Phone Comparison - HTC Desire S vs HTC One V vs Samsung I9105 Galaxy S II Plus

general General Info

Manufacturer HTC HTC Samsung
Announced February 2011 February 2012 January 2013
Status Available - March 2011 Available - April 2012 Available - February 2013
Colors Black, Red Black, Brown Chic White, Dark Blue
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 115 x 59.8 x 11.6 mm
(4.53 x 2.35 x 0.46 in)
120.3 x 59.7 x 9.2 mm
(4.74 x 2.35 x 0.36 in)
125.3 x 66.1 x 8.5 mm
(4.93 x 2.6 x 0.33 in)
Weight 130 g (4.59 oz) 115 g (4.06 oz) 121 g (4.27 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail SMS, MMS, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v2.3 (Gingerbread), upgradable to v2.3.5 Android OS, v4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) Android OS, v4.1.2 (Jelly Bean)
Processor 1 GHz Scorpion, Qualcomm MSM8255 Snapdragon 1 GHz, Qualcomm MSM8255 Snapdragon Dual-core 1.2 GHz, Broadcom BC28155
GPU Adreno 205 Adreno 205 Broadcom VideoCore IV
RAM 768 MB 512 MB 1 GB
Internal Memory 1.1 GB ROM 4 GB 8 GB storage
External Memory microSD, up to 32GB microSD, up to 32GB microSD, up to 64 GB

display Display

Type S-LCD capacitive touchscreen Capacitive touchscreen Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 3.7 inches 3.7 inches 4.3 inches
Resolution 480 x 800 pixels (252 ppi) 480 x 800 pixels (252 ppi) 480 x 800 pixels (217 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 56.73% 54.32% 63.52%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 5 MP, 2592 x 1944 pixels 5 MP, 2592 x 1944 pixels 8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels
Flash LED flash LED flash LED flash
Features Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch-focus, Image Stabilization Auto focus, Simultaneous HD Video And Image Recording, Geo-tagging, Face And Smile Detection Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection, Image Stabilization
Video Yes, 720p@30fps Yes, 720p Yes, 1080p@30fps
Front Camera Yes, VGA [Similar] No [Similar] Yes, 2 MP [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Up to 114 kbps Yes Yes
Edge Up to 560 kbps Yes Yes
3G HSDPA, 14.4 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps HSDPA, HSUPA HSDPA, 21.1 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps
Bluetooth Yes, v2.1 with A2DP, EDR Yes, v4.0 with A2DP Yes, v3.0 with A2DP
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS
Browser HTML, Adobe Flash HTML, Adobe Flash HTML, Adobe Flash

memory User Memory

Internal 1.1 GB ROM, 768 MB RAM 4 GB, 512 MB RAM 8 GB storage, 1 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 32GB microSD, up to 32GB microSD, up to 64 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-Ion Standard battery, Li-Ion Standard battery, Li-Ion
Capacity 1450 mAh 1500 mAh 1650 mAh
Stand by Up to 430 h (2G)
Up to 455 h (3G)
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Talk Time Up to 9 h 50 min (2G)
Up to 7 h 10 min (3G)
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