Phone Comparison - HTC Windows Phone 8S vs Nokia Lumia 800

HTC Windows Phone 8S
htc windows phone 8s
Nokia Lumia 800
nokia lumia 800
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general General Info

Manufacturer HTC Nokia
Announced September 2012 October 2011
Status Released - November 2012 Available - November 2011
Colors Atlantic blue, domino, high-rise grey Black, Cyan, Magenta
Form Factor Candybar Candybar
Dimension 120.5 x 63 x 10.3 mm
(4.74 x 2.48 x 0.41 in)
116.5 x 61.2 x 12.1 mm, 76.1 cc
(4.59 x 2.41 x 0.48 in, 3 cc)
Weight 113 g (3.99 oz) 142 g (5.01 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Microsoft Windows Phone 8 Microsoft Windows Phone 7.5 Mango
Processor Dual-core 1 GHz Krait, Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 [Similar] 1.4 GHz Scorpion, Qualcomm MSM8255 Snapdragon [Similar]
GPU Adreno 225 [Similar] Adreno 205 [Similar]
RAM 512 MB [Browse Similar] 512 MB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory 4 GB 16 GB storage
External Memory microSD, up to 32 GB No

display Display

Type S-LCD capacitive touchscreen AMOLED capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 4.0 inches [Similar] 3.7 inches [Similar]
Resolution 480 x 800 pixels (233 ppi) [Similar] 480 x 800 pixels (252 ppi) [Similar]
Screen-to-Body Ratio 60.11% 54.72%
Multi-Touch yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 5 MP, 2592х1944 pixels [Similar] 8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels [Similar]
Flash LED flash Carl Zeiss optics
Features Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection Geo-tagging
Video Yes, 720p@30fps Yes, 720p@30fps
Front Camera Yes [Similar] No [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Class 33
Edge Yes Class 33
3G HSDPA, HSUPA HSDPA 14.4 Mbps, HSUPA 5.76 Mbps
Bluetooth Yes, v2.1 with A2DP, EDR Yes, v2.1 with A2DP, EDR
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS support
Browser HTML5 WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML5, RSS feeds

memory User Memory

Call Records Practically unlimited Yes
Internal 4 GB, 512 MB RAM 16 GB storage, 512 MB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 32 GB 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 not supported

battery Battery

Type Standard battery, Li-Ion Standard battery, Li-Ion
Capacity 1700 mAh 1450 mAh (BV-5JW)
Stand by - Up to 265 h (2G)
Up to 335 h (3G)
Talk Time - Up to 13 h (2G)
Up to 9 h 30 min (3G)