Phone Comparison - Samsung Galaxy Ace 2 vs HTC Desire C vs HTC Windows Phone 8X

general General Info

Manufacturer Samsung HTC HTC
Announced February 2012 May 2012 September 2012
Status Available - May 2012 Available - June 2012 Available - November 2012
Colors Black Polar White, Stealth Black, Flamenco Red Blue, Black, Yellow, Red
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 118.3 x 62.2 x 10.5 mm
(4.66 x 2.45 x 0.41 in)
107.2 x 60.6 x 12.3 mm
(4.22 x 2.39 x 0.48 in)
132.3 x 66.2 x 10.1 mm
(5.21 x 2.61 x 0.4 in)
Weight 122 g (4.3 oz) 100 g (3.53 oz) 130 g (4.59 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 900 / 2100 HSDPA HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
Messaging SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v2.3 Android OS, v4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) Windows Phone 8
Processor Dual-core 800 MHz, NovaThor U8500 600 MHz, Qualcomm Snapdragon Dual-core 1.5 GHz Krait, Qualcomm MSM8960 Snapdragon
GPU Mali-400MP Adreno 225
RAM 768 MB N/A 1 GB
Internal Memory 4 GB storage 4 GB storage 16 GB storage
External Memory microSD, up to 32GB microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 32GB

display Display

Type PLS TFT capacitive touchscreen Capacitive touchscreen S-LCD2 capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 3.8 inches 3.5 inches 4.3 inches
Resolution 480 x 800 pixels (246 ppi) 320 x 480 pixels (165 ppi) 720 x 1280 pixels (342 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 55.64% 56.03% 58.04%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 5 MP, 2592x1944 pixels 5 MP, 2592 x 1944 pixels 8 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels
Flash LED flash No 28mm wide
Features Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Face And Smile Detection Auto focus, Geo-tagging Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus
Video Yes, 720p@30fps Yes Yes, 1080p@30fps, continuous autofocus, video light
Front Camera Yes, VGA [Similar] No [Similar] Yes, 2.1 MP, 1080p video [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes Yes
3G HSDPA, 14.4 Mbps HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps; HSUPA HSDPA; HSUPA
Bluetooth Yes, v3.0 with A2DP Yes, v4.0 with A2DP Yes, v2.1 with A2DP, EDR
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band
USB Yes, v2.0 microUSB Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS
Browser HTML HTML, Adobe Flash HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 4 GB storage, 768 MB RAM 4 GB storage 16 GB storage, 1 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 32GB microSD, up to 32 GB 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 supported

battery Battery

Type Standard battery, Li-Ion Standard battery, Li-Ion Standard battery, Li-Ion
Capacity 1500 mAh 1230 mAh 1800 mAh
Stand by Up to 670 h (2G)
Up to 640 h (3G)
Talk Time Up to 16 h 20 min (2G)
Up to 7 h 30 min (3G)