Phone Comparison - HTC Windows Phone 8S vs Nokia Lumia 1020 vs Apple iPhone 5C

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general General Info

Manufacturer HTC Nokia Apple
Announced September 2012 July 2013 September 2013
Status Released - November 2012 Available - July 2013 Available - September 2013
Colors Atlantic blue, domino, high-rise grey Black, White, Yellow White, Blue, Green, Yellow, Pink
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 120.5 x 63 x 10.3 mm
(4.74 x 2.48 x 0.41 in)
130.4 x 71.4 x 10.4 mm
(5.13 x 2.81 x 0.41 in)
124.4 x 59.2 x 8.97 mm
(4.9 x 2.33 x 0.35 in)
Weight 113 g (3.99 oz) 158 g (5.57 oz) 132 g (4.66 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA
4G Network - LTE 800 / 900 / 1800 / 2100 / 2600 LTE
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Microsoft Windows Phone 8 Microsoft Windows Phone 8 iOS 7.0.1
Processor Dual-core 1 GHz Krait, Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Dual-core 1.5 GHz Krait, Qualcomm MSM8960 Snapdragon Dual-core 1.3 GHz Swift, Apple A6
GPU Adreno 225 Adreno 225 PowerVR SGX 543MP3
RAM 512 MB 2 GB 1 GB
Internal Memory 4 GB 32 GB 16/32 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 32 GB No No

display Display

Type S-LCD capacitive touchscreen AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, PureMotion HD+ ClearBlack Display, Gorilla Glass 3 LED-backlit IPS LCD, capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 4.0 inches 4.5 inches 4.0 inches
Resolution 480 x 800 pixels (233 ppi) 768 x 1280 pixels (332 ppi) 640 x 1136 pixels (326 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 60.11% 61.80% 59.93%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 5 MP, 2592х1944 pixels 41 MP (38 MP effective, 7152 x 5368 pixels) 8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels
Flash LED flash Xenon Flash LED flash
Features Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection Carl Zeiss optics, Auto Focus, 1/1.2' Sensor Size, ND Filter, Optical Zoom, Geo-tagging, Face Detection, Optical Zoom, Panorama Auto focus, TTouch Focus, Geo-tagging, Face Detection, Panorama, HDR
Video Yes, 720p@30fps Yes, 1080p@30fps Yes, 1080p@30fps, video stabilization
Front Camera Yes [Similar] Yes, 1.2 MP, 720p [Similar] Yes, 1.2 MP, 720p@30fps, face detection, [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Up to 107 kbps Yes
Edge Yes Up to 236.8 kbps Yes
3G HSDPA, HSUPA HSDPA, 42.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps; LTE, Cat3, 50 Mbps UL, 100 Mbps DL HSPA+, LTE
Bluetooth Yes, v2.1 with A2DP, EDR Yes, v3.0 with A2DP Yes, v4.0 with A2DP
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA, UPnP technology Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0, USB On-the-go Yes, Lightning Port
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS
Browser HTML5 HTML5 HTML (Safari)

memory User Memory

Internal 4 GB, 512 MB RAM 32 GB, 2 GB RAM 16/32 GB, 1 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 32 GB No 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 Non-removable Li-Ion Battery, Wireless Charging Supported via Cover Non-removable Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 1700 mAh 2000 mAh 1510 mAh
Stand by - Up to 384 h Up to 250 h (2G)
Up to 250 h (3G)
Talk Time - Up to 19 h 6 min (2G)
Up to 13 h 18 min (3G)
Up to 10 h (3G)