Phone Comparison - HTC Sensation 4G vs Apple iPhone 5S vs Samsung Galaxy Alpha

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general General Info

Manufacturer HTC Apple Samsung
Announced April 2011 September 2013 August 2014
Status Available - June 2011 Available - September 2013 Available - September 2014
Colors Black Black/Slate, White/Silver Black, white, gold, silver, blue
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 126.1 x 65.4 x 11.3 mm
(4.96 x 2.57 x 0.44 in)
123.8 x 58.6 x 7.6 mm
(4.87 x 2.31 x 0.3 in)
132.4 x 65.5 x 6.7 mm
(5.21 x 2.58 x 0.26 in)
Weight 148 g (5.22 oz) 112 g (3.95 oz) 115 g (4.06 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
CDMA2000 1xEV-DO
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 900 / 1700 / 2100
HSDPA 850 / 1900 - For Bell (Canada)
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100
CDMA2000 1xEV-DO
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network - LTE 700 MHz Class 17 / 1700 / 2100 LTE
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), upgradable to v4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) iOS 7.0.1 Android OS, v4.4.4 (KitKat)
Processor Dual-core 1.2 GHz Scorpion, Qualcomm MSM8260 Snapdragon Dual-core 1.3 GHz Cyclone, Apple A7 with M7 Motion Coprocessor Quad-core 1.8 GHz Cortex-A15 & quad-core 1.3 GHz Cortex-A7, Exynos 5 Octa 5430
GPU Adreno 220 PowerVR G6430 Mali-T628 MP6
RAM 768 MB 1 GB 2 GB
Internal Memory 1 GB storage 16/32/64 GB storage 32 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 32 GB, 8 GB included No No

display Display

Type S-LCD capacitive touchscreen LED-backlit IPS LCD, capacitive touchscreen Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 4.3 inches 4.0 inches 4.7 inches
Resolution 540 x 960 pixels (256 ppi) 640 x 1136 pixels (326 ppi) 720 x 1280 pixels (320 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 61.88% 60.84% 66.95%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

3.5mm Jack yes yes yes
Radio Stereo FM radio with RDS No No
Games Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable
Loud Speaker yes yes yes

camera Camera

Rear Camera 8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels 8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels 12 MP, 4128 x 3096 pixels
Flash dual-LED flash dual-LED flash LED flash
Features Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch-focus, Image Stabilization, Face Detection, Instant Capture Auto focus, 1.5 µm pixel size, Simultaneous HD video and image recording, touch focus, geo-tagging, face detection, panorama, HDR Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection, Panorama, HDR
Video Yes, 1080p@30fps, stereo sound recording Yes, 1080p@30fps, 720p@120 fps, video stabilization 2160p@30fps
Front Camera Yes, VGA [Similar] Yes, 1.2 MP, 720p@30fps, face detection, [Similar] 2.1 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 DC-HSDPA, 42 Mbps; HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps, LTE, 100 Mbps; EV-DO Rev. A, up to 3.1 Mbps HSDPA, 42 Mbps, HSUPA; LTE-A, Cat6, 300 Mbps DL
Bluetooth Yes, v3.0 with A2DP Yes, v4.0 with A2DP v4.0, A2DP, EDR, LE
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 (MHL) Yes, Lightning Port microUSB v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS
Browser HTML, Adobe Flash HTML (Safari) HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 1 GB storage, 768 MB RAM 16/32/64 GB storage, 1 GB RAM 32 GB, 2 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 32 GB, 8 GB included No No

Apps Sensors

Fingerprint fingerprint not supported fingerprint 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 supported

battery Battery

Type Li-Ion Battery Non-removable Li-Ion Battery Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 1520 mAh 1440 mAh 1860 mAh
Stand by Up to 400 h (2G)
Up to 350 h (3G)
Up to 250 h -
Talk Time Up to 6 h 40 min (2G)
Up to 8 h 20 min (3G)
Up to 10 h -