Phone Comparison - Karbonn A4 vs Alcatel One Touch Fire C vs Google Nexus 9

general General Info

Manufacturer Karbonn Alcatel HTC
Announced March 2013 February 2014 October 2014
Status Available - March 2013 Coming Soon - Q1 2014 Available - October 2014
Colors White/Black Orange Indigo Black, Lunar White, Sand
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 124.8 x 66 x 9.5 mm
(4.91 x 2.6 x 0.37 in)
112.2 x 62 x 12 mm
(4.42 x 2.44 x 0.47 in)
228.25 x 153.68 x 7.95 mm
(8.99 x 6.05 x 0.31 in)
Weight 75 g (2.65 oz) 100 g (3.53 oz) 425 g / 436 g (14.99 oz / 15.38 oz)
2G Network GSM 900 / 1800 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network N/A HSDPA 900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network - - LTE 800 / 1800 / 2600
Messaging SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM
Build Features - - Dual front-facing speakers with HTC BoomSound

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v2.3.6 (Gingerbread) Firefox OS 1.3 Android OS, v5.0 (Lollipop)
Processor 1 GHz Dual-core 1.2 GHz Quad-core 2.2 GHz Cortex-A15, Nvidia Tegra K1
GPU - - ULP GeForce Kepler (192 cores)
RAM 256 MB 512 MB 2 GB
Internal Memory 104 MB 4 GB 16/32 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 32 GB No

display Display

Type TFT capacitive touchscreen TFT capacitive touchscreen IPS LCD Capacitive Touchscreen, Corning Gorilla Glass 3
Colors 256K colors 256K colors 16M colors
Size 4.0 inches 3.5 inches 8.9 inches
Resolution 320 x 480 pixels (144 ppi) 320 x 480 pixels (165 ppi) 2048 x 1536 pixels (288 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 58.02% 52.32% 69.76%
Multi-Touch yes no yes

multimedia Multimedia

3.5mm Jack yes yes yes
Radio FM radio Stereo FM radio with RDS No
Games Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable
Loud Speaker yes yes yes

camera Camera

Rear Camera 3.2 MP, 2048x1536 pixels VGA, 640x480 pixels 8 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels
Flash No No LED flash
Features Face Detection Geo-tagging Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, OIS
Video Yes Yes, VGA@30fps Yes, 1080p@30fps
Front Camera Yes, VGA [Similar] No [Similar] Yes, 1.6 MP [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes Yes
3G No HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps HSDPA, 42.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps; LTE, Cat4, 50 Mbps UL, 150 Mbps DL
Bluetooth Yes Yes Yes, v4.0 with A2DP
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB Yes Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0
GPS No Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS
Browser HTML HTML HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 104 MB, 256 MB RAM, 512 MB ROM 4 GB, 512 MB RAM 16/32 GB, 2 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 32 GB No

Apps Sensors

Fingerprint fingerprint not supported fingerprint not supported fingerprint not supported
Proximity Sensor proximity sensor not present proximity sensor present proximity sensor present
Accelerometer Sensor accelerometer sensor present accelerometer sensor present accelerometer sensor present
NFC NFC not supported NFC not supported NFC supported

battery Battery

Type Li-Ion Battery Li-Ion Battery Non-removable Li-Po battery
Capacity 1400 mAh 1300 mAh 6700 mAh
Stand by Up to 250 h Up to 433 h (2G)
Up to 325 h (3G)
Up to 720 h
Talk Time Up to 4 h 10 min Up to 6 h 40 min (2G)
Up to 2 h 40 min (3G)
Up to 9 h 30 min