Phone Comparison - HTC Desire vs Xiaomi Redmi 1S

HTC Desire
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Xiaomi Redmi 1S
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general General Info

Manufacturer HTC Xiaomi
Announced February 2010 May 2014
Status Available - March 2010 Available - May 2014
Colors Black, Brown, Silver, White Black, Chinese Red, Metallic Gray/ blue, green, yellow panels
Form Factor Candybar Candybar
Dimension 119 x 60 x 11.9 mm
(4.69 x 2.36 x 0.47 in)
137 x 69 x 9.9 mm
(5.39 x 2.72 x 0.39 in)
Weight 135 g (4.76 oz) 158 g (5.57 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 900 / 2100
HSDPA 850 / 1900 - North America
HSDPA 1900 / 2100
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v2.1 (Eclair), upgradable to v2.2 (Froyo) Android OS, v4.3 (Jelly Bean)
Processor 1 GHz Scorpion, Qualcomm QSD8250 Snapdragon [Similar] Quad-core 1.6 GHz Cortex-A7, Qualcomm MSM8228 Snapdragon [Similar]
GPU Adreno 200 [Similar] Adreno 305 [Similar]
RAM 576 MB [Browse Similar] 1 GB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory N/A 8 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 32 GB, 4 GB included microSD, up to 32 GB

display Display

Type AMOLED or SLCD capacitive touchscreen IPS LCD Capacitive Touchscreen, Corning Gorilla Glass 2
Colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 3.7 inches [Similar] 4.7 inches [Similar]
Resolution 480 x 800 pixels (252 ppi) [Similar] 720 x 1280 pixels (312 ppi) [Similar]
Screen-to-Body Ratio 54.64% 64.61%
Multi-Touch yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

3.5mm Jack yes yes
Radio Stereo FM radio with RDS FM radio
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 Auto focus, 1.4 µm Pixel Size, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection, HDR
Video Yes, WVGA (800x480 pixels) @ 15fps, 720p@30fps via Android 2.2 (Froyo) update 1080p@30fps
Front Camera No [Similar] 1.3 MP, 720p@30fps [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Class 10 (4+1/3+2 slots), 32 - 48 kbps Yes
Edge Class 10, 236.8 kbps Yes
3G HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 2 Mbps HSDPA, HSUPA
Bluetooth Yes v2.1 with A2DP v4.0, A2DP, LE
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g, Wi-Fi hotspot (Android 2.2) Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 microUSB v2.0, USB On-the-go
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS
Browser HTML, Adobe Flash HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 576 MB RAM; 512 MB ROM 8 GB, 1 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 32 GB, 4 GB included microSD, up to 32 GB
USB OTG - Supported

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-Po Battery
Capacity 1400 mAh 2000 mAh
Stand by Up to 340 h (2G)
Up to 360 h (3G)
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Talk Time Up to 6 h 40 min (2G)
Up to 6 h 30 min (3G)
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