Samsung Galaxy Alpha vs Amazon Fire Phone Comparison

Samsung Galaxy Alpha

Amazon Fire Phone

Samsung Galaxy Alpha General Specs

Screen Size:
4.7 inches

Release date:
Sep 2014

OS:
Android 4.4.4 KitKat OS

Dimensions:
5.21 x 2.58 x 0.26 inches (132.4 x 65.5 x 6.7 mm )

Weight:
4.06 oz (115 g)

Touchscreen type:
Multi-touch

Resolution:
720 x 1280 pixels

Pixels per inch (PPI):
312 ppi

Amazon Fire Phone General Specs

Screen Size:
4.7

Release date:
Jul 2014

OS:
Fire OS 3.5

Dimensions:
5.5

Weight:
5.64 ounces (160 grams)

Touchscreen type:
Multi-touch

Resolution:
1280 x 720

Pixels per inch (PPI):
315 ppi

Samsung Galaxy Alpha Camera Specs

Rear camera:
12 megapixels

Front camera:
2.1 megapixels

Flash:
LED

Amazon Fire Phone Camera Specs

Rear camera:
13 MP

Front camera:
2.1 MP

Flash:
LED

Samsung Galaxy Alpha Hardware Specs

Processor:
8-core, 1800 MHz, ARM Cortex-A15 and ARM Cortex-A7

RAM:
2048 MB RAM

Internal storage:
32 GB

Expandable storage type:
-

Amazon Fire Phone Hardware Specs

Processor:
2.2GHz Quad-core Snapdragon 800 CPU, with Adreno 330 GPU

RAM:
2 GB

Internal storage:
32 GB or 64 GB

Expandable storage type:
-

Samsung Galaxy Alpha Battery Specs

Capacity:
1860 mAh

Talk time:
-

Stand-by time:
-

Amazon Fire Phone Battery Specs

Capacity:
2400 mAh

Talk time:
22.00 hours

Stand-by time:
11.9 days (285 hours)

Samsung Galaxy Alpha Connectivity Specs

Wi-Fi:
802.11 a/b/g/n/ac 2.4G+5GHz, VHT80 MIMO

Bluetooth:
4.0

GPS:
Yes

USB:
USB 3.0

Amazon Fire Phone Connectivity Specs

Wi-Fi:
802.11a/b/g/n/ac Wi-Fi

Bluetooth:
3.0 wireless technology

GPS:
-

USB:
USB 2.0

Samsung Galaxy Alpha Audio Codecs

MP3, AAC, FLAC, WMA, WAV, M4A (Apple lossless), AMR, OGG, MIDI

Amazon Fire Phone Audio Codecs

Dolby Digital (AC-3), Dolby Digital Plus (E-AC-3), non-DRM AAC, MP3, MIDI, OGG, PCM/WAVE, AAC LC/ELD, HE-AAC (v1 & v2), AMR-NB, AMR-WB, AMR-WB+, Audible Enhanced format (AAX);

Samsung Galaxy Alpha Video Codecs

MPEG4, H.263, H.264, WMV, AVI, 3GP, 3G2, Flash Video, MKV, WebM

Amazon Fire Phone Video Codecs

MPEG4, VP8, H.264/MPEG4/AVC,MPEG4 SP, H.263,AVI,HDCP2.x, PlayReady DRM;

Samsung Galaxy Alpha Sensors

• Accelerometer
• Gyroscope
• Compass
• Hall
• Fingerprint ID
• Gesture

Amazon Fire Phone Sensors

• Dynamic Perspective sensor system with invisible infrared illumination
• gyroscope
• accelerometer
• magnetometer
• barometer
• proximity sensor
• ambient light sensor