Phone Comparison - Nokia 5230 vs HTC Butterfly S vs Alcatel One Touch Idol Mini

general General Info

Manufacturer Nokia HTC Alcatel
Announced August 2009 June 2013 August 2013
Status Available - November 2009 Available - July 2013 Coming Soon - Q4 2013
Colors Black, White Black, White, Red, Gray Cranberry Pink, Silver, Slate
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 111 x 51.7 x 15.5 mm, 83 cc
(4.37 x 2.04 x 0.61 in, 3.27 cc )
144.5 x 70.5 x 10.6 mm
(5.69 x 2.78 x 0.42 in)
127.1 x 62 x 7.9 mm
(5 x 2.44 x 0.31 in)
Weight 115 g (4.06 oz) 160 g (5.64 oz) 96 g (3.39 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - all versions
3G Network HSDPA 900 / 2100
HSDPA 850 / 1900 - American version
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100 - 6012A/6012E
HSDPA 900 / 2100 - 6012D/6012X
HSDPA 850 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100 - 6012W
Messaging SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Symbian OS v9.4, Series 60 rel. 5 Android OS Android OS, v4.2 (Jelly Bean)
Processor 434 MHz ARM 11 Quad-core 1.9 GHz Krait 300, Qualcomm APQ8064T Snapdragon 600 Dual-core 1.3 GHz
GPU Adreno 320 -
RAM 128 MB 2 GB 512 MB
Internal Memory 70 MB storage 16 GB 4 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 16GB microSD, up to 64 GB microSD, up to 32 GB (only single SIM version)

display Display

Type TFT resistive touchscreen Super LCD3 capacitive touchscreen, Corning Gorilla Glass 3 IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 3.2 inches 5.0 inches 4.3 inches
Resolution 360 x 640 pixels (229 ppi) 1080 x 1920 pixels (441 ppi) 480 x 854 pixels (228 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 49.39% 67.52% 64.56%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

3.5mm Jack yes yes yes
Radio Stereo FM radio with RDS - Stereo FM radio with RDS
Games Yes + downloadable Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable
Loud Speaker yes yes yes

camera Camera

Rear Camera 2 MP, 1600x1200 pixels 4 MP, 2688 x 1520 pixels 5 MP, 2592х1944 pixels
Flash No LED flash LED flash
Features Auto focus, 1/3' Sensor Size, 2�m Pixel Size, Simultaneous HD Video And Image Recording, Geo-tagging, Face And Smile Detection Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, Panorama
Video Yes, VGA@30fps Yes Yes, 720p@30fps
Front Camera No [Similar] Yes, 2.1 MP [Similar] Yes [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Class 32 Yes Yes
Edge Class 32 Yes Yes
3G HSDPA, 3.6 Mbps HSDPA, HSUPA HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps
Bluetooth Yes, v2.0 with A2DP Yes, v4.0 with A2DP Yes, v4.0 with A2DP
Wi-Fi No Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB Yes, v2.0 microUSB Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support; Nokia Maps Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS support
Browser WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML, Adobe Flash Lite HTML5 HTML

memory User Memory

Internal 70 MB storage, 128 MB RAM 16 GB, 2 GB RAM 4 GB, 512 MB RAM (Singlel SIM)/ 8 GB, 512 MB RAM (Dual SIM)
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 16GB microSD, up to 64 GB microSD, up to 32 GB (only single SIM version)

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 not supported

battery Battery

Type Standard battery, Li-Ion Non-removable, Li-Po Battery -
Capacity 1320 mAh (BL-5J) 3200 mAh -
Stand by Up to 432 h (2G)
Up to 432 h (3G)
Up to 659 h (2G)
Up to 544 h (3G)
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Talk Time Up to 7 h (2G)
Up to 4 h 30 min (3G)
Up to 25 h (2G)
Up to 19 h (3G)
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