Phone Comparison - HTC HD7 vs Samsung Galaxy Nexus

HTC HD7
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Samsung Galaxy Nexus
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general General Info

Manufacturer HTC Samsung
Announced October 2010 October 2011
Status Available - October 2010 Available - November 2011
Colors Black Black
Form Factor Candybar Candybar
Dimension 122 x 68 x 11.2 mm
(4.8 x 2.68 x 0.44 in )
135.5 x 67.9 x 8.9 mm
(5.33 x 2.67 x 0.35 in)
Weight 162 g (5.71 oz) 135 g (4.76 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 900 / 2100
HSDPA 850 / 1900 or HSDPA 850 / 2100
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network - LTE 700 (region specific)
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail SMS, MMS, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Microsoft Windows Phone 7 Android OS, v4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich)
Processor 1 GHz Scorpion, Qualcomm QSD8250 Snapdragon [Similar] Dual-core 1.2GHz Cortex-A9 CPU, TI OMAP 4460 chipset [Similar]
GPU Adreno 200 [Similar] No [Similar]
RAM 576 MB [Browse Similar] 1 GB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory 8 GB (Europe) / 16 GB (Asia), 512 MB ROM 16/32 GB storage
External Memory No No

display Display

Type LCD capacitive touchscreen Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 4.3 inches [Similar] 4.65 inches [Similar]
Resolution 480 x 800 pixels (217 ppi) [Similar] 720 x 1280 pixels (316 ppi) [Similar]
Screen-to-Body Ratio 63.42% 64.72%
Multi-Touch yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

3.5mm Jack yes yes
Radio Stereo FM radio with RDS No
Games Yes + downloadable Yes + Downloadable
Loud Speaker yes yes

camera Camera

Rear Camera 5 MP, 2592x1944 pixels [Similar] 5 MP, 2592x1936 pixels [Similar]
Flash dual-LED flash LED flash
Features Auto focus, Geo-tagging Auto focus, Touch Focus, Geo-tagging, Face Detection
Video Yes, 720p Yes, 1080p@30fps
Front Camera No [Similar] Yes, 1.3 MP [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Class 32 Yes
Edge Class 32 Yes
3G HSDPA 7.2/14.4 Mbps; HSUPA 2/5.76 Mbps (carrier dependent) HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps; LTE
Bluetooth Yes, v2.1 with A2DP Yes, v3.0 with A2DP
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, v2.0 microUSB
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support; Bing Maps Yes, with A-GPS support, barometer sensor
Browser WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML HTML

memory User Memory

Internal 8GB (Europe) / 16GB (Asia), 512 MB ROM, 576 MB RAM 16/32GB storage, 1 GB RAM
Expandable Storage No No

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 supported

battery Battery

Type Standard battery, Li-Ion Standard battery, Li-Ion
Capacity 1230 mAh 1750 mAh
Stand by Up to 310 h (2G)
Up to 320 h (3G)
Up to 290 h (2G)
Up to 270 h (3G)
Talk Time Up to 6 h 20 min (2G)
Up to 5 h 20 min (3G)
Up to 17 h 40 min (2G)
Up to 8 h 20 min (3G)