Difference between Alcatel One Touch Idol and Karbonn Titanium S5
Key difference: 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. The Karbonn Titanium S5 sports a 5.0 inch display with a resolution of 540 x 960 pixels. It runs on a 1.2 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon Quad Core Processor and 1 GB 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 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.
Karbonn is an Indian Mobile Company. As a mobile phone manufacturer in India, their phones have to be positioned as such in the local market. The India market is very price sensitive. Hence, in order to cater to this demand Karbonn released the Titanium S5. It is the company’s successor to the Titanium S1.
The Karbonn Titanium S5 sports a 5.0 inch display with a resolution of 540 x 960 pixels. It runs on a 1.2 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon Quad Core Processor and 1 GB of RAM. It is a Dual-SIM phone that comes with Android OS v4.1.2 (Jelly Bean). It also has an internal memory of 4 GB. The phone has an 8 MP primary camera and a 2 MP secondary camera
The information for the detailed table about the two phones has been taken from the Alcatel One Touch website, the Karbonn website, flipkart.com, snapdeal.com, fonearena.com and GSMArena.com.
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Alcatel One Touch Idol |
Karbonn Titanium S5 |
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Launch Date |
Q2 2013 |
March 2013 |
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Company |
Alcatel |
Karbonn |
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Size |
133 x 67.5 x 7.9 mm (5.24 x 2.66 x 0.31 in) |
66 x 134.6 x 9.25 mm |
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Display |
IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors |
IPS qHD multi-touch capacitive touch display, TFT, 16M colors |
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Screen |
540 x 960 pixels, 4.66 inches (~236 ppi pixel density) |
540 x 960 pixels, 5.0 inches |
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Protection |
Dragon Trail Glass – Oleophobic coating |
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Weight |
109 g (3.84 oz) |
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2G Network |
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 |
GSM 900 / 1800 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 |
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3G Network |
HSDPA 900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 1900 |
HSDPA 2100 |
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4G Network |
No |
No |
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GUI |
Custom UI |
Custom UI |
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CPU speed |
Dual-core 1 GHz |
Qualcomm Snap Dragon Quad Core Processor with Speed 1.2 GHz |
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GPU |
- |
TBA |
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OS |
Android OS, v4.1 (Jelly Bean) |
Android OS, v4.1.2 (Jelly Bean) |
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Chipset |
MTK 6577+ |
Qualcomm Snapdragon |
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RAM |
512 MB |
1 GB RAM |
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SIM Size |
Micro-SIM - Optional dual SIM |
Dual SIM (Mini-SIM) |
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Internal Memory |
4 GB / 13.3 GB (dual SIM version) |
4 GB |
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Expandable Memory |
microSD, up to 32 GB (dual SIM version) |
microSD, up to 32 GB |
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Sensors |
Accelerometer, proximity, E-compass, G-sensor |
Proximity Sensor, Acceleration Sensor, Light Sensor |
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Connectivity |
Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct Hotspot, USB Moden 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 |
3G , Bluetooth 4.0 , Wi-Fi , USB 2.0, GSM/GPRS/EDGE |
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Data |
GPRS, EDGE, WLAN, Bluetooth, USB |
GPRS, EDGE, WLAN, Bluetooth, USB |
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Speed |
HSDPA/HSUPA 7.2Mbps downlink 5.76Mbps uplink |
GSM/GPRS/EDGE 900/1800/1900 HSPA 2100 MHz
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WLAN |
Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot |
Wi-fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot |
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Bluetooth |
Yes, v4.0 with A2DP |
Yes, with A2DP |
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USB |
Yes, microUSB v2.0 |
Yes, microUSB v2.0 |
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Primary Camera |
8 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels, autofocus, LED flash |
8.0 MP, 3264x2448 pixels, Auto Focus Camera with powerful flash light |
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Secondary Camera |
2 MP |
Yes, 2 MP |
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Video |
720p@30fps |
Yes |
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Camera Features |
Autofocus, LED flash, HDR, face and smile detection, touch focus, panorama, 3d photo, burst mode, digital zoom |
Auto Focus |
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Sound Enhancement |
- |
No |
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Audio supported formats |
AAC, AAC+, AAC enhanced, WB AMR, MP3, Midi, eAAC, WMV |
MP3 MIDI WAV AMR AAC AAC+ |
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Video supported formats |
H.263, MPEG4, H.264 |
H.263 H.264 AVI 3GP MP4 |
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Battery Capacity |
Li-Ion 1800 mAh battery |
2000 mAh battery |
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Available Colors |
Silver, Slate, Pink, Red, Green, Blue |
White, Deep Blue |
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Messaging |
SMS(threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Email, IM |
SMS(threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Email, IM |
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Browser |
HTML |
HTML5 |
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Radio |
Stereo FM radio with RDS |
FM radio |
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GPS |
Yes, with A-GPS support |
Yes, with A-GPS support |
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Java |
Yes, via Java MIDP emulator |
No |
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Additional Features |
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Image Courtesy: alcatelonetouchidol.com, techdiscussion.in
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