Phone Comparison - HTC Butterfly vs HTC Desire 500

HTC Butterfly
htc butterfly
HTC Desire 500
htc desire 500
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general General Info

Manufacturer HTC HTC
Announced December 2012 July 2013
Status Available - January 2013 Available - September 2013
Colors Black Black, White
Form Factor Candybar Candybar
Dimension 143 x 70.5 x 9.08 mm
(5.63 x 2.78 x 0.36 in)
131.8 x 66.9 x 9.9 mm
(5.19 x 2.63 x 0.39 in)
Weight 140 g (4.94 oz) 123 g (4.34 oz)
2G Network GSM 850/900/1800/1900 MHz GSM 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2
3G Network HSDPA 850/2100 MHz HSDPA 900 / 2100
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v4.1 (Jelly Bean) Android OS, v4.1.2 (Jelly Bean) with HTC Sense, HTC BlinkFeed
Processor Dual-core 1.5 GHz Krait, Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Pro APQ8064 [Similar] Quad-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A5, Qualcomm MSM8625Q Snapdragon 200 [Similar]
GPU Adreno 320 [Similar] Adreno 203 [Similar]
RAM 2 GB [Browse Similar] 1 GB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory 16 GB 4 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 64 GB

display Display

Type Super LCD 3 with Corning® Gorilla® Glass 2 TFT Capacitive Touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 5 inches [Similar] 4.3 inches [Similar]
Resolution 1920 x 1080 pixels (440 ppi) [Similar] 480 x 800 pixels (217 ppi) [Similar]
Screen-to-Body Ratio 68.54% 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 8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels [Similar] 8 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels [Similar]
Flash 5 Level LED flash LED flash
Features Simultaneous HD video and image recording, Auto focus, Touch Focus, Geo-tagging, Image Stabilization, Face Detection, Slow motion video capture, Continuous shooting Auto focus, 1/3.2' Sensor Size, 1.4�m Pixel Size, Geo-tagging, Face And Smile Detection
Video Yes, 1080p@30fps HD recording, video stabilization Yes, 720p@30fps
Front Camera Yes, 2.1 MP, 1080p [Similar] Yes, 1.6 MP [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes
3G HSPA+; LTE, Cat3, 50 Mbps UL, 100 Mbps DL HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps
Bluetooth Yes, v4.0 with aptX™ enabled Yes, v4.0 with A2DP
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot; WiMAX 802.16 e Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot, DLNA
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS
Browser HTML5 HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 16 GB, 2 GB RAM 4 GB, 1 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 64 GB

Apps Sensors

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

battery Battery

Type Non-removable, Li-Po Battery Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 2020 mAh 1800 mAh
Stand by - Up to 435 h (2G)
Up to 401 h (3G)
Talk Time - Up to 17 h 48 min (2G)
Up to 12 h 1 min (3G)