Phone Comparison - HTC Desire S vs HTC One M8s

HTC Desire S
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HTC One M8s
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general General Info

Manufacturer HTC HTC
Announced February 2011 April 2015
Status Available - March 2011 Available - May 2015
Price - Rs. 20,499 ($301.46) [Similarly Priced]
Colors Black, Red Gunmetal Gray, Glacial Silver, Amber Gold
Form Factor Candybar Candybar
Dimension 115 x 59.8 x 11.6 mm
(4.53 x 2.35 x 0.46 in)
146.4 x 70.6 x 9.6 mm
(5.76 x 2.78 x 0.38 in)
Weight 130 g (4.59 oz) 160 g (5.64 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 - EMEA, Asia
HSDPA 850 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100 - T-Mobile
4G Network - LTE band 3(1800), 7(2600), 8(900), 20(800) - EMEA
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v2.3 (Gingerbread), upgradable to v2.3.5 Android OS, v5.0 (Lollipop)
Processor 1 GHz Scorpion, Qualcomm MSM8255 Snapdragon [Similar] Quad-core 1 GHz Cortex-A53 & Quad-core 1.7 GHz Cortex-A57, Qualcomm MSM8939 Snapdragon 615 [Similar]
GPU Adreno 205 [Similar] Adreno 405 [Similar]
RAM 768 MB [Browse Similar] 2 GB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory 1.1 GB ROM 16/32 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 32GB microSD, up to 128 GB

display Display

Type S-LCD capacitive touchscreen Super LCD3 Capacitive Touchscreen, Corning Gorilla Glass 3
Colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 3.7 inches [Similar] 5.0 inches [Similar]
Resolution 480 x 800 pixels (252 ppi) [Similar] 1080 x 1920 pixels (441 ppi) [Similar]
Screen-to-Body Ratio 56.73% 66.55%
Multi-Touch yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 5 MP, 2592 x 1944 pixels [Similar] 13 MP, 4128 x 3096 pixels [Similar]
Flash LED flash Dual-LED flash
Features Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch-focus, Image Stabilization Auto-focus, OIS, Automatic Simultaneous Video And Image Recording, Geo-tagging, Face/smile Detection, HDR, Panorama
Video Yes, 720p@30fps 1080p@60fps, 720p@120fps, HDR, stereo sound rec.
Front Camera Yes, VGA [Similar] 5 MP, 1080p@30fps, HDR [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Up to 114 kbps Yes
Edge Up to 560 kbps Yes
3G HSDPA, 14.4 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps HSPA 42.2/21.1(AT&T)/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps
Bluetooth Yes, v2.1 with A2DP, EDR v4.0, A2DP, apt-X
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, hotspot
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 microUSB v2.0 (MHL TV-out), USB Host
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS
Browser HTML, Adobe Flash HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 1.1 GB ROM, 768 MB RAM 16/32 GB, 2 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 32GB microSD, up to 128 GB
USB OTG - Supported

Apps Sensors

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

battery Battery

Type Standard battery, Li-Ion Non-removable Li-Po Battery
Capacity 1450 mAh 2840 mAh
Stand by Up to 430 h (2G)
Up to 455 h (3G)
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Talk Time Up to 9 h 50 min (2G)
Up to 7 h 10 min (3G)
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