Phone Comparison - HTC One X vs HTC Desire

HTC One X
htc one x
HTC Desire
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general General Info

Manufacturer HTC HTC
Announced February 2012 February 2010
Status Available from April 2012 Available - March 2010
Colors Black Black, Brown, Silver, White
Form Factor Candybar Candybar
Dimension 134.4 x 69.9 x 9.3 mm
(5.29 x 2.75 x 0.37 in)
119 x 60 x 11.9 mm
(4.69 x 2.36 x 0.47 in)
Weight 130 g (4.59 oz) 135 g (4.76 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 2100 HSDPA 900 / 2100
HSDPA 850 / 1900 - North America
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) Android OS, v2.1 (Eclair), upgradable to v2.2 (Froyo)
Processor Quad-core 1.5 GHz, Nvidia Tegra 3 [Similar] 1 GHz Scorpion, Qualcomm QSD8250 Snapdragon [Similar]
GPU ULP GeForce [Similar] Adreno 200 [Similar]
RAM 1 GB [Browse Similar] 576 MB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory 32 GB storage N/A
External Memory No microSD, up to 32 GB, 4 GB included

display Display

Type Capacitive touchscreen AMOLED or SLCD capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 4.7 inches [Similar] 3.7 inches [Similar]
Resolution 720 x 1280 pixels (312 ppi) [Similar] 480 x 800 pixels (252 ppi) [Similar]
Screen-to-Body Ratio 65.02% 54.64%
Multi-Touch yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels [Similar] 5 MP, 2592 x 1944 pixels [Similar]
Flash LED flash LED flash
Features Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Face Detection Auto focus, Geo-tagging
Video Yes, 1080p Yes, WVGA (800x480 pixels) @ 15fps, 720p@30fps via Android 2.2 (Froyo) update
Front Camera Yes [Similar] No [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Class 10 (4+1/3+2 slots), 32 - 48 kbps
Edge Yes Class 10, 236.8 kbps
3G HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 2 Mbps
Bluetooth Yes, v3.0 with A2DP, EDR Yes v2.1 with A2DP
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g, Wi-Fi hotspot (Android 2.2)
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support
Browser HTML, Adobe Flash HTML, Adobe Flash

memory User Memory

Internal 32GB storage, 1 GB RAM 576 MB RAM; 512 MB ROM
Expandable Storage No microSD, up to 32 GB, 4 GB included

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 Non-removable, Li-Po Battery Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 1800 mAh 1400 mAh
Stand by - Up to 340 h (2G)
Up to 360 h (3G)
Talk Time - Up to 6 h 40 min (2G)
Up to 6 h 30 min (3G)