Phone Comparison - HTC Desire 500 vs Xiaomi Mi 3 vs Micromax Canvas Knight Cameo A290

general General Info

Manufacturer HTC Xiaomi Micromax
Announced July 2013 September 2013 August 2014
Status Available - September 2013 Available - December 2013 Available - August 2014
Colors Black, White Various Pure Black, Black and Gold, White and Gold
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 131.8 x 66.9 x 9.9 mm
(5.19 x 2.63 x 0.39 in)
144 x 73.6 x 8.1 mm
(5.67 x 2.9 x 0.32 in)
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Weight 123 g (4.34 oz) 145 g (5.11 oz) 146 g (5.15 oz)
2G Network GSM 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2
3G Network HSDPA 900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 2100
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail SMS, MMS, 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, v4.4 (KitKat) optimized with MIUI version 5 Android OS, v4.4.2 (KitKat)
Processor Quad-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A5, Qualcomm MSM8625Q Snapdragon 200 Quad-core 2.3 GHz Krait 400, Qualcomm MSM8274AB Snapdragon 800 Octa-core 1.4 GHz, Mediatek MT6592M
GPU Adreno 203 Adreno 330 Mali-450MP4
RAM 1 GB 2 GB 1 GB
Internal Memory 4 GB 16/64 GB 8 GB (5.64 GB for mass storage)
External Memory microSD, up to 64 GB No microSD, up to 32 GB

display Display

Type TFT Capacitive Touchscreen IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen IPS LCD Capacitive Touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16.7M colors
Size 4.3 inches 5.0 inches 4.7 inches
Resolution 480 x 800 pixels (217 ppi) 1080 x 1920 pixels (441 ppi) 720 x 1280 pixels (312 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 59.67% 64.90% -
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 13 MP, 4128 x 3096 pixels 8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels
Flash LED flash dual-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 And Smile Detection, Image Stabilization, HDR Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, HDR, Cinemagraph, Object Eraser
Video Yes, 720p@30fps 1080p@30fps, HDR Yes, 1080p@30fps
Front Camera Yes, 1.6 MP [Similar] 2 MP, 1080p@30fps [Similar] Yes, 5 MP, 720p [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes Yes
3G HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps DC-HSDPA, 42 Mbps; HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps
Bluetooth Yes, v4.0 with A2DP v4.0, A2DP Yes, v4.0 with A2DP
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot, DLNA Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 microUSB v2.0 (MHL), USB On-the-go Yes, microUSB v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS support
Browser HTML5 HTML5 HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 4 GB, 1 GB RAM 16/64 GB, 2 GB RAM 8 GB (5.64 GB for mass storage), 1 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 64 GB No 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 supported NFC not supported

battery Battery

Type Li-Ion Battery Non-removable Li-Ion Battery Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 1800 mAh 3050 mAh 2000 mAh
Stand by Up to 435 h (2G)
Up to 401 h (3G)
Up to 500 h Up to 180 h
Talk Time Up to 17 h 48 min (2G)
Up to 12 h 1 min (3G)
Up to 4 h Up to 7 h