Phone Comparison - HTC DROID DNA vs HTC Desire 500 vs HTC Desire 501

general General Info

Manufacturer HTC HTC HTC
Announced November 2012 July 2013 November 2013
Status Released - November 2012 Available - September 2013 Coming soon
Colors Black Black, White Black, White, Pink
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 141 x 70.5 x 9.7 mm
(5.55 x 2.78 x 0.38 in)
131.8 x 66.9 x 9.9 mm
(5.19 x 2.63 x 0.39 in)
128.5 x 66.7 x 9.8 mm
(5.06 x 2.63 x 0.39 in)
Weight 138 g (4.87 oz) 123 g (4.34 oz) 130 g (4.59 oz)
2G Network CDMA 800 / 1900
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
GSM 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 GSM 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network CDMA2000 1xEV-DO
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
HSDPA 900 / 2100 HSDPA 900 / 2100
4G Network LTE - -
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v4.1 (Jelly Bean), upgradable to v4.2 (Jelly Bean) Android OS, v4.1.2 (Jelly Bean) with HTC Sense, HTC BlinkFeed Android OS
Processor Quad-core 1.5 GHz Krait, Qualcomm MDM615m/APQ8064 Quad-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A5, Qualcomm MSM8625Q Snapdragon 200 Dual-core 1.2 GHz
GPU Adreno 320 Adreno 203 -
RAM 2 GB 1 GB 1 GB
Internal Memory 16 GB (11 GB user available) storage 4 GB 8 GB
External Memory No microSD, up to 64 GB microSD, up to 32 GB

display Display

Type Super LCD3 capacitive touchscreen TFT Capacitive Touchscreen TFT capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 5.0 inches 4.3 inches 4.3 inches
Resolution 1080 x 1920 pixels (441 ppi) 480 x 800 pixels (217 ppi) 480 x 800 pixels (217 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 69.20% 59.67% 61.38%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

3.5mm Jack yes yes yes
Radio - Stereo 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 8 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels
Flash LED flash LED flash LED flash
Features Auto focus, Simultaneous HD Video And Image Recording, Geo-tagging, Face And Smile Detection Auto focus, 1/3.2' Sensor Size, 1.4�m Pixel Size, Geo-tagging, Face And Smile Detection Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Face And Smile Detection, Simultaneous HD Video And Image Recording
Video Yes, 1080p@30fps, stereo sound rec., video stabilization Yes, 720p@30fps Yes
Front Camera Yes, 2.1 MP, 1080p@30fps [Similar] Yes, 1.6 MP [Similar] Yes, 2.1 MP [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes Yes
3G HSPA, Rev.A, up to 3.1 Mbps; LTE, Cat3, 50 Mbps UL, 100 Mbps DL HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps HSDPA 14.4 Mbps, HSUPA 5.76 Mbps
Bluetooth Yes, v4.0 with A2DP Yes, v4.0 with A2DP Yes, v4.0 with A2DP
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot, DLNA Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot, DLNA
USB Yes, microUSB (MHL) v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS
Browser HTML5 HTML5 HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 16 GB (11 GB user available) storage, 2 GB RAM 4 GB, 1 GB RAM 8 GB, 1 GB RAM
Expandable Storage No microSD, up to 64 GB microSD, up to 32 GB

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 supported NFC not supported NFC supported

battery Battery

Type Standard battery, Li-Ion Li-Ion Battery Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 2020 mAh 1800 mAh 2100 mAh
Stand by Up to 353 h Up to 435 h (2G)
Up to 401 h (3G)
-
Talk Time Up to 12 h 40 min Up to 17 h 48 min (2G)
Up to 12 h 1 min (3G)
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