Phone Comparison - HTC Rezound vs Samsung Galaxy Alpha vs Lava Iris X8

general General Info

Manufacturer HTC Samsung Lava
Announced November 2011 August 2014 February 2015
Status Available - November 2011 Available - September 2014 Available - February 2015
Price - - Rs. 6,649 ($97.78) [Similarly Priced]
Colors Black Black, white, gold, silver, blue Black, White
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 129 x 65.5 x 13.7 mm
(5.08 x 2.58 x 0.54 in)
132.4 x 65.5 x 6.7 mm
(5.21 x 2.58 x 0.26 in)
143.4x70.9x8.6 mm
(5.65x2.79x0.34 in)
Weight 170.1 g (6.0.04 oz) 115 g (4.06 oz) 160 g (5.64 oz)
2G Network CDMA 800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2
3G Network CDMA2000 1xEV-DO HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 2100
4G Network LTE 700 LTE -
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v2.3.4 (Gingerbread), upgradable to v4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) Android OS, v4.4.4 (KitKat) Android OS, v4.4.2 (KitKat), planned upgrade to v5.0 (Lollipop)
Processor Dual-core 1.5 GHz Scorpion, Qualcomm MSM8660 Snapdragon Quad-core 1.8 GHz Cortex-A15 & quad-core 1.3 GHz Cortex-A7, Exynos 5 Octa 5430 Octa-core 1.4 GHz, Mediatek MT6592M
GPU Adreno 220 Mali-T628 MP6 Mali-450MP4
RAM 1 GB 2 GB 2 GB
Internal Memory 16 GB storage 32 GB 16 GB (12.9 GB for mass storage)
External Memory microSD, up to 32 GB, 16 GB included No microSD, up to 32 GB

display Display

Type S-LCD capacitive touchscreen Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen IPS LCD Capacitive Touchscreen, Asahi Glass
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16.7M colors
Size 4.3 inches 4.7 inches 5.0 inches
Resolution 720 x 1280 pixels (342 ppi) 720 x 1280 pixels (320 ppi) 720 x 1280 pixels (294 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 60.16% 66.95% -
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

3.5mm Jack yes yes yes
Radio No No FM Radio with Recording
Games Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable
Loud Speaker yes yes yes

camera Camera

Rear Camera 8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels 12 MP, 4128 x 3096 pixels 8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels
Flash dual-LED flash LED flash LED flash
Features Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch-focus, Image Stabilization, Face Detection, Instant Capture Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection, Panorama, HDR Auto focus, BSI III Sensor, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, HDR
Video Yes, 1080p@30fps, 720p@60fps, stereo sound recording 2160p@30fps Yes, 1080p@30fps
Front Camera Yes, 2 MP [Similar] 2.1 MP [Similar] Yes, 3 MP [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS No Yes Yes
Edge No Yes Yes
3G EV-DO Rev. A, up to 3.1 Mbps; LTE Class 13 HSDPA, 42 Mbps, HSUPA; LTE-A, Cat6, 300 Mbps DL HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps
Bluetooth Yes, v3.0 with A2DP v4.0, A2DP, EDR, LE Yes, v4.0 with A2DP
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot 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, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 (MHL) microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS support
Browser HTML, Adobe Flash HTML5 HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 16 GB storage, 1 GB RAM 32 GB, 2 GB RAM 16 GB (12.9 GB for mass storage), 2 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 32 GB, 16 GB included No microSD, up to 32 GB

Apps Sensors

Fingerprint fingerprint not supported fingerprint not supported fingerprint not supported
Proximity Sensor proximity sensor present proximity sensor present proximity sensor present
Accelerometer Sensor accelerometer sensor present accelerometer sensor present accelerometer sensor present
NFC NFC not supported NFC supported NFC not supported

battery Battery

Type Li-Ion Battery Li-Ion Battery Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 1620 mAh 1860 mAh 2500 mAh
Stand by Up to 261 h - -
Talk Time Up to 6 h 24 min - Up to 14 h (2G)
Up to 9 h (3G)