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Samsung Galaxy Alpha
AT&TSM-G850A
| Global Score | |
| 76.3 | 76.2 |
| Basic Information | |
| Samsung | Huawei |
| Android 4.4.4 | Android 8.1 Oreo |
| -- | 2018-09-12 |
| 5.21 x 2.58 x 0.26 inches | 6.23 x 2.96 x 0.30 inches |
| 4.06 ounces | 6.07 ounces |
| Black, Blue, Gold, Gray and White | Black, Blue and Gold |
| -- | Aluminum and Glass |
| Scratch-Resistant Glass | -- |
| $ 320.00 | -- |
| Display / Screen | |
| 4.7 inches | 6.3 inches |
| 720 x 1280 pixels (HD) | 2340 x 1080 pixels |
| Super AMOLED | IPS LCD |
| 312 pixels per inch | 409 pixels per inch |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | No touch screen |
| 8.4 | 8.1 |
| Performance | |
| Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 chipset | HiSilicon Kirin 710 chipset |
| Krait 400 (Quad-Core 2500 MHz) processor | ARM Cortex-A73 and ARM Cortex-A53, 64-bit, 12 nm (Octa-Core 2200 MHz) processor |
| 2 GB (933 MHz) RAM | 4 GB RAM |
| Adreno 330 (450 MHz) GPU | Mali-G51 MP4 GPU |
| 9.36 | 9.18 |
| Storage | |
| 32 GB internal memory | 64 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | microSDXC (up to 512 GB) external memory slot |
| 5.8 | 11.74 |
| Camera | |
| 12.00 MP + 2.10 MP | 20.00 MP + 24.00 MP |
| f/2.20 aperture | f/1.80 aperture |
| 31.00mm focal length | 27.00mm focal length |
| 3840 x 2160 (30 fps) (4K) video resolution | 1920 x 1080 (60 fps) (Full HD) video resolution |
| 1280 x 720 (120 fps) (HD) slow motion video | -- |
| 9.46 | 9.68 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| Mobile Hotspot | Mobile Hotspot |
| LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA, EDGE, GPRS and GSM | LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA and HSUPA |
| Nano SIM | Nano SIM |
| 7 | 6.7 |
| Battery Life | |
| 1860mAh Li-Ion Battery | 3750mAh Li - Ion Battery |
| Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 11 hours talk time | -- |
| 3.76 | 5.68 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 4.0 | Bluetooth 4.2 |
| GPS | GPS |
| NFC | NFC |
| Fingerprint ID Scanner | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor | Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor |
| -- | FM Radio |
Comparison review
Galaxy Alpha is a bit better than the Huawei Mate 20 lite, with a general score of 76.3 against 76.2. Both phones in this comparison include Android OS (operating system), but Galaxy Alpha has 4.4.4 version and Huawei Mate 20 lite has Android 8.1 Oreo. Galaxy Alpha is a a lot lighter and somewhat thinner cellphone than the Huawei Mate 20 lite.
The Galaxy Alpha features a little sharper display than Huawei Mate 20 lite, although it has a much lower resolution of 1280 x 720, a quite worse pixels density and a much smaller display. Huawei Mate 20 lite counts with a much greater storage capacity for games and applications than Galaxy Alpha, because it has more internal memory capacity and an external memory slot that allows a maximum of 512 GB.
The Samsung Galaxy Alpha counts with a bit faster CPU than Huawei Mate 20 lite, because although it has an inferior number of cores and lesser RAM memory, it also counts with an extra graphics processing unit. The Huawei Mate 20 lite features a much better battery duration than Galaxy Alpha, because it has a 102 percent greater battery capacity.
The Huawei Mate 20 lite has a slightly better camera than Samsung Galaxy Alpha, and although they both have the same (Full HD) video definition, the Huawei Mate 20 lite also has faster 60 fps video frame rates, a lot better 20 mega pixels resolution back-facing camera and a larger aperture to take better captures and video in poorly lited environments.
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