Samsung Galaxy Alpha (S801) vs HTC One (M9)
General Info
| Manufacturer | |
| Samsung | HTC |
| Announced | |
| August 2014 | March 2015 |
| Status | |
| Available - September 2014 | Available - March 2015 |
| Price | |
| - | Rs. 45,999 ($399.00) [Similarly Priced] |
| Colors | |
| Charcoal Black, Sleek Silver, Dazzling White, Frosted Gold, Scub | Gunmetal Gray, Amber Gold, Silver/Rose gold, Gold/Pink |
| 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 9.6 mm (5.69 x 2.74 x 0.38 in) |
| Weight | |
| 115 g (4.06 oz) | 157 g (5.54 oz) |
| 2G Network | |
| GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 | GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 |
| 3G Network | |
| HSDPA | HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 |
| 4G Network | |
| LTE | LTE 700 / 800 / 850 / 900 / 1800 / 2100 / 2600 TD-LTE 2300 / 2500 / 2600 (Bands 1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 20, 28, 38, 40, 41) |
| Messaging | |
| SMS, MMS, EMail, IM | SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail |
Display
| Type | |
| Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen | Super LCD3 Capacitive Touchscreen, Corning Gorilla Glass 4 |
| Colors | |
| 16M colors | 16M colors |
| Size | |
| 4.7 inches [Similar] | 5.0 inches [Similar] |
| Resolution | |
| 720 x 1280 pixels (312 ppi) [Similar] | 1080 x 1920 pixels (441 ppi) [Similar] |
| Screen-to-Body Ratio | 70.43% | 68.25% |
| Multi-Touch | |
Hardware and OS
| OS | |
| Android OS, v4.4.4 (KitKat) | Android OS, v5.0.x (Lollipop) |
| Processor | |
| Quad-core 2.5 GHz Krait 400, Qualcomm MSM8974AC Snapdragon 801 [Similar] | Quad-core 1.5 GHz Cortex-A53 & Quad-core 2 GHz Cortex-A57, Qualcomm MSM8994 Snapdragon 810 [Similar] |
| GPU | |
| Adreno 330 [Similar] | Adreno 430 [Similar] |
| RAM | |
| 2 GB [Browse Similar] | 3 GB [Browse Similar] |
| Internal Memory | |
| 32 GB | 32 GB |
| External Memory | |
| No | microSD, up to 128 GB |
Camera
| Rear Camera | |
| 12 MP, 4128 x 3096 pixels [Similar] | 20.7 MP, 5376 x 3752 pixels [Similar] |
| Flash | |
| LED flash | dual-LED (dual tone) |
| Features | |
| Auto focus, Dual Camera, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection, Panorama, HDR | Auto focus, Automatic Simultaneous Video And Image Recording, Geo-tagging, Face/smile Detection, HDR, Panorama |
| Video | |
| 2160p@30fps, 1080p@60fps, 720p@120fps | 2160p@30fps, 1080p@60fps, 720p@120fps, HDR, stereo sound rec. |
| Front Camera | |
| 2.1 MP [Similar] | 4 MP, 1080p@30fps, HDR [Similar] |
Multimedia
| 3.5mm Jack | |
| Radio | |
| No | Stereo FM radio with RDS |
| 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 | HSPA 42.2/21.1 Mbps, LTE Cat6 300/50 Mbps |
| Bluetooth | |
| v4.0, A2DP, EDR, LE | v4.0, A2DP, apt-X |
| 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 (MHL TV-out), USB Host |
| GPS | |
| Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, Beidou | Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS |
| Browser | |
| HTML5 | HTML5 |
User Memory
| Internal | |
| 32 GB, 2 GB RAM | 32 GB, 3 GB RAM |
| Expandable Storage | |
| No | microSD, up to 128 GB |
| USB OTG | |
| - | Supported |
Sensors
| Fingerprint | |
| Proximity Sensor | |
| Accelerometer Sensor | |
| NFC | |
Battery
| Type | |
| Li-Ion Battery | Non-removable Li-Po Battery |
| Capacity | |
| 1860 mAh | 2840 mAh |
| Stand by | |
| - | Up to 391 h (2G) Up to 402 h (3G) |
| Talk Time | |
| - | Up to 25 h 20 min (2G) Up to 21 h 50 min (3G) |