Comparison of AirOn Alpha and Acer beTouch T500 smartphones based on their characteristics

AirOn Alpha

Acer beTouch T500

Manufacturer and Model

Manufacturer

AirOn

Acer

Phone model

Alpha

beTouch T500

Year of release

2011

2010

Appearance

Case type

Watch

Monoblock

Body length

50 mm

119 mm

Body width

48 mm

58 mm

Body thickness

18 mm

13.5 mm

Weight

130 g

Volume

43.2 cm³

92.79 cm³

Body materials and finishes

• Steel

• Plastic

Colors

• Silver

• Black

Primary storage (RAM)

The amount of RAM

256 MB

Internal storage

Built-in memory

• 64 MB

• 512 MB

SD card

Types of Supported Memory Cards

• microSD

• microSD

Maximum expandable memory

4 GB

4 GB

Battery

Battery capacity

600

1500

Battery type

Li-Ion

Li-Ion

Charging the battery from USB

Call duration in GSM networks

3 h

Standby time in GSM networks

168 h

Screen

Screen diagonal

1.5 in

3.2 in

Screen resolution

128 x 96 pixels

480 x 320 pixels

Pixel density

107 ppi

180 ppi

Screen technology

TFT

TFT

Color depth

18 bit

Touch screen

Touch screen type

Resistive

Capacitive

Anti-scratch screen

Glass screen

Aspect ratio

1.333

1.5

Auto-rotate screen

Ambient light sensor

Proximity sensor

Main photo/video camera

Camera megapixels

0.3 Mp

3.2 Mp

Maximum photo resolution

640 x 480 pixels

2048 x 1536 pixels

Shooting resolution formats

• Full HD
• HD

Shooting settings

Viewfinder

Video capability

Movie settings

SIM card and calls

Number of SIM-cards

1

1

MP3 ringtones

Polyphonic ringtones

Vibration mode

Speakerphone

Conference call

Speed dial

Autodial

Sound indication of talk time

Ability to mute the microphone during a call

Extended phone book

Contacts in the phone book

500

Data exchange between SIM card and internal memory

Mobile communications

Cellular generation

2G

3G

GSM support

GSM frequencies

• GSM 850 MHz
• GSM 900 MHz
• GSM 1800 MHz
• GSM 1900 MHz

• GSM 900 MHz
• GSM 1800 MHz
• GSM 1900 MHz

UMTS support

UMTS frequencies

• UMTS 2100 MHz

TD-SCDMA support

Internet data transmission standards

Data transmission standards

• GPRS

• EDGE
• GPRS

Wi-Fi

Built-in Wi-Fi

USB

USB connector

USB connector type

Micro USB

USB standard

2.0

Bluetooth

Built-in Bluetooth

Bluetooth standard

2.0

2.1

A2DP support

Navigation and positioning

Built-in GPS

A-GPS support

Radio

Built-in radio receiver

Radio range

87.5 - 108.0

DRM support

Sensors and gauges

Ambient light sensor

Proximity sensor

Accelerometer

Connectors and interfaces

USB connector

Micro USB

TRS jack (mini/micro jack)

3.5 mm

Images

Installed image editor

Video

Installed video player

Supported video formats

• MP4
• 3GPP

• MPEG-4
• H.263
• H.264
• WMV

Audio

Installed audio player

Supported audio formats

• AMR
• MIDI
• MP3

• eAAC+
• MP3
• WMA
• WAV

MP3 support

Number of polyphony voices

64

Dictaphone

Voice notes

TRS jack (mini/micro jack)

3.5 mm

Control elements

Touch input

Multitouch

Pinch zoom

Russified input

Documents and office

Installed Organizer (PIM)

Office document support

Supported document formats

• PDF

Email

Handwriting recognition

Connectivity and synchronization

PC connection

Synchronization with services

• MS Outlook

Software features

JAVA support

Installed browser

• WAP

• HTML
• WAP

Installed games

Receiving and sending SMS

SMS messages

SMS T9 support

SMS output in the form of a chat

EMS support

MMS support

Impact protection

Shockproof case

Additional features

Standalone mode (flight mode)