Phone Comparison - HTC Desire VC vs Lava Iris 356 vs Micromax Canvas Blaze MT500

general General Info

Manufacturer HTC Lava Micromax
Announced June 2012 July 2013 December 2013
Status Available - July 2012 Available - July 2013 Available - December 2013
Colors Black, White Crystal White, Black and Grey Black, White
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 119.5 x 62.3 x 9.5 mm
(4.7 x 2.45 x 0.37 in)
116.9 x 62.5 x 12.6mm
(4.6 x 2.46 x 0.5in)
147.5 x 74 x 9.9 mm
(5.81 x 2.91 x 0.39 in)
Weight 119 g (4.2 oz) 112 g (3.95 oz) -
2G Network GSM 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1
CDMA 800 / 1900 - SIM 2
GSM 900 / 1800 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 CDMA 800 - SIM 1
GSM 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 2
3G Network CDMA2000 1xEV-DO HSDPA 2100 CDMA2000 1xEV-DO
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) Android OS, v4.2 (Jelly Bean) Android OS, v4.1.2 (Jelly Bean)
Processor 1 GHz Cortex-A5, Qualcomm MSM7227A Snapdragon Dual-core 1.2 GHz Dual-core 1 GHz, Qualcomm MSM8625 Snapdragon S4
GPU Adreno 200 - Adreno 203
RAM 512 MB 256 MB 768 MB
Internal Memory 4 GB storage 512 MB (App Memory - 100 MB, User Memory - 20 MB) N/A
External Memory microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 32 GB

display Display

Type Capacitive touchscreen TFT touchscreen TFT Capacitive Touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 4.0 inches 3.5 inches 5.0 inches
Resolution 480 x 800 pixels (233 ppi) 320 x 480 pixels (165 ppi) 480 x 854 pixels (196 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 61.30% 49.82% 63.07%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 5 MP, 2592х1944 pixels 1.3 MP, 1280 x 960 pixels 8 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels
Flash LED flash Yes LED flash
Features Auto focus, Geo-tagging Fixed Focus, Face Detection Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus
Video Yes Yes Yes, 480p
Front Camera No [Similar] Yes, VGA [Similar] Yes, VGA [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes Yes
Edge No Yes Yes
3G Rev. A, up to 3.1 Mbps HSDPA, HSUPA Yes
Bluetooth Yes, v3.0 with A2DP Yes, with A2DP Yes, v2.0 A2DP, EDR
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot, DLNA Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes Yes, microUSB v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support
Browser HTML, Adobe Flash Lite HTML HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 4 GB storage, 512 MB RAM 512 MB (App Memory - 100 MB, User Memory - 20 MB), 256 MB RAM 768 MB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 32 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 not supported NFC not supported NFC not supported

battery Battery

Type Standard battery, Li-Ion Li-Ion Battery Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 1650 mAh 1500 mAh 1850 mAh
Stand by - Up to 200 h Up to 120 h
Talk Time - Up to 5 h (2G)
Up to 5 h (3G)
Up to 5 h