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Apple iPhone 4S vs HTC Desire 500

General Info

Manufacturer
Apple HTC
Announced
October 2011 July 2013
Status
Available - October 2011 Available - September 2013
Colors
Black, White Black, White
Form Factor
Candybar Candybar
Dimension
115.2 x 58.6 x 9.3 mm
(4.54 x 2.31 x 0.37 in)
131.8 x 66.9 x 9.9 mm
(5.19 x 2.63 x 0.39 in)
Weight
140 g (4.94 oz) 123 g (4.34 oz)
2G Network
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
CDMA2000 1xEV-DO
GSM 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2
3G Network
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 900 / 2100
Messaging
SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail

Display

Type
LED-backlit IPS TFT TFT Capacitive Touchscreen
Colors
capacitive touchscreen 16M colors
Size
3.5 inches [Similar] 4.3 inches [Similar]
Resolution
640 x 960 pixels (330 ppi) 480 x 800 pixels (217 ppi) [Similar]
Screen-to-Body Ratio
53.92% 59.67%
Multi-Touch

Hardware and OS

OS
iOS 5 Android OS, v4.1.2 (Jelly Bean) with HTC Sense, HTC BlinkFeed
Processor
1 GHz dual-core ARM Cortex-A9 processor, Apple A5 chipset [Similar] Quad-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A5, Qualcomm MSM8625Q Snapdragon 200 [Similar]
GPU
PowerVR SGX543MP2 [Similar] Adreno 203 [Similar]
RAM
512 MB [Browse Similar] 1 GB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory
16/32/64 GB storage 4 GB
External Memory
No microSD, up to 64 GB

Camera

Rear Camera
8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels [Similar] 8 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels [Similar]
Flash
LED flash LED flash
Features
Auto focus, Touch Focus, Geo-tagging, Face Detection, HDR Auto focus, 1/3.2' Sensor Size, 1.4�m Pixel Size, Geo-tagging, Face And Smile Detection
Video
Yes, 1080p@30fps, LED video light, video stabilization, geo-tagging Yes, 720p@30fps
Front Camera
Yes, VGA [Similar] Yes, 1.6 MP [Similar]

Multimedia

3.5mm Jack
Radio
No Stereo FM radio with RDS
Games
Downloadable, incl. motion-bas Yes + Downloadable
Loud Speaker

Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS
Yes Yes
Edge
Yes Yes
3G
HSDPA, 14.4 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.8 Mbps HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps
Bluetooth
Yes, v4.0 with A2DP Yes, v4.0 with A2DP
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot, DLNA
USB
Yes, v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0
GPS
Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS
Browser
HTML (Safari) HTML5

User Memory

Call Records
100 received, dialed and missed calls Practically unlimited
Internal
16/32/64 GB storage, 512 MB RAM 4 GB, 1 GB RAM
Expandable Storage
No microSD, up to 64 GB

Sensors

Fingerprint
Proximity Sensor
Accelerometer Sensor
NFC

Battery

Type
Standard battery, Li-Po Li-Ion Battery
Capacity
1432 mAh 1800 mAh
Stand by
Up to 200 h (2G)
Up to 200 h (3G)
Up to 435 h (2G)
Up to 401 h (3G)
Talk Time
Up to 14 h (2G)
Up to 8 h (3G)
Up to 17 h 48 min (2G)
Up to 12 h 1 min (3G)
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