Phone Comparison - HTC Wildfire S vs HTC Desire 500 vs Samsung Galaxy Grand 2

general General Info

Manufacturer HTC HTC Samsung
Announced February 2011 July 2013 November 2013
Status Available - May 2011 Available - September 2013 Available - Q4 2013
Colors Black, Silver, Brown, Lilac Black, White Black, White, Pink
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 101.3 x 59.4 x 12.4 mm
(3.99 x 2.34 x 0.49 in)
131.8 x 66.9 x 9.9 mm
(5.19 x 2.63 x 0.39 in)
146.8 x 75.3 x 8.9 mm
(5.78 x 2.96 x 0.35 in)
Weight 105 g (3.7 oz) 123 g (4.34 oz) 163 g (5.75 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SM-G7100
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 - G7102
3G Network HSDPA 900 / 2100
HSDPA 850 / 1900 or HSDPA 2100 (Australia)
HSDPA 900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network - - LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 20(800) - SM-G7105
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail SMS, MMS, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v2.3 (Gingerbread) Android OS, v4.1.2 (Jelly Bean) with HTC Sense, HTC BlinkFeed Android OS, v4.3 (Jelly Bean)
Processor 600MHz ARM 11 processor, Qulacomm MSM7227 chipset Quad-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A5, Qualcomm MSM8625Q Snapdragon 200 Quad-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A7
GPU Adreno 200 Adreno 203 -
RAM 512 MB 1 GB 1.5 GB
Internal Memory 512 MB ROM 4 GB 8 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 32GB, 2GB included microSD, up to 64 GB microSD, up to 64 GB

display Display

Type TFT capacitive touchscreen TFT Capacitive Touchscreen TFT capacitive touchscreen
Colors 256K colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 3.2 inches 4.3 inches 5.25 inches
Resolution 320 x 480 pixels (180 ppi) 480 x 800 pixels (217 ppi) 720 x 1280 pixels (280 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 50.83% 59.67% 68.61%
Multi-Touch no yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 5 MP, 2592 x 1944 pixels 8 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels 8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels
Flash LED flash LED flash LED flash
Features Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Face Detection Auto focus, 1/3.2' Sensor Size, 1.4�m Pixel Size, Geo-tagging, Face And Smile Detection Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection, Image Stabilization
Video Yes, VGA@24fps Yes, 720p@30fps Yes, 1080p@30fps, stereo sound rec.
Front Camera No [Similar] Yes, 1.6 MP [Similar] Yes, 1.9 MP, 720p [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Up to 114 kbps Yes Yes
Edge Up to 560 kbps Yes Yes
3G HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 384 Kbps HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps
Bluetooth Yes, v3.0 with A2DP, EDR Yes, v4.0 with A2DP Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, LE, EDR
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot, DLNA Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, Wi-Fi hotspot, DLNA
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS, support and GLONASS
Browser HTML HTML5 HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 512 MB ROM, 512 MB RAM (418 MB user-available) 4 GB, 1 GB RAM 8 GB, 1.5 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 32GB, 2GB included microSD, up to 64 GB microSD, up to 64 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 not supported NFC not supported NFC not supported

battery Battery

Type Standard battery, Li-Ion Li-Ion Battery Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 1230 mAh 1800 mAh 2600 mAh
Stand by Up to 360 h (2G)
Up to 570 h (3G)
Up to 435 h (2G)
Up to 401 h (3G)
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Talk Time Up to 7 h 10 min (2G)
Up to 5 h 50 min (3G)
Up to 17 h 48 min (2G)
Up to 12 h 1 min (3G)
Up to 17 h