Phone Comparison - Apple iPad mini Wi-Fi vs HTC Desire 500

Apple iPad mini Wi-Fi
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HTC Desire 500
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general General Info

Manufacturer Apple HTC
Announced October 2012 July 2013
Status Available - November 2012 Available - September 2013
Colors Black/Slate, White/Silver Black, White
Form Factor Candybar Candybar
Dimension 200 x 134.7 x 7.2 mm
(7.87 x 5.3 x 0.28 in)
131.8 x 66.9 x 9.9 mm
(5.19 x 2.63 x 0.39 in)
Weight 308 g (10.86 oz) 123 g (4.34 oz)
2G Network N/A GSM 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2
3G Network N/A HSDPA 900 / 2100
Messaging , Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail

hardware Hardware and OS

OS iOS 6 Android OS, v4.1.2 (Jelly Bean) with HTC Sense, HTC BlinkFeed
Processor Dual-core 1 GHz Cortex-A9, Apple A5 [Similar] Quad-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A5, Qualcomm MSM8625Q Snapdragon 200 [Similar]
GPU PowerVR SGX543MP2 [Similar] Adreno 203 [Similar]
RAM 512 MB [Browse Similar] 1 GB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory 16/32/64 GB storage 4 GB
External Memory No microSD, up to 64 GB

display Display

Type LED-backlit IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen TFT Capacitive Touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 7.9 inches [Similar] 4.3 inches [Similar]
Resolution 768 x 1024 pixels (162 ppi) 480 x 800 pixels (217 ppi) [Similar]
Screen-to-Body Ratio 71.76% 59.67%
Multi-Touch yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 5 MP, 2592x1944 pixels [Similar] 8 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels [Similar]
Flash No LED flash
Features Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection Auto focus, 1/3.2' Sensor Size, 1.4�m Pixel Size, Geo-tagging, Face And Smile Detection
Video Yes, 1080p@30fps, video stabilization Yes, 720p@30fps
Front Camera Yes, 1.2 MP, 720p@30fps, face detection [Similar] Yes, 1.6 MP [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS No Yes
Edge No Yes
3G No HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps
Bluetooth Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, EDR Yes, v4.0 with A2DP
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot, DLNA
USB Yes, v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0
GPS No Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS
Browser HTML (Safari) HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 16/32/64 GB storage, 512 MB RAM 4 GB, 1 GB RAM
Expandable Storage No microSD, up to 64 GB

Apps Sensors

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

battery Battery

Type Standard battery, Li-Po Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 16.3 Wh 1800 mAh
Stand by - Up to 435 h (2G)
Up to 401 h (3G)
Talk Time Up to 10 h Up to 17 h 48 min (2G)
Up to 12 h 1 min (3G)