Phone Comparison - HTC Wildfire S vs Huawei Ascend W1 vs HTC Sensation 4G

general General Info

Manufacturer HTC Huawei HTC
Announced February 2011 January 2013 April 2011
Status Available - May 2011 Available - January 2013 Available - June 2011
Colors Black, Silver, Brown, Lilac Blue, white, pink, black Black
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 101.3 x 59.4 x 12.4 mm
(3.99 x 2.34 x 0.49 in)
124.5 x 63.7 x 10.5 mm
(4.9 x 2.51 x 0.41 in)
126.1 x 65.4 x 11.3 mm
(4.96 x 2.57 x 0.44 in)
Weight 105 g (3.7 oz) 130 g (4.59 oz) 148 g (5.22 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 900 / 2100
HSDPA 850 / 1900 or HSDPA 2100 (Australia)
HSDPA 900 / 2100
HSDPA 850 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100
HSDPA 900 / 1700 / 2100
HSDPA 850 / 1900 - For Bell (Canada)
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v2.3 (Gingerbread) Microsoft Windows Phone 8 Android OS, v2.3 (Gingerbread), upgradable to v4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich)
Processor 600MHz ARM 11 processor, Qulacomm MSM7227 chipset Dual-core 1.2 GHz Krait, Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Dual-core 1.2 GHz Scorpion, Qualcomm MSM8260 Snapdragon
GPU Adreno 200 Adreno 305 Adreno 220
RAM 512 MB 512 MB 768 MB
Internal Memory 512 MB ROM 4 GB 1 GB storage
External Memory microSD, up to 32GB, 2GB included microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 32 GB, 8 GB included

display Display

Type TFT capacitive touchscreen IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen S-LCD capacitive touchscreen
Colors 256K colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 3.2 inches 4.0 inches 4.3 inches
Resolution 320 x 480 pixels (180 ppi) 480 x 800 pixels (233 ppi) 540 x 960 pixels (256 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 50.83% 57.54% 61.88%
Multi-Touch no yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

3.5mm Jack yes yes yes
Radio Stereo FM radio with RDS No Stereo 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 5 MP, 2592х1944 pixels 8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels
Flash LED flash LED flash dual-LED flash
Features Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Face Detection Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch-focus, Image Stabilization, Face Detection, Instant Capture
Video Yes, VGA@24fps Yes, 720p@30fps Yes, 1080p@30fps, stereo sound recording
Front Camera No [Similar] Yes, VGA [Similar] Yes, VGA [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Up to 114 kbps Yes Up to 114 kbps
Edge Up to 560 kbps Yes Up to 560 kbps
3G HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 384 Kbps HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps HSDPA 14.4 Mbps, HSUPA 5.76 Mbps
Bluetooth Yes, v3.0 with A2DP, EDR Yes, v2.1 with A2DP, EDR Yes, v3.0 with A2DP
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0 (MHL)
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS support
Browser HTML HTML5 HTML, Adobe Flash

memory User Memory

Internal 512 MB ROM, 512 MB RAM (418 MB user-available) 4 GB, 512 MB RAM 1 GB storage, 768 MB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 32GB, 2GB included microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 32 GB, 8 GB included

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 supported NFC not supported

battery Battery

Type Standard battery, Li-Ion Standard battery, Li-Po Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 1230 mAh 1950 mAh 1520 mAh
Stand by Up to 360 h (2G)
Up to 570 h (3G)
Up to 460 hours (2G)
Up to 470 hours (3G)
Up to 400 h (2G)
Up to 350 h (3G)
Talk Time Up to 7 h 10 min (2G)
Up to 5 h 50 min (3G)
Up to 8 h (2G)
Up to 10 h 30 min(3G)
Up to 6 h 40 min (2G)
Up to 8 h 20 min (3G)