Phone Comparison - HTC Windows Phone 8X vs Samsung Z1

HTC Windows Phone 8X
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Samsung Z1
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general General Info

Manufacturer HTC Samsung
Announced September 2012 January 2015
Status Available - November 2012 Available - January 2015
Price - Rs. 5,700 ($83.82) [Similarly Priced]
Colors Blue, Black, Yellow, Red White, Black, Wine Red
Form Factor Candybar Candybar
Dimension 132.3 x 66.2 x 10.1 mm
(5.21 x 2.61 x 0.4 in)
120.4 x 63.2 x 9.7 mm
(4.74 x 2.49 x 0.38 in)
Weight 130 g (4.59 oz) 112 g (3.95 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 900 / 2100
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Windows Phone 8 Tizen OS, v2.3
Processor Dual-core 1.5 GHz Krait, Qualcomm MSM8960 Snapdragon [Similar] Dual-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A7, Spreadtrum SC7727S [Similar]
GPU Adreno 225 [Similar] Mali-400 [Similar]
RAM 1 GB [Browse Similar] 768 MB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory 16 GB storage 4 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 32GB microSD, up to 64 GB

display Display

Type S-LCD2 capacitive touchscreen PLS TFT capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 4.3 inches [Similar] 4.0 inches [Similar]
Resolution 720 x 1280 pixels (342 ppi) [Similar] 480 x 800 pixels (233 ppi) [Similar]
Screen-to-Body Ratio 58.04% 59.97%
Multi-Touch yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 8 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels [Similar] 3.15 MP, 2048 x 1536 pixels [Similar]
Flash 28mm wide LED flash
Features Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus Geo-tagging, Face Detection
Video Yes, 1080p@30fps, continuous autofocus, video light Yes
Front Camera Yes, 2.1 MP, 1080p video [Similar] VGA [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes
3G HSDPA; HSUPA HSPA
Bluetooth Yes, v2.1 with A2DP, EDR v4.1, A2DP
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 microUSB v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS
Browser HTML5 HTML

memory User Memory

Internal 16 GB storage, 1 GB RAM 4 GB, 768 MB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 32GB microSD, up to 64 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 supported NFC not supported

battery Battery

Type Standard battery, Li-Ion Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 1800 mAh 1500 mAh
Stand by -
Talk Time Up to 8 h (3G)