Phone Comparison - HTC Rhyme vs HTC Explorer

HTC Rhyme
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HTC Explorer
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general General Info

Manufacturer HTC HTC
Announced September 2011 September 2011
Status Available - October 2011 Available - October 2011
Colors Clearwater, Hourglass, Plum Active Black, Active Navy, Metallic Black, Metallic Navy
Form Factor Candybar Candybar
Dimension 119 x 60.8 x 10.9 mm
(4.69 x 2.39 x 0.43 in)
102.8 x 57.2 x 12.9 mm
(4.05 x 2.25 x 0.51 in)
Weight 130 g (4.59 oz) 108 g (3.81 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 2100 HSDPA 900 / 2100
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v2.3.4 (Gingerbread) Android OS, v2.3 (Gingerbread)
Processor 1 GHz Scorpion, Qualcomm MSM8255 [Similar] 600 MHz Cortex A5, Qualcomm Snapdragon S1 MSM7225A [Similar]
GPU Adreno 205 [Similar] Adreno 200 [Similar]
RAM 768 MB [Browse Similar] 512 MB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory 4 GB storage 90 MB storage, 512 MB ROM
External Memory microSD, up to 32GB, 8GB card included microSD, up to 32GB

display Display

Type S-LCD capacitive touchscreen TFT capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 256K colors
Size 3.7 inches [Similar] 3.2 inches [Similar]
Resolution 480 x 800 pixels (252 ppi) [Similar] 320 x 480 pixels (180 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 53.92% 52.01%
Multi-Touch yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 5 MP, 2592x1944 pixels [Similar] 3.15 MP, 2048x1536 pixels [Similar]
Flash LED flash No
Features Auto focus, Geo-tagging Geo-tagging, Face Detection
Video Yes, 720p Yes, 480p
Front Camera Yes, VGA [Similar] No [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Up to 80 kbps
Edge Yes Up to 236.8 kbps
3G HSDPA, 14.4 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps HSDPA 14.4 Mbps, HSUPA 5.76 Mbps
Bluetooth Yes, v3.0 with A2DP, EDR Yes, v3.0 with 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
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support
Browser HTML, Adobe Flash HTML, Adobe Flash

memory User Memory

Internal 4 GB storage, 768 MB RAM 90 MB storage, 512 MB ROM, 512 MB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 32GB, 8GB card included microSD, up to 32GB

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 not supported

battery Battery

Type Standard battery, Li-Ion Standard battery, Li-Ion
Capacity 1600 mAh 1230 mAh
Stand by Up to 295 h (2G)
Up to 340 h (3G)
Up to 485 h (2G)
Up to 445 h (3G)
Talk Time Up to 10 h 20 min (2G)
Up to 8 h (3G)
Up to 7 h 40 min (2G)
Up to 7 h 33 min (3G)