Samsung Galaxy S21 Lite vs Vivo iQOO 16

1,030 USD

1,039 USD

Discontinued

Available

Samsung Mobile

Vivo Mobiles

Samsung Galaxy S21 Lite

V2606A

2021, February 15

2026, September 29

GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (Dual SIM model only) CDMA 800 / 1900 & TD-SCDMA

GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900

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

HSDPA 800 / 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100

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)

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 18, 19, 20, 25, 26, 28, 32, 34, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 48, 66

HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A (7CA) Cat20 2000/200 Mbps

HSPA, LTE, 5G

GSM / HSPA / LTE / 5G

1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 18, 20, 25, 26, 28, 34, 38, 39, 40, 41, 48, 66, 75, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 83, 84, 89, 91, 92, 93, 94 SA/NSA

Glass front (Gorilla Glass 6), glass back (Gorilla Glass 6), aluminum frame

Glass front, aluminum frame, glass-fiber reinforced plastic back or glass back IP68/IP69 dust tight and water resistant (high pressure water jets; immersible up to 1.5m for 30 min)

Single SIM (Nano-SIM and/or eSIM) or Hybrid Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by) Samsung Pay (Visa, MasterCard certified)

Nano-SIM + Nano-SIM + eSIM (max 2 at a time) - International Nano-SIM + Nano-SIM - China

Cosmic Grey, Cloud Blue, Cosmic Black

Dark Blue, Silver, Chasing the Light

163.8 x 76.9 x 8.3 mm or 8.6 mm

222.5/ 227.9/ 229.8 g (8.11 oz)

Dynamic AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors

AMOLED, 1B colors, 165Hz, 3300Hz PWM, Dolby Vision, HDR10+, HDR Vivid, 2800 nits (HBM), 10000 nits (peak)

6.7 inches

6.85 inches, 114.0 cm2 (~90.5% screen-to-body ratio)

1440 x 3200 pixels, 20:9 ratio PPI 525 ppi density

1440 x 3168 pixels (~508 ppi density)

Android 10.0; One UI 2

Android 17, OriginOS 7

Exynos 990 (7 nm+) - Global Qualcomm SM8250 Snapdragon 865 (7 nm+) - USA

Qualcomm SM8975 Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6 (2 nm)

Octa-core (2x2.73 GHz Mongoose M5 & 2x2.60 GHz Cortex-A76 & 4x2.0 GHz Cortex-A55) - Global Octa-core (1x2.84 GHz Kryo 585 & 3x2.42 GHz Kryo 585 & 4x1.8 GHz Kryo 585) - USA

Octa-core (2x5.01 GHz Prime + 3x4.03 GHz Performance + 3x3.74 GHz Performance)

Mali-G77 MP11 - Global Adreno 650 - USA

Adreno 850

12GB

12GB/16GB

128GB/256GB

256GB/512GB/1TB UFS 4.1

microSD, up to 1 TB

48 MP, f/3.6, 102mm (telephoto), 1/2", PDAF, OIS, 10x hybrid optical zoom

50 MP, f/1.8, (wide), 1/1.3", PDAF, OIS

12 MP, f/2.2, 13mm (ultrawide), AF, Super Steady video

50 MP, f/2.7, 85mm (periscope telephoto), 1/1.95", 0.8µm, PDAF, OIS, 3x optical zoom

12 MP, f/1.8, 26mm (wide), Dual Pixel PDAF, OIS

50 MP, f/2.1, 15mm (ultrawide), 1/2.76", 0.64µm, AF

0.3 MP, TOF 3D, (depth)

Leica optics, LED flash, Geo-tagging, touch focus, face/smile detection, Auto HDR

LED flash, HDR, panorama

1080p@30

8K@30fps, 4K@24/30/60fps, 1080p@30/60/120/240fps, gyro-EIS

10MP

32 MP, f/2.2, 21mm (wide), 1/3.1", 0.7µm

1080p@30/60/240fps

4K@30/60fps, 1080p@30/60fps

HDR

Li-Ion Capacity 5000 mAh Removable Non-Removable

Si/C Li-Ion 8400 mAh

100W wired, PPS, PD 40W wireless Bypass charging

Fingerprint (under display), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, barometer, heart rate, SpO2, ANT+, Bixby natural language commands and dictation, Samsung DeX (desktop experience support)

Fingerprint (under display, ultrasonic), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass

Yes

Yes, with stereo speakers

Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot

Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/6/7, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct

5.0, A2DP, LE, aptX

5.4/6.0, A2DP, LE, aptX HD, aptX Adaptive, aptX Lossless, LHDC 5

Yes, with dual-band A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS, GALILEO, QZSS

GPS (L1+L5), GLONASS (G1), BDS (B1I+B1c+B2a), GALILEO (E1+E5a), QZSS (L1+L5)

Yes

Yes

3.1, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector

USB Type-C 3.2, OTG