Phone Comparison - HTC One S vs Nokia Lumia 925 vs Nokia Lumia 735

general General Info

Manufacturer HTC Nokia Nokia
Announced February 2012 May 2013 September 2014
Status Available - April 2012 Available - June 2013 Available - September 2014
Colors Black Black, White Orange, green, white, black
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 130.9 x 65 x 7.8 mm
(5.15 x 2.56 x 0.31 in)
129 x 70.6 x 8.5 mm
(5.08 x 2.78 x 0.33 in)
134.7 x 68.5 x 8.9 mm
(5.3 x 2.7 x 0.35 in)
Weight 119.5 g (4.2.0.18 oz) 139 g (4.9 oz) 134 g (4.73 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 - RM-892, RM-893
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100 - RM-910
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network - LTE 800 / 900 / 1800 / 2100 / 2600 - RM-892
LTE 700 / 1700 / 2100 - RM-893
LTE 800 / 1800 / 2600
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM
Build Features - - ClearBlack display

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) Microsoft Windows Phone 8 Microsoft Windows Phone 8.1
Processor Dual-core 1.5 GHz Krait, Qualcomm MSM8260A Snapdragon Dual-core 1.5 GHz Krait, Qualcomm MSM8960 Snapdragon Quad-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A7, Qualcomm Snapdragon 400
GPU Adreno 225 Adreno 225 Adreno 305
RAM 1 GB 1 GB 1 GB
Internal Memory 16 GB 16/32 GB storage 8 GB
External Memory No No microSD, up to 128 GB

display Display

Type Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen AMOLED capacitive touchscreen AMOLED Capacitive Touchscreen, Corning Gorilla Glass 3
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 4.3 inches 4.5 inches 4.7 inches
Resolution 540 x 960 pixels (256 ppi) 768 x 1280 pixels (332 ppi) 720 x 1280 pixels (312 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 59.98% 63.18% 66.20%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels 8.7 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels 6.7 MP, Carl Zeiss optics
Flash LED flash Dual-LED flash LED Flash
Features Auto focus, Simultaneous HD Video And Image Recording, Geo-tagging, Face And Smile Detection PureView Technology, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Optical image stabilization, Still image editor, Face recognition 1/3.4'' sensor size, geo-tagging, face detection, panorama
Video Yes, 1080p@30fps, stereo sound rec., video stabilization Yes, 1080p@30fps, video stabilization 1080p@30fps, stereo sound rec.
Front Camera Yes, VGA [Similar] Yes, 1.2 MP wide Angle, 720p@30fps [Similar] 5 MP, 720p [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Class 12 (4+1/3+2/2+3/1+4 slots), 32 - 48 kbps Yes
Edge Yes Up to 236.8 kbps Up to 296 kbps
3G HSDPA, HSUPA HSDPA, 42.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps; LTE, Cat3, 50 Mbps UL, 100 Mbps DL HSDPA, 42.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps; LTE, Cat4, 50 Mbps UL, 150 Mbps DL
Bluetooth Yes, v4.0 with A2DP Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, EDR v4.0, A2DP
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB Yes, microUSB (MHL) v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0 microUSB v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, Beidou
Browser HTML, Adobe Flash HTML5 HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 16 GB, 1 GB RAM 16/32 GB storage, 1 GB RAM 8 GB, 1 GB RAM
Expandable Storage No No microSD, up to 128 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 supported NFC supported

battery Battery

Type Standard battery, Li-Po Non-removable Li-Ion Battery (BL-4YW) Li-Ion Battery (BV-T5A)
Capacity 1650 mAh 2000 mAh 2200 mAh
Stand by Up to 440 h (3G) Up to 600 h
Talk Time Up to 18 h 18 min (2G)
Up to 12 h 48 min (3G)
Up to 22 h (2G)
Up to 17 h (3G)