Phone Comparison - Lava Iris 501 vs Samsung Galaxy Core I8260 vs Micromax Canvas Doodle 2 A240

general General Info

Manufacturer Lava Samsung Micromax
Announced January 2013 April 2013 August 2013
Status Available - January 2013 Available - May 2013 Available - August 2013
Colors Black, White White, Blue Gray/White
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 148.5 x 79 x 10.5 mm
(5.85 x 3.11 x 0.41 in)
129.3 x 67.6 x 8.95 mm
(5.09 x 2.66 x 0.35 in)
161 x 82.5 x 8.9 mm
(6.34 x 3.25 x 0.35 in)
Weight - 124 g (4.37 oz) 220 g (7.76 oz)
2G Network GSM 900 / 1800 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 900 / 1800 - SIM 1 & SIM 2
3G Network HSDPA 2100 HSDPA 900 / 2100 HSDPA 2100
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, 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, v4.1.2 (Jelly Bean) Android OS, v4.2.1 (Jelly Bean)
Processor Dual-core 1 GHz Cortex-A9, MediaTek MT6577 Dual-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A5, Qualcomm MSM8625 Snapdragon S4 Play Quad-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A7, MTK 6589
GPU PowerVR SGX531 Adreno 203 PowerVR SGX544
RAM 512 MB 1 GB 1 GB
Internal Memory 4 GB 8 GB (4.45 GB User Available) 16 GB (12 GB user available)
External Memory microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 32 GB No

display Display

Type TFT LCD TFT capacitive touchscreen IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 5.0 inches 4.3 inches 5.7 inches
Resolution 480 x 800 pixels (187 ppi) 480 x 800 pixels (217 ppi) 720 x 1280 pixels (258 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 60.39% 60.19% 67.25%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 5 MP, 2592х1944 pixels 5 MP, 2592x1944 pixels 12 MP, 4000 x 3000 pixels
Flash LED flash LED flash Dual-LED flash
Features Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection, HDR, Panorama
Video Yes Yes Yes, 1080p@30fps
Front Camera Yes, VGA [Similar] Yes, VGA [Similar] Yes, 5 MP, 720p [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Class 12 Yes Yes
Edge Class 12 Yes Yes
3G HSDPA 7.2 Mbps; HSUPA 5.76 Mbps HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps HSDPA, 42 Mbps, HSUPA, 11 Mbps
Bluetooth Yes, with A2DP Yes, v3.0 Yes, v4.0
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot Yes, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB v3.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support
Browser HTML5 HTML5 HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 4 GB, 512 MB RAM 8 GB (4.45 GB User Available), 1 GB RAM 16 GB (12 GB user available), 1 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 32 GB No

Apps Sensors

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

battery Battery

Type Li-Ion Battery Li-Ion Battery Non-removable Li-Ion battery
Capacity 2300 mAh 1800 mAh 2600 mAh
Stand by Up to 620 h Up to 300 h Up to 220 h
Talk Time Up to 7 h Up to 9 h Up to 8 h