HTC Explorer vs LG Optimus L9 II

General Info

Manufacturer
HTC	LG
Announced
September 2011	August 2013
Status
Available - October 2011	Coming Soon - October 2013
Colors
Active Black, Active Navy, Metallic Black, Metallic Navy	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)	-
Weight
108 g (3.81 oz)	-
2G Network
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900	GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network
HSDPA 900 / 2100	HSDPA 900 / 2100
Messaging
SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM	SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM

Type
TFT capacitive touchscreen	True HD-IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen
Colors
256K colors	16M colors
Size
3.2 inches [Similar]	4.7 inches [Similar]
Resolution
320 x 480 pixels (180 ppi)	720 x 1280 pixels (312 ppi) [Similar]
Screen-to-Body Ratio
52.01%	-
Multi-Touch

OS
Android OS, v2.3 (Gingerbread)	Android OS, v4.1.2 (Jelly Bean)
Processor
600 MHz Cortex A5, Qualcomm Snapdragon S1 MSM7225A [Similar]	Dual-core 1.4 GHz Krait, Qualcomm 8230 Snapdragon 400 [Similar]
GPU
Adreno 200 [Similar]	Adreno 305 [Similar]
RAM
512 MB [Browse Similar]	1 GB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory
90 MB storage, 512 MB ROM	8 GB
External Memory
microSD, up to 32GB	microSD, up to 32 GB

Rear Camera
3.15 MP, 2048x1536 pixels [Similar]	8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels [Similar]
Flash
No	LED flash
Features
Geo-tagging, Face Detection	Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection
Video
Yes, 480p	Yes, 1080p@30fps
Front Camera
No [Similar]	Yes, 1.3 MP [Similar]

GPRS
Up to 80 kbps	Class 12 (4+1/3+2/2+3/1+4 slots), 32 - 48 kbps
Edge
Up to 236.8 kbps	Class 12
3G
HSDPA 14.4 Mbps, HSUPA 5.76 Mbps	HSDPA, 42 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps
Bluetooth
Yes, v3.0 with A2DP, EDR	Yes, v3.0 with A2DP, EDR
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot	Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot, DLNA
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