Phone Comparison - Karbonn A8 vs HTC Explorer

Karbonn A8
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HTC Explorer
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general General Info

Manufacturer Karbonn HTC
Announced September 2013 September 2011
Status Available - September 2013 Available - October 2011
Colors Black, White Active Black, Active Navy, Metallic Black, Metallic Navy
Form Factor Candybar Candybar
Dimension - 102.8 x 57.2 x 12.9 mm
(4.05 x 2.25 x 0.51 in)
Weight - 108 g (3.81 oz)
2G Network GSM 900 / 1800 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 2100 HSDPA 900 / 2100
Messaging SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM
Build Features Swipe Gestures -

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v4.2 (Jelly Bean) Android OS, v2.3 (Gingerbread)
Processor Dual-core 1 GHz, MediaTek MT6577 [Similar] 600 MHz Cortex A5, Qualcomm Snapdragon S1 MSM7225A [Similar]
GPU PowerVR SGX531 [Similar] Adreno 200 [Similar]
RAM 512 MB [Browse Similar] 512 MB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory 4 GB 90 MB storage, 512 MB ROM
External Memory microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 32GB

display Display

Type TFT LCD TFT capacitive touchscreen
Colors 262K colors 256K colors
Size 4.0 inches [Similar] 3.2 inches [Similar]
Resolution 480 x 800 pixels (233 ppi) [Similar] 320 x 480 pixels (180 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio - 52.01%
Multi-Touch yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 5 MP, 2592х1944 pixels [Similar] 3.15 MP, 2048x1536 pixels [Similar]
Flash LED flash No
Features Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus Geo-tagging, Face Detection
Video Yes Yes, 480p
Front Camera Yes, VGA [Similar] No [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Up to 80 kbps
Edge Yes Up to 236.8 kbps
3G HSDPA, HSUPA HSDPA 14.4 Mbps, HSUPA 5.76 Mbps
Bluetooth Yes, with A2DP Yes, v3.0 with A2DP, EDR
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB Yes Yes, microUSB v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support
Browser HTML HTML, Adobe Flash

memory User Memory

Internal 4 GB, 512 MB RAM 90 MB storage, 512 MB ROM, 512 MB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 32GB

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 Li-Ion Battery Standard battery, Li-Ion
Capacity 1500 mAh 1230 mAh
Stand by - Up to 485 h (2G)
Up to 445 h (3G)
Talk Time - Up to 7 h 40 min (2G)
Up to 7 h 33 min (3G)