Phone Comparison - Samsung Galaxy Alpha vs LG G5 vs Google Pixel

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general General Info

Manufacturer Samsung LG Google
Announced August 2014 February 2016 October 2016
Status Available - September 2014 Available - May 2016 Available - October 2016
Price - Rs. 35,999 ($529.40) [Similarly Priced] Rs. 57,000 ($649.00) [Similarly Priced]
Colors Black, white, gold, silver, blue Silver, Titan, Gold, Pink Very Silver, Quite Black, Really Blue
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 132.4 x 65.5 x 6.7 mm
(5.21 x 2.58 x 0.26 in)
149.4 x 73.9 x 7.7 mm
(5.88 x 2.91 x 0.3 in)
143.8 x 69.5 x 8.6 mm
(5.66 x 2.74 x 0.34 in)
Weight 115 g (4.06 oz) 159 g (5.61 oz) 143 g (5.04 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (optional) GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network LTE LTE LTE
Messaging SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM
Build Features - - Fingerprint Sensor - Fingerprint Sensor
- Google Magic

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v4.4.4 (KitKat) Android OS, v6.0 (Marshmallow) Android OS, v7.1 (Nougat)
Processor Quad-core 1.8 GHz Cortex-A15 & quad-core 1.3 GHz Cortex-A7, Exynos 5 Octa 5430 , Qualcomm MSM8996 Snapdragon 820 Dual-core 2.15 GHz Kryo & dual-core 1.6 GHz Kryo, Qualcomm MSM8996 Snapdragon 821
GPU Mali-T628 MP6 Adreno 530 Adreno 530
RAM 2 GB 4 GB 4 GB
Internal Memory 32 GB 32 GB 32/128 GB
External Memory No microSD, up to 2TB GB (dedicated slot) No

display Display

Type Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen IPS Quantum Display, Corning Gorilla Glass 4 AMOLED Capacitive Touchscreen, Corning Gorilla Glass 4
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 4.7 inches 5.3 inches 5.0 inches
Resolution 720 x 1280 pixels (320 ppi) 1440 x 2560 pixels (554 ppi) 1080 x 1920 pixels (441 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 66.95% 70.19% 68.83%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 12 MP, 4128 x 3096 pixels 16 MP (f/1.8) + 8 MP (f/2.4) 12 MP, 4608 x 2592 pixels
Flash LED flash LED Flash Dual-LED (dual Tone)
Features Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection, Panorama, HDR Laser Autofocus, OIS, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face/smile Detection, Panorama, HDR Phase Detection Autofocus, f/2.0, 1.55µm Pixel Size, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, HDR, Panorama
Video 2160p@30fps 2160p@30fps, 1080p@60fps, HDR, stereo sound rec. 2160p@30fps
Front Camera 2.1 MP [Similar] 8 MP, 1080p@30fps [Similar] 8 MP, f/2.0, 1.4 µm pixel size, 1080p [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes Yes
3G HSDPA, 42 Mbps, HSUPA; LTE-A, Cat6, 300 Mbps DL HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat9 450/50 Mbps HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat6 300/50 Mbps
Bluetooth v4.0, A2DP, EDR, LE v4.2, A2DP, LE, apt-X v4.2, A2DP, LE
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 Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, hotspot
USB microUSB v2.0 v3.0, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector Type-C 1.0 reversible connector
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS
Browser HTML5 HTML5 HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 32 GB, 2 GB RAM 32 GB, 4 GB RAM 32/128 GB, 4 GB RAM
Expandable Storage No microSD, up to 2TB GB (dedicated slot) No

Apps Sensors

Fingerprint fingerprint not supported fingerprint supported fingerprint 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 supported NFC supported NFC supported

battery Battery

Type Li-Ion Battery Removable Li-Ion Battery Non-removable battery
Capacity 1860 mAh 2800 mAh 2770 mAh
Stand by - - Up to 552 h
Talk Time - - Up to 32 h