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HTC Rhyme vs HTC Explorer

General Info

Manufacturer
HTC HTC
Announced
September 2011 September 2011
Status
Available - October 2011 Available - October 2011
Colors
Clearwater, Hourglass, Plum Active Black, Active Navy, Metallic Black, Metallic Navy
Form Factor
Candybar Candybar
Dimension
119 x 60.8 x 10.9 mm
(4.69 x 2.39 x 0.43 in)
102.8 x 57.2 x 12.9 mm
(4.05 x 2.25 x 0.51 in)
Weight
130 g (4.59 oz) 108 g (3.81 oz)
2G Network
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 2100 HSDPA 900 / 2100
Messaging
SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM

Display

Type
S-LCD capacitive touchscreen TFT capacitive touchscreen
Colors
16M colors 256K colors
Size
3.7 inches [Similar] 3.2 inches [Similar]
Resolution
480 x 800 pixels (252 ppi) [Similar] 320 x 480 pixels (180 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio
53.92% 52.01%
Multi-Touch

Hardware and OS

OS
Android OS, v2.3.4 (Gingerbread) Android OS, v2.3 (Gingerbread)
Processor
1 GHz Scorpion, Qualcomm MSM8255 [Similar] 600 MHz Cortex A5, Qualcomm Snapdragon S1 MSM7225A [Similar]
GPU
Adreno 205 [Similar] Adreno 200 [Similar]
RAM
768 MB [Browse Similar] 512 MB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory
4 GB storage 90 MB storage, 512 MB ROM
External Memory
microSD, up to 32GB, 8GB card included microSD, up to 32GB

Camera

Rear Camera
5 MP, 2592x1944 pixels [Similar] 3.15 MP, 2048x1536 pixels [Similar]
Flash
LED flash No
Features
Auto focus, Geo-tagging Geo-tagging, Face Detection
Video
Yes, 720p Yes, 480p
Front Camera
Yes, VGA [Similar] No [Similar]

Multimedia

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

Connectivity and Data Rate

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

User Memory

Internal
4 GB storage, 768 MB RAM 90 MB storage, 512 MB ROM, 512 MB RAM
Expandable Storage
microSD, up to 32GB, 8GB card included microSD, up to 32GB

Sensors

Fingerprint
Proximity Sensor
Accelerometer Sensor
NFC

Battery

Type
Standard battery, Li-Ion Standard battery, Li-Ion
Capacity
1600 mAh 1230 mAh
Stand by
Up to 295 h (2G)
Up to 340 h (3G)
Up to 485 h (2G)
Up to 445 h (3G)
Talk Time
Up to 10 h 20 min (2G)
Up to 8 h (3G)
Up to 7 h 40 min (2G)
Up to 7 h 33 min (3G)
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