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Alcatel Idol 3 (5.5)

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Alcatel Idol 3 (5.5) vs Apple Watch Series 3 Aluminum

Alcatel Idol 3 (5.5)

Alcatel Idol 3 (5.5)

Apple Watch Series 3 Aluminum

Apple Watch Series 3 Aluminum

Alcatel Idol 3 (5.5)

Apple Watch Series 3 Aluminum

Network
2G network

GSM 850, 900, 1800, 1900

GSM 850, 900, 1800, 1900
3G network

HSDPA 850, 900, 1900, 2100

HSDPA 850, 900, 2100, 800 - Europe, Australia; HSDPA 850, 1700(AWS), 1900, 800 - USA, LATAM, Canada; HSDPA 2100 - China
4G network

-

LTE frequency band 1(2100), 3(1800), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 18(800), 19(800), 20(800), 26(850) - Europe, Australia; LTE frequency band 2(1900), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 12(700), 13(700), 17(700), 18(800), 19(800), 25(1900), 26(850), 41(2500) - USA, LATAM, Canada; LTE frequency band 1(2100), 3(1800), 39(1900), 40(2300), 41(2500) - China
HSDPA speed

42.2 Mbps

-
HSUPA speed

5.76 Mbps

-
HSPA speed

-

HSPA
LTE speed

LTE, Cat4, 150 Mbps download, 50 Mbps upload

LTE
GPRS

Yes

Yes
EDGE

Yes

Yes

Availability
Oficially announced

2015-3

2017-9
Status

2015

2017-9

Design
Build

-

Aluminum/Ceramic back
SIM

Micro-SIM/ Optional Dual SIM

Electronic SIM card (Apple e-SIM)
Height

152.7 mm

42.5 mm
Width

75.1 mm

36.4 mm
Thickness

7.4 mm

11.4 mm
Weight

34.9 g
Waterproof

-

50m
Colors

Various

Gold, Silver, Space Gray

Display
Display type

IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen

AMOLED capacitive touchscreen
Physical size

5.5 inches

1.65 inches
Resolution

1080 x 1920 pixels

390 x 312 pixels
Pixel density

401 ppi

303 ppi
Display colors

16777216

16777216
Protection

-

Ion-X strengthened glass
Multitouch

-

Yes
Display features

-

3D Touch display, 1000 nits

Hardware
CPU

Quad-core 1.5 GHz ARM Cortex-A53

Dual-core
Chipset

Qualcomm MSM8939 Snapdragon 615

Apple S3
GPU

Adreno 405

PowerVR
Memory RAM

2, 2 GB

768 MB
Internal storage

16, 32 GB

8, 16 GB
Memory card

microSD
Memory card max

128 GB

-

OS
OS

Android OS, v5.0.x (Lollipop)

watchOS 4.0

Main camera
Main camera

13 MP
Primary camera resolution

4128 x 3096 pixels

-
Primary camera video

1080p@30fps

-
Primary camera Autofocus

autofocus

-
Primary camera flash

LED flash

-
Camera features

Geo-tagging, HDR, face detection, panorama, touch focus

-

Selfie camera
Selfie camera

8 MP
Selfie camera video

1080p

-

Sound
3.5mm jack

Yes

No
Loudspeaker

Yes

Yes
Notifications

Vibration; MP3, WAV ringtones

Vibration; Ringtones

Multimedia
Radio

-

No
Radio FM

FM radio with RDS

-

Connectivity
WLAN

Wi-Fi 802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g, 802.11n

Wi-Fi 802.11b, 802.11g, 802.11n
WLAN WiFi Hotspot

Yes

-
WLAN WiFi Direct

Yes

-
WLAN WiFi Dual Band

Yes

-
WLAN DLNA

Yes

-
USB

microUSB 2.0
Bluetooth

v4.1

v4.2
Bluetooth A2DP

Yes

Yes
bluetooth LE

-

Yes
NFC

-

Yes
GPS

Yes, with A-GPS

Yes, with A-GPS
GLONASS

-

Yes

Features
Messaging SMS

SMS(threaded view)

SMS(threaded view)
Messaging MMS

MMS

-
Messaging Email

Email

Email
Messaging IM

IM

IM
Messaging Push Email

Push Email

-
Messaging Push Mail

-

Push Mail
Java

Yes, via Java MIDP emulator

No
Sensors

Accelerometer, compass, proximity

Accelerometer, barometer, gyro, heart rate

Browser
HTML

HTML5

-
Browser

-

No

Battery
Battery type

Li-Ion

Li-Ion
Battery capacity

2910 mAh

273 mAh
Battery removable

-

Non-removable
Talk time 2G

13 h

-
Talk time 3G

13 h

-
Standby time

-

18 h

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