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Nokia Lumia 820 vs HTC Desire 820

General Info

Manufacturer
Nokia HTC
Announced
Expected September 2012 September 2014
Status
Available - November 2012 Coming Soon - September 2014
Colors
Black, Gray, Red, Yellow, White, Blue, Violet Marble White, Tuxedo Grey, Santorini White, Milky-way Grey, Tang
Form Factor
Candybar Candybar
Dimension
123.8 x 68.5 x 9.9 mm
(4.87 x 2.7 x 0.39 in)
157.7 x 78.7 x 7.7 mm
(6.21 x 3.1 x 0.3 in)
Weight
160 g (5.64 oz) 155 g (5.47 oz)
2G Network
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 - EMEA version
HSDPA 900 / 2100 - Asia version
4G Network
LTE 800 / 1800 / 2600 / 2100/ 900 LTE 900 / 1800 / 2100 / 2600 - EMEA version
Messaging
SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail

Display

Type
AMOLED capacitive touchscreen LCD Capacitive Touchscreen
Colors
16M colors 16M colors
Size
4.3 inches [Similar] 5.5 inches [Similar]
Resolution
480 x 800 pixels (217 ppi) [Similar] 720 x 1280 pixels (267 ppi) [Similar]
Screen-to-Body Ratio
62.04% 67.20%
Multi-Touch

Hardware and OS

OS
Microsoft Windows Phone 8 Android OS, v4.4.2 (KitKat)
Processor
Dual-core 1.5 GHz Krait, Qualcomm MSM8960 Snapdragon [Similar] Quad-core 1.5 GHz Cortex-A53 & quad-core 1.0 GHz Cortex-A53, Qualcomm MSM8939 Snapdragon 615 [Similar]
GPU
Adreno 225 [Similar] Adreno 405 [Similar]
RAM
1 GB [Browse Similar] 2 GB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory
8 GB storage 16 GB
External Memory
microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 128 GB

Camera

Rear Camera
8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels, Carl Zeiss Tessa [Similar] 13 MP, 4160 x 3120 pixels [Similar]
Flash
LED flash LED flash
Features
Auto focus, Geo-tagging Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, Simultaneous HD Video And Image Recording, HDR
Video
Yes 1080p@30fps, 720p@60fps
Front Camera
Yes [Similar] 8 MP, 1080p [Similar]

Multimedia

3.5mm Jack
Radio
No No
Games
Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable
Loud Speaker

Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS
Yes Yes
Edge
Yes Yes
3G
HSDPA, 42 Mbps
HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps
LTE, Cat3, 50 Mbps UL, 100 Mbps DL
HSDPA, 42 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.8 Mbps; LTE, Cat4, 50 Mbps UL, 150 Mbps DL
Bluetooth
Yes, v3.1 with A2DP, EDR v4.0, A2DP
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB
Yes, microUSB v2.0 microUSB v2.0
GPS
Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS
Browser
HTML5 HTML5

User Memory

Internal
8 GB storage, 1 GB RAM 16 GB, 2 GB RAM
Expandable Storage
microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 128 GB

Sensors

Fingerprint
Proximity Sensor
Accelerometer Sensor
NFC

Battery

Type
Standard battery, Li-Ion Non-removable Li-Po Battery
Capacity
1650 mAh 2600 mAh
Stand by
Up to 330 h (2G)
Up to 330 h (3G)
Up to 424 h (3G)
Talk Time
Up to 14 h (2G)
Up to 8 h (3G)
Up to 22 h 24 min (3G)
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