HTC Explorer vs HTC Desire 816

General Info

Manufacturer
HTC	HTC
Announced
September 2011	February 2014
Status
Available - October 2011	Available - March 2014
Colors
Active Black, Active Navy, Metallic Black, Metallic Navy	Red, Grey, Green, Cyan, White, Black
Form Factor
Candybar	Candybar
Dimension
102.8 x 57.2 x 12.9 mm (4.05 x 2.25 x 0.51 in)	156.6 x 78.7 x 8 mm (6.17 x 3.1 x 0.31 in)
Weight
108 g (3.81 oz)	165 g (5.82 oz)
2G Network
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900	GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network
HSDPA 900 / 2100	HSDPA 850 / 900 / 2100
4G Network
-	LTE 800 / 900 / 1800 / 2600 - EMEA LTE 900 / 1800 / 2100 / 2600 - Asia
Messaging
SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM	SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail

OS
Android OS, v2.3 (Gingerbread)	Android OS, v4.4.2 (KitKat)
Processor
600 MHz Cortex A5, Qualcomm Snapdragon S1 MSM7225A [Similar]	Quad-core 1.6 GHz Cortex-A7, Qualcomm MSM8928 Snapdragon 400 [Similar]
GPU
Adreno 200 [Similar]	Adreno 305 [Similar]
RAM
512 MB [Browse Similar]	1.5 GB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory
90 MB storage, 512 MB ROM	8 GB ROM
External Memory
microSD, up to 32GB	microSD, up to 64 GB

Rear Camera
3.15 MP, 2048x1536 pixels [Similar]	13 MP, 4160 x 3120 pixels [Similar]
Flash
No	LED flash
Features
Geo-tagging, Face Detection	Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, Simultaneous HD Video And Image Recording, HDR
Video
Yes, 480p	Yes, 720p
Front Camera
No [Similar]	Yes, 5 MP, 720p [Similar]

GPRS
Up to 80 kbps	Yes
Edge
Up to 236.8 kbps	Yes
3G
HSDPA 14.4 Mbps, HSUPA 5.76 Mbps	HSDPA, HSUPA; LTE
Bluetooth
Yes, v3.0 with A2DP, EDR	Yes, v4.0 with A2DP
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot	Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, DLNA, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB
Yes, microUSB v2.0	Yes, microUSB v2.0
GPS
Yes, with A-GPS support	Yes, with A-GPS support
Browser
HTML, Adobe Flash	HTML5