alcatel Idol 2 Mini vs Nokia Lumia 1020 Comparison and Differences

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alcatel Idol 2 Mini

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alcatel Idol 2 Mini or Nokia Lumia 1020 Specs Comparison

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Common specs

Brand and model alcatel Idol 2 Mini Nokia Lumia 1020
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Release date 2014, February 2013, July
Dimensions (HxWxD) 129 x 63.5 x 7.9 mm | 5.08 x 5.08 x 2.5 in 130.4 x 71.4 x 10.4 mm | 5.13 x 5.13 x 2.81 in
Weight 110 g | 3.88 oz 158 g | 5.57 oz
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Colors Cloudy, White, Hot Pink, Slate Yellow, white, black, red (AT&T exclusive)
Battery 1700 mAh,  Non-removable Li-Ion 2000 mAh,  Non-removable Li-Ion
Battery life Stand by time - Up to 450 h (2G) / Up to 400 h (3G)
Talking time - Up to 12 h (2G) / Up to 5 h (3G)
Stand by time - Up to 384 h (3G)
Talking time - Up to 19 h (2G) / Up to 13 h 20 min (3G)
Music play - Up to 63 h
Approximate price 160 EUR 400 EUR
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Screen

Technology IPS LCD AMOLED
Touchscreen capacitive touchscreen capacitive touchscreen
Display colors 16M 16M
Screen size 4.5" in 4.5" in
Screen area 55.8 cm2 57.6 cm2
Screen format 16:9 (height:width) 5:3 (height:width)
Screen to body ratio 68.1% 61.9%
Screen resolution 540 x 960 px 768 x 1280 px
Screen PPI /points per inch/ 245 PPI 332 PPI
Screen protection Asahi Dragontrail Glass, oleophobic coating Corning Gorilla Glass 3
Other specs - PureMotion HD+ ClearBlack display
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Camera and Video

Rear camera, main 8 MP, Single 41 MP, Single
Camera specs -8 MP, AF -41 MP, f/2.2, 26mm (wide), 1/1.5'', 1.12µm, OIS, AF
Functions LED flash, panorama, HDR Carl Zeiss optics, Xenon & LED flash, panorama
Video 720p@30fps 1080p@30fps, 4x lossless digital zoom
Front camera, selfie 0.3 MP, Single 1.2 MP, Single
Specifications VGA 1.2 MP
Video 720p@30fps

Performance

Operating system - OS Android 4.3 (Jelly Bean), upgradable to 4.4 (KitKat) Microsoft Windows Phone 8, upgradable to 8.1
Chipset - Qualcomm MSM8960 Snapdragon S4 Plus
CPU - Quad-core 1.2 GHz - Dual-core 1.5 GHz Krait
GPU Adreno 225
External memory microSD, up to 32 GB (dedicated slot) - single-SIM model No
Internal memory 4 GB, 1 GB RAM (Single SIM)/ 8 GB, 1 GB RAM (Dual SIM) 32 GB, 2 GB RAM / 64 GB (Telefonica exclusive)

Benchmark

Antutu 7 Total
GeekBench 4 Single Core 438
GeekBench 4 Multi-Core 869

Communication and Connectivity

SIM card Single SIM (Micro-SIM)Dual SIM (Micro-SIM, dual stand-by) Micro-SIM
Network GSM / HSPA GSM / HSPA / LTE
Bands -2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (dual-SIM model only)
-2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - all versions
-3G - HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 - RM-875, RM-877 
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100 - RM-876
-4G - LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 7(2600), 8(900), 20(800) - RM-875 
LTE band 2(1900), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 17(700) - RM-877
Speed HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat3 100/50 Mbps
GPRS Yes Yes
Edge Yes Up to 236.8 kbps
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, DLNA, hotspot
GPS Yes, with A-GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS
NFC Yes
USB microUSB 2.0 microUSB 2.0
Bluetooth 4.0, A2DP 4.0, A2DP, EDR, LE/ aptX after WP8 Denim update
Harmful irradiation
SAR EU - 0.43 W/kg (head)     0.58 W/kg (body)    
SAR - 1.23 W/kg (head)     0.97 W/kg (body)    
SAR EU - 0.76 W/kg (head)     0.67 W/kg (body)    

Music and Audio

Radio Stereo FM radio, RDS Stereo FM radio, RDS
Headphone jack Yes Yes
Others - Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic - Dolby Digital Plus audio enhancement
-Dolby Headphone
-Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic

Other features

Sensors - Accelerometer, proximity, compass - Accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, barometer
Other extras
Versions
- Single SIM: 6016A, 6016X Dual SIM: 6016D, 6016E

- Also known as Nokia EOS, Nokia 909, Nokia RM-875, Nokia RM-877, Nokia RM-876

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