Phone Comparison - Nokia Asha 501 vs HTC Explorer

Nokia Asha 501
nokia asha 501
HTC Explorer
htc explorer
Add 3rd Phone

general General Info

Manufacturer Nokia HTC
Announced May 2013 September 2011
Status Available - June 2013 Available - October 2011
Colors Bright Red, Bright Green, Cyan, Yellow, White and Black Active Black, Active Navy, Metallic Black, Metallic Navy
Form Factor Candybar Candybar
Dimension 99.2 x 58 x 12.1 mm
(3.91 x 2.28 x 0.48 in)
102.8 x 57.2 x 12.9 mm
(4.05 x 2.25 x 0.51 in)
Weight 98 g (3.46 oz) 108 g (3.81 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network N/A HSDPA 900 / 2100
Messaging SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Nokia Asha Software Platform 1.0 Android OS, v2.3 (Gingerbread)
Processor - 600 MHz Cortex A5, Qualcomm Snapdragon S1 MSM7225A [Similar]
GPU - Adreno 200 [Similar]
RAM 64 MB [Browse Similar] 512 MB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory 128 MB 90 MB storage, 512 MB ROM
External Memory microSD, up to 32 GB, 4 GB card included microSD, up to 32GB

display Display

Type TFT capacitive touchscreen TFT capacitive touchscreen
Colors 256K colors 256K colors
Size 3.0 inches [Similar] 3.2 inches [Similar]
Resolution 240 x 320 pixels (133 ppi) 320 x 480 pixels (180 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 48.68% 52.01%
Multi-Touch yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 3.2 MP, 2048x1536 pixels [Similar] 3.15 MP, 2048x1536 pixels [Similar]
Flash No No
Features Auto and manual white balance, Still image editor, Full screen viewfinder Geo-tagging, Face Detection
Video Yes,QVGA@15fps Yes, 480p
Front Camera No [Similar] No [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Up to 85.6 kbps Up to 80 kbps
Edge Up to 236.8 kbps Up to 236.8 kbps
3G N/A HSDPA 14.4 Mbps, HSUPA 5.76 Mbps
Bluetooth Yes, v3.0 with EDR Yes, v3.0 with A2DP, EDR
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB Yes, microUSB Yes, microUSB v2.0
GPS No Yes, with A-GPS support
Browser WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML HTML, Adobe Flash

memory User Memory

Phonebook 4000 Contacts Practically unlimited entries and fields, Photocall
Internal 128 MB, 64 MB RAM 90 MB storage, 512 MB ROM, 512 MB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 32 GB, 4 GB card included 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 (BL-4U) Standard battery, Li-Ion
Capacity 1200 mAh 1230 mAh
Stand by Up to 624 h Up to 485 h (2G)
Up to 445 h (3G)
Talk Time Up to 17 h Up to 7 h 40 min (2G)
Up to 7 h 33 min (3G)