Phone Comparison - Samsung Galaxy Alpha (S801) vs Huawei P8 Lite vs Xiaomi Redmi Note 2 Prime

general General Info

Manufacturer Samsung Huawei Xiaomi
Announced August 2014 April 2015 August 2015
Status Available - September 2014 Available - May 2015 Available - August 2015
Price - Rs. 13,630 ($199.99) [Similarly Priced] Rs. 10,840 ($159.00) [Similarly Priced]
Colors Charcoal Black, Sleek Silver, Dazzling White, Frosted Gold, Scub Various White, Blue, Yellow, Pink, Mint Green
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 132.4 x 65.5 x 6.7 mm
(5.21 x 2.58 x 0.26 in)
143 x 70.6 x 7.7 mm
(5.63 x 2.78 x 0.3 in)
152 x 76 x 8.3 mm
(5.98 x 2.99 x 0.33 in)
Weight 115 g (4.06 oz) 131 g (4.62 oz) 160 g (5.64 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 GSM 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2
TD-SCDMA
3G Network HSDPA HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network LTE LTE LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 7(2600), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300), 41(2500)
Messaging SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v4.4.4 (KitKat) Android OS, v5.0.2 (Lollipop) Android OS, v5.0 (Lollipop)
Processor Quad-core 2.5 GHz Krait 400, Qualcomm MSM8974AC Snapdragon 801 Octa-core 1.2 GHz, HiSilicon Kirin 620 Octa-core 2.2 GHz Cortex-A53, Mediatek MT6795
GPU Adreno 330 Mali-450 MP PowerVR G6200
RAM 2 GB 2 GB 2 GB
Internal Memory 32 GB 16 GB 32 GB
External Memory No microSD, up to 128 GB (uses SIM 2 slot) Yes

display Display

Type Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 4.7 inches 5.0 inches 5.5 inches
Resolution 720 x 1280 pixels (312 ppi) 720 x 1280 pixels (294 ppi) 1080 x 1920 pixels (401 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 70.43% 68.14% 72.02%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 12 MP, 4128 x 3096 pixels 13 MP, 4160 x 3120 pixels 13 MP, 4128 x 3096 pixels
Flash LED flash dual-LED flash Yes
Features Auto focus, Dual Camera, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection, Panorama, HDR Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face/smile Detection, Panorama, HDR Phase Detection Auto-focus (PDAF), Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face/smile Detection, HDR, Panorama
Video 2160p@30fps, 1080p@60fps, 720p@120fps 1080p@30fps 1080p@30fps
Front Camera 2.1 MP [Similar] 5 MP [Similar] 5 MP, 720p [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, 50 Mbps UL HSPA, LTE HSPA, LTE
Bluetooth v4.0, A2DP, EDR, LE v4.1, A2DP v4.0, 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 b/g/n, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, WiFi Direct, hotspot
USB microUSB v2.0 microUSB v2.0 microUSB v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, Beidou Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, Beidou
Browser HTML5 HTML5 HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 32 GB, 2 GB RAM 16 GB, 2 GB RAM 32 GB, 2 GB RAM
Expandable Storage No microSD, up to 128 GB (uses SIM 2 slot) Yes

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 supported NFC supported NFC not supported

battery Battery

Type Li-Ion Battery Li-Ion Battery Li-Po Battery
Capacity 1860 mAh 2200 mAh 3060 mAh
Stand by - - Up to 144 h (3G)
Talk Time - - Up to 11 h 30 min (3G)