Phone Comparison - Samsung I9070 Galaxy S Advance vs Samsung Galaxy Alpha vs Sony Xperia M4 Aqua

general General Info

Manufacturer Samsung Samsung Sony
Announced January 2012 August 2014 March 2015
Status Available - April 2012 Available - September 2014 Available - April 2015
Price - - Rs. 19,400 ($285.29) [Similarly Priced]
Colors Black, White Black, white, gold, silver, blue Black, White, Copper, Silver
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 123.2 x 63 x 9.7 mm
(4.85 x 2.48 x 0.38 in)
132.4 x 65.5 x 6.7 mm
(5.21 x 2.58 x 0.26 in)
140.5 x 72.6 x 7.3 mm
(5.53 x 2.86 x 0.29 in)
Weight 120 g (4.23 oz) 115 g (4.06 oz) 136 g (4.8 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (optional)
3G Network HSDPA 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 2100
HSDPA 850 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100
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, Push Mail, EMail, IM
Build Features - - - IP68 Certified - Dust and Water Proof up to 1.5 Meter and 30 Minutes

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v2.3 (Gingerbread) Android OS, v4.4.4 (KitKat) Android OS, v5.0.x (Lollipop)
Processor Dual-core 1 GHz Cortex-A9, NovaThor U8500 Quad-core 1.8 GHz Cortex-A15 & quad-core 1.3 GHz Cortex-A7, Exynos 5 Octa 5430 1.5GHz Octa-core, Qualcomm MSM8939 Snapdragon 615
GPU Mali-400 Mali-T628 MP6 Adreno 405
RAM 768 MB 2 GB 2 GB
Internal Memory 8 GB/16 GB storage 32 GB 8 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 32GB No microSD, up to 128 GB

display Display

Type Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen IPS LCD Capacitive Touchscreen, Scratch-resistant Glass
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 4.0 inches 4.7 inches 5.0 inches
Resolution 480 x 800 pixels (233 ppi) 720 x 1280 pixels (320 ppi) 720 x 1280 pixels (294 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 58.79% 66.95% 67.44%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 5 MP, 2592 x 1944 pixels 12 MP, 4128 x 3096 pixels 13 MP, 4128 x 3096 pixels
Flash LED flash LED flash LED flash
Features Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection, Panorama, HDR Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face/smile Detection, HDR, Panorama
Video Yes, 720p@30fps 2160p@30fps 1080p@30fps, HDR
Front Camera Yes, 1.3 MP [Similar] 2.1 MP [Similar] 5 MP [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Class 12 (4+1/3+2/2+3/1+4 slots), 32 - 48 kbps Yes Up to 107 kbps
Edge Class 12 Yes Up to 296 kbps
3G HSDPA, 14.4 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps HSDPA, 42 Mbps, HSUPA; LTE-A, Cat6, 300 Mbps DL HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps
Bluetooth Yes, v3.0 with A2DP v4.0, A2DP, EDR, LE v4.1, A2DP, apt-X
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot 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, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, hotspot
USB Yes, v2.0 microUSB microUSB v2.0 microUSB v2.0, USB Host
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS
Browser WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML, Adobe Flash HTML5 HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 8 GB/16GB storage, 768 MB RAM, 2GB ROM 32 GB, 2 GB RAM 8 GB, 2 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 32GB No microSD, up to 128 GB
USB OTG - - Supported

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 not supported NFC supported NFC supported

battery Battery

Type Standard battery, Li-Ion Li-Ion Battery Non-removable Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 1500 mAh 1860 mAh 2400 mAh
Stand by Up to 570 h (2G)
Up to 550 h (3G)
- -
Talk Time Up to 15 h (2G)
Up to 7 h 20 min (3G)
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