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Samsung Galaxy Alpha
AT&TSM-G850A
| Global Score | |
| 75.6 | 76.3 |
| Basic Information | |
| Huawei | Samsung |
| Android 9.0 Pie | Android 4.4.4 |
| 2018-10-26 | -- |
| 6.87 x 3.36 x 0.32 inches | 5.21 x 2.58 x 0.26 inches |
| 8.18 ounces | 4.06 ounces |
| Midnight blue and Phantom silver | Black, Blue, Gold, Gray and White |
| Aluminum and Glass | -- |
| -- | Scratch-Resistant Glass |
| -- | $ 320.00 |
| Display / Screen | |
| 7.2 inches | 4.7 inches |
| 2244 x 1080 pixels | 720 x 1280 pixels (HD) |
| OLED | Super AMOLED |
| 346 pixels per inch | 312 pixels per inch |
| No touch screen | Capacitive, Multi-touch |
| 7.8 | 8.4 |
| Performance | |
| HiSilicon Kirin 980 chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 chipset |
| ARM Cortex-A76 and ARM Cortex-A55, 64-bit, 7 nm (Octa-Core 2600 MHz) processor | Krait 400 (Quad-Core 2500 MHz) processor |
| 6 GB RAM | 2 GB (933 MHz) RAM |
| Mali-G76 MP10 GPU | Adreno 330 (450 MHz) GPU |
| 9.45 | 9.36 |
| Storage | |
| 128 GB internal memory | 32 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | No SD card slot |
| 10.1 | 5.8 |
| Camera | |
| 24.00 MP | 12.00 MP + 2.10 MP |
| f/1.80 aperture | f/2.20 aperture |
| 27.00mm focal length | 31.00mm focal length |
| 0.59 inches (1/1.7") sensor | -- |
| 3840 x 2160 (30 fps) (4K) video resolution | 3840 x 2160 (30 fps) (4K) video resolution |
| 1280 x 720 (960 fps) (HD) slow motion video | 1280 x 720 (120 fps) (HD) slow motion video |
| 3.52 | 9.46 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| Mobile Hotspot | Mobile Hotspot |
| 5G, 5G, LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA and HSUPA | LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA, EDGE, GPRS and GSM |
| Nano SIM | Nano SIM |
| 10.7 | 7 |
| Battery Life | |
| 5000mAh Li - Ion Battery | 1860mAh Li-Ion Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Removable Battery |
| -- | 11 hours talk time |
| 6.8 | 3.76 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 5.0 | Bluetooth 4.0 |
| GPS | GPS |
| NFC | NFC |
| Fingerprint ID Scanner | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor | Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor |
Comparison review
The Galaxy Alpha is just a bit better than Huawei Mate 20 X, getting a 76.3 score against 75.6. Both of these phones come with Android OS (operating system), but the Galaxy Alpha has 4.4.4 version while Huawei Mate 20 X has Android 9.0 Pie. The Galaxy Alpha design is thinner and a lot lighter than the Huawei Mate 20 X.
The Galaxy Alpha features a little sharper screen than Huawei Mate 20 X, although it has a just a little worse pixels quantity in each screen inch, a really smaller display and a lot lower resolution of 1280 x 720px. The Huawei Mate 20 X has a much bigger memory capacity to store more games and applications than Samsung Galaxy Alpha, because it has 96 GB more internal storage capacity.
Huawei Mate 20 X features a little better processing power than Galaxy Alpha, because although it has doesn't have an extra graphics processing unit, it also counts with a greater number of cores and a higher amount of RAM. Huawei Mate 20 X counts with a much better battery lifetime than Galaxy Alpha, because it has a 169% more battery capacity.
The Galaxy Alpha takes a lot better photographs and videos than Huawei Mate 20 X, although it has a tinier aperture, they both have the same video frame rate and the same 3840x2160 video quality.
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