Phone Comparison - Apple iPhone 4 vs Huawei Ascend G730 vs HTC Desire 820

general General Info

Manufacturer Apple Huawei HTC
Announced June 2010 February 2014 September 2014
Status Available - June 2010 Available - April 2014 Coming Soon - September 2014
Colors Black, White Black, White Marble White, Tuxedo Grey, Santorini White, Milky-way Grey, Tang
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 115.2 x 58.6 x 9.3 mm
(4.54 x 2.31 x 0.37 in)
151.5 x 78.3 x 9.6 mm
(5.96 x 3.08 x 0.38 in)
157.7 x 78.7 x 7.7 mm
(6.21 x 3.1 x 0.3 in)
Weight 137 g (4.83 oz) 180 g (6.35 oz) 155 g (5.47 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 - EMEA version
HSDPA 900 / 2100 - Asia version
4G Network - - LTE 900 / 1800 / 2100 / 2600 - EMEA version
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail

hardware Hardware and OS

OS iOS 4, upgradable to iOS 5 Android OS, v4.3 (Jelly Bean) Android OS, v4.4.2 (KitKat)
Processor 1 GHz Cortex-A8, Apple A4 Quad-core 1.3 GHz Cortex-A7 Quad-core 1.5 GHz Cortex-A53 & quad-core 1.0 GHz Cortex-A53, Qualcomm MSM8939 Snapdragon 615
GPU PowerVR SGX535 - Adreno 405
RAM 512 MB 1 GB 2 GB
Internal Memory 8/16/32 GB storage 4 GB 16 GB
External Memory No microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 128 GB

display Display

Type LED-backlit IPS TFT, capacitive touchscreen TFT capacitive touchscreen LCD Capacitive Touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 3.5 inches 5.5 inches 5.5 inches
Resolution 640 x 960 pixels (330 ppi) 540 x 960 pixels (200 ppi) 720 x 1280 pixels (267 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 53.92% 70.49% 67.20%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

3.5mm Jack yes yes yes
Radio No - No
Games Yes + downloadable Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable
Loud Speaker yes yes yes

camera Camera

Rear Camera 5 MP, 2592 x 1944 pixels 5 MP, 2592 х 1944 pixels 13 MP, 4160 x 3120 pixels
Flash LED flash LED flash LED flash
Features Auto focus, Touch Focus, Geo-tagging, HDR Auto focus, Geo-tagging Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, Simultaneous HD Video And Image Recording, HDR
Video Yes, 720p@30fps, LED video light, geo-tagging Yes, 1080p@30fps 1080p@30fps, 720p@60fps
Front Camera Yes, videocalling over Wi-Fi only [Similar] Yes, VGA [Similar] 8 MP, 1080p [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Class 10 (4+1/3+2 slots), 32 - 48 kbps Yes Yes
Edge Class 10, 236.8 kbps Yes Yes
3G HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps HSDPA, 42 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.8 Mbps; LTE, Cat4, 50 Mbps UL, 150 Mbps DL
Bluetooth Yes, v2.1 with A2DP Yes, v4.0 with A2DP v4.0, 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, v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0 microUSB v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS
Browser HTML (Safari) HTML HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 8/16/32 GB storage, 512 MB RAM 4 GB, 1 GB RAM 16 GB, 2 GB RAM
Expandable Storage No microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 128 GB

Apps Sensors

Fingerprint fingerprint not supported fingerprint not supported fingerprint not supported
Proximity Sensor proximity sensor 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 not supported

battery Battery

Type Standard battery, Li-Po Li-Ion Battery Non-removable Li-Po Battery
Capacity 1420 mAh 2300 mAh 2600 mAh
Stand by Up to 300 h (2G)
Up to 300 h (3G)
Up to 200 h Up to 424 h (3G)
Talk Time Up to 14 h (2G)
Up to 7 h (3G)
Up to 3 h Up to 22 h 24 min (3G)