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Samsung Galaxy Alpha vs Microsoft Lumia 640 LTE

General Info

Manufacturer
Samsung Microsoft
Announced
August 2014 March 2015
Status
Available - September 2014 Available - April 2015
Price
- Rs. 7,999 ($117.63) [Similarly Priced]
Colors
Black, white, gold, silver, blue Yes
Form Factor
Candybar Candybar
Dimension
132.4 x 65.5 x 6.7 mm
(5.21 x 2.58 x 0.26 in)
141.3 x 72.2 x 8.8 mm
(5.56 x 2.84 x 0.35 in)
Weight
115 g (4.06 oz) 145 g (5.11 oz)
2G Network
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 2100
4G Network
LTE LTE
Messaging
SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM

Display

Type
Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen IPS LCD Capacitive Touchscreen, Corning Gorilla Glass 3, ClearBlack Display
Colors
16M colors 16M colors
Size
4.7 inches [Similar] 5.0 inches [Similar]
Resolution
720 x 1280 pixels (320 ppi) [Similar] 720 x 1280 pixels (294 ppi) [Similar]
Screen-to-Body Ratio
66.95% 67.43%
Multi-Touch

Hardware and OS

OS
Android OS, v4.4.4 (KitKat) Microsoft Windows Phone 8.1 with Lumia Denim
Processor
Quad-core 1.8 GHz Cortex-A15 & quad-core 1.3 GHz Cortex-A7, Exynos 5 Octa 5430 [Similar] Quad-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A7, Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 [Similar]
GPU
Mali-T628 MP6 [Similar] Adreno 305 [Similar]
RAM
2 GB [Browse Similar] 1 GB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory
32 GB 8 GB
External Memory
No microSD, up to 128 GB

Camera

Rear Camera
12 MP, 4128 x 3096 pixels [Similar] 8 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels [Similar]
Flash
LED flash LED flash
Features
Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection, Panorama, HDR Auto focus, 1/4'' Sensor Size
Video
2160p@30fps 1080p@30fps
Front Camera
2.1 MP [Similar] 1 MP, 720p [Similar]

Multimedia

3.5mm Jack
Radio
No FM radio
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 v4.0, 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, hotspot
USB
microUSB v2.0 microUSB v2.0
GPS
Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, Beidou
Browser
HTML5 HTML5

User Memory

Internal
32 GB, 2 GB RAM 8 GB, 1 GB RAM
Expandable Storage
No microSD, up to 128 GB

Sensors

Fingerprint
Proximity Sensor
Accelerometer Sensor
NFC

Battery

Type
Li-Ion Battery Li-Ion Battery
Capacity
1860 mAh 2500 mAh
Stand by
- Up to 864 h (2G)
Up to 864 h (3G)
Talk Time
- Up to 26 h 30 min (2G)
Up to 17 h 30 min (3G)
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