Phone Comparison - HTC Wildfire S vs HTC Desire C vs Nokia Lumia 520

general General Info

Manufacturer HTC HTC Nokia
Announced February 2011 May 2012 February 2013
Status Available - May 2011 Available - June 2012 Available - April 2013
Colors Black, Silver, Brown, Lilac Polar White, Stealth Black, Flamenco Red Yellow, red, cyan, white/black
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 101.3 x 59.4 x 12.4 mm
(3.99 x 2.34 x 0.49 in)
107.2 x 60.6 x 12.3 mm
(4.22 x 2.39 x 0.48 in)
119.9 x 64 x 9.9 mm
(4.72 x 2.52 x 0.39 in)
Weight 105 g (3.7 oz) 100 g (3.53 oz) 124 g (4.37 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 900 / 2100
HSDPA 850 / 1900 or HSDPA 2100 (Australia)
HSDPA HSDPA 900 / 2100
HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v2.3 (Gingerbread) Android OS, v4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) Microsoft Windows Phone 8
Processor 600MHz ARM 11 processor, Qulacomm MSM7227 chipset 600 MHz, Qualcomm Snapdragon Dual-core 1 GHz, Qualcomm MSM8227 Snapdragon S4
GPU Adreno 200 Adreno 305
RAM 512 MB N/A 512 MB
Internal Memory 512 MB ROM 4 GB storage 8 GB storage
External Memory microSD, up to 32GB, 2GB included microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 64 GB

display Display

Type TFT capacitive touchscreen Capacitive touchscreen IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen
Colors 256K colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 3.2 inches 3.5 inches 4.0 inches
Resolution 320 x 480 pixels (180 ppi) 320 x 480 pixels (165 ppi) 480 x 800 pixels (233 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 50.83% 56.03% 59.47%
Multi-Touch no yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 5 MP, 2592 x 1944 pixels 5 MP, 2592 x 1944 pixels 5 MP, 2592х1944 pixels
Flash LED flash No No
Features Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Face Detection Auto focus, Geo-tagging Auto focus, Geo-tagging
Video Yes, VGA@24fps Yes Yes, 720p@30fps
Front Camera No [Similar] No [Similar] No [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 HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps
Bluetooth Yes, v3.0 with A2DP, EDR Yes, v4.0 with A2DP 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 hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS
Browser HTML HTML, Adobe Flash HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 512 MB ROM, 512 MB RAM (418 MB user-available) 4 GB storage 8 GB storage, 512 MB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 32GB, 2GB included microSD, up to 32 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 Standard battery, Li-Ion Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 1230 mAh 1230 mAh 1430 mAh
Stand by Up to 360 h (2G)
Up to 570 h (3G)
Up to 384 h (3G)
Up to 360 h (3G)
Talk Time Up to 7 h 10 min (2G)
Up to 5 h 50 min (3G)
Up to 17 h 24 min (2G)
Up to 9 h 42 min (3G)