Phone Comparison - HTC Explorer vs Lenovo S860 vs Samsung Galaxy S5

general General Info

Manufacturer HTC Lenovo Samsung
Announced September 2011 February 2014 February 2014
Status Available - October 2011 Coming Soon - June 2014 Available April 2014
Colors Active Black, Active Navy, Metallic Black, Metallic Navy Metallic Grey Black, White, Blue, Gold
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 102.8 x 57.2 x 12.9 mm
(4.05 x 2.25 x 0.51 in)
149.5 x 77 x 10.3 mm
(5.89 x 3.03 x 0.41 in)
142 x 72.5 x 8.1 mm
(5.59 x 2.85 x 0.32 in)
Weight 108 g (3.81 oz) 190 g (6.7 oz) 145 g (5.11 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 900 / 2100 HSDPA 900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network - - LTE 800 / 850 / 900 / 1800 / 2100 / 2600
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM
Build Features - - Fingerprint Sensor
IP67 Certified - Dust and Water Resistant
Water Resistant up to 1 Meter and 30 Minutes
Heart Rate Sensor

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v2.3 (Gingerbread) Android OS, v4.2.2 (Jelly Bean) Android OS, v4.4.2 (KitKat)
Processor 600 MHz Cortex A5, Qualcomm Snapdragon S1 MSM7225A Quad-core 1.3 GHz Cortex-A7, Mediatek MT6582 Quad-core 2.5 GHz Krait 400, Qualcomm Snapdragon 801
GPU Adreno 200 Mali-400MP2 Adreno 330
RAM 512 MB 2 GB 2 GB
Internal Memory 90 MB storage, 512 MB ROM 16 GB ROM 16/32 GB storage
External Memory microSD, up to 32GB No microSD, up to 128 GB

display Display

Type TFT capacitive touchscreen IPS LCD Capacitive Touchscreen Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen
Colors 256K colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 3.2 inches 5.3 inches 5.1 inches
Resolution 320 x 480 pixels (180 ppi) 720 x 1280 pixels (277 ppi) 1080 x 1920 pixels (432 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 52.01% 67.32% 69.63%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 3.15 MP, 2048x1536 pixels 8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels 16 MP, 4640 x 3480 pixels
Flash No LED flash LED flash
Features Geo-tagging, Face Detection Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, HDR Auto focus, Dual Shot, Simultaneous HD Video And Image Recording, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection, Image Stabilization, HDR
Video Yes, 480p Yes, 1080p@30fps Yes, 2160p@30fps, 1080p@60fps, video stabilization, dual-video rec.
Front Camera No [Similar] Yes, 1.5 MP [Similar] Yes, 2.1 MP,1080p@30fps, dual video call [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Up to 80 kbps Yes Yes
Edge Up to 236.8 kbps Yes Yes
3G HSDPA 14.4 Mbps, HSUPA 5.76 Mbps HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps HSDPA, 42.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps; LTE, Cat4, 50 Mbps UL, 150 Mbps DL
Bluetooth Yes, v3.0 with A2DP, EDR Yes, v3.0 with A2DP, HS Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, EDR, LE
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, DLNA, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0, USB On-the-go Yes, microUSB v3.0 (MHL 2), USB On-the-go, 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 90 MB storage, 512 MB ROM, 512 MB RAM 16 GB ROM, 2 GB RAM 16/32 GB storage, 2 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 32GB No microSD, up to 128 GB
USB OTG - Supported Supported

Apps Sensors

Fingerprint fingerprint not supported fingerprint not supported fingerprint 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 not supported NFC supported

battery Battery

Type Standard battery, Li-Ion Non-removable Li-Po Battery Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 1230 mAh 4000 mAh 2800 mAh
Stand by Up to 485 h (2G)
Up to 445 h (3G)
- Up to 390 h
Talk Time Up to 7 h 40 min (2G)
Up to 7 h 33 min (3G)
Up to 43 h (2G)
Up to 24 h (3G)
Up to 21 h