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Alcatel One Touch Idol Ultra vs HTC Desire 820

General Info

Manufacturer
Alcatel HTC
Announced
January 2013 September 2014
Status
Available - April 2013 Coming Soon - September 2014
Colors
Red, Black Marble White, Tuxedo Grey, Santorini White, Milky-way Grey, Tang
Form Factor
Candybar Candybar
Dimension
134.4 x 68.5 x 6.5 mm
(5.29 x 2.7 x 0.26 in)
157.7 x 78.7 x 7.7 mm
(6.21 x 3.1 x 0.3 in)
Weight
115 g (4.06 oz) 155 g (5.47 oz)
2G Network
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network
HSDPA 900 / 2100
HSDPA 850 / 2100
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 - EMEA version
HSDPA 900 / 2100 - Asia version
4G Network
- LTE 900 / 1800 / 2100 / 2600 - EMEA version
Messaging
SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail
Build Features
Dragon Trail Glass -

Display

Type
AMOLED capacitive touchscreen LCD Capacitive Touchscreen
Colors
16M colors 16M colors
Size
4.7 inches [Similar] 5.5 inches [Similar]
Resolution
720 x 1280 pixels (312 ppi) [Similar] 720 x 1280 pixels (267 ppi) [Similar]
Screen-to-Body Ratio
66.35% 67.20%
Multi-Touch

Hardware and OS

OS
Android OS, v4.1 (Jelly Bean) Android OS, v4.4.2 (KitKat)
Processor
Dual-core 1.2 GHz, MTK 6577 [Similar] Quad-core 1.5 GHz Cortex-A53 & quad-core 1.0 GHz Cortex-A53, Qualcomm MSM8939 Snapdragon 615 [Similar]
GPU
PowerVR SXG531T [Similar] Adreno 405 [Similar]
RAM
N/A 2 GB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory
16 GB storage, 1 GB 16 GB
External Memory
No microSD, up to 128 GB

Camera

Rear Camera
8 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels [Similar] 13 MP, 4160 x 3120 pixels [Similar]
Flash
LED flash LED flash
Features
Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, Simultaneous HD Video And Image Recording, HDR
Video
Yes, 1080p 1080p@30fps, 720p@60fps
Front Camera
Yes, 1.3 MP [Similar] 8 MP, 1080p [Similar]

Multimedia

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

Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS
Yes Yes
Edge
Yes Yes
3G
HSDPA 7.2Mbps HSDPA, 42 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.8 Mbps; LTE, Cat4, 50 Mbps UL, 150 Mbps DL
Bluetooth
Yes v4.0, A2DP
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB
Yes, microUSB v2.0 microUSB v2.0
GPS
Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS
Browser
HTML HTML5

User Memory

Internal
16 GB storage, 1 GB 16 GB, 2 GB RAM
Expandable Storage
No microSD, up to 128 GB

Sensors

Fingerprint
Proximity Sensor
Accelerometer Sensor
NFC

Battery

Type
Li-Ion Battery Non-removable Li-Po Battery
Capacity
1800 mAh 2600 mAh
Stand by
Up to 400 h (2G)
Up to 400 h (3G)
Up to 424 h (3G)
Talk Time
Up to 12 h (2G)
Up to 7 h (3G)
Up to 22 h 24 min (3G)
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