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HTC Desire 500 vs Nokia Lumia 525

General Info

Manufacturer
HTC Nokia
Announced
July 2013 November 2013
Status
Available - September 2013 Available - January 2014
Colors
Black, White Yellow, orange, white, black
Form Factor
Candybar Candybar
Dimension
131.8 x 66.9 x 9.9 mm
(5.19 x 2.63 x 0.39 in)
119.9 x 64 x 9.9 mm
(4.72 x 2.52 x 0.39 in)
Weight
123 g (4.34 oz) 124 g (4.37 oz)
2G Network
GSM 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network
HSDPA 900 / 2100 HSDPA 900 / 2100
HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100
Messaging
SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM
Build Features
- Super sensitive touch for finger nail and glove use, Changeable backcover

Display

Type
TFT Capacitive Touchscreen IPS LCD Capacitive Touchscreen, 2D Hardened Glass
Colors
16M colors 16M colors
Size
4.3 inches [Similar] 4.0 inches [Similar]
Resolution
480 x 800 pixels (217 ppi) [Similar] 480 x 800 pixels (233 ppi) [Similar]
Screen-to-Body Ratio
59.67% 59.47%
Multi-Touch

Hardware and OS

OS
Android OS, v4.1.2 (Jelly Bean) with HTC Sense, HTC BlinkFeed Microsoft Windows Phone 8
Processor
Quad-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A5, Qualcomm MSM8625Q Snapdragon 200 [Similar] Dual-core 1 GHz, Qualcomm MSM8227 Snapdragon S4 [Similar]
GPU
Adreno 203 [Similar] Adreno 305 [Similar]
RAM
1 GB [Browse Similar] 1 GB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory
4 GB 8 GB ROM
External Memory
microSD, up to 64 GB microSD, up to 64 GB

Camera

Rear Camera
8 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels [Similar] 5 MP, 2592х1944 pixels [Similar]
Flash
LED flash No
Features
Auto focus, 1/3.2' Sensor Size, 1.4�m Pixel Size, Geo-tagging, Face And Smile Detection Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, Nokia Smart Camera, Cinemagraph lens, Panorama lens, Bing vision
Video
Yes, 720p@30fps Yes, 720p@30fps
Front Camera
Yes, 1.6 MP [Similar] No [Similar]

Multimedia

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

Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS
Yes Yes
Edge
Yes Yes
3G
HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps
Bluetooth
Yes, v4.0 with A2DP Yes, v4.0 with A2DP
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot, DLNA Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n
USB
Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0
GPS
Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS
Browser
HTML5 HTML5

User Memory

Internal
4 GB, 1 GB RAM 8 GB ROM, 1 GB RAM
Expandable Storage
microSD, up to 64 GB microSD, up to 64 GB

Sensors

Fingerprint
Proximity Sensor
Accelerometer Sensor
NFC

Battery

Type
Li-Ion Battery Li-Ion Battery
Capacity
1800 mAh 1430 mAh
Stand by
Up to 435 h (2G)
Up to 401 h (3G)
Up to 336 h
Talk Time
Up to 17 h 48 min (2G)
Up to 12 h 1 min (3G)
Up to 16 h 54 min (2G)
Up to 10 h 36 min (3G)
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