Phone Comparison - HTC Vivid vs Samsung Galaxy Note II N7100 vs HTC Sensation XL

general General Info

Manufacturer HTC Samsung HTC
Announced October 2011 August 2012 October 2011
Status Available - November 2011 Available - September 2012 Available - November 2011
Colors Black, White Titanium Gray, Marble White White
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 128.8 x 67.1 x 11.2 mm
(5.07 x 2.64 x 0.44 in)
151.1 x 80.5 x 9.4 mm
(5.95 x 3.17 x 0.37 in)
132.5 x 70.7 x 9.9 mm
(5.22 x 2.78 x 0.39 in)
Weight 176.9 g (6.21.0.32 oz) 180 g (6.35 oz) 162.5 g (5.71.0.18 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 2100
4G Network LTE 700 LTE 700 MHz Class 17 / 2100 -
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v2.3.4 (Gingerbread) Android OS, v4.1 (Jelly Bean) Android OS, v2.3 (Gingerbread), upgradable to v4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich)
Processor Dual-core 1.2 GHz Scorpion, Qualcomm APQ8060 Snapdragon Quad-core 1.6 GHz Cortex-A9, Exynos 4412 Quad 1.5 GHz Scorpion, Qualcomm MSM8255
GPU Adreno 220 Mali-400MP Adreno 205
RAM 1 GB 2 GB 768 MB
Internal Memory 16 GB storage 16/32/64 GB storage 16 GB storage
External Memory microSD, up to 32GB microSD, up to 32 GB No

display Display

Type S-LCD capacitive touchscreen Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen S-LCD capacitive touchscreen
Colors 256K colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 4.5 inches 5.55 inches 4.7 inches
Resolution 540 x 960 pixels (245 ppi) 720 x 1280 pixels (265 ppi) 480 x 800 pixels (199 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 64.47% 69.61% 66.78%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels 8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels 8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels
Flash dual-LED flash LED flash dual-LED flash
Features Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Face Detection Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection, Image Stabilization Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Face Detection, Touch Focus, HDR, Auto-upload
Video Yes, 1080p Yes, 1080p@30fps Yes, 720p, slo-mo video recording (2x @ WVGA)
Front Camera Yes, 1.3 MP [Similar] Yes, 1.9 MP [Similar] Yes, 1.3 MP [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes Class 12 (4+1/3+2/2+3/1+4 slots), 32 - 48 kbps
Edge Yes Yes Class 12
3G HSDPA, HSUPA, LTE HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps; LTE, Cat3, 50 Mbps UL, 100 Mbps DL HSDPA, 14.4 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps
Bluetooth Yes, v3.0 with A2DP Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, LE, EDR Yes, v3.0 with 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 Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB (MHL) v2.0, USB Host support Yes, microUSB v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS support
Browser WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML, Adobe Flash HTML5 WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML, Adobe Flash

memory User Memory

Internal 16GB storage, 1 GB RAM 16/32/64 GB storage, 2 GB RAM 16 GB storage, 768 MB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 32GB microSD, up to 32 GB No
USB OTG - Supported -

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 not supported

battery Battery

Type Standard battery, Li-Ion Standard battery, Li-Ion Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 1620 mAh 3100 mAh 1600 mAh
Stand by Up to 288 h Up to 980 h (2G)
Up to 890 h (3G)
Up to 360 h (2G)
Up to 460 h (3G)
Talk Time Up to 7 h 40 min Up to 35 h (2G)
Up to 16 h (3G)
Up to 11 h 50 min (2G)
Up to 6 h 50 min (3G)