Phone Comparison - Samsung I9000 Galaxy S vs HTC Desire X vs Nokia Lumia 620

general General Info

Manufacturer Samsung HTC Nokia
Announced March 2010 August 2012 December 2012
Status Available - June 2010 Available - October 2012 Available - January 2013
Colors Black, White White, blue Lime green, orange, magenta, yellow, cyan, white, black
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 122.4 x 64.2 x 9.9 mm
(4.82 x 2.53 x 0.39 in)
118.5 x 62.3 x 9.3 mm
(4.67 x 2.45 x 0.37 in)
115.4 x 61.1 x 11 mm
(4.54 x 2.41 x 0.43 in)
Weight 119 g (4.2 oz) 120 g (4.23 oz) 127 g (4.48 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network - - -
Messaging SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v2.1 (Eclair), upgradable to v2.3 Android OS, v4.0.4 (Ice Cream Sandwich) Microsoft Windows Phone 8
Processor 1 GHz Cortex-A8, Hummingbird Dual-core 1 GHz, MSM8225 Qualcomm S4 Dual-core 1 GHz Krait, Qualcomm Snapdragon S4
GPU PowerVR SGX540 Adreno 203 Adreno 305
RAM 512 MB 768 MB 512 MB
Internal Memory 8 GB/16 GB storage 4 GB storage 8 GB storage
External Memory microSD, up to 32GB microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 64 GB

display Display

Type Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen Super LCD capacitive touchscreen TFT capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 4.0 inches 4.0 inches 3.8 inches
Resolution 480 x 800 pixels (233 ppi) 480 x 800 pixels (233 ppi) 480 x 800 pixels (246 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 58.07% 61.81% 58.06%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

3.5mm Jack yes yes yes
Radio FM radio with RDS Stereo FM radio with RDS No
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 5 MP, 2592х1936 pixels
Flash No LED flash LED flash
Features Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection Auto focus, Geo-tagging Auto focus, Geo-tagging
Video Yes, 720p@30fps Yes Yes, 720p@30fps
Front Camera Yes, VGA [Similar] No [Similar] Yes, VGA [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Class 12 (4+1/3+2/2+3/1+4 slots), 32 - 48 kbps Yes Class B
Edge Class 12 Yes Class B
3G HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps
Bluetooth Yes, v3.0 with A2DP Yes, v4.0 with A2DP Yes, v3.0 with A2DP, EDR
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot (Android 2.2) Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band
USB Yes, v2.0 microUSB 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 WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML, Adobe flash HTML5 HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 8 GB/16 GB storage, 512 MB RAM 4 GB storage, 768 MB RAM 8 GB storage, 512 MB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 32GB microSD, up to 32 GB 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 supported

battery Battery

Type Standard battery, Li-Ion Standard battery, Li-Ion Standard battery, Li-Ion
Capacity 1500 mAh 1650 mAh 1300 mAh (BL-4J)
Stand by Up to 750 h (2G)
Up to 576 h (3G)
Up to 833 h (2G)
Up to 750 h (3G)
Up to 330 h
Talk Time Up to 13 h 30 min (2G)
Up to 6 h 30 min (3G)
Up to 10 h (2G)
Up to 20 h (3G)
Up to 14 h 40 min (2G)
Up to 9 h 50 min (3G)