Pantech Discover vs Apple iPhone 5s

Comparing the Pantech Discover vs Apple iPhone 5s across performance, display, camera, battery, storage and user rating to help determine the better smartphone.

Here is the summary of the results:

Performance: Pantech Discover runs at a higher processing speed of 1.5 GHz, while Apple iPhone 5s runs at 1.3 GHz, making Pantech Discover the better performer.

Display: Pantech Discover offers a screen size of 4.8 inches, while Apple iPhone 5s offers 4 inches, making Pantech Discover the larger display of the two. Apple iPhone 5s features a IPS LCD display compared to Pantech Discover's TFT, making Apple iPhone 5s the better display of the two.

Rear Camera: Pantech Discover offers a higher rear camera resolution with 12.6 MP, while Apple iPhone 5s offers 8 MP, making Pantech Discover better for rear camera photography.

Front Camera: Pantech Discover offers a higher front camera resolution with 2 MP, while Apple iPhone 5s offers 1.2 MP, making Pantech Discover better for front camera photography.

Battery: Pantech Discover offers a higher battery capacity with 2100 mAh, while Apple iPhone 5s offers 1560 mAh, making Pantech Discover better for longer battery life.

Storage: Both Pantech Discover and Apple iPhone 5s offer the same internal storage of 16 GB.

User Rating: Pantech Discover receives a higher user rating of 5, while Apple iPhone 5s has a rating of 4.4.

Pantech Discover

(Discontinued)

Apple iPhone 5s

₹14,999

(Out of Stock)

Summary

Release Date

11 Jan, 2013

01 Nov, 2013

06 May, 2026

Performance

N/A	N/A
Snapdragon S4 Plus	Apple A7	Snapdragon 8 Gen 5
(upto 1.5 GHz)	Dual Core (upto 1.3 GHz)	Octa Core (upto 3.8 GHz)
1 GB RAM	1 GB RAM	12 GB RAM

Display

N/A	N/A
4.8 inches (12.19 cm)	4 inches (10.16 cm)	6.31 inches (16.03 cm)
TFT	IPS LCD	AMOLED
720x1280 px (HD)	640x1136 px	1216x2640 px (FHD+)
N/A	N/A	120 Hz Refresh Rate

Rear Camera

N/A	N/A
12.6 MP Primary Camera	8 MP Primary Camera	50 MP Primary Camera
N/A	N/A	50 MP Telephoto Camera (upto 3x Optical Zoom)
N/A	N/A	8 MP Ultra-Wide Angle Camera

Front Camera

N/A	N/A
2 MP	1.2 MP	50 MP

Battery

N/A	N/A
2100 mAh	1560 mAh	6500 mAh
N/A	N/A	90W Flash Charging
N/A	No Wireless Charging	Wireless Charging

Storage

16 GB	16 GB	256 GB
N/A	N/A	UFS 4.1

Expert Review

N/A

8.4/10

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Pros

Device yet to be reviewed

Device yet to be reviewed

Compact, premium design
Excellent battery life
Reliable performance
Strong portrait photography

Cons

Device yet to be reviewed

Device yet to be reviewed

Video recording inconsistencies
Colours can be slightly oversaturated

User Ratings

5/5

(1 rating)

4.4/5

(67,397 ratings)

4.4/5

(109 ratings)

Benchmarks (The higher, the better)

N/A	N/A	3,000,897 AnTuTu Score
N/A	N/A	16h 04m Battery Life (PC Mark)

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Video

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1 Video

There are no videos available for the device.

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General

Launch Date

N/A

Nov 01, 2013

(Official)

May 06, 2026

(Official)

Operating System

Android v4.0.4 (Ice Cream Sandwich)

iOS v7

Android v16

OS Updates

N/A

5 Year

Security Updates

N/A

7 Year

Custom UI

N/A

Origin OS

Performance

Performance Rating

N/A

Excellent

Chipset

Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Plus MSM8960

Apple A7 APL0698

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 SM8845

Processor

Dual core, 1.5 GHz

Dual core, 1.3 GHz, Cyclone

Octa core

3.8 GHz, Dual core, Oryon V3 Phoenix L 3.32 GHz, Hexa Core, Oryon V3 Phoenix M

Architecture (The higher, the better)

N/A

64 bit

Fabrication (The lower, the better)

N/A

3 nm

Graphics (GPU)

Adreno 225

PowerVR G6430

Adreno 829

RAM

1 GB

12 GB

RAM Type

N/A

LPDDR3

LPDDR5X Ultra

Performance Test Results

AnTuTu Score (The higher, the better) AnTuTu benchmark measures overall performance of a phone by stress-testing CPU, GPU, RAM, etc.

N/A

3,000,897

Bootup Time (The lower, the better)

N/A

14.0 s

Gaming Test Results

Wild Life Extreme (The higher, the better) Wild Life Extreme is a classic mobile benchmark; it renders in 4K to test the peak performance of a wide range of devices.

N/A

4,004

Battery Drain* (The lower, the better)

N/A

5.0 %

Heating* (The lower, the better)

N/A

17.4 %

* after 30 mins of gaming

Display

Display Rating

N/A

Best In Class

Display Type

TFT

IPS LCD

AMOLED

Screen Size

4.8 inches (12.19 cm)

4 inches (10.16 cm)

6.31 inches (16.03 cm)

Resolution

720x1280 px (HD)

640x1136 px

1216x2640 px (FHD+)

Peak Brightness

N/A

5000 nits

Refresh Rate

N/A

120 Hz

Aspect Ratio

N/A

19.5:9

Pixel Density

306 ppi

326 ppi

460 ppi

Screen to Body Ratio (calculated)

68.95 %

60.66 %

90.11 %

Screen Protection

N/A

Corning Gorilla Glass Oleophobic coating

N/A

Bezel-less Display

N/A

Yes with punch-hole display

HDR 10 / HDR+ Support

N/A

Yes HDR 10+

Screen to Body Ratio (claimed by the brand)

N/A

94.38 %

Design

Height

134.2 mm

123.8 mm

150.83 mm

Width

68.6 mm

58.6 mm

71.76 mm

Thickness

9.10 mm

7.6 mm

7.99 mm

Weight

135 grams

112 grams

191 grams

Build Material

N/A

Back: Glass

Water Resistance

N/A

Yes Water resistant IP68 IP69 (up to 30 minutes in a depth of 1.5 meter)

Ruggedness

N/A

Dust proof

Battery

Battery Rating

N/A

Excellent

Capacity

2100 mAh

1560 mAh

6500 mAh

Battery Type

Li-ion

TalkTime

Up to 10 Hours(2G)

Up to 10 Hours(3G)

N/A

Quick Charging

N/A

Yes 90W Flash Charging

Wireless Charging

N/A

Yes 40W Wireless Charging

Battery Test Results

Battery Life (PC Mark) (The higher, the better) PCMark Battery benchmark measures battery life of a phone with various activities such as web browsing, photo editing, writing, video editing, etc.

N/A

16h 04m

Charging Time (20% to 100%) (The lower, the better)

N/A

0h 41m 0s

Storage

Internal Storage

16 GB

GB / 16 GB / 64 GB

256 GB / 512 GB

Storage Type

N/A

UFS 4.1

Expandable Storage

Yes Up to 32 GB

Network & Connectivity

SIM Slot(s)

Single SIM

Dual SIM

SIM Type

SIM1: Micro

SIM1: Nano

SIM1: Nano SIM2: Nano/eSIM

Network Support

5G Not Supported 4G

5G 4G

VoLTE

N/A

Yes

SIM 1

4G Bands:

FD-LTE 2100(band 1) / 700(band 28) / 850(band 5) / 1700(band 4) / 1900(band 25)

4G Bands:

TD-LTE 2600(band 38) / 2300(band 40) / 1900(band 39)
FD-LTE 2100(band 1) / 1800(band 3) / 2600(band 7) / 900(band 8) / 1900(band 2) / 850(band 5) / 800(band 20)

N/A

4G Speed:

50 Mbit/s ↑ 100 Mbit/s ↓

N/A

SIM 2

N/A

5G Bands:

FDD N1 / N2 / N3 / N5 / N7 / N8 / N18 / N20 / N25 / N26 / N28 / N66 / N71 / N75
TDD N38 / N40 / N41 / N48 / N77 / N78

N/A

4G Bands:

TD-LTE 2600(band 38) / 2300(band 40) / 2500(band 41) / 2100(band 34) / 1900(band 39) / 3500(band 42) / 3700(band 43) / 3500(band 48)
FD-LTE 2100(band 1) / 1800(band 3) / 2600(band 7) / 900(band 8) / 700(band 28) / 1900(band 2) / 1700(band 4) / 850(band 5) / 1500(band 32) / 700(band 12) / 700(band 13) / 700(band 17) / 850(band 18) / 850(band 19) / 800(band 20) / 600(Band 71) / 1900(band 25) / 850(band 26) / 1700(band 66)

SAR Value

N/A

Head: 1.18 W/kg Body: 1.18 W/kg

N/A

Wi-Fi

Yes Wi-Fi 4 (802.11 a/b/g/n) Dual antennas

Yes Wi-Fi 4 (802.11 a/b/g/n)

Yes Wi-Fi 4 (802.11 a/n) 5GHz MIMO

Wi-Fi Features

Mobile Hotspot

Wi-Fi Direct Mobile Hotspot

Bluetooth

Yes v4.0

Yes v6.0

GPS

Yes with A-GPS

Yes with A-GPS Glonass

NFC

N/A

Yes

IR Blaster

N/A

Yes

Multimedia

Audio Jack

3.5 mm

USB Type-C

Sensors

Fingerprint Sensor

N/A

Yes

Fingerprint Sensor Position

N/A

Front

On-screen

Fingerprint Sensor Type

N/A

Ultrasonic

Other Sensors

Light sensor Proximity sensor Accelerometer Compass

Light sensor Proximity sensor Accelerometer Compass Gyroscope

Applications

Document Viewer

N/A

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