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Samsung Galaxy Ace 2 vs Samsung Galaxy Alpha

General Info

Manufacturer
Samsung Samsung
Announced
February 2012 August 2014
Status
Available - May 2012 Available - September 2014
Colors
Black Black, white, gold, silver, blue
Form Factor
Candybar Candybar
Dimension
118.3 x 62.2 x 10.5 mm
(4.66 x 2.45 x 0.41 in)
132.4 x 65.5 x 6.7 mm
(5.21 x 2.58 x 0.26 in)
Weight
122 g (4.3 oz) 115 g (4.06 oz)
2G Network
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network
HSDPA 900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network
- LTE
Messaging
SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM

Display

Type
PLS TFT capacitive touchscreen Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen
Colors
16M colors 16M colors
Size
3.8 inches [Similar] 4.7 inches [Similar]
Resolution
480 x 800 pixels (246 ppi) [Similar] 720 x 1280 pixels (320 ppi) [Similar]
Screen-to-Body Ratio
55.64% 66.95%
Multi-Touch

Hardware and OS

OS
Android OS, v2.3 Android OS, v4.4.4 (KitKat)
Processor
Dual-core 800 MHz, NovaThor U8500 [Similar] Quad-core 1.8 GHz Cortex-A15 & quad-core 1.3 GHz Cortex-A7, Exynos 5 Octa 5430 [Similar]
GPU
Mali-400MP [Similar] Mali-T628 MP6 [Similar]
RAM
768 MB [Browse Similar] 2 GB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory
4 GB storage 32 GB
External Memory
microSD, up to 32GB No

Camera

Rear Camera
5 MP, 2592x1944 pixels [Similar] 12 MP, 4128 x 3096 pixels [Similar]
Flash
LED flash LED flash
Features
Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Face And Smile Detection Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection, Panorama, HDR
Video
Yes, 720p@30fps 2160p@30fps
Front Camera
Yes, VGA [Similar] 2.1 MP [Similar]

Multimedia

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

Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS
Yes Yes
Edge
Yes Yes
3G
HSDPA, 14.4 Mbps HSDPA, 42 Mbps, HSUPA; LTE-A, Cat6, 300 Mbps DL
Bluetooth
Yes, v3.0 with A2DP v4.0, A2DP, EDR, LE
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB
Yes, v2.0 microUSB microUSB v2.0
GPS
Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS
Browser
HTML HTML5

User Memory

Internal
4 GB storage, 768 MB RAM 32 GB, 2 GB RAM
Expandable Storage
microSD, up to 32GB No

Sensors

Fingerprint
Proximity Sensor
Accelerometer Sensor
NFC

Battery

Type
Standard battery, Li-Ion Li-Ion Battery
Capacity
1500 mAh 1860 mAh
Stand by
Up to 670 h (2G)
Up to 640 h (3G)
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Talk Time
Up to 16 h 20 min (2G)
Up to 7 h 30 min (3G)
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