Phone Comparison - Alcatel One Touch Idol 2 Mini S vs Huawei Ascend Y520 vs Alcatel Pixi 3 (8) LTE

general General Info

Manufacturer Alcatel Huawei Alcatel
Announced February 2014 December 2014 February 2016
Status Coming Soon - March 2014 Available - December 2014 Coming Soon - Q1 2016
Price - Rs. 15,500 ($230.00) [Similarly Priced] -
Colors Various Black, White, Blue, Pink Smoky Grey, Soft Gold, White
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 129.5 x 63.5 x 8.5 mm
(5.1 x 2.5 x 0.33 in)
134.2 x 67 x 10.2 mm
(5.28 x 2.64 x 0.4 in)
209 x 124.9 x 8.3 mm
(8.23 x 4.92 x 0.33 in)
Weight 116 g (4.09 oz) 150 g (5.29 oz) -
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100 - Y520-U03, Y520-U33
HSDPA 900 / 2100 - Y520-U12, Y520-U22
HSDPA 900 / 2100
4G Network LTE - LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 7(2600), 8(900), 20(800)
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v4.3 (Jelly Bean), upgradable to v4.4 (KitKat) Android OS, v4.4.x (KitKat) Microsoft Windows 10
Processor Quad-core 1.2 GHz Dual-core 1.3 GHz Cortex-A7, Mediatek MT6572 Quad-core 1.3 GHz Cortex-A7, Qualcomm MSM8909 Snapdragon 210
GPU - Mali-400 Adreno 304
RAM 1 GB 512 MB 1 GB
Internal Memory 4 GB 4 GB 8 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 32 GB

display Display

Type IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen TFT capacitive touchscreen IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 256K colors 16M colors
Size 4.5 inches 4.5 inches 8.0 inches
Resolution 540 x 960 pixels (245 ppi) 480 x 854 pixels (218 ppi) 800 x 1280 pixels (189 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 67.76% 61.89% 70.85%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 8 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels 5 MP, 2592 х 1944 pixels 5 MP,
Flash LED flash LED flash No
Features Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Panorama, HDR Auto focus, Geo-tagging Yes
Video Yes, 1080p 480p@30fps 1080p@30fps
Front Camera Yes, 2 MP [Similar] VGA [Similar] 2 MP [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes Yes
3G HSDPA, 42 Mbps, HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps; LTE, Cat4, 50 Mbps UL, 150 Mbps DL HSPA 21.1/5.76 Mbps HSPA, LTE
Bluetooth Yes, v4.0 with A2DP Yes v4.1
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 microUSB v2.0 microUSB v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS Yes, with A-GPS
Browser HTML HTML HTML

memory User Memory

Internal 4 GB, 1 GB RAM 4 GB, 512 MB RAM 8 GB, 1 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 32 GB

Apps Sensors

Fingerprint fingerprint not supported fingerprint not supported fingerprint not supported
Proximity Sensor proximity sensor present proximity sensor not present proximity sensor not present
Accelerometer Sensor accelerometer sensor present accelerometer sensor present accelerometer sensor present
NFC NFC supported NFC not supported NFC not supported

battery Battery

Type Li-Ion Battery Li-Ion Battery Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 2000 mAh 1750 mAh 4060 mAh
Stand by Up to 400 h (2G)
Up to 400 h (3G)
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Talk Time Up to 9 h (2G)
Up to 13 h (3G)
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