Phone Comparison - HTC Butterfly vs Alcatel One Touch Idol X vs Sony Xperia Z Ultra

general General Info

Manufacturer HTC Alcatel Sony
Announced December 2012 February 2013 June 2013
Status Available - January 2013 Coming Soon - Q1 2013 Available - July 2013
Colors Black Blue, Black, Red, Yellow Black, White, Purple
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 143 x 70.5 x 9.08 mm
(5.63 x 2.78 x 0.36 in)
7.1 mm thick
(0.28 in thick)
179.4 x 92.2 x 6.5 mm
(7.06 x 3.63 x 0.26 in)
Weight 140 g (4.94 oz) - 212 g (7.48 oz)
2G Network GSM 850/900/1800/1900 MHz GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - All Versions
3G Network HSDPA 850/2100 MHz HSDPA HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100 - All Versions
4G Network - - LTE 700 / 850 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100 / 2600 / 900 - C6806
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM
Build Features - - - IP58 Certified - Dust and Water-proof
- Water Resistant up to 1 Meter and 30 Minutes

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v4.1 (Jelly Bean) Android OS, v4.2.1 (Jelly Bean) Android OS, v4.2 (Jelly Bean)
Processor Dual-core 1.5 GHz Krait, Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Pro APQ8064 Quad-core 1.2 GHz Quad-core 2.2 GHz Krait 400, Qualcomm MSM8274/MSM8974 Snapdragon 800
GPU Adreno 320 - Adreno 330
RAM 2 GB N/A 2 GB
Internal Memory 16 GB 16 GB 16 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 64 GB

display Display

Type Super LCD 3 with Corning® Gorilla® Glass 2 Capacitive touchscreen Capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 5 inches 5.0 inches 6.44 inches
Resolution 1920 x 1080 pixels (440 ppi) 1080 x 1920 pixels (441 ppi) 1080 x 1920 pixels (342 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 68.54% - 69.15%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels 8 MP / 13 MP, autofocus 8 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels
Flash 5 Level LED flash LED flash LED flash
Features Simultaneous HD video and image recording, Auto focus, Touch Focus, Geo-tagging, Image Stabilization, Face Detection, Slow motion video capture, Continuous shooting Geo-tagging Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, Image Stabilization, HDR, Sweep Panorama
Video Yes, 1080p@30fps HD recording, video stabilization Yes, 1080p Yes, 1080p@30fps, video stabilization, HDR
Front Camera Yes, 2.1 MP, 1080p [Similar] Yes [Similar] Yes, 2 MP, 1080p@30fps [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes Up to 107 kbps
Edge Yes Yes Up to 296 kbps
3G HSPA+; LTE, Cat3, 50 Mbps UL, 100 Mbps DL HSDPA, HSUPA HSDPA, 42 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.8 Mbps; LTE, Cat4, 50 Mbps UL, 150 Mbps DL
Bluetooth Yes, v4.0 with aptX™ enabled Yes, with A2DP Yes, v4.0 with A2DP
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot; WiMAX 802.16 e Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0 (MHL), USB On-the-go
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS
Browser HTML5 HTML HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 16 GB, 2 GB RAM 16 GB 16 GB, 2 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 32 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 not supported NFC supported

battery Battery

Type Non-removable, Li-Po Battery Li-Ion Battery Non-removable Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 2020 mAh 2000 mAh 3050 mAh
Stand by - - Up to 790 h (2G)
Up to 820 h (3G)
Talk Time - - Up to 14 h (2G)
Up to 16 h (3G)