Phone Comparison - Alcatel One Touch Idol 2 vs Samsung Galaxy Alpha vs Asus Zenfone 2 ZE551ML

general General Info

Manufacturer Alcatel Samsung Asus
Announced February 2014 August 2014 January 2015
Status Coming Soon - April 2014 Available - September 2014 Available - March 2015
Price - - Rs. 14,999 ($220.57) [Similarly Priced]
Colors Various Black, white, gold, silver, blue Osmium Black, Sheer Gold, Glacier Gray, Glamor Red, Ceramic Whit
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 136 x 70 x 7.3 mm
(5.35 x 2.76 x 0.29 in)
132.4 x 65.5 x 6.7 mm
(5.21 x 2.58 x 0.26 in)
152.5 x 77.2 x 10.9 mm
(6 x 3.04 x 0.43 in)
Weight 128 g (4.52 oz) 115 g (4.06 oz) 170 g (6 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
GSM 850 / 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 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network - LTE LTE 700 / 800 / 850 / 900 / 1700 / 1800 / 1900 / 2100 / 2600
(Bands 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 17, 18, 19, 20, 28, 29)
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v4.2 (Jelly Bean), upgradable to v4.4 (KitKat) Android OS, v4.4.4 (KitKat) Android OS, v5.0 (Lollipop)
Processor Quad-core 1.3 GHz Quad-core 1.8 GHz Cortex-A15 & quad-core 1.3 GHz Cortex-A7, Exynos 5 Octa 5430 Quad-core 2.3 GHz
Quad-core 1.8 GHz, Intel Atom Z3580
Intel Atom Z3560
GPU - Mali-T628 MP6 PowerVR G6430
RAM 1 GB 2 GB 2/4 GB
Internal Memory 8 GB 32 GB 16/32/64 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 32 GB (Single SIM) No microSD, up to 64 GB

display Display

Type IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen IPS Capacitive Touchscreen, Corning Gorilla Glass 3
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 5.0 inches 4.7 inches 5.5 inches
Resolution 540 x 960 pixels (220 ppi) 720 x 1280 pixels (320 ppi) 1080 x 1920 pixels (401 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 72.59% 66.95% 70.67%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

3.5mm Jack yes yes yes
Radio No No Yes
Games Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable
Loud Speaker yes yes yes

camera Camera

Rear Camera 8 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels 12 MP, 4128 x 3096 pixels 13 MP, 4128 x 3096 pixels
Flash LED flash LED flash dual-LED (dual tone)
Features Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Panorama, HDR Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection, Panorama, HDR Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, Panorama, HDR
Video Yes 2160p@30fps 1080p@30fps
Front Camera Yes, 2 MP [Similar] 2.1 MP [Similar] 5 MP [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes Yes
3G HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps HSDPA, 42 Mbps, HSUPA; LTE-A, Cat6, 300 Mbps DL HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps
Bluetooth Yes, v4.0 with A2DP v4.0, A2DP, EDR, LE v4.0, A2DP, EDR
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 microUSB v2.0 microUSB v2.0, USB Host
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS
Browser HTML HTML5 HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 8 GB, 1 GB RAM (Single SIM)/ 16 GB, 1 GB RAM (Dual SIM) 32 GB, 2 GB RAM 16/32/64 GB, 2/4 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 32 GB (Single SIM) No microSD, up to 64 GB
USB OTG - - Supported

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 supported NFC supported NFC supported

battery Battery

Type Li-Ion Battery Li-Ion Battery Non-removable Li-Po Battery
Capacity 2000 mAh 1860 mAh 3000 mAh
Stand by Up to 550 h (2G)
Up to 600 h (3G)
- -
Talk Time Up to 15 h (2G)
Up to 10 h (3G)
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