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Nokia Lumia 900 vs HTC Desire 820

General Info

Manufacturer
Nokia HTC
Announced
January 2012 September 2014
Status
Available - May 2012 Coming Soon - September 2014
Colors
Black, cyan Marble White, Tuxedo Grey, Santorini White, Milky-way Grey, Tang
Form Factor
Candybar Candybar
Dimension
127.8 x 68.5 x 11.5 mm, 90 cc
(5.03 x 2.7 x 0.45 in, 3.54 cc)
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 700 / 1700 / 2100 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
60.10% 67.20%
Multi-Touch

Hardware and OS

OS
Microsoft Windows Phone 7.5 Mango Android OS, v4.4.2 (KitKat)
Processor
1.4 GHz Scorpion, Qualcomm APQ8055 Snapdragon [Similar] Quad-core 1.5 GHz Cortex-A53 & quad-core 1.0 GHz Cortex-A53, Qualcomm MSM8939 Snapdragon 615 [Similar]
GPU
Adreno 205 [Similar] Adreno 405 [Similar]
RAM
512 MB [Browse Similar] 2 GB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory
16 GB storage 16 GB
External Memory
No microSD, up to 128 GB

Camera

Rear Camera
8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels [Similar] 13 MP, 4160 x 3120 pixels [Similar]
Flash
Carl Zeiss optics LED flash
Features
Geo-tagging Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, Simultaneous HD Video And Image Recording, HDR
Video
Yes, 720p@30fps, video stabilization 1080p@30fps, 720p@60fps
Front Camera
Yes, 1.3 MP, VGA@30fps [Similar] 8 MP, 1080p [Similar]

Multimedia

3.5mm Jack
Radio
Stereo FM radio with RDS No
Games
Yes Yes + Downloadable
Loud Speaker

Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS
Class 33 Yes
Edge
Class 33 Yes
3G
HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps, LTE, Cat3, 50 Mbps DL, 25 Mbps UL HSDPA, 42 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.8 Mbps; LTE, Cat4, 50 Mbps UL, 150 Mbps DL
Bluetooth
Yes, v2.1 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, HS microUSB v2.0
GPS
Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS
Browser
HTML5 HTML5

User Memory

Internal
16GB storage, 512 MB RAM 16 GB, 2 GB RAM
Expandable Storage
No microSD, up to 128 GB

Sensors

Fingerprint
Proximity Sensor
Accelerometer Sensor
NFC

Battery

Type
Standard battery, Li-Ion Non-removable Li-Po Battery
Capacity
1830 mAh (BP-6EW) 2600 mAh
Stand by
Up to 300 h Up to 424 h (3G)
Talk Time
Up to 7 h Up to 22 h 24 min (3G)
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