Phone Comparison - Samsung Galaxy Nexus vs Google Pixel 3a vs Samsung Galaxy A01

general General Info

Manufacturer Samsung Google Samsung
Announced October 2011 2019, May December 2019
Status Available - November 2011 Available. Released 2019, May Coming Soon - December 2019
Colors Black Clearly White, Just Black, Not Pink Black, Blue, Red
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 135.5 x 67.9 x 8.9 mm
(5.33 x 2.67 x 0.35 in)
151.3 x 70.1 x 8.2 mm
(5.96 x 2.76 x 0.32 in)
146.3 x 70.1 x 8.3 mm
(5.76 x 2.76 x 0.33 in)
Weight 135 g (4.76 oz) 147 g (5.19 oz) -
SIM Type - Nano-SIM Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
CDMA2000 1xEV-DO
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 2100
4G Network LTE 700 (region specific) LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 12(700), 13(700), 17(700), 18(800), 19(800), 20(800), 25(1900), 26(850), 28(700), 29(700), 32(1500), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300), 41(2500), 42(3500), 46, 66(1700/2100), 71(600) LTE (unspecified)
Messaging SMS, MMS, IM
Build Features - - Fingerprint Sensor
- IP68 dust/water resistant (up to 1.5m for 30 mins)
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Notification LED - Yes -

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) Android 9.0 (Pie) Android 10.0
Processor Dual-core 1.2GHz Cortex-A9 CPU, TI OMAP 4460 chipset Octa-Core (2 x 2GHz Kryo 360 + 6 x 1.7GHz Kryo 360), Qualcomm SDM670 Snapdragon 670 Octa core (2 x 1.6 GHz Cortex A73 + 6 x 1.35 GHz Cortex A53), Samsung Exynos 7884
GPU No Adreno 615 Mali G71 MP2
RAM 1 GB 4 GB 8 GB
Internal Memory 16/32 GB storage 32/64 GB 128 GB
External Memory No No microSD, up to 512 GB (dedicated slot)

display Display

Type Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen P-OLED Capacitive Touchscreen, Corning Gorilla Glass 5 TFT HD+ Capacitive Touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 4.65 inches 5.6 inches 5.7 inches
Resolution 720 x 1280 pixels (316 ppi) 1080 x 2220 pixels (441 ppi) 720 x 1520 pixels (295 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 64.72% 74.99% 79.11%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 5 MP, 2592x1936 pixels 12.2 MP 13 MP + 2 MP
Flash LED flash Dual-LED Flash LED Flash
Features Auto focus, Touch Focus, Geo-tagging, Face Detection 12.2 MP, f/1.8, 28mm (wide), 1/2.55", 1.4µm, OIS, dual pixel PDAF
Auto-HDR, Panorama
13 MP, f/2.2, 28mm (wide), AF
2 MP, f/2.4, depth sensor
Video Yes, 1080p@30fps 2160p@30fps, 1080p@30/60/120fps, 720p@240fps, 1080p@30fps (gyro-EIS) 1080p@30fps
Front Camera Yes, 1.3 MP [Similar] 8 MP, f/1.8, 28mm PDAF
No AF, Auto-HDR, 1080p@30fps [Similar]
5 MP [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes Yes
3G HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps; LTE HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A (5CA) Cat16 1024/75 Mbps HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps
Bluetooth Yes, v3.0 with A2DP 5.0, A2DP, LE, aptX HD Yes
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, hotspot
USB Yes, v2.0 microUSB 2.0, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector Yes
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support, barometer sensor Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS, GALILEO Yes, with A-GPS
Browser HTML Yes Yes

memory User Memory

Internal 16/32GB storage, 1 GB RAM 32/64 GB, 4 GB RAM 128 GB, 8 GB RAM or 128 GB, 6 GB RAM
Expandable Storage No No microSD, up to 512 GB (dedicated slot)
USB OTG - Supported Supported

Apps Sensors

Fingerprint fingerprint not supported fingerprint 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 not supported

battery Battery

Type Standard battery, Li-Ion Non-removable Li-Ion Battery
Fast Battery Charging 18W
Non-removable Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 1750 mAh 3000 mAh 3000 mAh
Stand by Up to 290 h (2G)
Up to 270 h (3G)
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Talk Time Up to 17 h 40 min (2G)
Up to 8 h 20 min (3G)
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