Phone Comparison - Huawei Ascend P1 XL U9200E vs HTC Desire vs HTC Desire 500

general General Info

Manufacturer Huawei HTC HTC
Announced 2012 February 2010 July 2013
Status Available - Q3 2012 Available - March 2010 Available - September 2013
Colors Metallic black, Ceramic white, Soft pink Black, Brown, Silver, White Black, White
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 129 x 64.8 x 9.9 mm
(5.08 x 2.55 x 0.39 in)
119 x 60 x 11.9 mm
(4.69 x 2.36 x 0.47 in)
131.8 x 66.9 x 9.9 mm
(5.19 x 2.63 x 0.39 in)
Weight 140 g (4.94 oz) 135 g (4.76 oz) 123 g (4.34 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 900 / 2100
HSDPA 850 / 1900 - North America
HSDPA 900 / 2100
Messaging SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v4.0.3 (Ice Cream Sandwich) Android OS, v2.1 (Eclair), upgradable to v2.2 (Froyo) Android OS, v4.1.2 (Jelly Bean) with HTC Sense, HTC BlinkFeed
Processor Dual-core 1.5 GHz Cortext-A9, TI OMAP 4460 1 GHz Scorpion, Qualcomm QSD8250 Snapdragon Quad-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A5, Qualcomm MSM8625Q Snapdragon 200
GPU PowerVR SGX540 Adreno 200 Adreno 203
RAM 1 GB 576 MB 1 GB
Internal Memory 4 GB N/A 4 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 32 GB, 4 GB included microSD, up to 64 GB

display Display

Type Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen AMOLED or SLCD capacitive touchscreen TFT Capacitive Touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 4.3 inches 3.7 inches 4.3 inches
Resolution 540 x 960 pixels (256 ppi) 480 x 800 pixels (252 ppi) 480 x 800 pixels (217 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 61.05% 54.64% 59.67%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels 5 MP, 2592 x 1944 pixels 8 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels
Flash dual-LED flash LED flash LED flash
Features Auto focus, Geo-tagging, HDR, Face And Smile Detection Auto focus, Geo-tagging Auto focus, 1/3.2' Sensor Size, 1.4�m Pixel Size, Geo-tagging, Face And Smile Detection
Video Yes, 1080p@30fps Yes, WVGA (800x480 pixels) @ 15fps, 720p@30fps via Android 2.2 (Froyo) update Yes, 720p@30fps
Front Camera Yes, 1.3 MP [Similar] No [Similar] Yes, 1.6 MP [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Class 10 (4+1/3+2 slots), 32 - 48 kbps Yes
Edge Yes Class 10, 236.8 kbps Yes
3G HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 2 Mbps HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps
Bluetooth Yes, v3.0 with A2DP, HS Yes v2.1 with A2DP Yes, v4.0 with A2DP
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot, DLNA Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g, Wi-Fi hotspot (Android 2.2) Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot, DLNA
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 (MHL) Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS
Browser HTML5 HTML, Adobe Flash HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 4 GB, 1 GB RAM 576 MB RAM; 512 MB ROM 4 GB, 1 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 32 GB, 4 GB included microSD, up to 64 GB

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 Non-removable Li-Ion Battery Li-Ion Battery Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 2600 mAh 1400 mAh 1800 mAh
Stand by - Up to 340 h (2G)
Up to 360 h (3G)
Up to 435 h (2G)
Up to 401 h (3G)
Talk Time - Up to 6 h 40 min (2G)
Up to 6 h 30 min (3G)
Up to 17 h 48 min (2G)
Up to 12 h 1 min (3G)