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Samsung Galaxy Alpha (S801) vs HTC Desire 820

General Info

Manufacturer
Samsung HTC
Announced
August 2014 September 2014
Status
Available - September 2014 Coming Soon - September 2014
Colors
Charcoal Black, Sleek Silver, Dazzling White, Frosted Gold, Scub Marble White, Tuxedo Grey, Santorini White, Milky-way Grey, Tang
Form Factor
Candybar Candybar
Dimension
132.4 x 65.5 x 6.7 mm
(5.21 x 2.58 x 0.26 in)
157.7 x 78.7 x 7.7 mm
(6.21 x 3.1 x 0.3 in)
Weight
115 g (4.06 oz) 155 g (5.47 oz)
2G Network
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network
HSDPA HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 - EMEA version
HSDPA 900 / 2100 - Asia version
4G Network
LTE LTE 900 / 1800 / 2100 / 2600 - EMEA version
Messaging
SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail

Display

Type
Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen LCD Capacitive Touchscreen
Colors
16M colors 16M colors
Size
4.7 inches [Similar] 5.5 inches [Similar]
Resolution
720 x 1280 pixels (312 ppi) [Similar] 720 x 1280 pixels (267 ppi) [Similar]
Screen-to-Body Ratio
70.43% 67.20%
Multi-Touch

Hardware and OS

OS
Android OS, v4.4.4 (KitKat) Android OS, v4.4.2 (KitKat)
Processor
Quad-core 2.5 GHz Krait 400, Qualcomm MSM8974AC Snapdragon 801 [Similar] Quad-core 1.5 GHz Cortex-A53 & quad-core 1.0 GHz Cortex-A53, Qualcomm MSM8939 Snapdragon 615 [Similar]
GPU
Adreno 330 [Similar] Adreno 405 [Similar]
RAM
2 GB [Browse Similar] 2 GB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory
32 GB 16 GB
External Memory
No microSD, up to 128 GB

Camera

Rear Camera
12 MP, 4128 x 3096 pixels [Similar] 13 MP, 4160 x 3120 pixels [Similar]
Flash
LED flash LED flash
Features
Auto focus, Dual Camera, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection, Panorama, HDR Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, Simultaneous HD Video And Image Recording, HDR
Video
2160p@30fps, 1080p@60fps, 720p@120fps 1080p@30fps, 720p@60fps
Front Camera
2.1 MP [Similar] 8 MP, 1080p [Similar]

Multimedia

3.5mm Jack
Radio
No 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, 50 Mbps UL HSDPA, 42 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.8 Mbps; LTE, Cat4, 50 Mbps UL, 150 Mbps DL
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 a/b/g/n, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB
microUSB v2.0 microUSB v2.0
GPS
Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, Beidou Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS
Browser
HTML5 HTML5

User Memory

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

Sensors

Fingerprint
Proximity Sensor
Accelerometer Sensor
NFC

Battery

Type
Li-Ion Battery Non-removable Li-Po Battery
Capacity
1860 mAh 2600 mAh
Stand by
- Up to 424 h (3G)
Talk Time
- Up to 22 h 24 min (3G)
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