Phone Comparison - Motorola RAZR i XT890 vs HTC Desire vs Nokia Lumia 928

general General Info

Manufacturer Motorola HTC Nokia
Announced September 2012 February 2010 April 2013
Status Available - October 2012 Available - March 2010 Available - May 2013
Colors Black, White Black, Brown, Silver, White Black, White
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 122.5 x 60.9 x 8.3 mm
(4.82 x 2.4 x 0.33 in)
119 x 60 x 11.9 mm
(4.69 x 2.36 x 0.47 in)
133 x 68.9 x 10.1 mm
(5.24 x 2.71 x 0.4 in)
Weight 126 g (4.44 oz) 135 g (4.76 oz) 162 g (5.71 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
CDMA 800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 900 / 2100
HSDPA 850 / 1900 - North America
HSDPA 850 / 900/ 1900 / 2100
CDMA2000 1xEV-DO
4G Network - - LTE
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM 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), upgradable to v4.1 Android OS, v2.1 (Eclair), upgradable to v2.2 (Froyo) Microsoft Windows Phone 8
Processor 1.3GHz, Intel Atom Z2460, Boost to 2GHz 1 GHz Scorpion, Qualcomm QSD8250 Snapdragon Dual-core 1.5 GHz, Qualcomm MSM8960 Snapdragon
GPU PowerVR SGX 540 @400MHz Adreno 200 Adreno 225
RAM 1 GB 576 MB 1 GB
Internal Memory 8 GB (5 GB user available) N/A 32 GB storage
External Memory microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 32 GB, 4 GB included No

display Display

Type Super AMOLED Advanced, Edge-To-Edge Screen AMOLED or SLCD capacitive touchscreen AMOLED Capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 4.3 inches 3.7 inches 4.5 inches
Resolution 540 x 960 pixels (256 ppi) 480 x 800 pixels (252 ppi) 768 x 1280 pixels (332 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 68.41% 54.64% 62.79%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

3.5mm Jack yes yes yes
Radio No Stereo FM radio with RDS No
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 8.7 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels
Flash LED flash LED flash Xenon Flash
Features Auto focus, Touch-focus, Geo-tagging, Face Detection, Image Stabilization, HDR Auto focus, Geo-tagging 1.4 µm pixel size, PureView Technology, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Panorama, Carl Zeiss optics, optical image stabilization, autofocus, Automatic motion blur reduction
Video Yes, 1080p@30fps Yes, WVGA (800x480 pixels) @ 15fps, 720p@30fps via Android 2.2 (Froyo) update Yes, 1080p@30fps, video stabilization
Front Camera Yes, VGA [Similar] No [Similar] Yes, 1.3 MP, 720p@30fps [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 Up to 237 kbps
3G Yes HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 2 Mbps EV-DO Rev. A, up to 3.1 Mbps, HSDPA, 42.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps; LTE, Cat3, 50 Mbps UL, 100 Mbps DL
Bluetooth Yes, v2.1 with A2DP, EDR Yes v2.1 with A2DP Yes, v3.0 with A2DP
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g, Wi-Fi hotspot (Android 2.2) Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot, Wi-Fi Channel Bonding
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS
Browser HTML5 HTML, Adobe Flash HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 8 GB (5 GB user available), 1 GB RAM 576 MB RAM; 512 MB ROM 32 GB storage, 1 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 32 GB, 4 GB included No

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 supported NFC not supported NFC supported

battery Battery

Type Standard battery, Li-Ion Li-Ion Battery Non-removable Li-Ion battery (BV-4NW)
Capacity 2000 mAh 1400 mAh 2000 mAh
Stand by - Up to 340 h (2G)
Up to 360 h (3G)
Up to 606 h (2G)
Up to 541 h (3G)
Talk Time Up to 20 h Up to 6 h 40 min (2G)
Up to 6 h 30 min (3G)
Up to 11 h 48 min (2G)
Up to 16 h 12 min (3G)