Phone Comparison - HTC One S vs Nokia Lumia 505

HTC One S
htc one s
Nokia Lumia 505
nokia lumia 505
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general General Info

Manufacturer HTC Nokia
Announced February 2012 December 2012
Status Available - April 2012 Available - January 2013
Colors Black Black, White, Red, Pink
Form Factor Candybar Candybar
Dimension 130.9 x 65 x 7.8 mm
(5.15 x 2.56 x 0.31 in)
118.1 x 61.2 x 11.3 mm
(4.65 x 2.41 x 0.44 in)
Weight 119.5 g (4.2.0.18 oz) 131 g (4.62 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 1900
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) Microsoft Windows Phone 7.8
Processor Dual-core 1.5 GHz Krait, Qualcomm MSM8260A Snapdragon [Similar] 800 MHz [Similar]
GPU Adreno 225 [Similar] -
RAM 1 GB [Browse Similar] 256 MB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory 16 GB 4 GB
External Memory No No

display Display

Type Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen AMOLED capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 56K colors
Size 4.3 inches [Similar] 3.7 inches [Similar]
Resolution 540 x 960 pixels (256 ppi) [Similar] 480 x 800 pixels (252 ppi) [Similar]
Screen-to-Body Ratio 59.98% 53.98%
Multi-Touch yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels [Similar] 8 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels [Similar]
Flash LED flash No
Features Auto focus, Simultaneous HD Video And Image Recording, Geo-tagging, Face And Smile Detection Geo-tagging
Video Yes, 1080p@30fps, stereo sound rec., video stabilization Yes, VGA@30fps
Front Camera Yes, VGA [Similar] No [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Up to 85.6 kbps
Edge Yes Up to 236.8 kbps
3G HSDPA, HSUPA HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps; HSUPA
Bluetooth Yes, v4.0 with A2DP Yes, v2.1 with EDR
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n
USB Yes, microUSB (MHL) v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support
Browser HTML, Adobe Flash HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 16 GB, 1 GB RAM 4 GB, 256 MB RAM
Expandable Storage No No

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 Standard battery, Li-Po Standard battery, Li-Ion
Capacity 1650 mAh 1300 mAh (BP-3L)
Stand by Up to 670 h (2G)
Up to 600 h (3G)
Talk Time Up to 7 h 30 min (2G)
Up to 7 h 15 min (3G)