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HTC A12 vs HTC Desire 500

General Info

Manufacturer
HTC HTC
Announced
Expected Announcement - Q1 2015 July 2013
Status
Rumored - Q1 2015 Available - September 2013
Colors
- Black, White
Form Factor
Candybar Candybar
Dimension
139.8 x 69.5 x 9.5 mm
(5.5 x 2.74 x 0.37 in)
131.8 x 66.9 x 9.9 mm
(5.19 x 2.63 x 0.39 in)
Weight
- 123 g (4.34 oz)
2G Network
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 GSM 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2
3G Network
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 900 / 2100
4G Network
LTE -
Messaging
SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail

Display

Type
Capacitive touchscreen TFT Capacitive Touchscreen
Colors
16M colors 16M colors
Size
4.7 inches [Similar] 4.3 inches [Similar]
Resolution
720 x 1280 pixels (312 ppi) [Similar] 480 x 800 pixels (217 ppi) [Similar]
Screen-to-Body Ratio
62.86% 59.67%
Multi-Touch

Hardware and OS

OS
Android OS, v4.4.4 (KitKat) Android OS, v4.1.2 (Jelly Bean) with HTC Sense, HTC BlinkFeed
Processor
Quad-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A53, Qualcomm MSM8916 Snapdragon 410 [Similar] Quad-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A5, Qualcomm MSM8625Q Snapdragon 200 [Similar]
GPU
Adreno 306 [Similar] Adreno 203 [Similar]
RAM
1 GB [Browse Similar] 1 GB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory
8 GB 4 GB
External Memory
microSD, up to 128 GB microSD, up to 64 GB

Camera

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

Multimedia

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

Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS
Yes Yes
Edge
Yes Yes
3G
HSPA, LTE HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps
Bluetooth
v4.0, A2DP, apt-X Yes, v4.0 with A2DP
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot, DLNA
USB
microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0
GPS
Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS
Browser
HTML5 HTML5

User Memory

Internal
8 GB, 1 GB RAM 4 GB, 1 GB RAM
Expandable Storage
microSD, up to 128 GB microSD, up to 64 GB

Sensors

Fingerprint
Proximity Sensor
Accelerometer Sensor
NFC

Battery

Type
Li-Po Battery Li-Ion Battery
Capacity
2100 mAh 1800 mAh
Stand by
- Up to 435 h (2G)
Up to 401 h (3G)
Talk Time
- Up to 17 h 48 min (2G)
Up to 12 h 1 min (3G)
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