Nothing Phone (1) vs Apple iPhone 12
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61
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Here we compared two smartphones: the 6.55-inch Nothing Phone (1) (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G Plus) that was released on July 12, 2022, against the Apple iPhone 12, which is powered by Apple A14 Bionic and came out 1 year and 9 months before. On this page, you will find tests, full specs, strengths, and weaknesses of each of the devices.
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Key differences
Reasons to consider the Nothing Phone (1)
- Higher display refresh rate – 120 Hz
- Comes with 1685 mAh larger battery capacity: 4500 vs 2815 mAh
- Has 2x more RAM: 8GB versus 4GB
- Modern USB Type-C port
- Shows 9% longer battery life (23:08 vs 21:15 hours)
- Newer Bluetooth version (v5.2)
- Has a 0.45 inch larger screen size
- Fingerprint scanner
- Uses a faster type of memory: LPDDR5 3200 MHz
- Has 2 SIM card slots
- Supports higher wattage charging (33W versus 18W)
- The phone is 1 year and 9 months newer
Reasons to consider the Apple iPhone 12
- 62% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (1341K versus 830K)
- Waterproof body (IP68 classification)
- Slow-motion recording at 240FPS
- 14% higher pixel density (460 vs 402 PPI)
- 88% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 1997 and 1060 points
- Supports Dolby Atmos sound technology
- Weighs 29.5 grams less
- The front-facing camera can record video at 4K
- Ready for eSIM technology
Review
Display
Screen quality, color accuracy, brightness
Camera
Photo and video recording quality
Performance
CPU and memory performance (apps, system)
Gaming
Capabilities for playing modern games
Battery
Battery life, charging type and speed
Connectivity
Networks, ports, data transmission
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Value for money (Beta)
Tests and specifications
Comparison table of technical specifications and testsDisplay
| Type | OLED | OLED |
| Size | 6.55 inches | 6.1 inches |
| Resolution | 1080 x 2400 pixels | 1170 x 2532 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 20:9 | 19.5:9 |
| PPI | 402 ppi | 460 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 120 Hz | 60 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | No | No |
| Max rated brightness | 500 nits | 625 nits |
| Max rated brightness in HDR | 1200 nits | - |
| HDR support | Yes, HDR10+ | Yes, Dolby Vision |
| Touch sampling rate | 240 Hz | - |
| Screen protection | Corning Gorilla Glass 5 | - |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 85.9% | 87.1% |
| Display features | - DCI-P3 - Always-On Display - DC Dimming |
- DCI-P3 |
| RGB color space | 95.9% | 99.4% |
| PWM | 119 Hz | 226 Hz |
| Response time | 2 ms | 16 ms |
| Contrast | ∞ Infinity | ∞ Infinity |
Screen space comparison
Phone (1)
6.55″ (20:9 ratio) = 16.1 in2
iPhone 12
6.1″ (19.5:9 ratio) = 14.2 in2
~13% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
Design and build
| Height | 159.2 mm (6.27 inches) | 146.7 mm (5.78 inches) |
| Width | 75.8 mm (2.98 inches) | 71.5 mm (2.81 inches) |
| Thickness | 8.3 mm (0.33 inches) | 7.4 mm (0.29 inches) |
| Weight | 193.5 g (6.83 oz) | 164 g (5.78 oz) |
| Waterproof | IP53 | IP68 |
| Rear material | Glass | Glass |
| Frame material | Metal | Metal |
| Colors | White, Black | White, Black, Blue, Green, Red |
| Fingerprint scanner | Yes, in-display | No |
Screen-to-body ratio
Performance
| Chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G Plus | Apple A14 Bionic |
| Max clock | 2500 MHz | 3100 MHz |
| CPU cores | 8 (1 + 3 + 4) | 6 (2 + 4) |
| Architecture | - 4 cores at 1.8 GHz: Kryo 670 Silver (Cortex-A55) - 3 cores at 2.4 GHz: Kryo 670 Gold (Cortex-A78) - 1 core at 2.5 GHz: Kryo 670 Prime (Cortex-A78) |
- 4 cores at 1.8 GHz: Icestorm - 2 cores at 3.1 GHz: Firestorm |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
| Lithography process | 6 nanometers | 5 nanometers |
| Neural processor (NPU) | Hexagon 770 | Apple Neural Engine |
| Graphics | Adreno 642L | Apple GPU |
| GPU shading units | 512 | 256 |
| GPU clock | 608 MHz | 1278 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~622.6 GFLOPS | ~654.3 GFLOPS |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
| Compute Score (GPU) | 2769 | 17099 |
| Single-core score | 1060 | 1997 |
| Multi-core score | 2973 | 4665 |
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
| CPU | 326933 | 402035 |
| GPU | 102620 | 336490 |
| Memory | 166467 | 153915 |
| UX | 234438 | 449135 |
| Total score | 830458 | 1341575 |
| Samples | [8 tests] | [10 tests] |
3DMark Solar Bay
| Stability | - | 76% |
| Graphics test | - | 10 FPS |
| Section 1 | - | 13 FPS |
| Section 2 | - | 10 FPS |
| Section 3 | - | 7 FPS |
| Graphics score | - | 2651 |
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
| Stability | - | 74% |
| Graphics test | - | 12 FPS |
| Graphics score | - | 2155 |
Recent User Tests
Nothing Phone (1)
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-05-10 (Aroslav) | AnTuTu | 854357 |
| 📘 2026-04-03 -> Serhii | GeekBench CPU | 1059 / 3012 |
| 📘 2026-03-27 (kardinal) | CPU Throttle | 89% |
| 📘 2026-03-27 (kardinal) | GeekBench GPU | 2772 |
| 📘 2026-03-27 (kardinal) | GeekBench CPU | 1060 / 2973 |
Apple iPhone 12
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-06-26 (Hellomt) | AnTuTu | 1334721 |
| 📘 2026-03-25 (🇷🇺010) | AnTuTu | 1384982 |
| 📘 2026-03-23 (Roma) | AnTuTu | 1326030 |
| 📘 2026-03-06 (RuL) | AnTuTu | 1365684 |
| 📘 2026-02-16 (hypothetic nuisance) | AnTuTu | 1341575 |
Memory
| RAM size | 8 GB | 4 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR5 | LPDDR4X |
| Memory clock | 3200 MHz | - |
| Channels | 4 | 2 |
| Storage size | 128 GB | 64 GB |
| Storage type | UFS 3.1 | NVMe |
| Memory card | No | No |
Software
| Operating system | Android 12 (Can be upgraded to Android 15) | iOS 14.1 (Can be upgraded to iOS 26.5) |
| ROM | Nothing OS 3.0 | - |
| OS size | 16 GB | 7 GB |
Battery
| Capacity | 4500 mAh | 2815 mAh |
| Max charge power | 33 W | 18 W |
| Battery type | Li-Po | Li-Ion |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Wireless charging | Yes (15 W) | Yes (7.5 W) |
| Reverse charging | Yes, (wireless) | No |
| Bypass charging | - | No |
| Fast charging | Yes (48% in 30 min) | Yes (58% in 30 min) |
| Full charging time | 1:31 hr | 1:30 hr |
| Web browsing | 09:10 hr | 08:00 hr |
| Watching video | 13:32 hr | 12:09 hr |
| Gaming | 05:14 hr | 04:35 hr |
| Standby | 115 hr | 112 hr |
General battery life
Main camera
| Matrix | 50 megapixels | 12 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 8192 x 6144 | 4032 x 3024 |
| Zoom | Digital | Digital |
| Flash | LED | Quad LED |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| 8K video recording | No | No |
| 4K video recording | Up to 30FPS | Up to 60FPS |
| 1080p video recording | Up to 60FPS | Up to 60FPS |
| Slow motion | 120 FPS (720p) | 240 FPS (1080p) |
| Angle of widest lens | 114° | 120° |
| Lenses | 1) Standard: 50 MP 2) Ultrawide: 50 MP |
1) Standard: 12 MP 2) Ultrawide: 12 MP |
| Camera features | - Bokeh mode - Pro mode |
- Bokeh mode - Pro mode |
| Image resolution | 50 MP | 12 MP |
| Aperture | f/1.9 | f/1.6 |
| Focal length | 24 mm | 26 mm |
| Sensor | Sony IMX766 | Sony IMX372 |
| Sensor size | 1/1.56" (≈ 0.64 inch) | 1/3.4" (≈ 0.29 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1 micron | 1.4 micron |
| Autofocus | Phase autofocus | Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| Image resolution | 50 MP | 12 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/2.4 |
| Focal length | - | 13 mm |
| Sensor | Samsung S5KJN1 | - |
| Sensor size | 1/2.76" (≈ 0.36 inch) | 1/3.6" (≈ 0.28 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1 micron | - |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
DxOMark main camera tests
Photo quality
Video quality
Generic main camera score
| Bokeh | 55 | 55 |
| Preview | 73 | 74 |
| Zoom | 78 | 60 |
| Samples | Photo samples of Nothing Phone (1) from DxOMark | Photo samples of Apple iPhone 12 from DxOMark |
Selfie camera
| Megapixels | 16 megapixels | 12 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 4920 x 3264 | 4032 x 3024 |
| Aperture | f/2.5 | f/2.2 |
| Focal length | - | 23 mm |
| Sensor | Sony IMX471 | Sony IMX514 |
| Sensor size | 1/3.13" (≈ 0.32 inch) | 1/3.6" (≈ 0.28 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1 micron | - |
| Autofocus | No | No |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
| Video resolution | 1080p (Full HD) at 30 FPS | 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS |
| Depth sensor (TOF 3D) | No | Yes |
DxOMark front camera
| Photo | - | 127 |
| Video | - | 140 |
Connectivity
| Wi-Fi standard | Wi-Fi 6 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax) | Wi-Fi 6 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax) |
| Wi-Fi features | - Dual Band - Wi-Fi MiMO - Wi-Fi Direct - Wi-Fi Hotspot - Wi-Fi Display |
- Dual Band - Wi-Fi MiMO - Wi-Fi Direct - Wi-Fi Hotspot - Wi-Fi Display |
| Bluetooth version | 5.2 | 5 |
| Bluetooth features | LE | LE, A2DP |
| USB type | USB Type-C | No |
| USB version | 2 | - |
| USB features | - Charging - USB-Storage mode - OTG |
- Charging - USB-Storage mode |
| GPS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS | GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, QZSS |
| NFC* | Yes | Yes |
| Infrared port | No | No |
| Number of SIM* | 2 | 1 |
| Type of SIM card | Nano | Nano |
| Multi SIM mode | Standby | - |
| eSIM support* | No | Yes |
| Hybrid slot | No | No |
| LTE Cat* | 18 | 18 |
| 5G support | Yes | Yes |
Sound
| Speakers | Stereo | Stereo |
| Headphone audio jack | No | No |
| FM radio | No | No |
| Dolby Atmos | No | Yes |
Speakers test
Max loudness
Other
| Category | Mid-range | Flagship |
| Announced | July 2022 | October 2020 |
| Release date | July 2022 | October 2020 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $500 | $800 |
| Successor | - Nothing Phone (3) | - Apple iPhone 17 |
| SAR (head) | - | 0.99 W/kg |
| SAR (body) | - | 0.99 W/kg |
| Sensors | - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint |
- Barometer - Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Face recognition sensor |
| Bundled charger | Not included | - |
*Disclaimer! NFC, GSM network support, and some other specs can be different depending on the country.
Conclusion
After analyzing all the data, we think that the Apple iPhone 12 is definitely a better buy.
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