Phone Comparison - Lenovo A859 vs Samsung Galaxy Alpha vs Samsung Galaxy A5

general General Info

Manufacturer Lenovo Samsung Samsung
Announced January 2014 August 2014 October 2014
Status Coming Soon - January 2014 Available - September 2014 Available - November 2014
Price - - Rs. 18,090 ($266.03) [Similarly Priced]
Colors White Black, white, gold, silver, blue Pearl White, Midnight Black, Platinum Silver, Soft Pink, Light B
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 142 x 72.4 x 9.14 mm
(5.59 x 2.85 x 0.36 in)
132.4 x 65.5 x 6.7 mm
(5.21 x 2.58 x 0.26 in)
139.3 x 69.7 x 6.7 mm
(5.48 x 2.74 x 0.26 in)
Weight 163.3 g (5.75.0.11 oz) 115 g (4.06 oz) 123 g (4.34 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 900 / 2100
HSDPA 850 / 1900
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network - LTE LTE
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v4.2.2 (Jelly Bean) Android OS, v4.4.4 (KitKat) Android OS, v4.4.2 (KitKat)
Processor Quad-core 1.3 GHz, Mediatek MT6582 Quad-core 1.8 GHz Cortex-A15 & quad-core 1.3 GHz Cortex-A7, Exynos 5 Octa 5430 Quad-core 1.2 GHz
GPU Mali-400MP2 Mali-T628 MP6 -
RAM 1 GB 2 GB 2 GB
Internal Memory 8 GB ROM, 1.0 GB for mass storage) 32 GB 16 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 32 GB No microSD, up to 64 GB

display Display

Type IPS LCD Capacitive Touchscreen Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen Super AMOLED Capacitive Touchscreen
Colors 16.7M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 5 inches 4.7 inches 5.0 inches
Resolution 720 x 1280 pixels (294 ppi) 720 x 1280 pixels (320 ppi) 720 x 1280 pixels (294 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 66.91% 66.95% 70.85%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

3.5mm Jack yes yes yes
Radio FM Radio with Recording No -
Games Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable
Loud Speaker yes yes yes

camera Camera

Rear Camera 8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels 12 MP, 4128 x 3096 pixels 13 MP, 4128 x 3096 pixels
Flash LED flash LED flash LED flash
Features Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, HDR Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection, Panorama, HDR Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Face Detection, Panorama, HDR, Wide Selfie, Rear-cam Selfie
Video Yes, 1080p@30fps 2160p@30fps 1080p@30fps
Front Camera Yes, 1.6 MP [Similar] 2.1 MP [Similar] 5 MP [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes Yes
3G HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps HSDPA, 42 Mbps, HSUPA; LTE-A, Cat6, 300 Mbps DL HSDPA, 42 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.8 Mbps; LTE, Cat4, 50 Mbps UL, 150 Mbps DL
Bluetooth Yes, v3.0 with A2DP v4.0, A2DP, EDR, LE v4.0, BLE, ANT+
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0, USB On-the-go microUSB v2.0 microUSB v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS
Browser HTML5 HTML5 HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 8 GB ROM, 1.0 GB for mass storage), 1 GB RAM 32 GB, 2 GB RAM 16 GB, 2 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 32 GB No microSD, up to 64 GB
USB OTG Supported - -

Apps Sensors

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

battery Battery

Type Li-Po Battery Li-Ion Battery Non-removable Li-Po Battery
Capacity 2250 mAh 1860 mAh 2300 mAh
Stand by - - -
Talk Time - - -