Phone Comparison - Apple iPhone 5 vs Samsung Galaxy Alpha vs Samsung Galaxy S6

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general General Info

Manufacturer Apple Samsung Samsung
Announced September 2012 August 2014 March 2015
Status Available - September 2012 Available - September 2014 Available - April 2015
Price - - Rs. 29,999 ($441.16) [Similarly Priced]
Colors Black, White Black, white, gold, silver, blue White Pearl, Black Sapphire, Gold Platinum, Blue Topaz
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 123.8 x 58.6 x 7.6 mm
(4.87 x 2.31 x 0.3 in)
132.4 x 65.5 x 6.7 mm
(5.21 x 2.58 x 0.26 in)
143.4 x 70.5 x 6.8 mm
(5.65 x 2.78 x 0.27 in)
Weight 112 g (3.95 oz) 115 g (4.06 oz) 138 g (4.87 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
CDMA2000 1xEV-DO - for Verizon
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network LTE 700 MHz Class 17 / 2100 - for AT&T LTE LTE
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM
Build Features - - - Corning Gorilla Glass 4 back panel
- Fingerprint sensor (PayPal certified)
- Samsung Pay (Visa, MasterCard certified)

hardware Hardware and OS

OS iOS 6 Android OS, v4.4.4 (KitKat) Android OS, v5.0.2 (Lollipop)
Processor Dual-core 1.2 GHz, Apple A6 Quad-core 1.8 GHz Cortex-A15 & quad-core 1.3 GHz Cortex-A7, Exynos 5 Octa 5430 Quad-core 1.5 GHz Cortex-A53 & Quad-core 2.1 GHz Cortex-A57, Exynos 7420
GPU PowerVR SGX 543MP3 Mali-T628 MP6 Mali-T760
RAM 1 GB 2 GB 3 GB
Internal Memory 16/32/64 GB storage 32 GB 32/64/128 GB
External Memory No No No

display Display

Type LED-backlit IPS TFT, capacitive touchscreen Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen Super AMOLED Capacitive Touchscreen, Corning Gorilla Glass 4
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 4.0 inches 4.7 inches 5.1 inches
Resolution 640 x 1136 pixels (326 ppi) 720 x 1280 pixels (320 ppi) 1440 x 2560 pixels (577 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 60.84% 66.95% 70.66%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels, Backside Illumin 12 MP, 4128 x 3096 pixels 16 MP, 3456 x 4608 pixels, OIS
Flash LED flash LED flash LED Flash
Features Touch Focus, Geo-tagging, Face Detection, HDR Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection, Panorama, HDR Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, Auto HDR, Panorama
Video Yes, 1080p@30fps, LED video light, video stabilization, geo-tagging, face detection 2160p@30fps 2160p@30fps, 1080p@60fps, 720p@120fps, HDR, dual-video rec.
Front Camera Yes, 1.2 MP, 720p@30fps, face detection, [Similar] 2.1 MP [Similar] 5 MP, 1080p@30fps, dual video call, HDR [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes Yes
3G DC-HSDPA, 42 Mbps; HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps, LTE, 73 Mbps; Rev. A, up to 3.1 Mbps HSDPA, 42 Mbps, HSUPA; LTE-A, Cat6, 300 Mbps DL HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat6 300/50 Mbps
Bluetooth Yes, v4.0 with A2DP v4.0, A2DP, EDR, LE v4.1, A2DP, LE, apt-X
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, Wi-Fi Plus Cellular Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot
USB Yes, Lightning Port microUSB v2.0 microUSB v2.0 (MHL 3 TV-out), USB Host
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, Beidou
Browser HTML (Safari) HTML5 HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 16/32/64 GB storage, 1 GB RAM 32 GB, 2 GB RAM 32/64/128 GB, 3 GB RAM
Expandable Storage No No No
USB OTG - - Supported

Apps Sensors

Fingerprint fingerprint not supported fingerprint not supported fingerprint 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 not supported NFC supported NFC supported

battery Battery

Type Standard battery, Li-Po Li-Ion Battery Non-removable Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 1440 mAh 1860 mAh 2550 mAh
Stand by Up to 225 h - -
Talk Time Up to 8 h - -