Phone Comparison - HTC Explorer vs Samsung Galaxy Ace Duos I589 vs Lava Iris 401e

general General Info

Manufacturer HTC Samsung Lava
Announced September 2011 February 2012 June 2013
Status Available - October 2011 Available - February 2012 Available - June 2013
Colors Active Black, Active Navy, Metallic Black, Metallic Navy Black Grey, Blue
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 102.8 x 57.2 x 12.9 mm
(4.05 x 2.25 x 0.51 in)
112.4 x 59.9 x 12.5 mm
(4.43 x 2.36 x 0.49 in)
124 x 63 x 10 mm
(4.88 x 2.48 x 0.39 in)
Weight 108 g (3.81 oz) 122 g (4.3 oz) -
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 CDMA 800 / 1900
GSM 900 / 1800
GSM 900 / 1800 - SIM 1 & SIM 2
3G Network HSDPA 900 / 2100 CDMA2000 1xEV-DO No
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS SMS, MMS, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v2.3 (Gingerbread) Android OS, v2.2 (Froyo) Android OS, v2.3.5 (Gingerbread)
Processor 600 MHz Cortex A5, Qualcomm Snapdragon S1 MSM7225A 800 MHz, Qualcomm MSM7627 1 GHz
GPU Adreno 200 -
RAM 512 MB N/A 256 MB
Internal Memory 90 MB storage, 512 MB ROM N/A 200 MB
External Memory microSD, up to 32GB microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 32 GB

display Display

Type TFT capacitive touchscreen TFT capacitive touchscreen TFT capacitive touchscreen
Colors 256K colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 3.2 inches 3.5 inches 4.0 inches
Resolution 320 x 480 pixels (180 ppi) 320 x 480 pixels (165 ppi) 480 x 800 pixels (233 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 52.01% 54.06% 58.42%
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 Yes + Downloadable
Loud Speaker yes yes yes

camera Camera

Rear Camera 3.15 MP, 2048x1536 pixels 3.15 MP, 2048x1536 pixels 3.0 MP, 2048x1536 pixels
Flash No No LED flash
Features Geo-tagging, Face Detection Geo-tagging Geo-tagging
Video Yes, 480p Yes Yes
Front Camera No [Similar] No [Similar] No [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Up to 80 kbps Yes Yes
Edge Up to 236.8 kbps Yes Yes
3G HSDPA 14.4 Mbps, HSUPA 5.76 Mbps Rev. A, up to 3.1 Mbps No
Bluetooth Yes, v3.0 with A2DP, EDR Yes, v3.0 with A2DP Yes
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot 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, v2.0 microUSB Yes, microUSB v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support No
Browser HTML, Adobe Flash HTML HTML

memory User Memory

Internal 90 MB storage, 512 MB ROM, 512 MB RAM 200 MB, 256 MB RAM, 512 MB ROM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 32GB 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 Standard battery, Li-Ion Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 1230 mAh 1650 mAh 1500 mAh
Stand by Up to 485 h (2G)
Up to 445 h (3G)
-
Talk Time Up to 7 h 40 min (2G)
Up to 7 h 33 min (3G)
Up to 6 h (2G)