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HTC Wildfire S vs HTC Desire 500

General Info

Manufacturer
HTC HTC
Announced
February 2011 July 2013
Status
Available - May 2011 Available - September 2013
Colors
Black, Silver, Brown, Lilac Black, White
Form Factor
Candybar Candybar
Dimension
101.3 x 59.4 x 12.4 mm
(3.99 x 2.34 x 0.49 in)
131.8 x 66.9 x 9.9 mm
(5.19 x 2.63 x 0.39 in)
Weight
105 g (3.7 oz) 123 g (4.34 oz)
2G Network
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2
3G Network
HSDPA 900 / 2100
HSDPA 850 / 1900 or HSDPA 2100 (Australia)
HSDPA 900 / 2100
Messaging
SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail

Display

Type
TFT capacitive touchscreen TFT Capacitive Touchscreen
Colors
256K colors 16M colors
Size
3.2 inches [Similar] 4.3 inches [Similar]
Resolution
320 x 480 pixels (180 ppi) 480 x 800 pixels (217 ppi) [Similar]
Screen-to-Body Ratio
50.83% 59.67%
Multi-Touch

Hardware and OS

OS
Android OS, v2.3 (Gingerbread) Android OS, v4.1.2 (Jelly Bean) with HTC Sense, HTC BlinkFeed
Processor
600MHz ARM 11 processor, Qulacomm MSM7227 chipset [Similar] Quad-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A5, Qualcomm MSM8625Q Snapdragon 200 [Similar]
GPU
Adreno 200 [Similar] Adreno 203 [Similar]
RAM
512 MB [Browse Similar] 1 GB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory
512 MB ROM 4 GB
External Memory
microSD, up to 32GB, 2GB included microSD, up to 64 GB

Camera

Rear Camera
5 MP, 2592 x 1944 pixels [Similar] 8 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels [Similar]
Flash
LED flash LED flash
Features
Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Face Detection Auto focus, 1/3.2' Sensor Size, 1.4�m Pixel Size, Geo-tagging, Face And Smile Detection
Video
Yes, VGA@24fps Yes, 720p@30fps
Front Camera
No [Similar] Yes, 1.6 MP [Similar]

Multimedia

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

Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS
Up to 114 kbps Yes
Edge
Up to 560 kbps Yes
3G
HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 384 Kbps HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps
Bluetooth
Yes, v3.0 with A2DP, EDR 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, microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0
GPS
Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS
Browser
HTML HTML5

User Memory

Internal
512 MB ROM, 512 MB RAM (418 MB user-available) 4 GB, 1 GB RAM
Expandable Storage
microSD, up to 32GB, 2GB included microSD, up to 64 GB

Sensors

Fingerprint
Proximity Sensor
Accelerometer Sensor
NFC

Battery

Type
Standard battery, Li-Ion Li-Ion Battery
Capacity
1230 mAh 1800 mAh
Stand by
Up to 360 h (2G)
Up to 570 h (3G)
Up to 435 h (2G)
Up to 401 h (3G)
Talk Time
Up to 7 h 10 min (2G)
Up to 5 h 50 min (3G)
Up to 17 h 48 min (2G)
Up to 12 h 1 min (3G)
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