM | Single SIM (Nano-SIM and/or eSIM) | Single SIM (Nano-SIM and/or eSIM) |
Network Support | 4G , 3G, 2G | 5G, 4G , 3G, 2G |
Bluetooth | 5.0, A2DP, LE | 5.0, A2DP, LE |
NFC | Yes | Yes |
Wifi | Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/6, dual-band, hotspot | Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/6, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot |
GPS | Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, GALILEO, QZSS | Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS, GALILEO |
Sensors | Face ID, accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, barometer | Fingerprint (under display, optical), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, barometer |
They both support wireless charging but S20 FE can actually do reverse wireless charging. The S20 FE comes with a 25 Watt fast charger out of the box that promises 50% battery in just 30 minutes. The iPhone 11 on the other hand only rocks a 5 Watt charger out of the box, so you have to buy the fast 18 Watt charger separately from Apple or a third-party brand. The galaxy S20 allows you to wirelessly connect it to any smart TV via Samsung DeX.
Which is better!
If you like the S20 FE currently for 699$ because the 60hz LCD display and that big notch is just way too outdated in our opinion. You also get 5G on the S20 FE, that’s also a plus point. So it’s clear, who actually wins the battle. S20 FE is the clear winner in every possible way you could think off.