Phone Comparison - Karbonn A30 vs Karbonn A27 Plus vs Lava Iris Pro

general General Info

Manufacturer Karbonn Karbonn Lava
Announced 2012 March 2013 January 2014
Status Available Available - March 2013 Available - January 2014
Colors Black/White Black, White Black
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 166 x 91 x 10.7 mm
(6.54 x 3.58 x 0.42 in)
124 x 76 x 10 mm
(4.88 x 2.99 x 0.39 in)
138 x 66.7 x 7.5 mm
(5.43 x 2.63 x 0.3 in)
Weight 280 g (9.88 oz) - 114 g (4.02 oz)
2G Network GSM 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 GSM 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2
3G Network HSDPA 2100 HSDPA 2100 HSDPA 2100
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM
Build Features - - Full Lamination, Corning Gorilla Glass

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v4.0.4 (Ice Cream Sandwich) Android OS, v4.1 (Jelly Bean) Android OS, v4.2.2 (Jelly Bean)
Processor Dual-core 1 GHz Dual-core 1.2 GHz Quad-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A7, MTK 6589
GPU - - PowerVR SGX544
RAM 512 MB 512 MB 1 GB
Internal Memory 4 GB 4 GB 4 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 32 GB

display Display

Type TFT capacitive touchscreen TFT capacitive touchscreen IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen, OGS, Corning Gorilla Glass, Full Lamination
Colors 256K colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 5.9 inches 5.0 inches 4.7 inches
Resolution 480 x 800 pixels (158 ppi) 540 x 960 pixels (220 ppi) 720 x 1280 pixels (312 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 65.70% 73.32% 66.36%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels 8 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels 8 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels
Flash LED flash LED flash Dual-LED flash
Features Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Face Detection Auto focus, Geo-tagging Auto-focus, Geo-taggi/ng, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection, HDR, Panorama, Blue Glass Filter
Video Yes Yes Yes, 1080p@30fps
Front Camera Yes, 1.3 MP [Similar] Yes, VGA [Similar] Yes, 3 MP [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes Yes
3G HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps HSDPA 7.2 Mbps HSDPA, 42 Mbps, HSUPA, 11 Mbps
Bluetooth Yes, with A2DP Yes Yes, v4.0
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot Yes, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes Yes, microUSB v2.0, USB On-the-go
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support
Browser HTML HTML5 HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 4 GB, 512 MB RAM 4 GB, 512 MB RAM 4 GB, 1 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 32 GB
USB OTG - - Supported

Apps Sensors

Fingerprint fingerprint not supported fingerprint not supported fingerprint not supported
Proximity Sensor proximity sensor not 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 Li-Ion Battery Li-Ion Battery Li-Po Battery
Capacity 2500 mAh 2000 mAh 2000 mAh
Stand by Up to 600 h Up to 400 h 400 h
Talk Time Up to 10 h Up to 6 h Up to 7.5 h (2G)
Up to 4.5 h (3G)