Phone Comparison - HTC ChaCha vs HTC Desire 500

HTC ChaCha
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HTC Desire 500
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general General Info

Manufacturer HTC HTC
Announced February 2011 July 2013
Status Available - June 2011 Available - September 2013
Colors Black, Silver Black, White
Form Factor Candybar Candybar
Dimension 114.4 x 64.6 x 10.7 mm
(4.5 x 2.54 x 0.42 in)
131.8 x 66.9 x 9.9 mm
(5.19 x 2.63 x 0.39 in)
Weight 120 g (4.23 oz) 123 g (4.34 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2
3G Network HSDPA 900 / 2100 HSDPA 900 / 2100
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v2.3 (Gingerbread) Android OS, v4.1.2 (Jelly Bean) with HTC Sense, HTC BlinkFeed
Processor 800 MHz [Similar] Quad-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A5, Qualcomm MSM8625Q Snapdragon 200 [Similar]
GPU - Adreno 203 [Similar]
RAM 512 MB [Browse Similar] 1 GB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory 512 MB ROM 4 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 32 GB, 2 GB included microSD, up to 64 GB

display Display

Type TFT capacitive touchscreen TFT Capacitive Touchscreen
Colors 256K colors 16M colors
Size 2.6 inches [Similar] 4.3 inches [Similar]
Resolution 480 x 320 pixels (222 ppi) 480 x 800 pixels (217 ppi) [Similar]
Screen-to-Body Ratio 27.21% 59.67%
Multi-Touch yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

3.5mm Jack yes yes
Radio Stereo FM radio with RDS Stereo FM radio with RDS
Games Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable
Loud Speaker yes yes

camera Camera

Rear Camera 5 MP, 2592 x 1944 pixels [Similar] 8 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels [Similar]
Flash LED flash LED flash
Features Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Face Detection Auto focus, 1/3.2' Sensor Size, 1.4�m Pixel Size, Geo-tagging, Face And Smile Detection
Video Yes, D1 (720x480 pixels) @ 30 fps Yes, 720p@30fps
Front Camera Yes, VGA [Similar] Yes, 1.6 MP [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes
3G HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 384 Kbps HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps
Bluetooth Yes, v3.0 with A2DP Yes, v4.0 with A2DP
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot 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 HTML HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 512 MB ROM, 512 MB RAM 4 GB, 1 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 32 GB, 2 GB included 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 Li-Ion Battery Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 1250 mAh 1800 mAh
Stand by Up to 430 h (2G)
Up to 660 h (3G)
Up to 435 h (2G)
Up to 401 h (3G)
Talk Time Up to 7 h 30 min (2G)
Up to 7 h (3G)
Up to 17 h 48 min (2G)
Up to 12 h 1 min (3G)