Difference between Alcatel One Touch Idol Ultra and Samsung Galaxy S3
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 Galaxy S3 is a slate-format multi-touch smartphone that was launched in May 2012. It is the successor of Galaxy S2. The S3 supports a 1.4 GHz Cortex-A9 Quad-core processor, Mali-400MP GPU and 1 GB 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 Galaxy S3 is a slate-format multi-touch smartphone that was launched in May 2012. It is the successor of Galaxy S2 and Galaxy S but abandons the rectangular design of the predecessors and opts for more rounded corners making it resemble the Galaxy Nexus. The S3 sports a 4.8 HD Super AMOLED screen with corning gorilla glass 2. It is offered with Android v4.0.4 (Ice Cream Sandwich) and can be upgraded to 4.1.2 (Jelly Bean). The Galaxy S III has a polycarbonate plastic chassis and is available in a variety of different colors. The S3 supports a 1.4 GHz Cortex-A9 Quad-core processor, Mali-400MP GPU and 1 GB RAM. The S3 is available with 16 or 32 GB internal storage capacity, which can be expanded up to an additional 64 GB.
The phone boasts an 8 megapixel Auto Focus camera with flash, zero shutter lag and BSI. It also supports a 1.9 megapixel secondary camera that is capable of recording HD videos @30fps. When the phone was initially launched in May, the phone was considered to have been backed with innovative features and the TouchWiz "Nature UX" GUI was considered to be advanced. The GUI also included the “Water Lux” effect which can produce water ripples on contact. The phone also offered S Voice in response to Apple’s Siri, which enabled users to verbally control 20 functions on the phone. It was effectively considered as a iPhone killer. It also received additional publicity because of the ongoing patent infringement lawsuits against Apple.
The information for the detailed table about the two phones has been taken from the Alcatel One Touch Idol Ultra website, the Samsung website and GSMArena.com.
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Alcatel One Touch Idol Ultra |
Samsung Galaxy S3 |
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Launch Date |
Q2 2013 |
May 2012 |
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Company |
Alcatel |
Samsung Electronics |
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Size |
134.4 x 68.5 x 6.5 mm (5.29 x 2.70 x 0.26 in) |
136.6 x 70.6 x 8.6 mm |
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Display |
4.65 inches HD AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors |
4.8 inch HD Super AMOLED |
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Screen |
720 x 1280 pixels, (~316 ppi pixel density) |
1280 x 720 pixels, (~305 ppi pixel density) |
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Protection |
Corning Glass – Oleophobic coating |
Corning Gorilla Glass 2, oleophobic fingerprint-resistant coating. |
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Weight |
115 g (4.06 oz) |
133 g |
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2G Network |
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 |
2.5G (GSM/ GPRS/ EDGE): 850/900/1800/1900 MHz |
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3G Network |
HSDPA 900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100 |
(HSPA＋ 21Mbps): 850/900/1900/2100 MHz |
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4G Network |
No |
LTE availability depends on the market. |
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GUI |
Custom UI |
TouchWiz "Nature UX" |
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CPU speed |
Dual-core 1.2 GHz |
Quad-core 1.4 GHz Cortex-A9 |
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GPU |
- |
Mali-400MP |
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OS |
Android OS, v4.1 (Jelly Bean) |
Android OS, v4.0.4 (Ice Cream Sandwich), upgradeable to 4.1.2 (Jelly Bean) |
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Chipset |
MTK 6577 |
Exynos 4412 Quad |
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RAM |
1 GB RAM |
1 GB |
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SIM Size |
Micro-SIM |
microSIM |
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Internal Memory |
16 GB (13.3 GB user available) |
16/32/64 GB (The 64GB model has been discontinued) |
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Expandable Memory |
Yes, microSD up to |
microSD up to 64 GB |
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Sensors |
Proximity sensor, Light sensor, G-sensor, E-compass |
Accelerometer, RGB light, digital compass, proximity, gyro, barometer |
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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 |
WiFi a/b/g/n, WiFi HT40, GPS/GLONASS, NFC, Bluetooth® 4.0(LE), microUSB v2.0, USB On-the-go, wireless charging. |
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Data |
GPRS, EDGE, WLAN, Bluetooth, USB |
GPRS, EDGE, WLAN, Bluetooth, NFC and USB. |
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Speed |
HSPA: 7.2Mbps downlink, 5.76 Mbps uplink |
HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps |
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WLAN |
Wi-Fi 802.11b/g/n, hot spot, Wi-fi direct |
Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, DLNA, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot |
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Bluetooth |
V4.0 |
Bluetooth 4.0 with A2DP, EDR. |
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USB |
Micro USB 2.0 high speed |
micro-USB 2.0; USB On-the-go. |
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Primary Camera |
8 MP, LED Flash |
8 megapixel Auto Focus camera with Flash & Zero Shutter Lag, BSI. |
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Secondary Camera |
1.3 MP, HD 720p |
1.9 Mega pixel camera, HD recording @30fps with Zero Shutter Lag, BSI |
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Video |
720p@30fps |
1080p@30fps, zero shutter lag. |
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Camera Features |
Digital Zoom, LED Flash, Face and smile detection, Photographic filters, Panoramic and Matrix Style Pictures |
Simultaneous HD video and image recording, geo-tagging, touch focus, face and smile detection, image stabilization. Burst shot & Best photo, Recording snapshot, HDR. |
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Sound Enhancement |
HD Sound enhancer |
Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic. |
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Audio supported formats |
AAC, AAC+, AAC Enhanced, WB AMR, MP3, Midi |
Audio Codec: MP3, AMR-NB/WB, AAC/AAC＋/eAAC＋, WMA, OGG, FLAC, AC-3, apt-X. |
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Video supported formats |
H.263, MPWG4, H.264 |
Video Codec: MPEG4, H.264, H.263, DivX, DivX3.11, VC-1, VP8, WMV7/8, Sorenson Spark Recording & Playback: Full HD (1080p). |
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Battery Capacity |
Lithium-ion 1820 mAh |
2100 mAh battery |
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Stand-by |
2G: 700 hours 3G: 400 hours |
2G: 590 hours 3G: 790 hours |
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Talk time |
2G: 16 hours 3G: 8.5 hours |
2G: 21 hours 40 mins 3G: 11 hours 40 mins |
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Available Colors |
Black, Flash Red, Flash Yellow, Green, Blue, Pink |
Pebble blue, Marble white, Amber brown, Garnet red, Sapphire black, Titanium grey, La Fleur |
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Messaging |
SMS(threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Email, IM |
SMS(threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Mail, IM, RSS |
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Browser |
HTML |
HTML, Adobe Flash |
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Radio |
Stereo FM radio with RDS |
Stereo FM radio with RDS |
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GPS |
Yes, with A-GPS support |
A-GPS support and GLONASS |
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Java |
Yes, via Java MIDP emulator |
Java MIDP emulator |
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Additional Features |
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Image Courtesy: alcatelonetouch.com, samsung.com
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