Phone Comparison - HTC Windows Phone 8S vs Nokia Lumia 928

HTC Windows Phone 8S
htc windows phone 8s
Nokia Lumia 928
nokia lumia 928
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general General Info

Manufacturer HTC Nokia
Announced September 2012 April 2013
Status Released - November 2012 Available - May 2013
Colors Atlantic blue, domino, high-rise grey Black, White
Form Factor Candybar Candybar
Dimension 120.5 x 63 x 10.3 mm
(4.74 x 2.48 x 0.41 in)
133 x 68.9 x 10.1 mm
(5.24 x 2.71 x 0.4 in)
Weight 113 g (3.99 oz) 162 g (5.71 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
CDMA 800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900/ 1900 / 2100
CDMA2000 1xEV-DO
4G Network - LTE
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Microsoft Windows Phone 8 Microsoft Windows Phone 8
Processor Dual-core 1 GHz Krait, Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 [Similar] Dual-core 1.5 GHz, Qualcomm MSM8960 Snapdragon [Similar]
GPU Adreno 225 [Similar] Adreno 225 [Similar]
RAM 512 MB [Browse Similar] 1 GB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory 4 GB 32 GB storage
External Memory microSD, up to 32 GB No

display Display

Type S-LCD capacitive touchscreen AMOLED Capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 4.0 inches [Similar] 4.5 inches [Similar]
Resolution 480 x 800 pixels (233 ppi) [Similar] 768 x 1280 pixels (332 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 60.11% 62.79%
Multi-Touch yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

3.5mm Jack yes yes
Radio No No
Games Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable
Loud Speaker yes yes

camera Camera

Rear Camera 5 MP, 2592х1944 pixels [Similar] 8.7 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels [Similar]
Flash LED flash Xenon Flash
Features Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection 1.4 µm pixel size, PureView Technology, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Panorama, Carl Zeiss optics, optical image stabilization, autofocus, Automatic motion blur reduction
Video Yes, 720p@30fps Yes, 1080p@30fps, video stabilization
Front Camera Yes [Similar] Yes, 1.3 MP, 720p@30fps [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes
Edge Yes Up to 237 kbps
3G HSDPA, HSUPA EV-DO Rev. A, up to 3.1 Mbps, HSDPA, 42.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps; LTE, Cat3, 50 Mbps UL, 100 Mbps DL
Bluetooth Yes, v2.1 with A2DP, EDR Yes, v3.0 with A2DP
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot, Wi-Fi Channel Bonding
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS
Browser HTML5 HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 4 GB, 512 MB RAM 32 GB storage, 1 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 32 GB 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 Non-removable Li-Ion battery (BV-4NW)
Capacity 1700 mAh 2000 mAh
Stand by - Up to 606 h (2G)
Up to 541 h (3G)
Talk Time - Up to 11 h 48 min (2G)
Up to 16 h 12 min (3G)