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HTC Desire 500 vs Alcatel One Touch Idol 2

General Info

Manufacturer
HTC Alcatel
Announced
July 2013 February 2014
Status
Available - September 2013 Coming Soon - April 2014
Colors
Black, White Various
Form Factor
Candybar Candybar
Dimension
131.8 x 66.9 x 9.9 mm
(5.19 x 2.63 x 0.39 in)
136 x 70 x 7.3 mm
(5.35 x 2.76 x 0.29 in)
Weight
123 g (4.34 oz) 128 g (4.52 oz)
2G Network
GSM 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2
3G Network
HSDPA 900 / 2100 HSDPA 900 / 2100
Messaging
SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM

Display

Type
TFT Capacitive Touchscreen IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen
Colors
16M colors 16M colors
Size
4.3 inches [Similar] 5.0 inches [Similar]
Resolution
480 x 800 pixels (217 ppi) [Similar] 540 x 960 pixels (220 ppi) [Similar]
Screen-to-Body Ratio
59.67% 72.59%
Multi-Touch

Hardware and OS

OS
Android OS, v4.1.2 (Jelly Bean) with HTC Sense, HTC BlinkFeed Android OS, v4.2 (Jelly Bean), upgradable to v4.4 (KitKat)
Processor
Quad-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A5, Qualcomm MSM8625Q Snapdragon 200 [Similar] Quad-core 1.3 GHz [Similar]
GPU
Adreno 203 [Similar] -
RAM
1 GB [Browse Similar] 1 GB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory
4 GB 8 GB
External Memory
microSD, up to 64 GB microSD, up to 32 GB (Single SIM)

Camera

Rear Camera
8 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels [Similar] 8 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels [Similar]
Flash
LED flash LED flash
Features
Auto focus, 1/3.2' Sensor Size, 1.4�m Pixel Size, Geo-tagging, Face And Smile Detection Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Panorama, HDR
Video
Yes, 720p@30fps Yes
Front Camera
Yes, 1.6 MP [Similar] Yes, 2 MP [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, 7.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps
Bluetooth
Yes, v4.0 with A2DP Yes, v4.0 with A2DP
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot, DLNA Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB
Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0
GPS
Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS support
Browser
HTML5 HTML

User Memory

Internal
4 GB, 1 GB RAM 8 GB, 1 GB RAM (Single SIM)/ 16 GB, 1 GB RAM (Dual SIM)
Expandable Storage
microSD, up to 64 GB microSD, up to 32 GB (Single SIM)

Sensors

Fingerprint
Proximity Sensor
Accelerometer Sensor
NFC

Battery

Type
Li-Ion Battery Li-Ion Battery
Capacity
1800 mAh 2000 mAh
Stand by
Up to 435 h (2G)
Up to 401 h (3G)
Up to 550 h (2G)
Up to 600 h (3G)
Talk Time
Up to 17 h 48 min (2G)
Up to 12 h 1 min (3G)
Up to 15 h (2G)
Up to 10 h (3G)
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