Phone Comparison - HTC Butterfly S vs HTC Desire 500 vs HTC Desire 300

general General Info

Manufacturer HTC HTC HTC
Announced June 2013 July 2013 September 2013
Status Available - July 2013 Available - September 2013 Available - December 2013
Colors Black, White, Red, Gray Black, White Black, White
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 144.5 x 70.5 x 10.6 mm
(5.69 x 2.78 x 0.42 in)
131.8 x 66.9 x 9.9 mm
(5.19 x 2.63 x 0.39 in)
131.78 x 66.23 x 10.12 mm
(5.19 x 2.61 x 0.4 in)
Weight 160 g (5.64 oz) 123 g (4.34 oz) 120 g (4.23 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - all versions
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 900 / 2100 HSDPA 900 / 2100 - EU, Asia, China
HSDPA 850 / 2100 - Asia
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS Android OS, v4.1.2 (Jelly Bean) with HTC Sense, HTC BlinkFeed Android OS, v4.2.2 (Jelly Bean)
Processor Quad-core 1.9 GHz Krait 300, Qualcomm APQ8064T Snapdragon 600 Quad-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A5, Qualcomm MSM8625Q Snapdragon 200 Dual-core 1 GHz Cortex-A5, Qualcomm MSM8225 Snapdragon S4 Play
GPU Adreno 320 Adreno 203 Adreno 203
RAM 2 GB 1 GB 512 MB
Internal Memory 16 GB 4 GB 4 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 64 GB microSD, up to 64 GB microSD, up to 32 GB

display Display

Type Super LCD3 capacitive touchscreen, Corning Gorilla Glass 3 TFT Capacitive Touchscreen TFT capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 5.0 inches 4.3 inches 4.3 inches
Resolution 1080 x 1920 pixels (441 ppi) 480 x 800 pixels (217 ppi) 480 x 800 pixels (217 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 67.52% 59.67% 60.28%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 4 MP, 2688 x 1520 pixels 8 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels 5 MP, 2592х1944 pixels
Flash LED flash LED flash No
Features Auto focus, 1/3' Sensor Size, 2�m Pixel Size, Simultaneous HD Video And Image Recording, Geo-tagging, Face And Smile Detection Auto focus, 1/3.2' Sensor Size, 1.4�m Pixel Size, Geo-tagging, Face And Smile Detection Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection
Video Yes Yes, 720p@30fps Yes, WVGA@30fps
Front Camera Yes, 2.1 MP [Similar] Yes, 1.6 MP [Similar] Yes, VGA [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

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

memory User Memory

Internal 16 GB, 2 GB RAM 4 GB, 1 GB RAM 4 GB, 512 MB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 64 GB microSD, up to 64 GB microSD, up to 32 GB

Apps Sensors

Fingerprint fingerprint not supported fingerprint not supported fingerprint not supported
Proximity Sensor proximity sensor present proximity sensor present proximity sensor present
Accelerometer Sensor accelerometer sensor present accelerometer sensor present accelerometer sensor present
NFC NFC supported NFC not supported NFC not supported

battery Battery

Type Non-removable, Li-Po Battery Li-Ion Battery Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 3200 mAh 1800 mAh 1650 mAh
Stand by Up to 659 h (2G)
Up to 544 h (3G)
Up to 435 h (2G)
Up to 401 h (3G)
Up to 625 h (3G)
Talk Time Up to 25 h (2G)
Up to 19 h (3G)
Up to 17 h 48 min (2G)
Up to 12 h 1 min (3G)
Up to 11 h (3G)