Phone Comparison - HTC Desire HD vs BlackBerry Z30 vs HTC One mini 2

general General Info

Manufacturer HTC BlackBerry HTC
Announced September 2010 September 2013 May 2014
Status Available - October 2010 Available - October 2013 Coming Soon - June 2014
Colors Black, Brown Black Gunmetal Gray, Glacial Silver Amber Gold
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 123 x 68 x 11.8 mm
(4.84 x 2.68 x 0.46 in)
140.7 x 72 x 9.4 mm
(5.54 x 2.83 x 0.37 in)
137.4 x 65 x 10.6 mm
(5.41 x 2.56 x 0.42 in)
Weight 164 g (5.78 oz) - 137 g (4.83 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 900 / 2100
HSDPA 850 / 1900 - North America
HSDPA HSDPA 900 / 1900 / 2100 - EMEA version
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 - Asia version
4G Network - LTE LTE 800 / 900 / 1800 / 2600 - EMEA version
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v2.2 (Froyo), v2.3 (Gingerbread), not upgradable to v4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) BlackBerry 10.2 OS Android OS, v4.4.2 (KitKat)
Processor 1 GHz Scorpion, Qualcomm MSM8255 Snapdragon Dual-core 1.7 GHz Krait, Qualcomm Snapdragon S4Pro Quad-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A7, Qualcomm Snapdragon 400
GPU Adreno 205 Adreno 320 Adreno 305
RAM 768 MB 2 GB 1 GB
Internal Memory 1.5 GB; 16 GB storage 16 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 32 GB, 8 GB included microSD, up to 64 GB microSD, up to 128 GB

display Display

Type LCD capacitive touchscreen Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen Super LCD2 capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 4.3 inches 5.0 inches 4.5 inches
Resolution 480 x 800 pixels (217 ppi) 720 x 1280 pixels (294 ppi) 720 x 1280 pixels (326 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 62.90% 67.90% 62.64%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels 8 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels 13 MP, 4128 x 3096 pixels
Flash dual-LED flash LED flash LED flash
Features Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Face Detection Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Face Detection, Image Stabilization Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Face And Smile Detection
Video Yes, 720p Yes, 1080p@30fps, video stabilization Yes, 1080p@30fps
Front Camera No [Similar] Yes, 2 MP, 720p@30fps [Similar] Yes, 5 MP, 1080p@30fps [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Class 32 Yes Yes
Edge Class 32 Yes Yes
3G HSDPA 7.2/14.4 Mbps; HSUPA 2/5.76 Mbps (carrier dependent) HSDPA, HSUPA, LTE HSDPA, 42 Mbps, HSUPA; LTE, Cat4, 50 Mbps UL, 150 Mbps DL
Bluetooth Yes v2.1 with A2DP Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, LE Yes, v4.0 with A2DP
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0 (MHL), USB Host
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS
Browser HTML, Adobe Flash HTML5 HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 1.5 GB; 768 MB RAM 16 GB storage, 2 GB RAM 16 GB, 1 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 32 GB, 8 GB included microSD, up to 64 GB microSD, up to 128 GB
USB OTG - - Supported

Apps Sensors

Fingerprint fingerprint not supported fingerprint not supported fingerprint not supported
Proximity Sensor proximity sensor present proximity sensor present proximity sensor present
Accelerometer Sensor accelerometer sensor present accelerometer sensor present accelerometer sensor present
NFC NFC not supported NFC supported NFC supported

battery Battery

Type Li-Ion Battery Li-Ion Battery Non-removable Li-Po Battery
Capacity 1230 mAh 2880 mAh 2110 mAh
Stand by Up to 490 h (2G)
Up to 420 h (3G)
- Up to 556 h (3G)
Talk Time Up to 9 h 15 min (2G)
Up to 5 h 30 min (3G)
Up to 25 h Up to 16 h 10 min (3G)