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Alcatel Hero 8 vs Samsung Galaxy S6 Active

General Info

Manufacturer
Alcatel Samsung
Announced
September 2014 June 2015
Status
Coming Soon - September 2014 Available - June 2015
Price
- Rs. 595 ($999.99) [Similarly Priced]
Colors
Dark Gray Yes
Form Factor
Candybar Candybar
Dimension
209 x 122 x 7.3 mm
(8.23 x 4.8 x 0.29 in)
143.5 x 70.6 x 6.9 mm
(5.65 x 2.78 x 0.27 in)
Weight
310 g (10.93 oz) 138 g (4.87 oz)
2G Network
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network
LTE 800 / 900 / 1800 / 2100 / 2600 LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 17(700), 20(800)
Messaging
SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM
Build Features
Dragontrail Glass, Oleophobic Coating, Stylus - Fingerprint sensor (PayPal certified)
- Samsung Pay (Visa, MasterCard certified)
- IP67 certified - dust and water resistant up to 1 meter and 30 minutes
- MIL-STD-810G certified - salt, dust, humidity, rain, vibration, solar radiation,

Display

Type
IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen
Colors
16M colors 16M colors
Size
8.0 inches [Similar] 5.1 inches [Similar]
Resolution
1200 x 1920 pixels (283 ppi) 1440 x 2560 pixels (576 ppi) [Similar]
Screen-to-Body Ratio
72.79% 70.76%
Multi-Touch

Hardware and OS

OS
Android OS, v4.4.2 (KitKat) Android OS, v5.0.2 (Lollipop)
Processor
Octa-core 2.0 GHz Cortex-A7, Mediatek MT8392 [Similar] Quad-core 1.5 GHz Cortex-A53 & Quad-core 2.1 GHz Cortex-A57, Exynos 7420 [Similar]
GPU
Mali-450MP4 [Similar] Mali-T760 [Similar]
RAM
2 GB [Browse Similar] 3 GB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory
8/16/32 GB 32/64/128 GB
External Memory
microSD, up to 32 GB No

Camera

Rear Camera
5 MP, 2592 х 1944 pixels [Similar] 16 MP, 2988 x 5312 pixels [Similar]
Flash
LED flash LED Flash
Features
Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection Auto focus, OIS, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, Auto HDR, Panorama
Video
1080p@30fps 2160p@30fps
Front Camera
2 MP, 1080p [Similar] 5 MP, 1080p@30fps [Similar]

Multimedia

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

Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS
Yes Yes
Edge
Yes Yes
3G
HSDPA, 42 Mbps; HSUPA, 11 Mbps; LTE, Cat4, 50 Mbps UL, 150 Mbps DL HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat6 300/50 Mbps
Bluetooth
v4.0, A2DP v4.1, A2DP, LE, apt-X
Wi-Fi
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, hotspot
USB
microUSB v2.0 microUSB v2.0 (MHL 3 TV-out), USB Host
GPS
Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, Beidou
Browser
HTML5 HTML5

User Memory

Internal
8/16/32 GB, 2 GB RAM 32/64/128 GB, 3 GB RAM
Expandable Storage
microSD, up to 32 GB No
USB OTG
- Supported

Sensors

Fingerprint
Proximity Sensor
Accelerometer Sensor
NFC

Battery

Type
Non-removable Li-Ion Battery Non-removable Li-Ion Battery
Capacity
4060 mAh 2550 mAh
Stand by
- -
Talk Time
- Up to 23 h (3G)
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