Phone Comparison - Samsung Galaxy Alpha vs Meizu MX4 Pro vs Samsung Galaxy S6 Active

general General Info

Manufacturer Samsung Meizu Samsung
Announced August 2014 October 2014 June 2015
Status Available - September 2014 Available - December 2014 Available - June 2015
Price - Rs. 19,600 ($289.00) [Similarly Priced] Rs. 595 ($999.99) [Similarly Priced]
Colors Black, white, gold, silver, blue Gray, Gold, White Yes
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 132.4 x 65.5 x 6.7 mm
(5.21 x 2.58 x 0.26 in)
150.1 x 77 x 9 mm
(5.91 x 3.03 x 0.35 in)
143.5 x 70.6 x 6.9 mm
(5.65 x 2.78 x 0.27 in)
Weight 115 g (4.06 oz) 158 g (5.57 oz) 138 g (4.87 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
TD-SCDMA 1880 / 2010 - China Mobile
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 LTE 1800 / 2100 / 2600 (Bands 1, 3, 7) LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 17(700), 20(800)
Messaging SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM
Build Features - - - Fingerprint sensor (PayPal certified)
- Samsung Pay (Visa, MasterCard certified)
- IP67 certified - dust and water resistant up to 1 meter and 30 minutes
- MIL-STD-810G certified - salt, dust, humidity, rain, vibration, solar radiation,

hardware Hardware and OS

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

display Display

Type Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen IPS LCD Capacitive Touchscreen, Corning Gorilla Glass 3 Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 4.7 inches 5.5 inches 5.1 inches
Resolution 720 x 1280 pixels (320 ppi) 1536 x 2560 pixels (546 ppi) 1440 x 2560 pixels (576 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 66.95% 73.63% 70.76%
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 12 MP, 4128 x 3096 pixels 20.7 MP, 5248 х 3936 pixels 16 MP, 2988 x 5312 pixels
Flash LED flash dual-LED (dual tone) LED Flash
Features Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection, Panorama, HDR Auto focus, 1/2.3' Sensor Size, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, HDR, Panorama Auto focus, OIS, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, Auto HDR, Panorama
Video 2160p@30fps 2160p@30fps, 1080p@30fps 2160p@30fps
Front Camera 2.1 MP [Similar] 5 MP, 1080p@30fps [Similar] 5 MP, 1080p@30fps [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes Yes
3G HSDPA, 42 Mbps, HSUPA; LTE-A, Cat6, 300 Mbps DL HSPA, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat6 300/50 Mbps
Bluetooth v4.0, A2DP, EDR, LE v4.0, A2DP, LE v4.1, A2DP, LE, apt-X
Wi-Fi 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, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot
USB microUSB v2.0 microUSB v2.0, USB Host microUSB v2.0 (MHL 3 TV-out), USB Host
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, QZSS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, Beidou
Browser HTML5 HTML5 HTML5

memory User Memory

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

Apps Sensors

Fingerprint fingerprint not supported fingerprint 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 supported NFC not supported NFC supported

battery Battery

Type Li-Ion Battery Non-removable Battery Non-removable Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 1860 mAh 3350 mAh 2550 mAh
Stand by - - -
Talk Time - - Up to 23 h (3G)