Phone Comparison - HTC Explorer vs Nokia Asha 305 vs Nokia Asha 210

general General Info

Manufacturer HTC Nokia Nokia
Announced September 2011 June 2012 April 2013
Status Available - October 2011 Available - July 2012 Available - May 2013
Colors Active Black, Active Navy, Metallic Black, Metallic Navy Silver White, Red, Mid Blue, Dark Grey Yellow, Black, White, Cyan, Magenta
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 102.8 x 57.2 x 12.9 mm
(4.05 x 2.25 x 0.51 in)
110.3 x 53.8 x 12.8 mm
(4.34 x 2.12 x 0.5 in)
111.5 x 60 x 11.8 mm
(4.39 x 2.36 x 0.46 in)
Weight 108 g (3.81 oz) 98 g (3.46 oz) 97.3 g (3.42.0.11 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 900 / 1800 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 GSM 850 / 1900 or 900 / 1800
3G Network HSDPA 900 / 2100 N/A N/A
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v2.3 (Gingerbread) S40 Asha -
Processor 600 MHz Cortex A5, Qualcomm Snapdragon S1 MSM7225A - -
GPU Adreno 200 - -
RAM 512 MB 32 MB 32 MB
Internal Memory 90 MB storage, 512 MB ROM 10 MB, 64 MB ROM 64 MB
External Memory microSD, up to 32GB microSD, up to 32 GB, 2 GB included microSD, up to 32 GB

display Display

Type TFT capacitive touchscreen TFT resistive touchscreen TFT
Colors 256K colors 56K colors 65K colors
Size 3.2 inches 3.0 inches 2.4 inches
Resolution 320 x 480 pixels (180 ppi) 240 x 400 pixels (155 ppi) 320 x 240 pixels (167 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 52.01% 43.44% 26.56%
Multi-Touch yes yes no

multimedia Multimedia

3.5mm Jack yes yes yes
Radio Stereo FM radio with RDS Stereo FM radio with RDS FM radio
Games Yes + downloadable Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable
Loud Speaker yes yes yes

camera Camera

Rear Camera 3.15 MP, 2048x1536 pixels 2 MP, 1600x1200 pixels 2 MP, 1600x1200 pixels
Flash No No No
Features Geo-tagging, Face Detection - -
Video Yes, 480p Yes, 176x144@10fps Yes, QCIF@10fps
Front Camera No [Similar] No [Similar] No [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Up to 80 kbps Yes Class 32
Edge Up to 236.8 kbps Yes Class 32
3G HSDPA 14.4 Mbps, HSUPA 5.76 Mbps N/A N/A
Bluetooth Yes, v3.0 with A2DP, EDR Yes, v2.1 with EDR Yes, v2.1 with EDR
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot No Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support No No
Browser HTML, Adobe Flash WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML WAP 2.0/xHTML

memory User Memory

Phonebook Practically unlimited entries and fields, Photocall Yes, Photocall 1000 entries
Call Records Practically unlimited Yes Yes
Internal 90 MB storage, 512 MB ROM, 512 MB RAM 10 MB, 64 MB ROM, 32 MB RAM 64 MB, 32 MB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 32GB microSD, up to 32 GB, 2 GB included microSD, up to 32 GB

Apps Sensors

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

battery Battery

Type Standard battery, Li-Ion Standard battery, Li-Ion Li-Ion Battery (BL-4U)
Capacity 1230 mAh 1110 mAh (BL-4U) 1200 mAh
Stand by Up to 485 h (2G)
Up to 445 h (3G)
Up to 528 h Up to 1104 h
Talk Time Up to 7 h 40 min (2G)
Up to 7 h 33 min (3G)
Up to 14 h Up to 12 h