vivo Y21L vs Mafe Air

Comparing the vivo Y21L vs Mafe Air across performance, display, camera, battery, storage and user rating to help determine the better smartphone.

Here is the summary of the results:

Performance: Mafe Air runs at a higher processing speed of 1.3 GHz, while vivo Y21L runs at 1.2 GHz, making Mafe Air the better performer.

Display: vivo Y21L offers a screen size of 4.5 inches, while Mafe Air offers 4 inches, making vivo Y21L the larger display of the two. vivo Y21L features a IPS LCD display compared to Mafe Air's TFT, making vivo Y21L the better display of the two.

Rear Camera: Both vivo Y21L and Mafe Air feature a 5 MP primary rear camera.

Front Camera: Both vivo Y21L and Mafe Air feature a 2 MP primary front camera.

Battery: Both vivo Y21L and Mafe Air offer the same 2000 mAh battery capacity.

Storage: Both vivo Y21L and Mafe Air offer the same internal storage of 16 GB.

User Rating: vivo Y21L receives a higher user rating of 3.9, while Mafe Air has a rating of 3.6.

vivo Y21L

₹25,999

(Discontinued)

Mafe Air

₹3,599

(Discontinued)

Summary

Release Date

22 Aug, 2016

31 Aug, 2017

14 Jul, 2026

Performance

N/A	N/A
Snapdragon 410	N/A	Snapdragon 6 Gen 4
Quad Core (upto 1.2 GHz)	Quad Core (upto 1.3 GHz)	Octa Core (upto 2.3 GHz)
1 GB RAM	1 GB RAM	8 GB RAM

Display

N/A	N/A
4.5 inches (11.43 cm)	4.0 inches (10.16 cm)	6.77 inches (17.2 cm)
IPS LCD	TFT	Super AMOLED
480x854 px	480x800 px	1080x2344 px (FHD+)
N/A	N/A	120 Hz Refresh Rate

Rear Camera

N/A	N/A
5 MP Primary Camera	5 MP Primary Camera	50 MP Primary Camera
N/A	N/A	8 MP Ultra-Wide Angle Camera

Front Camera

N/A	N/A
2 MP	2 MP	16 MP

Battery

N/A	N/A
2000 mAh	2000 mAh	6000 mAh
N/A	N/A	33W Fast Charging
No Wireless Charging	N/A	N/A

Storage

16 GB	16 GB	128 GB
N/A	N/A	UFS 2.2

User Ratings

3.9/5

(981 ratings)

3.6/5

(5 ratings)

N/A

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General

Launch Date

N/A

Jul 07, 2026

(Official)

Operating System

Android v5.1 (Lollipop)

Android v7.0 (Nougat)

Android v16

OS Updates

N/A

3 Year

Security Updates

N/A

6 Year

Custom UI

Funtouch OS

N/A

Nothing OS

Performance

Performance Rating

N/A

Very Good

Chipset

Qualcomm Snapdragon 410 MSM8916

N/A

Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 4 SM6650

Processor

Quad core, 1.2 GHz, Cortex A53

Quad core, 1.3 GHz

Octa core

2.3 GHz, Single core, Cortex A720 2.2 GHz, Tri core, Cortex A720 1.8 GHz, Quad core, Cortex A520

Architecture (The higher, the better)

64 bit

N/A

64 bit

Fabrication (The lower, the better)

N/A

4 nm

Graphics (GPU)

Adreno 306

N/A

Adreno 810

RAM

1 GB

8 GB

RAM Type

N/A

LPDDR4X

Display

Display Rating

N/A

Excellent

Display Type

IPS LCD

TFT

Super AMOLED

Screen Size

4.5 inches (11.43 cm)

4.0 inches (10.16 cm)

6.77 inches (17.2 cm)

Resolution

480x854 px

480x800 px

1080x2344 px (FHD+)

Peak Brightness

N/A

2000 nits

HBM Brightness

N/A

1200 nits

Refresh Rate

N/A

120 Hz

Aspect Ratio

N/A

20:9

Pixel Density

218 ppi

233 ppi

381 ppi

Screen to Body Ratio (calculated)

64.18 %

N/A

87.32 %

Screen Protection

N/A

Yes

Bezel-less Display

N/A

Yes with punch-hole display

Design

Height

130.7 mm

N/A

164.4 mm

Width

66.4 mm

N/A

78.2 mm

Thickness

9.2 mm

N/A

8.6 mm

Weight

145 grams

N/A

210 grams

Water Resistance

N/A

Yes Water resistant IP64 (up to 20 minutes in a depth of 0.25 meter)

Ruggedness

N/A

Dust proof

Rear Camera

Rear Camera Rating

N/A

Very Good

Resolution

5 MP
Primary Cameraf/2.2CMOS image sensor

5 MP
Primary Camera

50 MP
Primary Cameraf/1.81/2.76" sensor size

N/A

8 MP
f/2.2 Ultra-Wide Angle Camera1/4.0" sensor size

Autofocus

Yes

N/A

Yes

OIS

N/A

Yes

Flash

Yes LED Flash

Yes

Image Resolution

2592 x 1944 Pixels

N/A

Settings

Exposure compensation ISO control

N/A

Shooting Modes

Continuous Shooting
High Dynamic Range mode (HDR)

N/A

Camera Features

Digital Zoom
Auto Flash
Face detection
Touch to focus

Digital Zoom

N/A

Video Recording

1280x720 @ 30 fps

N/A

4k @30 fps
Full HD @30/60 fps

Video Recording Features

N/A

Dual Video Recording
Slow Motion

Front Camera

Front Camera Rating

N/A

Very Good

Resolution

2 MP
f/2.2 Primary Camera

2 MP
Primary Camera

16 MP
f/2.4 Primary Camera

Autofocus

N/A

Flash

Yes Screen flash

Battery

Battery Rating

N/A

Very Good

Capacity

2000 mAh

6000 mAh

Battery Type

Li-ion

N/A

Quick Charging

N/A

Yes 33W Fast Charging 50% in 80 minutes

Storage

Internal Storage

16 GB

128 GB / 256 GB

Storage Type

N/A

UFS 2.2

Expandable Storage

Yes Up to 128 GB

Yes Up to 32 GB

N/A

Network & Connectivity

SIM Slot(s)

Dual SIM

SIM Type

SIM1: Micro SIM2: Micro

N/A

SIM1: Nano SIM2: Nano

Network Support

5G Not Supported 4G

5G 4G

VoLTE

Yes

N/A

Yes

SIM 1

4G Bands:

TD-LTE 2300(band 40)
FD-LTE 2100(band 1) / 1800(band 3) / 850(band 5)

4G Bands:

TD-LTE 2300(band 40)
FD-LTE 1800(band 3)

5G Bands:

FDD N1 / N3 / N5 / N8 / N28
TDD N40 / N41 / N77 / N78

N/A

4G Bands:

TD-LTE 2600(band 38) / 2300(band 40) / 2500(band 41)
FD-LTE 2100(band 1) / 1800(band 3) / 900(band 8) / 700(band 28) / 850(band 5)

SIM 2

N/A

5G Bands:

FDD N1 / N3 / N5 / N8 / N28
TDD N40 / N41 / N77 / N78

N/A

4G Bands:

TD-LTE 2600(band 38) / 2300(band 40) / 2500(band 41)
FD-LTE 2100(band 1) / 1800(band 3) / 900(band 8) / 700(band 28) / 850(band 5)

SAR Value

Head: 1.062 W/kg Body: 1.120 W/kg

N/A

Wi-Fi

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

Yes Wi-Fi 7 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/be/ax) MIMO

Wi-Fi Features

Mobile Hotspot

Wi-Fi Direct Mobile Hotspot

Bluetooth

Yes v4.0

Yes v4.1

Yes v6.0

GPS

Yes with A-GPS

Yes

Yes with Glonass

NFC

Yes

Multimedia

Stereo Speakers

N/A

Yes

Audio Jack

3.5 mm

USB Type-C

Sensors

Fingerprint Sensor

Yes

Fingerprint Sensor Position

N/A

On-screen

Fingerprint Sensor Type

N/A

Optical

Other Sensors

Light sensor Proximity sensor Accelerometer

Accelerometer

Light sensor Proximity sensor Accelerometer Compass Gyroscope

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