Phone Comparison - Motorola DEFY vs Samsung Galaxy Alpha vs Samsung Galaxy J5

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general General Info

Manufacturer Motorola Samsung Samsung
Announced September 2010 August 2014 June 2015
Status Available - October 2010 Available - September 2014 Available - June 2015
Price - - Rs. 10,490 ($154.26) [Similarly Priced]
Colors Black, White Black, white, gold, silver, blue White, Black
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 107 x 59 x 13.4 mm
(4.21 x 2.32 x 0.53 in)
132.4 x 65.5 x 6.7 mm
(5.21 x 2.58 x 0.26 in)
142.1 x 71.8 x 7.9 mm
(5.59 x 2.83 x 0.31 in)
Weight 118 g (4.16 oz) 115 g (4.06 oz) 146 g (5.15 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2
3G Network HSDPA 900 / 2100
HSDPA 1700 / 2100 or HSDPA 850 / 1900
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 900 / 2100
4G Network - LTE LTE
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v2.1 (Eclair), upgradable to v2.2 Android OS, v4.4.4 (KitKat) Android OS, v5.1 (Lollipop)
Processor 800 MHz Cortex-A8, TI OMAP 3610 Quad-core 1.8 GHz Cortex-A15 & quad-core 1.3 GHz Cortex-A7, Exynos 5 Octa 5430 Quad-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A53, Qualcomm MSM8916 Snapdragon 410
GPU PowerVR SGX530 Mali-T628 MP6 Adreno 306
RAM 512 MB 2 GB 1.5 GB
Internal Memory 2 GB storage 32 GB 8 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 32GB, 2GB included No microSD, up to 128 GB

display Display

Type TFT capacitive touchscreen Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen Super AMOLED Capacitive Touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 3.7 inches 4.7 inches 5.0 inches
Resolution 480 x 854 pixels (265 ppi) 720 x 1280 pixels (320 ppi) 720 x 1280 pixels (294 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 59.65% 66.95% 67.42%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

3.5mm Jack yes yes yes
Radio Stereo FM radio with RDS No FM radio with RDS; recording
Games Yes Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable
Loud Speaker yes yes yes

camera Camera

Rear Camera 5 MP, 2592x1944 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, Image Stabilization Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection, Panorama, HDR Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, Beauty Face, Continuous Shots, Sensor Size: 1/3.06-inch, F1.9, Interval Shot, Panorama, Sports Mode, Sound and Shot Mode, Zoom Support
Video Yes, VGA@30fps 2160p@30fps 1080p@30fps
Front Camera No [Similar] 2.1 MP [Similar] 5 MP [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Class 12 (4+1/3+2/2+3/1+4 slots), 32 - 48 kbps Yes Yes
Edge Class 12 Yes Yes
3G HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 2 Mbps HSDPA, 42 Mbps, HSUPA; LTE-A, Cat6, 300 Mbps DL HSPA 21.1/5.76 Mbps
Bluetooth Yes, v2.1 with A2DP v4.0, A2DP, EDR, LE v4.1, A2DP
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot (Android 2.2) Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 microUSB v2.0 microUSB v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, Beidou
Browser HTML, Adobe Flash Lite HTML5 HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 2 GB storage, 512 MB RAM 32 GB, 2 GB RAM 8 GB, 1.5 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 32GB, 2GB included No microSD, up to 128 GB

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 not supported

battery Battery

Type Standard battery, Li-Po Li-Ion Battery Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 1540 mAh 1860 mAh 2600 mAh
Stand by Up to 238 h - Up to 342 h
Talk Time Up to 6 h 48 min - Up to 18 h (3G)