Phone Comparison - Samsung Galaxy Alpha vs Lenovo S856

Samsung Galaxy Alpha
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Lenovo S856
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general General Info

Manufacturer Samsung Lenovo
Announced August 2014 October 2014
Status Available - September 2014 Available - October 2014
Price - Rs. 5,770 ($84.69) [Similarly Priced]
Colors Black, white, gold, silver, blue Silver
Form Factor Candybar Candybar
Dimension 132.4 x 65.5 x 6.7 mm
(5.21 x 2.58 x 0.26 in)
151 x 77.8 x 9 mm
(5.94 x 3.06 x 0.35 in)
Weight 115 g (4.06 oz) 175 g (6.17 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 900 / 2100
4G Network LTE LTE 800 / 1800 / 2100 / 2600
Messaging SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v4.4.4 (KitKat) Android OS, v4.4.2 (KitKat)
Processor Quad-core 1.8 GHz Cortex-A15 & quad-core 1.3 GHz Cortex-A7, Exynos 5 Octa 5430 [Similar] Quad-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A7, Qualcomm MSM8926 Snapdragon 400 [Similar]
GPU Mali-T628 MP6 [Similar] Adreno 305 [Similar]
RAM 2 GB [Browse Similar] 1 GB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory 32 GB 8 GB
External Memory No microSD, up to 32 GB

display Display

Type Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 4.7 inches [Similar] 5.5 inches [Similar]
Resolution 720 x 1280 pixels (320 ppi) [Similar] 720 x 1280 pixels (267 ppi) [Similar]
Screen-to-Body Ratio 66.95% 71.00%
Multi-Touch yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 12 MP, 4128 x 3096 pixels [Similar] 8 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels [Similar]
Flash LED flash LED flash
Features Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection, Panorama, HDR Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection
Video 2160p@30fps Yes
Front Camera 2.1 MP [Similar] 1.6 MP, 720p [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes
3G HSDPA, 42 Mbps, HSUPA; LTE-A, Cat6, 300 Mbps DL HSPA 21.1/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat3 100/50 MbpsPA, HSUPA1 Mbps, HSUPA 5.76 Mbps
Bluetooth v4.0, A2DP, EDR, LE v4.0
Wi-Fi 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 hotspot
USB microUSB v2.0 microUSB v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS
Browser HTML5 HTML

memory User Memory

Internal 32 GB, 2 GB RAM 8 GB, 1 GB RAM
Expandable Storage No microSD, up to 32 GB

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 not supported

battery Battery

Type Li-Ion Battery Li-Po Battery
Capacity 1860 mAh 2500 mAh
Stand by - Up to 456 h (2G)
Up to 312 h (3G)
Talk Time - Up to 24 h (2G)
Up to 25 h (3G)