Phone Comparison - Microsoft Lumia 435 vs Alcatel Idol 3C vs Microsoft Lumia 550

general General Info

Manufacturer Microsoft Alcatel Microsoft
Announced January 2015 September 2015 October 2015
Status Available - February 2015 Coming Soon - Q4 2015 Available - December 2015
Price Rs. 5,350 ($78.68) [Similarly Priced] - Rs. 7,999 ($117.63) [Similarly Priced]
Colors Black, White, Green, Orange Various Black, White
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 118.1 x 64.7 x 11.7 mm
(4.65 x 2.55 x 0.46 in)
152.7 x 75.1 x 7.9 mm
(6.01 x 2.96 x 0.31 in)
136.1 x 67.8 x 9.9 mm
(5.36 x 2.67 x 0.39 in)
Weight 134.1 g (4.73.0.04 oz) - 141.9 (4.97.0.32)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 2100
4G Network - LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 7(2600), 8(900), 20(800) 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, Push Mail, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Microsoft Windows Phone 8.1 Android OS, v5.0 (Lollipop) Microsoft Windows 10
Processor Dual-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A7, Qualcomm MSM8210 Snapdragon 200 Quad-core 1.5 GHz Cortex-A53 & quad-core 1.0 GHz Cortex-A53, Qualcomm MSM8939 Snapdragon 615 Quad-core 1.1 GHz Cortex-A7, Qualcomm MSM8909 Snapdragon 210
GPU Adreno 302 Adreno 405 Adreno 304
RAM 1 GB 2 GB 1 GB
Internal Memory 8 GB 16 GB 8 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 128 GB microSD, up to 128 GB microSD, up to 200 GB

display Display

Type Capacitive touchscreen IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen Capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 4.0 inches 5.5 inches 4.7 inches
Resolution 480 x 800 pixels (233 ppi) 1080 x 1920 pixels (401 ppi) 720 x 1280 pixels (315 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 59.72% 72.55% 64.94%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 2 MP, 1600 x 1200 pixels 13 MP, 4128 x 3096 pixels 5 MP, 2592 х 1944 pixels
Flash No LED flash LED flash
Features Geo-tagging Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, Panorama, HDR Auto focus, 1/4' Sensor Size, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus
Video 480p@30fps 1080p@30fps 720p@30fps
Front Camera VGA, 480p [Similar] 8 MP, 1080p [Similar] 2 MP, 480p [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes Yes
3G HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps
Bluetooth v4.0, A2DP v4.1, A2DP v4.1, A2DP
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, hotspot
USB microUSB v2.0 microUSB v2.0 microUSB v2.0
GPS A-GPS, GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, Beidou
Browser HTML5 HTML5 HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 8 GB, 1 GB RAM 16 GB, 2 GB RAM 8 GB, 1 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 128 GB microSD, up to 128 GB microSD, up to 200 GB

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 supported NFC not supported

battery Battery

Type Li-Ion Battery Non-removable Li-Ion Battery Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 1560 mAh 2910 mAh 2100 mAh
Stand by Up to 504 h (2G)
Up to 504 h (3G)
Up to 600 h (2G)
Up to 600 h (3G)
Up to 672 h (2G)
Up to 672 h (3G)
Talk Time Up to 21 h (2G)
Up to 11 h 45 min (3G)
Up to 13 h (2G)
Up to 13 h (3G)
Up to 16 h (2G)
Up to 14 h (3G)