Phone Comparison - HTC Desire VC vs HTC Sensation 4G vs ZTE N799D

general General Info

Manufacturer HTC HTC ZTE
Announced June 2012 April 2011 November 2013
Status Available - July 2012 Available - June 2011 Available - November 2013
Colors Black, White Black Black
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 119.5 x 62.3 x 9.5 mm
(4.7 x 2.45 x 0.37 in)
126.1 x 65.4 x 11.3 mm
(4.96 x 2.57 x 0.44 in)
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Weight 119 g (4.2 oz) 148 g (5.22 oz) -
2G Network GSM 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1
CDMA 800 / 1900 - SIM 2
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 900 / 1800
3G Network CDMA2000 1xEV-DO HSDPA 900 / 1700 / 2100
HSDPA 850 / 1900 - For Bell (Canada)
No
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, v4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) Android OS, v2.3 (Gingerbread), upgradable to v4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) Android OS, v4.2 (Jelly Bean)
Processor 1 GHz Cortex-A5, Qualcomm MSM7227A Snapdragon Dual-core 1.2 GHz Scorpion, Qualcomm MSM8260 Snapdragon Dual-core 1.2 GHz
GPU Adreno 200 Adreno 220 -
RAM 512 MB 768 MB 512 MB
Internal Memory 4 GB storage 1 GB storage 4 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 32 GB, 8 GB included microSD, up to 32 GB

display Display

Type Capacitive touchscreen S-LCD capacitive touchscreen TFT capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 4.0 inches 4.3 inches 4.0 inches
Resolution 480 x 800 pixels (233 ppi) 540 x 960 pixels (256 ppi) 480 x 800 pixels (233 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 61.30% 61.88% -
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 5 MP, 2592х1944 pixels 8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels 3.2 MP, 2048x1536 pixels
Flash LED flash dual-LED flash No
Features Auto focus, Geo-tagging Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch-focus, Image Stabilization, Face Detection, Instant Capture Geo-tagging, Face Detection, Panorama
Video Yes Yes, 1080p@30fps, stereo sound recording Yes
Front Camera No [Similar] Yes, VGA [Similar] No [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Up to 114 kbps Yes
Edge No Up to 560 kbps Yes
3G Rev. A, up to 3.1 Mbps HSDPA 14.4 Mbps, HSUPA 5.76 Mbps No
Bluetooth Yes, v3.0 with A2DP Yes, v3.0 with A2DP Yes, v4.0
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot, DLNA Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0 (MHL) Yes
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support
Browser HTML, Adobe Flash Lite HTML, Adobe Flash HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 4 GB storage, 512 MB RAM 1 GB storage, 768 MB RAM 4 GB, 512 MB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 32 GB, 8 GB included 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 not supported NFC not supported NFC not supported

battery Battery

Type Standard battery, Li-Ion Li-Ion Battery Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 1650 mAh 1520 mAh 1500 mAh
Stand by - Up to 400 h (2G)
Up to 350 h (3G)
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Talk Time - Up to 6 h 40 min (2G)
Up to 8 h 20 min (3G)
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