Phone Comparison - Apple iPhone 5 vs LG Nexus 4 E960 vs HTC One mini 2

general General Info

Manufacturer Apple LG HTC
Announced September 2012 October 2012 May 2014
Status Available - September 2012 Available - November 2012 Coming Soon - June 2014
Colors Black, White Black Gunmetal Gray, Glacial Silver Amber Gold
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 123.8 x 58.6 x 7.6 mm
(4.87 x 2.31 x 0.3 in)
133.9 x 68.7 x 9.1 mm
(5.27 x 2.7 x 0.36 in)
137.4 x 65 x 10.6 mm
(5.41 x 2.56 x 0.42 in)
Weight 112 g (3.95 oz) 139.5 g (4.9.0.18 oz) 137 g (4.83 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
CDMA2000 1xEV-DO - for Verizon
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 900 / 1900 / 2100 - EMEA version
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 - Asia version
4G Network LTE 700 MHz Class 17 / 2100 - for AT&T - LTE 800 / 900 / 1800 / 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 6 Android OS, v4.2 Android OS, v4.4.2 (KitKat)
Processor Dual-core 1.2 GHz, Apple A6 Quad-core 1.5 GHz Krait, Qualcomm APQ8064 Snapdragon Quad-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A7, Qualcomm Snapdragon 400
GPU PowerVR SGX 543MP3 Adreno 320, 400 MHz Adreno 305
RAM 1 GB 2 GB 1 GB
Internal Memory 16/32/64 GB storage 8/16 GB storage 16 GB
External Memory No No microSD, up to 128 GB

display Display

Type LED-backlit IPS TFT, capacitive touchscreen Capacitive touchscreen Super LCD2 capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 4.0 inches 4.7 inches 4.5 inches
Resolution 640 x 1136 pixels (326 ppi) 768 x 1280 pixels (318 ppi) 720 x 1280 pixels (326 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 60.84% 68.18% 62.64%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels, Backside Illumin 8 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels 13 MP, 4128 x 3096 pixels
Flash LED flash LED flash LED flash
Features Touch Focus, Geo-tagging, Face Detection, HDR Auto focus, Touch Focus, Geo-tagging, Face Detection Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Face And Smile Detection
Video Yes, 1080p@30fps, LED video light, video stabilization, geo-tagging, face detection Yes, 1080p@30fps Yes, 1080p@30fps
Front Camera Yes, 1.2 MP, 720p@30fps, face detection, [Similar] Yes [Similar] Yes, 5 MP, 1080p@30fps [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes Yes
3G DC-HSDPA, 42 Mbps; HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps, LTE, 73 Mbps; Rev. A, up to 3.1 Mbps HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps HSDPA, 42 Mbps, HSUPA; LTE, Cat4, 50 Mbps UL, 150 Mbps DL
Bluetooth Yes, v4.0 with A2DP Yes, v3.0 with A2DP Yes, v4.0 with A2DP
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, Wi-Fi Plus Cellular Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB Yes, Lightning Port Yes, microUSB (MHL) v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0 (MHL), USB Host
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS
Browser HTML (Safari) HTML5 HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 16/32/64 GB storage, 1 GB RAM 8/16 GB storage, 2 GB RAM 16 GB, 1 GB RAM
Expandable Storage No No microSD, up to 128 GB
USB OTG - - Supported

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 supported NFC supported

battery Battery

Type Standard battery, Li-Po Standard battery, Li-Po Non-removable Li-Po Battery
Capacity 1440 mAh 2100 mAh 2110 mAh
Stand by Up to 225 h Up to 390 hours (3G) Up to 556 h (3G)
Talk Time Up to 8 h Up to 12 hours (3G) Up to 16 h 10 min (3G)