Phone Comparison - HP Veer 4G vs Apple iPhone 3G vs Alcatel One Touch Fire C

general General Info

Manufacturer HP Apple Alcatel
Announced May 2011 June 2008 February 2014
Status Available - May 2011 Discontinued Coming Soon - Q1 2014
Colors White, black Black(8/16 GB), White (16 GB) Orange
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 84 x 54.5 x 15.1 mm
(3.31 x 2.15 x 0.59 in)
115.5 x 62.1 x 12.3 mm
(4.55 x 2.44 x 0.48 in)
112.2 x 62 x 12 mm
(4.42 x 2.44 x 0.47 in)
Weight 103 g (3.63 oz) 133 g (4.69 oz) 100 g (3.53 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 900 / 2100
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS SMS, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS HP webOS 2.1 iPhone OS, upgradable to iOS 4 Firefox OS 1.3
Processor 800 MHz Scorpion, Qualcomm MSM7230 412 MHz ARM 11 Dual-core 1.2 GHz
GPU Adreno 205 PowerVR MBX -
RAM N/A 128 MB 512 MB
Internal Memory 8 GB storage, 6.1 GB user available 8 GB/ 16 GB storage 4 GB
External Memory No No microSD, up to 32 GB

display Display

Type TFT capacitive touchscreen TFT capacitive touchscreen TFT capacitive touchscreen
Colors 256K colors 16M colors 256K colors
Size 2.6 inches 3.5 inches 3.5 inches
Resolution 320 x 400 pixels (197 ppi) 320 x 480 pixels (165 ppi) 320 x 480 pixels (165 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 46.48% 50.75% 52.32%
Multi-Touch yes yes no

multimedia Multimedia

3.5mm Jack yes yes yes
Radio No No Stereo FM radio with RDS
Games Yes Yes Yes + Downloadable
Loud Speaker yes yes yes

camera Camera

Rear Camera 5 MP, 2592х1944 pixels 2 MP, 1600x1200 pixels VGA, 640x480 pixels
Flash fixed focus No No
Features Geo-tagging Geo-tagging
Video Yes No Yes, VGA@30fps
Front Camera No [Similar] No [Similar] No [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes Yes
3G HSDPA 14.4 Mbps, HSUPA 5.76 Mbps HSDPA HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps
Bluetooth Yes, v2.1 with A2DP Yes, v2.0 with A2DP, headset support only Yes
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n Wi-Fi 802.11b/g Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support
Browser HTML, Adobe Flash HTML (Safari) HTML

memory User Memory

Internal 8GB storage, 6.1GB user available 8 GB/ 16 GB storage, 128 MB RAM 4 GB, 512 MB RAM
Expandable Storage No No microSD, up to 32 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 not supported NFC not supported

battery Battery

Type Standard battery, Li-Ion Standard battery, Li-Ion Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 910 mAh 1300 mAh
Stand by Up to 300 h Up to 300 h Up to 433 h (2G)
Up to 325 h (3G)
Talk Time Up to 5 h Up to 10 h Up to 6 h 40 min (2G)
Up to 2 h 40 min (3G)