Phone Comparison - Asus Google Nexus 7 vs Samsung Galaxy Alpha

Asus Google Nexus 7
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Samsung Galaxy Alpha
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general General Info

Manufacturer Asus Samsung
Announced June 2012 August 2014
Status Available - July 2012 Available - September 2014
Colors Black Black, white, gold, silver, blue
Form Factor Candybar Candybar
Dimension 198.5 x 120 x 10.5 mm
(7.81 x 4.72 x 0.41 in)
132.4 x 65.5 x 6.7 mm
(5.21 x 2.58 x 0.26 in)
Weight 340 g (11.99 oz) 115 g (4.06 oz)
2G Network N/A GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network N/A HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network - LTE
Messaging , Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v4.1 (Jelly Bean), upgradable to v4.1.2 Android OS, v4.4.4 (KitKat)
Processor Quad-core 1.3 GHz Cortex-A9, Nvidia Tegra 3 [Similar] Quad-core 1.8 GHz Cortex-A15 & quad-core 1.3 GHz Cortex-A7, Exynos 5 Octa 5430 [Similar]
GPU ULP GeForce [Similar] Mali-T628 MP6 [Similar]
RAM 1 GB [Browse Similar] 2 GB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory 32 GB storage 32 GB
External Memory No No

display Display

Type LED-backlit IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 7.0 inches [Similar] 4.7 inches [Similar]
Resolution 800 x 1280 pixels (216 ppi) [Similar] 720 x 1280 pixels (320 ppi) [Similar]
Screen-to-Body Ratio 59.45% 66.95%
Multi-Touch yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

3.5mm Jack yes yes
Radio No No
Games Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable
Loud Speaker no yes

camera Camera

Rear Camera 1.2 MP [Similar] 12 MP, 4128 x 3096 pixels [Similar]
Flash No LED flash
Features Video-calling Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection, Panorama, HDR
Video Yes, 720p 2160p@30fps
Front Camera No [Similar] 2.1 MP [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS No Yes
Edge No Yes
3G N/A HSDPA, 42 Mbps, HSUPA; LTE-A, Cat6, 300 Mbps DL
Bluetooth Yes v4.0, A2DP, EDR, LE
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 microUSB v2.0
GPS Yes Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS
Browser HTML, HTML5 HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 32 GB storage, 1GB RAM 32 GB, 2 GB RAM
Expandable Storage No No

Apps Sensors

Fingerprint fingerprint not supported fingerprint not supported
Proximity Sensor proximity sensor present proximity sensor present
Accelerometer Sensor accelerometer sensor present accelerometer sensor present
NFC NFC supported NFC supported

battery Battery

Type Standard battery, Li-Ion Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 4325 mAh 1860 mAh
Stand by 300 h -
Talk Time Up to 10 h -