Phone Comparison - Motorola Electrify 2 XT881 vs HTC Desire

Motorola Electrify 2 XT881
motorola electrify 2 xt881
HTC Desire
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general General Info

Manufacturer Motorola HTC
Announced July 2012 February 2010
Status Available - July 2012 Available - March 2010
Colors Black Black, Brown, Silver, White
Form Factor Candybar Candybar
Dimension 128.5 x 65.8 x 8.4 mm
(5.06 x 2.59 x 0.33 in)
119 x 60 x 11.9 mm
(4.69 x 2.36 x 0.47 in)
Weight 130 g (4.59 oz) 135 g (4.76 oz)
2G Network CDMA 800 / 1900
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network CDMA2000 1xEV-DO
HSDPA 900 / 2100
HSDPA 900 / 2100
HSDPA 850 / 1900 - North America
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v4.0.4 (Ice Cream Sandwich) Android OS, v2.1 (Eclair), upgradable to v2.2 (Froyo)
Processor Dual-core 1.2 GHz, TI OMAP 4430 [Similar] 1 GHz Scorpion, Qualcomm QSD8250 Snapdragon [Similar]
GPU PowerVR SGX540 [Similar] Adreno 200 [Similar]
RAM 1 GB [Browse Similar] 576 MB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory 8 GB storage N/A
External Memory microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 32 GB, 4 GB included

display Display

Type TFT capacitive touchscreen AMOLED or SLCD capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 4.3 inches [Similar] 3.7 inches [Similar]
Resolution 540 x 960 pixels (256 ppi) [Similar] 480 x 800 pixels (252 ppi) [Similar]
Screen-to-Body Ratio 60.36% 54.64%
Multi-Touch yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

3.5mm Jack yes yes
Radio Stereo FM radio with RDS 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 x 1944 pixels [Similar]
Flash LED flash LED flash
Features Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Face Detection, Image Stabilization Auto focus, Geo-tagging
Video Yes, 1080p@30fps Yes, WVGA (800x480 pixels) @ 15fps, 720p@30fps via Android 2.2 (Froyo) update
Front Camera Yes, VGA [Similar] No [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Class 12 (4+1/3+2/2+3/1+4 slots), 32 - 48 kbps Class 10 (4+1/3+2 slots), 32 - 48 kbps
Edge Class 12 Class 10, 236.8 kbps
3G Rev.A, up to 3.1 Mbps, HSDPA, HSUPA HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 2 Mbps
Bluetooth Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, LE, EDR Yes v2.1 with A2DP
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g, Wi-Fi hotspot (Android 2.2)
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support
Browser HTML, Adobe Flash HTML, Adobe Flash

memory User Memory

Internal 8 GB storage, 1 GB RAM 576 MB RAM; 512 MB ROM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 32 GB, 4 GB included

Apps Sensors

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

battery Battery

Type Standard battery, Li-Ion Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 1780 mAh 1400 mAh
Stand by (2G)
Up to 264 h (3G)
Up to 340 h (2G)
Up to 360 h (3G)
Talk Time (2G)
Up to 11 h (3G)
Up to 6 h 40 min (2G)
Up to 6 h 30 min (3G)