Phone Comparison - Samsung Galaxy Alpha vs Samsung Galaxy E7 vs Samsung Galaxy Xcover 3

general General Info

Manufacturer Samsung Samsung Samsung
Announced August 2014 January 2015 March 2015
Status Available - September 2014 Available - Feburary 2015 Available - April 2015
Price - Rs. 17,400 ($255.88) [Similarly Priced] Rs. 12,300 ($181.00) [Similarly Priced]
Colors Black, white, gold, silver, blue Black, White, Blue Gray
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 132.4 x 65.5 x 6.7 mm
(5.21 x 2.58 x 0.26 in)
151.4 x 77.2 x 7.3 mm
(5.96 x 3.04 x 0.29 in)
10 mm thickness
(0.39 in thickness)
Weight 115 g (4.06 oz) 141 g (4.97 oz) 154 g (5.43 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (optional) GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA
4G Network LTE - LTE 800 / 850 / 900 / 1800 / 2100 / 2600
(Bands 1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 20)
Messaging SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM
Build Features - - - IP67 certified - dust and water resistant up to 1 meter and 30 minutes
- MIL-STD-810G certified - salt, dust, humidity, rain, vibration, solar radiation, transport and thermal shock resistant

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v4.4.4 (KitKat) Android OS, v4.4.4 (KitKat) Android OS, v4.4 (KitKat), planned upgrade to v5.0 (Lollipop)
Processor Quad-core 1.8 GHz Cortex-A15 & quad-core 1.3 GHz Cortex-A7, Exynos 5 Octa 5430 Quad-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A53, Qualcomm MSM8916 Snapdragon 410 -
GPU Mali-T628 MP6 Adreno 306 -
RAM 2 GB 2 GB 1.5 GB
Internal Memory 32 GB 16 GB 8 GB
External Memory No microSD, up to 128 GB microSD, up to 32 GB

display Display

Type Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen Capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 4.7 inches 5.5 inches 4.5 inches
Resolution 720 x 1280 pixels (320 ppi) 720 x 1280 pixels (267 ppi) 480 x 800 pixels (207 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 66.95% 71.36% -
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 12 MP, 4128 x 3096 pixels 13 MP, 4128 x 3096 pixels 5 MP, 2592 х 1944 pixels
Flash LED flash LED flash LED flash
Features Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection, Panorama, HDR Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, Panorama Auto focus, Yes
Video 2160p@30fps 1080p@30fps Yes
Front Camera 2.1 MP [Similar] 5 MP [Similar] 2 MP [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 42.2/5.76 Mbps HSPA, LTE
Bluetooth v4.0, A2DP, EDR, LE v4.0, A2DP Yes
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot Yes Yes
USB microUSB v2.0 microUSB v2.0 microUSB v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS
Browser HTML5 HTML5 HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 32 GB, 2 GB RAM 16 GB, 2 GB RAM 8 GB, 1.5 GB RAM
Expandable Storage No microSD, up to 128 GB microSD, up to 32 GB

Apps Sensors

Fingerprint fingerprint not supported fingerprint not supported fingerprint not 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 Li-Ion Battery Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 1860 mAh 2950 mAh 2200 mAh
Stand by - - -
Talk Time - Up to 19 h (3G) -