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Samsung Galaxy Alpha
AT&TSM-G850A
| Global Score | |
| 76.3 | 76.7 |
| Basic Information | |
| Samsung | Motorola |
| Android 4.4.4 | Android 10 |
| -- | 2020-08-28 |
| 5.21 x 2.58 x 0.26 inches | 6.50 x 2.98 x 0.36 inches |
| 4.06 ounces | 7.05 ounces |
| Black, Blue, Gold, Gray and White | Forest green and Sapphire blue |
| -- | Plastic and Plastic |
| Scratch-Resistant Glass | -- |
| $ 320.00 | -- |
| Display / Screen | |
| 4.7 inches | 6.5 inches |
| 720 x 1280 pixels (HD) | 1600 x 720 pixels |
| Super AMOLED | IPS LCD |
| 312 pixels per inch | 270 pixels per inch |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | No touch screen |
| 8.4 | 7.2 |
| Performance | |
| Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 662 SM6115 chipset |
| Krait 400 (Quad-Core 2500 MHz) processor | Kryo 260, 64-bit, 11 nm (Octa-Core 2000 MHz) processor |
| 2 GB (933 MHz) RAM | 4 GB RAM |
| Adreno 330 (450 MHz) GPU | Adreno 610 GPU |
| 9.36 | 9.09 |
| 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 | 48.00 MP + 8.00 MP |
| f/2.20 aperture | f/1.70 aperture |
| 31.00mm focal length | -- |
| -- | 0.59 inches (1/1.7") sensor |
| 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 | 11.22 |
| 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 | 5000mAh Battery |
| Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 11 hours talk time | -- |
| 3.76 | 6.8 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 4.0 | Bluetooth 5.0 |
| GPS | GPS |
| NFC | NFC |
| Fingerprint ID Scanner | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor | Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor |
Comparison review
Moto G9 Play is a bit better than the Galaxy Alpha, with a general score of 76.7 against 76.3. Despite being the best in this comparison review, the Moto G9 Play is a a lot thicker and heavier phone than Galaxy Alpha. Both of these devices have Android operating system, but Moto G9 Play has the older 10 version and Galaxy Alpha has Android 4.4.4 version.
Galaxy Alpha features a more vivid display than Motorola Moto G9 Play, because although it has a really smaller display and a little worse resolution of 1280 x 720 pixels, it also counts with a little better screen density. The Galaxy Alpha counts with just a bit better performance than Moto G9 Play, because although it has a lower number of cores and lesser RAM memory, it also counts with a graphics processing unit.
The Moto G9 Play captures much better photographs and videos than Galaxy Alpha, and although they both have the same (Full HD) video quality, the Moto G9 Play also has a way larger aperture, better 60 frames per second video frame rates and a back facing camera with a way higher 48 mega pixels resolution.
Motorola Moto G9 Play counts with much more storage to install applications and games or saving photos and videos than Galaxy Alpha, because it has a slot for an SD memory card that supports a maximum of 512 GB and 64 GB internal storage capacity. Motorola Moto G9 Play has a very superior battery lifetime than Galaxy Alpha, because it has a 169% more battery size.
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