Phone Comparison - HTC Desire 500 vs Asus Zenfone 5 vs Lenovo S660

general General Info

Manufacturer HTC Asus Lenovo
Announced July 2013 January 2014 February 2014
Status Available - September 2013 Available - June 2014 Coming Soon - June 2014
Colors Black, White Black, White, Red, Blue, Gold Metallic Black
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 131.8 x 66.9 x 9.9 mm
(5.19 x 2.63 x 0.39 in)
148.2 x 72.8 x 5.5-10.3
(5.83 x 2.87 x 0.22-0.41)
137 x 68.8 x 9.95 mm
(5.39 x 2.71 x 0.39 in )
Weight 123 g (4.34 oz) 140 g (4.94 oz) 151 g (5.33 oz)
2G Network GSM 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2
GSM 850 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2
3G Network HSDPA 900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 900 / 2100
HSDPA 850 / 1900
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v4.1.2 (Jelly Bean) with HTC Sense, HTC BlinkFeed Android OS, v4.3 (Jelly Bean), upgradable to v4.4.2 (KitKat) Android OS, v4.2.2 (Jelly Bean)
Processor Quad-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A5, Qualcomm MSM8625Q Snapdragon 200 Dual-core 2.0 GHz / Dual-core 1.6 GHz, Intel Atom Z2580/Z2560 Quad-core 1.3 GHz Cortex-A7, Mediatek MT6582M
GPU Adreno 203 PowerVR SGX544MP2 Mali-400MP2
RAM 1 GB 1/2 GB 1 GB
Internal Memory 4 GB 8/16 GB 8 GB ROM
External Memory microSD, up to 64 GB microSD, up to 64 GB microSD, up to 32 GB

display Display

Type TFT Capacitive Touchscreen IPS LCD Capacitive Touchscreen, Corning Gorilla Glass 3 IPS LCD Capacitive Touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 4.3 inches 5.0 inches 4.7 inches
Resolution 480 x 800 pixels (217 ppi) 720 x 1280 pixels (294 ppi) 540 x 960 pixels (234 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 59.67% 63.76% 64.80%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 8 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels 8 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels 8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels
Flash LED flash LED flash LED flash
Features 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 Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, HDR
Video Yes, 720p@30fps Yes Yes, 1080p@30fps
Front Camera Yes, 1.6 MP [Similar] Yes, 2 MP [Similar] Yes, VGA [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes Yes
3G HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps HSDPA, 42.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps
Bluetooth Yes, v4.0 with A2DP Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, EDR Yes, v3.0 with A2DP, HS
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot, DLNA Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0, USB On-the-go
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support
Browser HTML5 HTML HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 4 GB, 1 GB RAM 8/16 GB, 1/2 GB RAM 8 GB ROM, 1 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 64 GB microSD, up to 64 GB microSD, up to 32 GB
USB OTG - - Supported

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 not supported NFC not supported NFC not supported

battery Battery

Type Li-Ion Battery Non-removable Li-Po Battery Non-removable Li-Po Battery
Capacity 1800 mAh 2110 mAh 3000 mAh
Stand by Up to 435 h (2G)
Up to 401 h (3G)
Up to 353 h (3G) -
Talk Time Up to 17 h 48 min (2G)
Up to 12 h 1 min (3G)
Up to 18 h 30 min (3G) Up to 10 h (2G)
Up to 8 h (3G)