Phone Comparison - HTC Wildfire S vs Samsung Google Nexus S

HTC Wildfire S
htc wildfire s
Samsung Google Nexus S
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general General Info

Manufacturer HTC Samsung
Announced February 2011 December 2010
Status Available - May 2011 Available - December 2010
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)
123.9 x 63 x 10.9 mm
(4.88 x 2.48 x 0.43 in)
Weight 105 g (3.7 oz) 129 g (4.55 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 900 / 2100
HSDPA 850 / 1900 or HSDPA 2100 (Australia)
HSDPA 900 / 1700 / 2100
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v2.3 (Gingerbread) Android OS, v2.3 (Gingerbread), v4.1.2 (Jelly Bean), not upgradable to v4.2 (Jelly Bean)
Processor 600MHz ARM 11 processor, Qulacomm MSM7227 chipset [Similar] 1 GHz Cortex-A8, Hummingbird [Similar]
GPU Adreno 200 [Similar] PowerVR SGX540 [Similar]
RAM 512 MB [Browse Similar] 512 MB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory 512 MB ROM 16 GB storage
External Memory microSD, up to 32GB, 2GB included No

display Display

Type TFT capacitive touchscreen Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen
Colors 256K colors 16M colors
Size 3.2 inches [Similar] 4.0 inches [Similar]
Resolution 320 x 480 pixels (180 ppi) 480 x 800 pixels (233 ppi) [Similar]
Screen-to-Body Ratio 50.83% 58.46%
Multi-Touch no yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 5 MP, 2592 x 1944 pixels [Similar] 5 MP, 2560 x 1920 pixels [Similar]
Flash LED flash LED flash
Features Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Face Detection Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus
Video Yes, VGA@24fps Yes, WVGA@30fps
Front Camera No [Similar] Yes, VGA [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, 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
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support
Browser HTML HTML, Adobe Flash

memory User Memory

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

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 supported

battery Battery

Type Standard battery, Li-Ion Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 1230 mAh 1500 mAh
Stand by Up to 360 h (2G)
Up to 570 h (3G)
Up to 713 h (2G)
Up to 428 h (3G)
Talk Time Up to 7 h 10 min (2G)
Up to 5 h 50 min (3G)
Up to 14 h (2G)
Up to 6 h 40 min (3G)