HTC Windows Phone 8S vs Nokia Lumia 520

General Info

Manufacturer
HTC	Nokia
Announced
September 2012	February 2013
Status
Released - November 2012	Available - April 2013
Colors
Atlantic blue, domino, high-rise grey	Yellow, red, cyan, white/black
Form Factor
Candybar	Candybar
Dimension
120.5 x 63 x 10.3 mm (4.74 x 2.48 x 0.41 in)	119.9 x 64 x 9.9 mm (4.72 x 2.52 x 0.39 in)
Weight
113 g (3.99 oz)	124 g (4.37 oz)
2G Network
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900	GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network
HSDPA 900 / 2100	HSDPA 900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100
Messaging
SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail	SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM

Type
S-LCD capacitive touchscreen	IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen
Colors
16M colors	16M colors
Size
4.0 inches [Similar]	4.0 inches [Similar]
Resolution
480 x 800 pixels (233 ppi) [Similar]	480 x 800 pixels (233 ppi) [Similar]
Screen-to-Body Ratio
60.11%	59.47%
Multi-Touch

OS
Microsoft Windows Phone 8	Microsoft Windows Phone 8
Processor
Dual-core 1 GHz Krait, Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 [Similar]	Dual-core 1 GHz, Qualcomm MSM8227 Snapdragon S4 [Similar]
GPU
Adreno 225 [Similar]	Adreno 305 [Similar]
RAM
512 MB [Browse Similar]	512 MB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory
4 GB	8 GB storage
External Memory
microSD, up to 32 GB	microSD, up to 64 GB

Rear Camera
5 MP, 2592х1944 pixels [Similar]	5 MP, 2592х1944 pixels [Similar]
Flash
LED flash	No
Features
Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection	Auto focus, Geo-tagging
Video
Yes, 720p@30fps	Yes, 720p@30fps
Front Camera
Yes [Similar]	No [Similar]

GPRS
Yes	Yes
Edge
Yes	Yes
3G
HSDPA, HSUPA	HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps
Bluetooth
Yes, v2.1 with A2DP, EDR	Yes, v4.0 with A2DP
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n	Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n
USB
Yes, microUSB v2.0	Yes, microUSB v2.0
GPS
Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS	Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS
Browser
HTML5	HTML5