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HTC Explorer vs Nokia Asha 305

General Info

Manufacturer
HTC Nokia
Announced
September 2011 June 2012
Status
Available - October 2011 Available - July 2012
Colors
Active Black, Active Navy, Metallic Black, Metallic Navy Silver White, Red, Mid Blue, Dark Grey
Form Factor
Candybar Candybar
Dimension
102.8 x 57.2 x 12.9 mm
(4.05 x 2.25 x 0.51 in)
110.3 x 53.8 x 12.8 mm
(4.34 x 2.12 x 0.5 in)
Weight
108 g (3.81 oz) 98 g (3.46 oz)
2G Network
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 900 / 1800 - SIM 1 & SIM 2
3G Network
HSDPA 900 / 2100 N/A
Messaging
SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM

Display

Type
TFT capacitive touchscreen TFT resistive touchscreen
Colors
256K colors 56K colors
Size
3.2 inches [Similar] 3.0 inches [Similar]
Resolution
320 x 480 pixels (180 ppi) 240 x 400 pixels (155 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio
52.01% 43.44%
Multi-Touch

Hardware and OS

OS
Android OS, v2.3 (Gingerbread) S40 Asha
Processor
600 MHz Cortex A5, Qualcomm Snapdragon S1 MSM7225A [Similar] -
GPU
Adreno 200 [Similar] -
RAM
512 MB [Browse Similar] 32 MB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory
90 MB storage, 512 MB ROM 10 MB, 64 MB ROM
External Memory
microSD, up to 32GB microSD, up to 32 GB, 2 GB included

Camera

Rear Camera
3.15 MP, 2048x1536 pixels [Similar] 2 MP, 1600x1200 pixels [Similar]
Flash
No No
Features
Geo-tagging, Face Detection -
Video
Yes, 480p Yes, 176x144@10fps
Front Camera
No [Similar] No [Similar]

Multimedia

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

Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS
Up to 80 kbps Yes
Edge
Up to 236.8 kbps Yes
3G
HSDPA 14.4 Mbps, HSUPA 5.76 Mbps N/A
Bluetooth
Yes, v3.0 with A2DP, EDR Yes, v2.1 with EDR
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot No
USB
Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0
GPS
Yes, with A-GPS support No
Browser
HTML, Adobe Flash WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML

User Memory

Phonebook
Practically unlimited entries and fields, Photocall Yes, Photocall
Call Records
Practically unlimited Yes
Internal
90 MB storage, 512 MB ROM, 512 MB RAM 10 MB, 64 MB ROM, 32 MB RAM
Expandable Storage
microSD, up to 32GB microSD, up to 32 GB, 2 GB included

Sensors

Fingerprint
Proximity Sensor
Accelerometer Sensor
NFC

Battery

Type
Standard battery, Li-Ion Standard battery, Li-Ion
Capacity
1230 mAh 1110 mAh (BL-4U)
Stand by
Up to 485 h (2G)
Up to 445 h (3G)
Up to 528 h
Talk Time
Up to 7 h 40 min (2G)
Up to 7 h 33 min (3G)
Up to 14 h
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