Phone Comparison - Lava Iris 501 vs Micromax A85

Lava Iris 501
lava iris 501
Micromax A85
micromax a85
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general General Info

Manufacturer Lava Micromax
Announced January 2013 Q3 2011
Status Available - January 2013 Available - October 2011
Colors Black, White Black
Form Factor Candybar Candybar
Dimension 148.5 x 79 x 10.5 mm
(5.85 x 3.11 x 0.41 in)
118.7 x 60.1 x 13.8 mm
(4.67 x 2.37 x 0.54 in)
Weight - -
2G Network GSM 900 / 1800 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 2100
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v4.0.4 (Ice Cream Sandwich), upgradable to v4.1 Android OS, v2.2 (Froyo)
Processor Dual-core 1 GHz Cortex-A9, MediaTek MT6577 [Similar] Dual-core 1 GHz Cortex-A9, Nvidia Tegra 2 AP20H [Similar]
GPU PowerVR SGX531 [Similar] ULP GeForce [Similar]
RAM 512 MB [Browse Similar] 512 MB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory 4 GB 8 GB storage
External Memory microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 32GB

display Display

Type TFT LCD TFT capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 5.0 inches [Similar] 3.8 inches [Similar]
Resolution 480 x 800 pixels (187 ppi) [Similar] 480 x 800 pixels (246 ppi) [Similar]
Screen-to-Body Ratio 60.39% 57.39%
Multi-Touch yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 5 MP, 2592х1944 pixels [Similar] 5 MP, 2592x1944 pixels [Similar]
Flash LED flash No
Features Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection Auto focus, Geo-tagging
Video Yes Yes
Front Camera Yes, VGA [Similar] Yes, VGA [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
Bluetooth Yes, with A2DP Yes
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support
Browser HTML5 WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML, Adobe Flash

memory User Memory

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

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 not supported

battery Battery

Type Li-Ion Battery Standard battery, Li-Ion
Capacity 2300 mAh 1500 mAh
Stand by Up to 620 h Up to 250 h
Talk Time Up to 7 h Up to 3 h 20 min