Difference between Alcatel One Touch Idol Ultra and Sony Xperia T
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. Sony Xperia T is another model by Sony that was released in August 2012. It was one of the first few models that Sony has released after its break-up with Ericsson. It is Sony's first smartphone built on Qualcomm's Snapdragon S4 platform It runs on a Dual-core 1.5 GHz Krait Qualcomm MSM8260A Snapdragon with 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 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 Sony Xperia T is another model by Sony that was released in August 2012. It was one of the first few models that Sony has released after its break-up with Ericsson. It is Sony's first smartphone built on Qualcomm's Snapdragon S4 platform. It features a 4.55 inch screen with a resolution of 720 x 1280 pixels. It runs on a Dual-core 1.5 GHz Krait Qualcomm MSM8260A Snapdragon with 1 GB of RAM. It features Android Ice Cream Sandwich (v4.0.4) out of the box but is upgradeable to Jelly Bean (v4.1).
The phone also has a 13 MP primary camera with a 1.3 MP front camera. The phone is powered by a non-removable Li-Ion 1850 mAh battery. The phone also comes with pre-installed Sony apps called Walkman, and Movies. These are part of a pre-loaded software suite that allows for consuming and sharing a vast library of multimedia content.
Sony Xperia T has gotten very popular as it had been featured as James Bond's phone in the 2012 film, Skyfall. In fact, in some European countries, especially the UK, the phone is actually marketed as the Bond Phone.
The information for the detailed table about the two phones has been taken from the Alcatel One Touch Idol Ultra website, the Sony Mobile website and GSMArena.com.
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Alcatel One Touch Idol Ultra |
Sony Xperia T |
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Launch Date |
Q2 2013 |
August 29, 2012 |
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Company |
Alcatel |
Sony Corporation |
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Size |
134.4 x 68.5 x 6.5 mm (5.29 x 2.70 x 0.26 in) |
129.4 x 67.3 x 9.4 mm |
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Display |
HD AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors |
TFT capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors |
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Screen |
720 x 1280 pixels, 4.65 inches (~316 ppi pixel density) |
720 x 1280 pixels, 4.55 inches (~323 ppi pixel density) |
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Protection |
Corning Glass – Oleophobic coating |
Shatter proof and scratch-resistant glass |
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Weight |
115 g (4.06 oz) |
139g |
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2G Network |
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 |
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 |
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3G Network |
HSDPA 900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100 |
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100 |
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4G Network |
No |
No |
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GUI |
Custom UI |
Timescape UI |
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CPU speed |
Dual-core 1.2 GHz |
Dual-core 1.5 GHz Krait |
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GPU |
- |
Adreno 225 |
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OS |
Android OS, v4.1 (Jelly Bean) |
Android OS, v4.0.4 (Ice Cream Sandwich), planned upgrade to v4.1.2 (Jelly Bean) |
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Chipset |
MTK 6577 |
Qualcomm MSM8260A Snapdragon |
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RAM |
1 GB RAM |
1 GB RAM |
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SIM Size |
Micro-SIM |
microSIM |
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Internal Memory |
16 GB (13.3 GB user available) |
16 GB |
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Expandable Memory |
Yes, microSD up to |
Expandable up to 32 GB |
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Sensors |
Proximity sensor, Light sensor, G-sensor, E-compass |
Accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass |
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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 |
USB High speed 2.0 and Micro USB support, WiFi and WiFi Hotspot functionality, DLNA Certified, aGPS, WebKit web browser with Pan & zoom, Bluetooth technology, Native USB tethering, NFC, HDMI via MHL support, Synchronization via Exchange ActiveSync, SyncML, Microsoft, eCompass, Smart Connect |
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Data |
GPRS, EDGE, WLAN, Bluetooth, USB |
GPRS, EDGE, WLAN, Bluetooth, USB, NFC |
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Speed |
HSPA: 7.2Mbps downlink, 5.76 Mbps uplink |
HSDPA, 42.2 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, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot |
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Bluetooth |
V4.0 |
Yes, v3.1 with A2DP |
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USB |
Micro USB 2.0 high speed |
Yes, microUSB v2.0 (MHL) |
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Primary Camera |
8 MP, LED Flash |
13 MP, 4128x3096 pixels, autofocus, LED flash |
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Secondary Camera |
1.3 MP, HD 720p |
1.3 MP, 720p@30fps |
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Video |
720p@30fps |
Yes, 1080p@30fps, video stabilization |
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Camera Features |
Digital Zoom, LED Flash, Face and smile detection, Photographic filters, Panoramic and Matrix Style Pictures |
Geo-tagging, Touch focus, Face detection, Image stabilization |
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Sound Enhancement |
HD Sound enhancer |
xLOUD Experience – audio filter technology Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic |
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Audio supported formats |
AAC, AAC+, AAC Enhanced, WB AMR, MP3, Midi |
MP3/eAAC+/WMA/WAV/Flac player |
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Video supported formats |
H.263, MPWG4, H.264 |
MP4/H.263/H.264/WMV player |
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Battery Capacity |
Lithium-ion 1820 mAh |
Non-removable Li-Ion 1850 mAh battery |
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Stand-by |
2G: 700 hours 3G: 400 hours |
Up to 450 hours |
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Talk time |
2G: 16 hours 3G: 8.5 hours |
Up to 7 hours |
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Available Colors |
Black, Flash Red, Flash Yellow, Green, Blue, Pink |
Black, White, Silver |
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Messaging |
SMS(threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Email, IM |
SMS (threaded view), MMS, Email, IM, Push Email |
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Browser |
HTML |
HTML5 |
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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 |
Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS |
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Java |
Yes, via Java MIDP emulator |
Yes, via Java MIDP emulator |
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Additional Features |
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Image Courtesy: alcatelonetouch.com, sonymobile.com
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