Phone Comparison - HTC Explorer vs Gionee M2 vs Nokia Asha 230

general General Info

Manufacturer HTC Gionee Nokia
Announced September 2011 January 2014 February 2014
Status Available - October 2011 Available - January 2014 Coming Soon - March 2014
Colors Active Black, Active Navy, Metallic Black, Metallic Navy Black, White White, Black, Red, Yellow, Green, Cyan
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 102.8 x 57.2 x 12.9 mm
(4.05 x 2.25 x 0.51 in)
144 x 72 x 10.5 mm
(5.67 x 2.83 x 0.41 in)
99.5 x 58.6 x 13.2 mm
(3.92 x 2.31 x 0.52 in)
Weight 108 g (3.81 oz) - 89.3 g (3.14.0.11 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2
3G Network HSDPA 900 / 2100 HSDPA 2100 No
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v2.3 (Gingerbread) Android OS, v4.2.2 (Jelly Bean) Nokia Asha software platform 1.1.1
Processor 600 MHz Cortex A5, Qualcomm Snapdragon S1 MSM7225A Quad-core 1.3 GHz, Mediatek MT6582M -
GPU Adreno 200 Mali-400MP2 -
RAM 512 MB 1 GB N/A
Internal Memory 90 MB storage, 512 MB ROM 4 GB ROM -
External Memory microSD, up to 32GB microSD, up to 32 GB microSD

display Display

Type TFT capacitive touchscreen TFT Capacitive Touchscreen TFT capacitive touchscreen
Colors 256K colors 16.7M colors 256K colors
Size 3.2 inches 5 inches 2.8 inches
Resolution 320 x 480 pixels (180 ppi) 480 x 854 pixels (196 ppi) 240 x 320 pixels (143 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 52.01% 66.40% 41.56%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 3.15 MP, 2048x1536 pixels 8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels 1.3 MP, 1280 x 960 pixels
Flash No LED flash No
Features Geo-tagging, Face Detection Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, HDR, Panorama, Face beauty, Eraser, 99 snaps in one click, Gesture Shot, Smile Shot -
Video Yes, 480p Yes, 1080p@30fps Yes
Front Camera No [Similar] Yes, 2 MP, 720p [Similar] No [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Up to 80 kbps Yes Up to 42.8 kbps
Edge Up to 236.8 kbps Yes Up to 236.8 kbps
3G HSDPA 14.4 Mbps, HSUPA 5.76 Mbps HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps No
Bluetooth Yes, v3.0 with A2DP, EDR Yes, v4.0 with A2DP Yes, v3.0 with A2DP
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot No
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0, USB On-the-go Yes, microUSB v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support A-GPS support only
Browser HTML, Adobe Flash HTML5 WAP 2.0/xHTML

memory User Memory

Internal 90 MB storage, 512 MB ROM, 512 MB RAM 4 GB ROM, 1 GB RAM -
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 32GB microSD, up to 32 GB microSD
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 not supported NFC not supported

battery Battery

Type Standard battery, Li-Ion Li-Ion Battery Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 1230 mAh 4200 mAh 1020 mAh
Stand by Up to 485 h (2G)
Up to 445 h (3G)
Up to 555 h Up to 504 h
Talk Time Up to 7 h 40 min (2G)
Up to 7 h 33 min (3G)
Up to 31 h 30 min (2G)
Up to 24 h (3G)
Up to 12 h