Phone Comparison - HTC Wildfire S vs HTC Desire 500

HTC Wildfire S
htc wildfire s
HTC Desire 500
htc desire 500
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general General Info

Manufacturer HTC HTC
Announced February 2011 July 2013
Status Available - May 2011 Available - September 2013
Colors Black, Silver, Brown, Lilac Black, White
Form Factor 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)
Weight 105 g (3.7 oz) 123 g (4.34 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2
3G Network HSDPA 900 / 2100
HSDPA 850 / 1900 or HSDPA 2100 (Australia)
HSDPA 900 / 2100
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail

hardware Hardware and OS

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

display Display

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

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 5 MP, 2592 x 1944 pixels [Similar] 8 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels [Similar]
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
Video Yes, VGA@24fps Yes, 720p@30fps
Front Camera No [Similar] Yes, 1.6 MP [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Up to 114 kbps Yes
Edge Up to 560 kbps Yes
3G HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 384 Kbps HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps
Bluetooth Yes, v3.0 with A2DP, EDR Yes, v4.0 with A2DP
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
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS
Browser HTML HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 512 MB ROM, 512 MB RAM (418 MB user-available) 4 GB, 1 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 32GB, 2GB included microSD, up to 64 GB

Apps Sensors

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

battery Battery

Type Standard battery, Li-Ion Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 1230 mAh 1800 mAh
Stand by Up to 360 h (2G)
Up to 570 h (3G)
Up to 435 h (2G)
Up to 401 h (3G)
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)