Phone Comparison - Samsung Galaxy Alpha vs Asus Zenfone Zoom ZX550

Samsung Galaxy Alpha
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Asus Zenfone Zoom ZX550
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general General Info

Manufacturer Samsung Asus
Announced August 2014 January 2015
Status Available - September 2014 Coming Soon - Q2 2015
Price - Rs. 37,999 ($558.81) [Similarly Priced]
Colors Black, white, gold, silver, blue Meteorite black, Glacier white
Form Factor Candybar Candybar
Dimension 132.4 x 65.5 x 6.7 mm
(5.21 x 2.58 x 0.26 in)
158.9 x 78.8 x 12 mm
(6.26 x 3.1 x 0.47 in)
Weight 115 g (4.06 oz) 185 g (6.53 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network LTE LTE 700/800/850/900/1700/1800/1900/2100/2600
(Bands 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 17, 18, 19, 20, 28, 29)
Messaging SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v4.4.4 (KitKat) Android OS, v5.0 (Lollipop)
Processor Quad-core 1.8 GHz Cortex-A15 & quad-core 1.3 GHz Cortex-A7, Exynos 5 Octa 5430 [Similar] Quad-core 2.3 GHz, Intel Atom Z3580 [Similar]
GPU Mali-T628 MP6 [Similar] PowerVR G6430 [Similar]
RAM 2 GB [Browse Similar] 4 GB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory 32 GB 32/64/128 GB
External Memory No microSD, up to 64 GB

display Display

Type Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen IPS Capacitive Touchscreen, Corning Gorilla Glass 3
Colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 4.7 inches [Similar] 5.5 inches [Similar]
Resolution 720 x 1280 pixels (320 ppi) [Similar] 1080 x 1920 pixels (403 ppi) [Similar]
Screen-to-Body Ratio 66.95% 65.79%
Multi-Touch yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 12 MP, 4128 x 3096 pixels [Similar] 13 MP, 4128 x 3096 pixels [Similar]
Flash LED flash Dual-tone Flash
Features Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection, Panorama, HDR Optical Image Stabilization,Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, Panorama, HDR
Video 2160p@30fps 1080p@30fps
Front Camera 2.1 MP [Similar] 5 MP [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes
3G HSDPA, 42 Mbps, HSUPA; LTE-A, Cat6, 300 Mbps DL HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps
Bluetooth v4.0, A2DP, EDR, LE v4.0, A2DP, EDR
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, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot
USB microUSB v2.0 microUSB v2.0, USB Host
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS
Browser HTML5 HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 32 GB, 2 GB RAM 32/64/128 GB, 4 GB RAM
Expandable Storage No microSD, up to 64 GB
USB OTG - Supported

Apps Sensors

Fingerprint fingerprint not supported fingerprint not supported
Proximity Sensor proximity sensor present proximity sensor present
Accelerometer Sensor accelerometer sensor present accelerometer sensor present
NFC NFC supported NFC supported

battery Battery

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