Phone Comparison - HTC Sensation XL vs HTC Desire 516

HTC Sensation XL
htc sensation xl
HTC Desire 516
htc desire 516
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general General Info

Manufacturer HTC HTC
Announced October 2011 June 2014
Status Available - November 2011 Available - June 2014
Colors White Black, White
Form Factor Candybar Candybar
Dimension 132.5 x 70.7 x 9.9 mm
(5.22 x 2.78 x 0.39 in)
140 x 72 x 9.7 mm
(5.51 x 2.83 x 0.38 in)
Weight 162.5 g (5.71.0.18 oz) 160 g (5.64 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 2100 HSDPA 900 / 2100
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v2.3 (Gingerbread), upgradable to v4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) Android OS, v4.2.2 (Jelly Bean)
Processor 1.5 GHz Scorpion, Qualcomm MSM8255 [Similar] Quad-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A7, Qualcomm Snapdragon 200 [Similar]
GPU Adreno 205 [Similar] Adreno 302 [Similar]
RAM 768 MB [Browse Similar] 1 GB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory 16 GB storage 4 GB
External Memory No microSD, up to 32 GB

display Display

Type S-LCD capacitive touchscreen TFT Capacitive Touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 4.7 inches [Similar] 5.0 inches [Similar]
Resolution 480 x 800 pixels (199 ppi) [Similar] 540 x 960 pixels (220 ppi) [Similar]
Screen-to-Body Ratio 66.78% 68.55%
Multi-Touch yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels [Similar] 5 MP, 2592 х 1944 pixels [Similar]
Flash dual-LED flash LED flash
Features Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Face Detection, Touch Focus, HDR, Auto-upload Geo-tagging
Video Yes, 720p, slo-mo video recording (2x @ WVGA) Yes, 720p@30fps
Front Camera Yes, 1.3 MP [Similar] Yes, 2 MP, 480p [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Class 12 (4+1/3+2/2+3/1+4 slots), 32 - 48 kbps Yes
Edge Class 12 Yes
3G HSDPA, 14.4 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps HSDPA 21 Mbps, HSUPA 5.76 Mbps
Bluetooth Yes, v3.0 with A2DP Yes, v4.0 with A2DP
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support
Browser WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML, Adobe Flash HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 16 GB storage, 768 MB RAM 4 GB, 1 GB RAM
Expandable Storage No microSD, up to 32 GB

Apps Sensors

Fingerprint fingerprint not supported fingerprint not supported
Proximity Sensor proximity sensor present proximity sensor not present
Accelerometer Sensor accelerometer sensor present accelerometer sensor present
NFC NFC not supported NFC not supported

battery Battery

Type Li-Ion Battery Li-Po Battery
Capacity 1600 mAh 1950 mAh
Stand by Up to 360 h (2G)
Up to 460 h (3G)
Up to 220 h (3G)
Talk Time Up to 11 h 50 min (2G)
Up to 6 h 50 min (3G)
Up to 9 h (3G)