Phone Comparison - HTC Wildfire S vs HTC Desire S vs HTC Wildfire

general General Info

Manufacturer HTC HTC HTC
Announced February 2011 February 2011 May 2010
Status Available - May 2011 Available - March 2011 Available - May 2010
Colors Black, Silver, Brown, Lilac Black, Red Black, Brown, White, Red, Silver
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 101.3 x 59.4 x 12.4 mm
(3.99 x 2.34 x 0.49 in)
115 x 59.8 x 11.6 mm
(4.53 x 2.35 x 0.46 in)
106.8 x 60.4 x 12 mm
(4.2 x 2.38 x 0.47 in)
Weight 105 g (3.7 oz) 130 g (4.59 oz) 118 g (4.16 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 900 / 2100 HSDPA 900 / 2100
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v2.3 (Gingerbread) Android OS, v2.3 (Gingerbread), upgradable to v2.3.5 Android OS, v2.1 (Eclair), upgradable to v2.2 (Froyo)
Processor 600MHz ARM 11 processor, Qulacomm MSM7227 chipset 1 GHz Scorpion, Qualcomm MSM8255 Snapdragon 528 MHz ARMv6, Qualcomm MSM7225
GPU Adreno 200 Adreno 205 -
RAM 512 MB 768 MB 384 MB
Internal Memory 512 MB ROM 1.1 GB ROM N/A
External Memory microSD, up to 32GB, 2GB included microSD, up to 32GB microSD, up to 32GB

display Display

Type TFT capacitive touchscreen S-LCD capacitive touchscreen TFT capacitive touchscreen
Colors 256K colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 3.2 inches 3.7 inches 3.2 inches
Resolution 320 x 480 pixels (180 ppi) 480 x 800 pixels (252 ppi) 240 x 320 pixels (125 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 50.83% 56.73% 49.16%
Multi-Touch no yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

3.5mm Jack yes yes yes
Radio Stereo FM radio with RDS Stereo FM radio with RDS Stereo FM radio with RDS
Games Yes Yes 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, 2592 x 1944 pixels
Flash LED flash LED flash LED flash
Features Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Face Detection Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch-focus, Image Stabilization Auto focus, Geo-tagging
Video Yes, VGA@24fps Yes, 720p@30fps Yes
Front Camera No [Similar] Yes, VGA [Similar] No [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Up to 114 kbps Up to 114 kbps Class 10 (4+1/3+2 slots), 32 - 48 kbps
Edge Up to 560 kbps Up to 560 kbps Class 10, 236.8 kbps
3G HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 384 Kbps HSDPA, 14.4 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps
Bluetooth Yes, v3.0 with A2DP, EDR Yes, v2.1 with A2DP, EDR Yes v2.1 with A2DP
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g, Wi-Fi hotspot (Android 2.2)
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
Browser HTML HTML, Adobe Flash HTML

memory User Memory

Internal 512 MB ROM, 512 MB RAM (418 MB user-available) 1.1 GB ROM, 768 MB RAM 384 MB RAM; 512 MB ROM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 32GB, 2GB included microSD, up to 32GB microSD, up to 32GB

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 Standard battery, Li-Ion
Capacity 1230 mAh 1450 mAh 1300 mAh
Stand by Up to 360 h (2G)
Up to 570 h (3G)
Up to 430 h (2G)
Up to 455 h (3G)
Up to 480 h (2G)
Up to 690 h (3G)
Talk Time Up to 7 h 10 min (2G)
Up to 5 h 50 min (3G)
Up to 9 h 50 min (2G)
Up to 7 h 10 min (3G)
Up to 7 h 20 min (2G)
Up to 8 h 10 min (3G)