Phone Comparison - Samsung Galaxy S5 mini vs LG G3 A vs Samsung Galaxy Alpha

general General Info

Manufacturer Samsung LG Samsung
Announced June 2014 August 2014 August 2014
Status Available - July 2014 Coming Soon - August 2014 Available - September 2014
Colors Charcoal Black, Shimmery White, Electric Blue and Copper Gold White, Titanium Black, white, gold, silver, blue
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 131.1 x 64.8 x 9.1 mm
(5.16 x 2.55 x 0.36 in)
141 x 71.6 x 9.8 mm
(5.55 x 2.82 x 0.39 in)
132.4 x 65.5 x 6.7 mm
(5.21 x 2.58 x 0.26 in)
Weight 120 g (4.23 oz) 146.8 g (5.15.0.28 oz) 115 g (4.06 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 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network LTE LTE-A LTE
Messaging SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM
Build Features - Fingerprint Sensor (PayPal Certified)
- IP67 Certified - Dust and Water Resistant
- Water Resistant up to 1 Meter and 30 Minutes
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hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v4.4.2 (KitKat) Android OS, v4.4.2 (KitKat) Android OS, v4.4.4 (KitKat)
Processor Quad-core 1.4 GHz Quad-core 2.26 GHz Krait 400, Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 Quad-core 1.8 GHz Cortex-A15 & quad-core 1.3 GHz Cortex-A7, Exynos 5 Octa 5430
GPU - Adreno 330 Mali-T628 MP6
RAM 1.5 GB 2 GB 2 GB
Internal Memory 16 GB 32 GB 32 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 64 GB microSD, up to 128 GB No

display Display

Type Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 4.5 inches 5.2 inches 4.7 inches
Resolution 720 x 1280 pixels (326 ppi) 1080 x 1920 pixels (424 ppi) 720 x 1280 pixels (320 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 65.86% 73.71% 66.95%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 8 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels 13 MP, 4160 x 3120 pixels 12 MP, 4128 x 3096 pixels
Flash LED flash laser autofocus LED flash
Features Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, HDR, Panorama 1/3'' Sensor Size, Simultaneous Video And Image Recording, Geo-tagging, Face Detection, HDR Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection, Panorama, HDR
Video Yes, 1080p@30fps Yes 2160p@30fps
Front Camera 2.1 MP, 1080p@30fps [Similar] 2.1 MP [Similar] 2.1 MP [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Class 12 (4+1/3+2/2+3/1+4 slots), 32 - 48 kbps Yes
Edge Yes Class 12 Yes
3G HSDPA, 42 Mbps (LTE model); HSDPA, 21.1 Mbps (3G model); HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps; LTE, Cat4, 50 Mbps UL, 150 Mbps DL HSDPA, HSUPA. LTE-A HSDPA, 42 Mbps, HSUPA; LTE-A, Cat6, 300 Mbps DL
Bluetooth Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, LE, EDR v4.0, A2DP, LE v4.0, A2DP, EDR, LE
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, DLNA, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot 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 microUSB v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS
Browser HTML5 HTML5 HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 16 GB, 1.5 GB RAM 32 GB, 2 GB RAM 32 GB, 2 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 64 GB microSD, up to 128 GB No

Apps Sensors

Fingerprint fingerprint 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-Ion Battery Li-Ion Battery Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 2100 mAh 2160 mAh 1860 mAh
Stand by - - -
Talk Time - - -