Samsung Galaxy Alpha vs HTC One S9
General Info
| Manufacturer | |
| Samsung | HTC |
| Announced | |
| August 2014 | April 2016 |
| Status | |
| Available - September 2014 | Coming Soon - April 2016 |
| Price | |
| - | Rs. 59,000 ($867.65) [Similarly Priced] |
| Colors | |
| Black, white, gold, silver, blue | Silver, Gold |
| Form Factor | |
| Candybar | Candybar |
| Dimension | |
|
132.4 x 65.5 x 6.7 mm (5.21 x 2.58 x 0.26 in) |
144.6 x 69.7 x 10.1 mm (5.69 x 2.74 x 0.4 in) |
| Weight | |
| 115 g (4.06 oz) | 158 g (5.57 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 | LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 20(800), 28(700), 38(2600), 40(2300), 41(2500) |
| Messaging | |
| SMS, MMS, EMail, IM | SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail |
Display
| Type | |
| Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen | Super LCD Capacitive Touchscreen, Corning Gorilla Glass |
| Colors | |
| 16M colors | 16M colors |
| Size | |
| 4.7 inches [Similar] | 5.0 inches [Similar] |
| Resolution | |
| 720 x 1280 pixels (320 ppi) [Similar] | 1080 x 1920 pixels (441 ppi) [Similar] |
| Screen-to-Body Ratio | 66.95% | 68.25% |
| Multi-Touch | |
Hardware and OS
| OS | |
| Android OS, v4.4.4 (KitKat) | Android OS, v6.0 (Marshmallow) |
| Processor | |
| Quad-core 1.8 GHz Cortex-A15 & quad-core 1.3 GHz Cortex-A7, Exynos 5 Octa 5430 [Similar] | Octa-core 2.0 GHz Cortex-A53, Mediatek MT6795 Helio X10 [Similar] |
| GPU | |
| Mali-T628 MP6 [Similar] | PowerVR G6200 [Similar] |
| RAM | |
| 2 GB [Browse Similar] | 2 GB [Browse Similar] |
| Internal Memory | |
| 32 GB | 16 GB |
| External Memory | |
| No | microSD, up to 200 GB (dedicated slot) |
Camera
| Rear Camera | |
| 12 MP, 4128 x 3096 pixels [Similar] | 13 MP, 4160 x 3120 pixels [Similar] |
| Flash | |
| LED flash | Dual-LED (dual tone) |
| Features | |
| Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection, Panorama, HDR | Autofocus, f/2.0, 28mm, OIS, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, Panorama, HDR |
| Video | |
| 2160p@30fps | 1080p@30fps, 720p@120fps |
| Front Camera | |
| 2.1 MP [Similar] | 4 MP, f/2.0, 26.8mm, 1/3" sensor size, 2µm pixel size, 1080p@30fps, HDR [Similar] |
Multimedia
| 3.5mm Jack | |
| Radio | |
| No | - |
| Games | |
| Yes + Downloadable | Yes + Downloadable |
| Loud Speaker | |
Connectivity and Data Rate
| GPRS | |
| Yes | Yes |
| Edge | |
| Yes | Yes |
| 3G | |
| HSDPA, 42 Mbps, HSUPA; LTE-A, Cat6, 300 Mbps DL | HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps |
| Bluetooth | |
| v4.0, A2DP, EDR, LE | v4.1, 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 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, hotspot |
| USB | |
| microUSB v2.0 | microUSB v2.0 |
| GPS | |
| Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS | Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS |
| Browser | |
| HTML5 | HTML5 |
User Memory
| Internal | |
| 32 GB, 2 GB RAM | 16 GB, 2 GB RAM |
| Expandable Storage | |
| No | microSD, up to 200 GB (dedicated slot) |
Sensors
| Fingerprint | |
| Proximity Sensor | |
| Accelerometer Sensor | |
| NFC | |
Battery
| Type | |
| Li-Ion Battery | Non-removable Li-Ion Battery |
| Capacity | |
| 1860 mAh | 2840 mAh |
| Stand by | |
| - | Up to 658 h (3G) |
| Talk Time | |
| - | Up to 13 h (3G) |