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Samsung Galaxy Pocket vs HTC Desire 500

General Info

Manufacturer
Samsung HTC
Announced
February 2012 July 2013
Status
Available - April 2012 Available - September 2013
Colors
Black Black, White
Form Factor
Candybar Candybar
Dimension
103.7 x 57.5 x 12 mm
(4.08 x 2.26 x 0.47 in)
131.8 x 66.9 x 9.9 mm
(5.19 x 2.63 x 0.39 in)
Weight
97 g (3.42 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 900 / 2100
Messaging
SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail

Display

Type
TFT touchscreen TFT Capacitive Touchscreen
Colors
TFT touchscreen 16M colors
Size
2.8 inches [Similar] 4.3 inches [Similar]
Resolution
240 x 320 pixels (143 ppi) 480 x 800 pixels (217 ppi) [Similar]
Screen-to-Body Ratio
40.64% 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
832 MHz [Similar] Quad-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A5, Qualcomm MSM8625Q Snapdragon 200 [Similar]
GPU
Adreno 203 [Similar]
RAM
N/A 1 GB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory
3 GB 4 GB
External Memory
microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 64 GB

Camera

Rear Camera
2 MP, 1600x1200 pixels [Similar] 8 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels [Similar]
Flash
No LED flash
Features
Geo-tagging Auto focus, 1/3.2' Sensor Size, 1.4�m Pixel Size, Geo-tagging, Face And Smile Detection
Video
Yes, QVGA@15fps 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 + Downloadable
Loud Speaker

Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS
Yes Yes
Edge
Yes Yes
3G
HSDPA, 3.6 Mbps; HSUPA HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps
Bluetooth
Yes, v3.0 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, 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
3 GB 4 GB, 1 GB RAM
Expandable Storage
microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 64 GB

Sensors

Fingerprint
Proximity Sensor
Accelerometer Sensor
NFC

Battery

Type
Standard battery, Li-Ion Li-Ion Battery
Capacity
1200 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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