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Nokia Lumia 720 vs Samsung Galaxy Alpha

General Info

Manufacturer
Nokia Samsung
Announced
February 2013 August 2014
Status
Available - April 2013 Available - September 2014
Colors
White, Red, Yellow, Cyan/Black Black, white, gold, silver, blue
Form Factor
Candybar Candybar
Dimension
127.9 x 67.5 x 9 mm
(5.04 x 2.66 x 0.35 in)
132.4 x 65.5 x 6.7 mm
(5.21 x 2.58 x 0.26 in)
Weight
128 g (4.52 oz) 115 g (4.06 oz)
2G Network
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network
- LTE
Messaging
SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM

Display

Type
TFT capacitive touchscreen Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen
Colors
16M colors 16M colors
Size
4.3 inches [Similar] 4.7 inches [Similar]
Resolution
480 x 800 pixels (217 ppi) [Similar] 720 x 1280 pixels (320 ppi) [Similar]
Screen-to-Body Ratio
60.94% 66.95%
Multi-Touch

Hardware and OS

OS
Microsoft Windows Phone 8 Android OS, v4.4.4 (KitKat)
Processor
Dual-core 1 GHz, Qualcomm MSM8227 [Similar] Quad-core 1.8 GHz Cortex-A15 & quad-core 1.3 GHz Cortex-A7, Exynos 5 Octa 5430 [Similar]
GPU
Adreno 305 [Similar] Mali-T628 MP6 [Similar]
RAM
512 MB [Browse Similar] 2 GB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory
8 GB storage 32 GB
External Memory
microSD, up to 64 GB No

Camera

Rear Camera
6.7 MP, Carl Zeiss optics [Similar] 12 MP, 4128 x 3096 pixels [Similar]
Flash
LED flash LED flash
Features
Auto focus, Geo-tagging Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection, Panorama, HDR
Video
Yes, 720p@30fps 2160p@30fps
Front Camera
Yes, 1.3 MP [Similar] 2.1 MP [Similar]

Multimedia

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

Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS
Yes Yes
Edge
Yes Yes
3G
HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps HSDPA, 42 Mbps, HSUPA; LTE-A, Cat6, 300 Mbps DL
Bluetooth
Yes, v3.0 with A2DP v4.0, A2DP, EDR, LE
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB
Yes, microUSB v2.0 microUSB v2.0
GPS
Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS
Browser
HTML5 HTML5

User Memory

Internal
8 GB storage, 512 MB RAM 32 GB, 2 GB RAM
Expandable Storage
microSD, up to 64 GB No

Sensors

Fingerprint
Proximity Sensor
Accelerometer Sensor
NFC

Battery

Type
Li-Ion Battery Li-Ion Battery
Capacity
2000 mAh 1860 mAh
Stand by
Up to 520 h -
Talk Time
Up to 23 h 20 min (2G)
Up to 13 h 20 min (3G)
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