Phone Comparison - HTC Explorer vs Samsung Galaxy Star S5280 vs Huawei Ascend Y220

general General Info

Manufacturer HTC Samsung Huawei
Announced September 2011 April 2013 December 2013
Status Available - October 2011 Available - May 2013 Coming Soon - Q1 2014
Colors Active Black, Active Navy, Metallic Black, Metallic Navy Black, White, Blue Black, White
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 102.8 x 57.2 x 12.9 mm
(4.05 x 2.25 x 0.51 in)
105 x 58 x 11.9 mm
(4.13 x 2.28 x 0.47 in)
116.5 x 60.6 x 12.3 mm
(4.59 x 2.39 x 0.48 in)
Weight 108 g (3.81 oz) 100.5 g (3.53.0.18 oz) 130 g (4.59 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 900 / 2100 N/A HSDPA 900 / 2100
HSDPA 850 / 1900
HSDPA 850 / 2100
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v2.3 (Gingerbread) Android OS, v4.1.2 (Jelly Bean) Android OS, v2.3 (Gingerbread)
Processor 600 MHz Cortex A5, Qualcomm Snapdragon S1 MSM7225A 1 GHz Cortex-A5 Dual-core 1 GHz, Mediatek MT6572M
GPU Adreno 200 Mali-300 Mali-400
RAM 512 MB 512 MB 256 MB
Internal Memory 90 MB storage, 512 MB ROM 4 GB N/A
External Memory microSD, up to 32GB microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 32 GB

display Display

Type TFT capacitive touchscreen TFT capacitive touchscreen Capacitive touchscreen
Colors 256K colors 65K colors -
Size 3.2 inches 3.0 inches 3.5 inches
Resolution 320 x 480 pixels (180 ppi) 240 x 320 pixels (133 ppi) 320 x 480 pixels (165 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 52.01% 45.99% 51.56%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

3.5mm Jack yes yes yes
Radio Stereo FM radio with RDS Stereo FM radio with RDS, FM Recording -
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 VGA, 640x480 pixels
Flash No No No
Features Geo-tagging, Face Detection - -
Video Yes, 480p Yes, QVGA@15fps Yes
Front Camera No [Similar] No [Similar] No [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 No HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps
Bluetooth Yes, v3.0 with A2DP, EDR Yes, v4.0 Yes, v3.0 with A2DP, EDR
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 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support No No
Browser HTML, Adobe Flash HTML HTML

memory User Memory

Internal 90 MB storage, 512 MB ROM, 512 MB RAM 4 GB, 512 MB RAM 256 MB RAM, 512 MB ROM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 32GB microSD, up to 32 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 not present proximity sensor not present
Accelerometer Sensor accelerometer sensor present accelerometer sensor present accelerometer sensor present
NFC NFC not supported NFC not supported NFC not supported

battery Battery

Type Standard battery, Li-Ion Li-Ion Battery Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 1230 mAh 1200 mAh 1350 mAh
Stand by Up to 485 h (2G)
Up to 445 h (3G)
Up to 320 h -
Talk Time Up to 7 h 40 min (2G)
Up to 7 h 33 min (3G)
Up to 14 h -