Phone spec guide: what is typical

What counts as a lot, a little or typical for phones: medians, usual range (10th–90th percentile) and extremes of every numeric spec in the catalog.

Design

Spec	Median	Typical range	Min – max	Models
Weight	195 g	171 g – 240 g	60 g – 877 g	4,316
Thickness	8.5 mm	7.7 mm – 13 mm	3.5 mm – 45 mm	4,453
Height	164 mm	155 mm – 171 mm	71 mm – 202 mm	4,456
Width	76 mm	73 mm – 80 mm	44 mm – 219 mm	4,456
Water resistance (IPx)	IPx8	IPx3 – IPx8	IPx1 – IPx9	2,289

Spec	Median	Typical range	Min – max	Models
Screen size	6.6″	6″ – 6.8″	1.8″ – 10″	4,508
Resolution (width)	1,080 px	720 px – 1,260 px	120 px – 2,312 px	4,494
Resolution (height)	2,390 px	1,520 px – 2,760 px	160 px – 3,840 px	4,494
Pixel density	393 ppi	260 ppi – 450 ppi	73 ppi – 643 ppi	4,429
Refresh rate	90 Hz	60 Hz – 120 Hz	60 Hz – 920 Hz	4,372
Peak brightness	950 nits	450 nits – 4,000 nits	250 nits – 9,500 nits	2,728
Measured brightness	861 nits	491 nits – 1,525 nits	328 nits – 3,332 nits	835
Screen-to-body ratio	85%	73% – 90%	17% – 171%	4,309

Spec	Median	Typical range	Min – max	Models
Process	6 nm	4 nm – 12 nm	2 nm – 28 nm	3,986
CPU cores	8	8 – 8	1 – 10	4,400
CPU frequency	2.3 GHz	1.6 GHz – 3.2 GHz	1 GHz – 5 GHz	4,383
AnTuTu score	723,656	312,818 – 2,431,575	90,446 – 5,524,187	1,414
Geekbench 6 (multi-core)	3,077	1,469 – 9,153	495 – 14,612	1,414
3DMark Wild Life Extreme	1,841	347 – 5,978	137 – 8,160	576

Spec	Median	Typical range	Min – max	Models
RAM	8 GB	3 GB – 16 GB	0 GB – 48 GB	4,372
Storage (max)	256 GB	64 GB – 512 GB	16 GB – 2,048 GB	4,325
Storage (base)	128 GB	32 GB – 256 GB	8 GB – 1,024 GB	4,340

Spec	Median	Typical range	Min – max	Models
Main camera	50 MP	13 MP – 64 MP	5 MP – 200 MP	4,366
Main camera aperture	f/1.8	f/1.7 – f/2	f/1.4 – f/2.8	3,592
Rear cameras	2	1 – 3	1 – 5	4,471
Optical zoom	3×	2× – 5×	1.1× – 10×	686
4K video frame rate	30 fps	30 fps – 60 fps	24 fps – 240 fps	1,768
Selfie camera	13 MP	5 MP – 32 MP	1 MP – 60 MP	4,343

Spec	Median	Typical range	Min – max	Models
Battery capacity	5,000 mAh	3,750 mAh – 7,000 mAh	600 mAh – 33,000 mAh	4,511
Wired charging	33 W	10 W – 90 W	5 W – 240 W	3,810
Charged in 30 min	62%	38% – 120%	15% – 396%	1,574
Wireless charging power	27 W	15 W – 50 W	2 W – 100 W	593

Spec	Median	Typical range	Min – max	Models
Wi-Fi standard	Wi-Fi 5	Wi-Fi 4 – Wi-Fi 6E	Wi-Fi 4 – Wi-Fi 7	4,366
Bluetooth	5.1	4.2 – 5.4	2.1 – 6.3	4,261
USB version	2	2 – 3.1	1.1 – 3.2	3,422

Spec	Median	Typical range	Min – max	Models
SAR (head)	0.9 W/kg	0.4 W/kg – 1.2 W/kg	0.2 W/kg – 1.6 W/kg	782

Spec	Median	Typical range	Min – max	Models
Major OS updates promised	3	2 – 7	1 – 8	459

Spec	Median	Typical range	Min – max	Models
Battery charge cycles	1,000	800 – 1,600	500 – 2,000	562
Endurance per cycle	61 h	42 h – 119 h	11 h – 403 h	562

Typical range = from the 10th to the 90th percentile of models in the catalog. Obvious data errors are excluded.