Are you trying to get a new phone but not sure which brand or model to go for? or you already have few brands in mind but stuck with streamlining them to one or few? Have you been struggling with a decision on any of these two phone models above?
If the above are your concerns, worry less because you are on the right website. We will be analyzing and comparing Apple iPhone SE 2020 and Xiaomi Poco X2, showing you side by side specifications and what to expect.
We bet you that you would not leave this website without a decision after you are through reading our matchup special.
iPhone SE 2020 vs Poco X2 Specification Matchup
| Overview | iPhone SE 2020 | Poco X2 |
| Launch date | 15th April 2020 | 5th February 2020 |
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Product material | Front & back made with glass and the frame made with aluminum (IP67 dust & water-resistant) | Glass made with metal frame |
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Screen | 3D touch screen display, Scratch-resistant glass with 4.7-inch HD LCD (750 x 1334 pixels, 326 PPI) with an Aspect ratio of 16:9 | Capacitive touchscreen display, Corning gorilla glass 5 with 6.67-inch FHD + IPS LCD (1080 x 2400 pixels, 386 PPI) with 120Hz refresh rate, HDR10 & punch-hole with an Aspect ratio of 20:9 |
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CPU | Hexa Core with 2x lightning at 2.65GHz & 4x thunder at 1.8GHz | Octa-core with 2x kryo 470 gold at 2.2GHz & 6x 470 silver at 1.8GHz |
| Graphics | Equipped with Apple GPU -Four-core graphics | Equipped with Andreno 618 |
| Operating system (OS) | iOS version 13.0 | Android Version 10 (Q) |
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Camera | Back: 12 MP F/1.8 Aperture, OIS, PDAF
Front: 7 MP F/2.2 Aperture | Back: 64 main, 8 Ultra-wide, 2Macro lens and 2 depth sensors with autofocus
Front: Dual camera 20MP F/2.2 Aperture and 2 MP depth sensor |
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Camera Features | Wide-angle, with digital zoom up to 5x. Portrait mode with advance bokeh, depth control, and panorama with retina flash
| Super night mode, distortion correction, portrait mode, panorama mode, AI scene detection, and slow-motion capture with LED flash |
| Image resolution | 4608 x 2592 pixels | 9000 x 7000 pixels |
| Dimensions | 123.8 x 56.6 x 7.6 mm | 165.3 x 76. 6 x 8.79mm |
| Weight & Height | 113 grams & 138.5 mm | 208 grams & 165.3 mm |
| Ram | 3GB | 6GB |
| Internal storage | Comes in 64GB, 128GB and 256GB sizes | Comes in 64GB, 128GB or 256GB sizes |
| External storage/Card slot | Not available | Up to 512GB/MicroSD card |
| Performance & Extras | Apple A13 Bionic, Fingerprint located at the front, Barometer, 3-axis Gyro, Proximity, ambient light, and accelerometer sensors.Water resistance up to 1: 30 mins and dust resistant with 5.0 Bluetooth | Qualcomm Snapdragon 730G, fingerprint by the side with face unlock. Electronic compass, Proximity, ambient light, gyroscope, and accelerometer sensors.
Splash resistant with UFS 2.1 liquid cool technology and 5.0 Bluetooth |
| GPS & Architecture | A-GPS, Glonass with 64 bit | A-GPS Beidou, Glonass with 64 bit |
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Battery | Non-removable, 1960 mAh li-polymer with 18W fast charging | Non-removable, 4500 mAh li-polymer with 27W fast charging |
| Network | 4G, 3G, and 2G | 4G, 3G, and 2G |
| Sim slot & Size | GSM, Single Sim, Nano | Dual VoLTE, GSM+, Dual SIM, Nano, and Nanohybrid |
| Multimedia & Video recording | Audio jack 3.5 with a loudspeaker.
3840 x 2160 @ 30 fps, 1920 x 1080 @ 120 fps, 1280 x 720 @ 240 fps | Audio jack 3.5 with a loudspeaker.
1920 x 1080 @ 30 fps and 1280 x 720 @ 30 fps |
| Price | $349 – $449 range | $299 – $349 range |
About to make up your mind? Not yet!
iPhone SE 2020 vs Poco x2 Head to Head Comparison
We will be concentrating on the major features in this head-to-head comparison, at the end of this guide, you should be able to determine which to buy.
Round 1 – Screen resolution and display:
Poco X2 comes with a 6.67-inch display, boasting of 1080 x 2400 pixels compared to that of iPhone SE 2020s 750 x 1334 pixels. That is about 41% larger screen size and 159% extra pixels to iPhone SE 2020. If you are a fan of big screens with more resolution equals crisp and sharper screen for movies, reading, surfing the internet, and other pleasurable experience.
Poco X2 wins this round without a doubt.
Round 2 – CPU:
iPhone SE 2020 comes with a 2.65 GHz processor and Apple’s newest A13 bionic chip compared with Poco X2’s 2.2 GHz which is about 20% more processing speed for iPhone SE 2020. iPhone which equates a faster and smoother experience.
iPhone SE 2020 wins this round hands down.
Round 3 – RAM:
Poco X2 comes with a 6 GB ram, which doubles that of iPhone SE 2020. This means with more RAM capacity; more tasks can be done giving Poco X2 users a faster device experience.
Poco X2 wins this round with more ram to spare!
Round 4 – Front and back camera resolution:
Poco X2 is equipped with a 64MP (Main) back camera with an extra 8 MP rear camera compared with iPhone SE 2020’s mere 12 (Main) MP Back camera.
Poco X2 also comes with a 20 MP front camera and 2 extra 2MP cameras compared with that of iPhone SE 2020s 7 MP front camera.
With Poco X2’s multiple quality camera options which are about 185% more than that of iPhone SE 2020 in total megapixels (More resolution most times means better picture quality), it will be unfair not to give this round to Poco X2.
Poco X2 wins this round fair and square.
Round 5 – Battery:
In most parts of the world where electricity can be unreliable, battery life matters a lot. With Poco X2 boasting of 4500 mAh which is about 147% more battery life excluding other factors than that of iPhone SE 2020s 1821 mAh, it is of no use wasting time on the winner here.
Poco X2 wins this round.
If we stop at around 5, then Poco X2 comes top with 4 wins to 1 win from iPhone SE 2020. If you are not still sure of what to go for, you can compare the prices, height and weight, image resolution, OS, and other extra features listed above to arrive at an unbiased conclusion.
