Phone Comparison - Samsung Galaxy Alpha vs Samsung Galaxy C5 vs Samsung Galaxy S8

Price Comparison (India) - -

general General Info

Manufacturer Samsung Samsung Samsung
Announced August 2014 May 2016 March 2017
Status Available - September 2014 Coming Soon - June 2016 Available - April 2017
Price - Rs. 22,500 ($330.00) [Similarly Priced] Rs. 57,900 ($720.00) [Similarly Priced]
Colors Black, white, gold, silver, blue Silver, Gray, Gold, Rose Gold Black, White, Gold, Silver, Pink Gold
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 132.4 x 65.5 x 6.7 mm
(5.21 x 2.58 x 0.26 in)
145.9 x 72 x 6.7 mm
(5.74 x 2.83 x 0.26 in)
148.9 x 68.1 x 8 mm
(5.86 x 2.68 x 0.31 in)
Weight 115 g (4.06 oz) 143 g (5.04 oz) 155 g (5.47 oz)
SIM Type - - Dual-SIM
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (dual-SIM model only)
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA
4G Network LTE LTE LTE
Messaging SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM
Notification LED - - Yes

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v4.4.4 (KitKat) Android OS, v6.0.1 (Marshmallow) Android OS, v7.0 (Nougat)
Processor Quad-core 1.8 GHz Cortex-A15 & quad-core 1.3 GHz Cortex-A7, Exynos 5 Octa 5430 Octa-core 1.5 GHz Cortex-A53, Qualcomm MSM8952 Snapdragon 617 Octa-core (4x2.35 GHz Kryo & 4x1.9 GHz Kryo)
Octa-core (4x2.3 GHz & 4x1.7 GHz), Qualcomm MSM8998 Snapdragon 835
Exynos 8895 Octa
GPU Mali-T628 MP6 Adreno 405 Adreno 540
RAM 2 GB 4 GB 4 GB
Internal Memory 32 GB 32/64 GB 64 GB
External Memory No microSD, up to 128 GB (uses SIM 2 slot) microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot)

display Display

Type Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, Gorilla Glass 5
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 4.7 inches 5.2 inches 5.8 inches
Resolution 720 x 1280 pixels (320 ppi) 1080 x 1920 pixels (424 ppi) 1440 x 2960 pixels (568 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 66.95% 70.84% 84.06%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 12 MP, 4128 x 3096 pixels 16 MP, f/1.9 12 MP
Flash LED flash Dual-LED (dual tone) Dual-LED (Dual Tone)
Features Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection, Panorama, HDR Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, Panorama, HDR Phase Detection Autofocus, OIS, f/1.7 aperture, Geo-tagging, Simultaneous 4K Video And 9MP Image Recording, Touch Focus, Face/smile Detection, Auto HDR, Panorama
Video 2160p@30fps 1080p@30fps 2160p@60fps, 1080p@120fps, HDR, dual-video rec.
Front Camera 2.1 MP [Similar] 8 MP, f/1.9 [Similar] 8 MP, AF [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 HSPA, LTE, VoLTE
Bluetooth v4.0, A2DP, EDR, LE v4.2, A2DP, LE v4.2, A2DP, LE, aptX
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, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot
USB microUSB v2.0 microUSB v2.0 v3.1, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS/ BDS (region dependent) Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS
Browser HTML5 HTML5 HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 32 GB, 2 GB RAM 32/64 GB, 4 GB RAM 64 GB, 4 GB RAM
Expandable Storage No microSD, up to 128 GB (uses SIM 2 slot) microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot)
USB OTG - - 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
Barometer Sensor barometer sensor barometer sensor barometer sensor present
Heart-rate Sensor heart rate sensor heart rate sensor heart rate sensor present
NFC NFC supported NFC supported NFC supported

battery Battery

Type Li-Ion Battery Non-removable Li-Ion Battery Non-removable Li-Ion battery
Capacity 1860 mAh 2600 mAh 3000 mAh
Stand by - - -
Talk Time - - -