Phone Comparison - HTC Wildfire S vs HTC Desire HD vs Sony Xperia E3

general General Info

Manufacturer HTC HTC Sony
Announced February 2011 September 2010 September 2014
Status Available - May 2011 Available - October 2010 Available - September 2014
Colors Black, Silver, Brown, Lilac Black, Brown Black, White, Lime, Copper
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 101.3 x 59.4 x 12.4 mm
(3.99 x 2.34 x 0.49 in)
123 x 68 x 11.8 mm
(4.84 x 2.68 x 0.46 in)
137.7 x 69.4 x 8.5 mm
(5.42 x 2.73 x 0.33 in)
Weight 105 g (3.7 oz) 164 g (5.78 oz) 143 g (5.04 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - D2203, D2206, D2243, D2202
3G Network HSDPA 900 / 2100
HSDPA 850 / 1900 or HSDPA 2100 (Australia)
HSDPA 900 / 2100
HSDPA 850 / 1900 - North America
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 2100 - D2203
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 - D2202
4G Network - - LTE 800 / 850 / 1800 / 2100 / 2600 - D2203
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM
Build Features - - Shatter Proof Glass

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v2.3 (Gingerbread) Android OS, v2.2 (Froyo), v2.3 (Gingerbread), not upgradable to v4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) Android OS, v4.4 (KitKat)
Processor 600MHz ARM 11 processor, Qulacomm MSM7227 chipset 1 GHz Scorpion, Qualcomm MSM8255 Snapdragon Quad-core 1.2 GHz, Qualcomm MSM8926-2
GPU Adreno 200 Adreno 205 Adreno 305
RAM 512 MB 768 MB 1 GB
Internal Memory 512 MB ROM 1.5 GB; 4 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 32GB, 2GB included microSD, up to 32 GB, 8 GB included microSD, up to 32 GB

display Display

Type TFT capacitive touchscreen LCD capacitive touchscreen IPS LCD Capacitive Touchscreen
Colors 256K colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 3.2 inches 4.3 inches 4.5 inches
Resolution 320 x 480 pixels (180 ppi) 480 x 800 pixels (217 ppi) 480 x 854 pixels (218 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 50.83% 62.90% 58.23%
Multi-Touch no yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 5 MP, 2592 x 1944 pixels 8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels 5 MP, 2592 х 1944 pixels
Flash LED flash dual-LED flash LED Flash
Features Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Face Detection Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Face Detection Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, Image Stabilization, HDR, Panorama
Video Yes, VGA@24fps Yes, 720p 1080p@30fps
Front Camera No [Similar] No [Similar] VGA [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Up to 114 kbps Class 32 Up to 107 kbps
Edge Up to 560 kbps Class 32 Up to 296 kbps
3G HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 384 Kbps HSDPA 7.2/14.4 Mbps; HSUPA 2/5.76 Mbps (carrier dependent) HSDPA, 42 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.8 Mbps; LTE, Cat4, 50 Mbps UL, 150 Mbps DL
Bluetooth Yes, v3.0 with A2DP, EDR Yes v2.1 with A2DP v4.0, A2DP
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0 microUSB v2.0 (MHL 3), USB On-the-go, USB Host
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS
Browser HTML HTML, Adobe Flash HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 512 MB ROM, 512 MB RAM (418 MB user-available) 1.5 GB; 768 MB RAM 4 GB, 1 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 32GB, 2GB included microSD, up to 32 GB, 8 GB included microSD, up to 32 GB
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 Non-removable Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 1230 mAh 1230 mAh 2330 mAh
Stand by Up to 360 h (2G)
Up to 570 h (3G)
Up to 490 h (2G)
Up to 420 h (3G)
Up to 706 h
Talk Time Up to 7 h 10 min (2G)
Up to 5 h 50 min (3G)
Up to 9 h 15 min (2G)
Up to 5 h 30 min (3G)
Up to 12 h 20 min