Phone Comparison - Alcatel One Touch Idol X vs HTC Desire 816 vs Huawei Ascend P7

general General Info

Manufacturer Alcatel HTC Huawei
Announced February 2013 February 2014 May 2014
Status Coming Soon - Q1 2013 Available - March 2014 Coming Soon - July 2014
Colors Blue, Black, Red, Yellow Red, Grey, Green, Cyan, White, Black Black, white, pink
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 7.1 mm thick
(0.28 in thick)
156.6 x 78.7 x 8 mm
(6.17 x 3.1 x 0.31 in)
139.8 x 68.8 x 6.5 mm
(5.5 x 2.71 x 0.26 in)
Weight - 165 g (5.82 oz) 124 g (4.37 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA HSDPA 850 / 900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network - LTE 800 / 900 / 1800 / 2600 - EMEA
LTE 900 / 1800 / 2100 / 2600 - Asia
LTE 800 / 900 / 1800 / 2100 / 2600
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail SMS, MMS, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v4.2.1 (Jelly Bean) Android OS, v4.4.2 (KitKat) Android OS, v4.4.2 (KitKat)
Processor Quad-core 1.2 GHz Quad-core 1.6 GHz Cortex-A7, Qualcomm MSM8928 Snapdragon 400 Quad-core 1.8 GHz Cotex-A9, HiSilicon Kirin 910T
GPU - Adreno 305 Mali-450MP4
RAM N/A 1.5 GB 2 GB
Internal Memory 16 GB 8 GB ROM 16 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 64 GB microSD, up to 64 GB

display Display

Type Capacitive touchscreen Capacitive Touchscreen IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 5.0 inches 5.5 inches 5.0 inches
Resolution 1080 x 1920 pixels (441 ppi) 720 x 1280 pixels (267 ppi) 1080 x 1920 pixels (441 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio - 67.67% 71.52%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 8 MP / 13 MP, autofocus 13 MP, 4160 x 3120 pixels 13 MP, 4160 x 3120 pixels
Flash LED flash LED flash LED flash
Features Geo-tagging Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, Simultaneous HD Video And Image Recording, HDR Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection, Panorama, HDR
Video Yes, 1080p Yes, 720p Yes, 1080p@30fps
Front Camera Yes [Similar] Yes, 5 MP, 720p [Similar] Yes, 8 MP [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes Up to 60 kbps
Edge Yes Yes Up to 236.8 kbps
3G HSDPA, HSUPA HSDPA, HSUPA; LTE HSDPA, 42 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps; LTE, Cat4, 50 Mbps UL, 150 Mbps DL
Bluetooth Yes, with A2DP Yes, v4.0 with A2DP Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, LE
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, DLNA, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0, USB On-the-go
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS
Browser HTML HTML5 HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 16 GB 8 GB ROM, 1.5 GB RAM 16 GB, 2 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 64 GB 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 not supported NFC supported NFC supported

battery Battery

Type Li-Ion Battery Non-removable Li-Po Battery Li-Po Battery
Capacity 2000 mAh 2600 mAh 2500 mAh
Stand by - - Up to 422 h (3G)
Talk Time - - Up to 22 h (2G)
Up to 14 h (3G)