Phone Comparison - Lava Iris 501 vs LG Optimus GK

Lava Iris 501
lava iris 501
LG Optimus GK
lg optimus gk
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general General Info

Manufacturer Lava LG
Announced January 2013 April 2013
Status Available - January 2013 Coming Soon - Q2 2013
Colors Black, White Platinum White, Indigo Black
Form Factor Candybar Candybar
Dimension 148.5 x 79 x 10.5 mm
(5.85 x 3.11 x 0.41 in)
139.1 x 69.9 x 9.9 mm
(5.48 x 2.75 x 0.39 in)
Weight - 156 g (5.5 oz)
2G Network GSM 900 / 1800 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 2100 HSDPA 900 / 2100
4G Network - LTE
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v4.0.4 (Ice Cream Sandwich), upgradable to v4.1 Android OS, v4.1.2 (Jelly Bean)
Processor Dual-core 1 GHz Cortex-A9, MediaTek MT6577 [Similar] Quad-core 1.7 GHz Krait 300, Qualcomm APQ8064T Snapdragon 600 [Similar]
GPU PowerVR SGX531 [Similar] Adreno 320 [Similar]
RAM 512 MB [Browse Similar] 2 GB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory 4 GB 16 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 64 GB

display Display

Type TFT LCD True Full HD IPS LCD Capacitive Touchscreen with Zerogap Touch
Colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 5.0 inches [Similar] 5.0 inches [Similar]
Resolution 480 x 800 pixels (187 ppi) [Similar] 1080 x 1920 pixels (440 ppi) [Similar]
Screen-to-Body Ratio 60.39% 71.07%
Multi-Touch yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 5 MP, 2592х1944 pixels [Similar] 13 MP, 4208 x 3120 pixels [Similar]
Flash LED flash LED flash
Features Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Face Detection, Image Stabilization, Panorama, HDR
Video Yes Yes, 1080p@30fps, dual-video rec., HDR
Front Camera Yes, VGA [Similar] Yes, 2.1 MP, 1080p@30fps [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Class 12 Yes
Edge Class 12 Yes
3G HSDPA 7.2 Mbps; HSUPA 5.76 Mbps HSDPA, HSUPA, LTE
Bluetooth Yes, with A2DP Yes, v4.0 with A2DP
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0 (MHL), USB Host
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS
Browser HTML5 HTML5, Adobe Flash

memory User Memory

Internal 4 GB, 512 MB RAM 16 GB, 2 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 32 GB 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 not supported NFC supported

battery Battery

Type Li-Ion Battery Li-Po Battery
Capacity 2300 mAh 3100 mAh
Stand by Up to 620 h -
Talk Time Up to 7 h -