Phone Comparison - Samsung Galaxy Alpha vs Microsoft Lumia 535 vs Microsoft Lumia 435

general General Info

Manufacturer Samsung Microsoft Microsoft
Announced August 2014 November 2014 January 2015
Status Available - September 2014 Available - November 2014 Available - February 2015
Price - Rs. 7,000 ($102.94) [Similarly Priced] Rs. 5,350 ($78.68) [Similarly Priced]
Colors Black, white, gold, silver, blue Orange, green, white, black, gray, blue Black, White, Green, Orange
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 132.4 x 65.5 x 6.7 mm
(5.21 x 2.58 x 0.26 in)
140.2 x 72.4 x 8.8 mm
(5.52 x 2.85 x 0.35 in)
118.1 x 64.7 x 11.7 mm
(4.65 x 2.55 x 0.46 in)
Weight 115 g (4.06 oz) 146 g (5.15 oz) 134.1 g (4.73.0.04 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 900 / 2100 HSDPA 900 / 2100
4G Network LTE - -
Messaging SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v4.4.4 (KitKat) Microsoft Windows Phone 8.1 Microsoft Windows Phone 8.1
Processor Quad-core 1.8 GHz Cortex-A15 & quad-core 1.3 GHz Cortex-A7, Exynos 5 Octa 5430 Quad-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A7, Qualcomm Snapdragon 200 Dual-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A7, Qualcomm MSM8210 Snapdragon 200
GPU Mali-T628 MP6 Adreno 302 Adreno 302
RAM 2 GB 1 GB 1 GB
Internal Memory 32 GB 8 GB 8 GB
External Memory No microSD, up to 128 GB microSD, up to 128 GB

display Display

Type Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen IPS LCD Capacitive Touchscreen, Corning Gorilla Glass 3 Capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 4.7 inches 5.0 inches 4.0 inches
Resolution 720 x 1280 pixels (320 ppi) 540 x 960 pixels (220 ppi) 480 x 800 pixels (233 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 66.95% 68.08% 59.72%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 12 MP, 4128 x 3096 pixels 5 MP, 2592 x 1936 pixels 2 MP, 1600 x 1200 pixels
Flash LED flash LED flash No
Features Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection, Panorama, HDR Auto focus, 1/4' Sensor Size, Geo-tagging Geo-tagging
Video 2160p@30fps 480p@30fps 480p@30fps
Front Camera 2.1 MP [Similar] 5 MP [Similar] VGA, 480p [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes Yes
Edge Yes Up to 236.8 kbps Yes
3G HSDPA, 42 Mbps, HSUPA; LTE-A, Cat6, 300 Mbps DL HSDPA, 42.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps
Bluetooth v4.0, A2DP, EDR, LE v4.0, A2DP v4.0, A2DP
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, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, hotspot
USB microUSB v2.0 microUSB v2.0 microUSB v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS A-GPS, GLONASS
Browser HTML5 HTML5 HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 32 GB, 2 GB RAM 8 GB, 1 GB RAM 8 GB, 1 GB RAM
Expandable Storage No microSD, up to 128 GB 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 supported NFC not supported NFC not supported

battery Battery

Type Li-Ion Battery Li-Ion Battery (BL-L4A) Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 1860 mAh 1905 mAh 1560 mAh
Stand by - Up to 552 h Up to 504 h (2G)
Up to 504 h (3G)
Talk Time - Up to 11 h (2G)
Up to 13 h (3G)
Up to 21 h (2G)
Up to 11 h 45 min (3G)