Difference between Alcatel One Touch Idol Ultra and Alcatel One Touch Idol
Key difference: The Alcatel One Touch Idol Ultra features a 4.65 inch HD AMOLED capacitive touchscreen with a resolution of 720 x 1280 pixels. The phone is powered by Dual-core 1.2 GHz processor on a MediaTek MTK 6577 and 1 GB of RAM. The phone has a width of 6.45mm, which has led the company to tout it as the thinnest smartphone on the market. The Alcatel One Touch Idol is the official mobile partner for the movie Iron Man 3. It features a 4.7 inch IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen with 16 million colors. The display has a resolution of 540 x 960 pixels. The phone is powered by a Dual-core 1 GHz MediaTek MTK 6577+ and a 512 MB of RAM.
Alcatel-Lucent is a global telecommunications equipment company based in Paris, France. It is best known for providing telecommunications solutions to service providers, enterprises, and governments around the world. In addition, they also focus on fixed phones, mobile phones, converged networking hardware, IP technologies, software, and services.
Among its many series of phones, one is the Alcatel One Touch, which is an Android based smartphone series. Some of the newest phones under the series are the Alcatel One Touch Idol, Alcatel One Touch Idol Ultra and Alcatel One Touch Idol X.
The Alcatel One Touch Idol Ultra features a 4.65 inch HD AMOLED capacitive touchscreen with a resolution of 720 x 1280 pixels. The phone is powered by Dual-core 1.2 GHz processor on a MediaTek MTK 6577 and 1 GB of RAM. The phone runs on Android OS, v4.1 (Jelly Bean). Alcatel One Touch Idol Ultra also features an 8 MP primary camera with digital zoom and LED flash, as well as 1.3 MP secondary front-facing camera for video calls. The phone comes with 16GB of internal storage, of which 13.3 GB is available to the user. The device also supports MicroSD to expand external usage up to 32 GB.
The phone has a width of 6.45mm, which has led the company to tout it as the thinnest smartphone on the market. However, to get this accolade of the ‘thinnest smartphone’, the device has had to compromise on some matters, such as the phone does not feature an audio jack. The phone does come with a USB to 3.5 mm jack adapter, which means that the USB port doubles as an audio port.
The Alcatel One Touch Idol features a 4.7 inch IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen with 16 million colors. The display has a resolution of 540 x 960 pixels. The screen is Dragon Trail Glass and has an oleophobic coating. The phone is powered by a Dual-core 1 GHz MediaTek MTK 6577+ and a 512 MB of RAM. The phone has a 4GB internal storage and an expandable external storage up to 32GB. It also features an 8 MP primary camera with autofocus and LED Flash. The phone also has a 2 MP secondary front-facing camera.
The Alcatel One Touch Idol is the official mobile partner for the third installment in Marvel’s Iron Man movie series. It will be featured in the movie Iron Man 3. Furthermore, the phone weights in just below 110g, which the company claims makes it the lightest smartphone in the market yet. However, to get this weight the company has had to use a lighter plastic which many say makes the phone feel cheap.
The information for the detailed table about the two phones has been taken from the Alcatel One Touch Idol Ultra website, the Alcatel One Touch Idol website and GSMArena.com.
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Alcatel One Touch Idol Ultra |
Alcatel One Touch Idol |
Launch Date |
Q2 2013 |
Q2 2013 |
Company |
Alcatel |
Alcatel |
Size |
134.4 x 68.5 x 6.5 mm (5.29 x 2.70 x 0.26 in) |
133 x 67.5 x 7.9 mm (5.24 x 2.66 x 0.31 in) |
Display |
HD AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors |
IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors |
Screen |
720 x 1280 pixels, 4.65 inches (~316 ppi pixel density) |
540 x 960 pixels, 4.66 inches (~236 ppi pixel density) |
Protection |
Corning Glass – Oleophobic coating |
Dragon Trail Glass – Oleophobic coating |
Weight |
115 g (4.06 oz) |
109 g (3.84 oz) |
2G Network |
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 |
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 |
3G Network |
HSDPA 900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100 |
HSDPA 900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 1900 |
4G Network |
No |
No |
GUI |
Custom UI |
Custom UI |
CPU speed |
Dual-core 1.2 GHz |
Dual-core 1 GHz |
GPU |
- |
- |
OS |
Android OS, v4.1 (Jelly Bean) |
Android OS, v4.1 (Jelly Bean) |
Chipset |
MTK 6577 |
MTK 6577+ |
RAM |
1 GB RAM |
512 MB |
SIM Size |
Micro-SIM |
Micro-SIM - Optional dual SIM |
Internal Memory |
16 GB (13.3 GB user available) |
4 GB / 13.3 GB (dual SIM version) |
Expandable Memory |
Yes, microSD up to |
microSD, up to 32 GB (dual SIM version) |
Sensors |
Proximity sensor, Light sensor, G-sensor, E-compass |
Accelerometer, proximity, E-compass, G-sensor |
Connectivity |
Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct Hotspot, USB Modem Tethering: Plug and Play, Bluetooth 4.0, Micro USB 2.0 high speed, GPS with A-GPS |
Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct Hotspot, USB Modem Tethering: Plug and Play, Bluetooth 4.0 A2DP, Micro USB 2.0 high speed, GPS with A-GPS, DLNA, Micro-SIM, EAP, Dual SIM Dual Standby |
Data |
GPRS, EDGE, WLAN, Bluetooth, USB |
GPRS, EDGE, WLAN, Bluetooth, USB |
Speed |
HSPA: 7.2Mbps downlink, 5.76 Mbps uplink |
HSDPA/HSUPA 7.2Mbps downlink 5.76Mbps uplink |
WLAN |
Wi-Fi 802.11b/g/n, hot spot, Wi-fi direct |
Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot |
Bluetooth |
V4.0 |
Yes, v4.0 with A2DP |
USB |
Micro USB 2.0 high speed |
Yes, microUSB v2.0 |
Primary Camera |
8 MP, LED Flash |
8 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels, autofocus, LED flash |
Secondary Camera |
1.3 MP, HD 720p |
2 MP |
Video |
720p@30fps |
720p@30fps |
Camera Features |
Digital Zoom, LED Flash, Face and smile detection, Photographic filters, Panoramic and Matrix Style Pictures |
Autofocus, LED flash, HDR, face and smile detection, touch focus, panorama, 3d photo, burst mode, digital zoom |
Sound Enhancement |
HD Sound enhancer |
- |
Audio supported formats |
AAC, AAC+, AAC Enhanced, WB AMR, MP3, Midi |
AAC, AAC+, AAC enhanced, WB AMR, MP3, Midi, eAAC, WMV |
Video supported formats |
H.263, MPWG4, H.264 |
H.263, MPEG4, H.264 |
Battery Capacity |
Lithium-ion 1820 mAh |
Li-Ion 1800 mAh battery |
Stand-by |
2G: 700h 3G: 400h |
415h |
Talk time |
2G: 16h 3G: 8.5h |
2G: 7.2h 3G: 3.2h |
Available Colors |
Black, Flash Red, Flash Yellow, Green, Blue, Pink |
Silver, Slate, Pink, Red, Green, Blue |
Messaging |
SMS(threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Email, IM |
SMS(threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Email, IM |
Browser |
HTML |
HTML |
Radio |
Stereo FM radio with RDS |
Stereo FM radio with RDS |
GPS |
Yes, with A-GPS support |
Yes, with A-GPS support |
Java |
Yes, via Java MIDP emulator |
Yes, via Java MIDP emulator |
Additional Features |
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