Phone Comparison - Sony Xperia Z3 Compact vs Alcatel Pixi 4 (4) vs Samsung Galaxy A5 (2017)

general General Info

Manufacturer Sony Alcatel Samsung
Announced September 2014 January 2016 January 2017
Status Available - September 2014 Coming Soon - Q1 2016 Coming Soon - January 2017
Price - - Rs. 28,990 ($399.00) [Similarly Priced]
Colors Black, White, Green, Orange Various Black, White, Gold, Pink Gold
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 127.3 x 64.9 x 8.6 mm
(5.01 x 2.56 x 0.34 in)
121.3 x 64.4 x 9.7 mm
(4.78 x 2.54 x 0.38 in)
146.1 x 71.4 x 7.9 mm
(5.75 x 2.81 x 0.31 in)
Weight 129 g (4.55 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 (optional)
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100 - D5803
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 - D5833
HSDPA 900 / 2100
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network LTE 800 / 850 / 900 / 1700 / 1800 / 1900 / 2100 / 2600 - LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 20(800)
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM
Build Features IP68 Certified - Dust Proof and Water Resistant over 1 Meter and 30 Minutes - -
Notification LED - - Yes

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v4.4.4 (KitKat) Android OS, v6.0 (Marshmallow) Android OS, v6.0 (Marshmallow)
Processor Quad-core 2.5 GHz Krait 400, Qualcomm MSM8974AC Snapdragon 801 Quad-core 1.3 GHz Cortex-A7, Mediatek MT6580M 1.9 GHz Quad-core Cortex-A72 & 1.3 GHz Quad-core Cortex-A53, Exynos 7880
GPU Adreno 330 - Mali-T860 MP4
RAM 2 GB 512 MB 3 GB
Internal Memory 16 GB 4 GB 32 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 64 GB microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 256 GB

display Display

Type IPS LCD Capacitive Touchscreen, Triluminos Display, X-Reality Engine TFT capacitive touchscreen Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 4.6 inches 4.0 inches 5.2 inches
Resolution 720 x 1280 pixels (319 ppi) 480 x 800 pixels (233 ppi) 1080 x 1920 pixels (424 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 70.72% 58.42% 71.34%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

3.5mm Jack yes yes yes
Radio Stereo FM radio with RDS FM radio FM radio, recording
Games Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable
Loud Speaker yes yes yes

camera Camera

Rear Camera 20.7 MP, 5248 х 3936 pixels 2 MP or 5 MP, LED flash 16 MP
Flash LED flash No LED flash
Features Auto focus, 1/2.3' Sensor Size, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection, Image Stabilization, HDR, Panorama HDR, Panorama Auto focus, f/1.9 aperture, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, Panorama
Video 2160p@30fps, 1080p@30fps, HDR 1080p@30fps 1080p@30fps
Front Camera 2.2 MP, 1080p@30fps [Similar] VGA or 2 MP [Similar] 16 MP [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Up to 107 kbps Yes Yes
Edge Up to 296 kbps Yes Yes
3G HSDPA, 42 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.8 Mbps; LTE, Cat4, 50 Mbps UL, 150 Mbps DL HSPA 21.1/5.76 Mbps HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps, VoLTE
Bluetooth v4.0, A2DP v4.0, A2DP v4.2, A2DP, EDR, LE, ANT+
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, hotspot
USB microUSB v2.0 (MHL), USB On-the-go, USB Host microUSB v2.0 Type-C 1.0 reversible connector
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS
Browser HTML5 HTML HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 16 GB, 2 GB RAM 4 GB, 512 MB RAM
8 GB, 1 GB RAM
32 GB, 3 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 64 GB microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 256 GB
USB OTG Supported - Supported

Apps Sensors

Fingerprint fingerprint not supported fingerprint not supported fingerprint supported
Proximity Sensor proximity sensor present proximity sensor not 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 Non-removable Li-Ion Battery Li-Ion Battery Non-removable Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 2600 mAh 1500 mAh 3000 mAh
Stand by Up to 880 h (2G)
Up to 920 h (3G)
Up to 520 h (2G)
Up to 500 h (3G)
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Talk Time Up to 12 h (2G)
Up to 14 h (3G)
Up to 10 h (2G)
Up to 7 h 20 min (3G)
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