Phone Comparison - HTC Sensation vs HTC Wildfire S vs Samsung Galaxy Nexus

general General Info

Manufacturer HTC HTC Samsung
Announced April 2011 February 2011 October 2011
Status Available - May 2011 Available - May 2011 Available - November 2011
Colors Black Black, Silver, Brown, Lilac Black
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 126.1 x 65.4 x 11.3 mm
(4.96 x 2.57 x 0.44 in)
101.3 x 59.4 x 12.4 mm
(3.99 x 2.34 x 0.49 in)
135.5 x 67.9 x 8.9 mm
(5.33 x 2.67 x 0.35 in)
Weight 148 g (5.22 oz) 105 g (3.7 oz) 135 g (4.76 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 900 / 2100
HSDPA 900 / 1700 / 2100
HSDPA 900 / 2100
HSDPA 850 / 1900 or HSDPA 2100 (Australia)
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network - - LTE 700 (region specific)
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v2.3 (Gingerbread) Android OS, v2.3 (Gingerbread) Android OS, v4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich)
Processor 1.2 GHz dual-core processor, Qualcomm MSM 8260 Snapdragon 600MHz ARM 11 processor, Qulacomm MSM7227 chipset Dual-core 1.2GHz Cortex-A9 CPU, TI OMAP 4460 chipset
GPU Adreno 220 Adreno 200 No
RAM 768 MB 512 MB 1 GB
Internal Memory 1 GB storage 512 MB ROM 16/32 GB storage
External Memory microSD, up to 32GB, 8 GB included microSD, up to 32GB, 2GB included No

display Display

Type S-LCD capacitive touchscreen TFT capacitive touchscreen Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 256K colors 16M colors
Size 4.3 inches 3.2 inches 4.65 inches
Resolution 540 x 960 pixels (256 ppi) 320 x 480 pixels (180 ppi) 720 x 1280 pixels (316 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 61.88% 50.83% 64.72%
Multi-Touch yes no yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels 5 MP, 2592 x 1944 pixels 5 MP, 2592x1936 pixels
Flash dual-LED flash LED flash LED flash
Features Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch-focus, Image Stabilization, Face Detection, Instant Capture Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Face Detection Auto focus, Touch Focus, Geo-tagging, Face Detection
Video Yes, 1080p@30fps, stereo sound recording Yes, VGA@24fps Yes, 1080p@30fps
Front Camera Yes, VGA [Similar] No [Similar] Yes, 1.3 MP [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Up to 114 kbps Up to 114 kbps Yes
Edge Up to 560 kbps Up to 560 kbps Yes
3G HSDPA 14.4 Mbps, HSUPA 5.76 Mbps HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 384 Kbps HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps; LTE
Bluetooth Yes, v3.0 with A2DP Yes, v3.0 with A2DP, EDR Yes, v3.0 with A2DP
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB Yes, microUSB (MHL) v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, v2.0 microUSB
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support, barometer sensor
Browser HTML HTML HTML

memory User Memory

Internal 1 GB storage, 768 MB RAM 512 MB ROM, 512 MB RAM (418 MB user-available) 16/32GB storage, 1 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 32GB, 8 GB included microSD, up to 32GB, 2GB included No

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 not supported NFC supported

battery Battery

Type Standard battery, Li-Ion Standard battery, Li-Ion Standard battery, Li-Ion
Capacity 1520 mAh 1230 mAh 1750 mAh
Stand by Up to 350 h (2G)
Up to 400 h (3G)
Up to 360 h (2G)
Up to 570 h (3G)
Up to 290 h (2G)
Up to 270 h (3G)
Talk Time Up to 8 h 20 min (2G)
Up to 6 h 40 min (3G)
Up to 7 h 10 min (2G)
Up to 5 h 50 min (3G)
Up to 17 h 40 min (2G)
Up to 8 h 20 min (3G)