Phone Comparison - Microsoft Lumia 535 vs HTC Desire 526 vs Alcatel Pop Star

general General Info

Manufacturer Microsoft HTC Alcatel
Announced November 2014 July 2015 September 2015
Status Available - November 2014 Coming Soon - July 2015 Coming Soon - Q4 2015
Price Rs. 7,000 ($102.94) [Similarly Priced] Rs. 6,790 ($99.85) [Similarly Priced] -
Colors Orange, green, white, black, gray, blue - Various
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 140.2 x 72.4 x 8.8 mm
(5.52 x 2.85 x 0.35 in)
- 141 x 71.5 x 8.6 mm
(5.55 x 2.81 x 0.34 in)
Weight 146 g (5.15 oz) - -
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (optional)
3G Network HSDPA 900 / 2100 HSDPA HSDPA 900 / 2100
4G Network - LTE -
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Microsoft Windows Phone 8.1 Android OS, v5.1 (Lollipop) Android OS, v5.0 (Lollipop)
Processor Quad-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A7, Qualcomm Snapdragon 200 Quad-core 1.1 GHz Cortex-A7, Qualcomm MSM8909 Snapdragon 210 Quad-core 1.3 GHz, Mediatek MT6580
GPU Adreno 302 Adreno 304 -
RAM 1 GB 1.5 GB 1 GB
Internal Memory 8 GB 8 GB 8 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 128 GB microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 32 GB

display Display

Type IPS LCD Capacitive Touchscreen, Corning Gorilla Glass 3 Capacitive touchscreen Capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 5.0 inches 4.7 inches 5.0 inches
Resolution 540 x 960 pixels (220 ppi) 540 x 960 pixels (234 ppi) 720 x 1280 pixels (294 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 68.08% - 68.23%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 5 MP, 2592 x 1936 pixels 8 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels 8 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels
Flash LED flash LED flash LED flash
Features Auto focus, 1/4' Sensor Size, Geo-tagging Auto focus, Yes Auto focus, Yes
Video 480p@30fps 720p@30fps 1080p@30fps
Front Camera 5 MP [Similar] 2 MP, 720p [Similar] 5 MP [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes Yes
Edge Up to 236.8 kbps Yes Yes
3G HSDPA, 42.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps HSPA, LTE HSPA
Bluetooth v4.0, A2DP v4.1, A2DP v4.0, A2DP
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot
USB microUSB v2.0 microUSB v2.0 microUSB v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS Yes, with A-GPS
Browser HTML5 HTML HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 8 GB, 1 GB RAM 8 GB, 1.5 GB RAM 8 GB, 1 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 128 GB microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 32 GB

Apps Sensors

Fingerprint fingerprint not supported fingerprint not supported fingerprint not supported
Proximity Sensor proximity sensor present proximity sensor not present proximity sensor present
Accelerometer Sensor accelerometer sensor present accelerometer sensor not present accelerometer sensor present
NFC NFC not supported NFC not supported NFC not supported

battery Battery

Type Li-Ion Battery (BL-L4A) Li-Ion Battery Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 1905 mAh 2000 mAh 2000 mAh
Stand by Up to 552 h - Up to 566 h (2G)
Up to 500 h (3G)
Talk Time Up to 11 h (2G)
Up to 13 h (3G)
- Up to 12 h (2G)
Up to 10 h (3G)