Phone Comparison - Samsung Galaxy Nexus vs HTC HD7

Samsung Galaxy Nexus
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HTC HD7
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general General Info

Manufacturer Samsung HTC
Announced October 2011 October 2010
Status Available - November 2011 Available - October 2010
Colors Black Black
Form Factor Candybar Candybar
Dimension 135.5 x 67.9 x 8.9 mm
(5.33 x 2.67 x 0.35 in)
122 x 68 x 11.2 mm
(4.8 x 2.68 x 0.44 in )
Weight 135 g (4.76 oz) 162 g (5.71 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 900 / 2100
HSDPA 850 / 1900 or HSDPA 850 / 2100
4G Network LTE 700 (region specific) -
Messaging SMS, MMS, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) Microsoft Windows Phone 7
Processor Dual-core 1.2GHz Cortex-A9 CPU, TI OMAP 4460 chipset [Similar] 1 GHz Scorpion, Qualcomm QSD8250 Snapdragon [Similar]
GPU No [Similar] Adreno 200 [Similar]
RAM 1 GB [Browse Similar] 576 MB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory 16/32 GB storage 8 GB (Europe) / 16 GB (Asia), 512 MB ROM
External Memory No No

display Display

Type Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen LCD capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 4.65 inches [Similar] 4.3 inches [Similar]
Resolution 720 x 1280 pixels (316 ppi) [Similar] 480 x 800 pixels (217 ppi) [Similar]
Screen-to-Body Ratio 64.72% 63.42%
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, 2592x1936 pixels [Similar] 5 MP, 2592x1944 pixels [Similar]
Flash LED flash dual-LED flash
Features Auto focus, Touch Focus, Geo-tagging, Face Detection Auto focus, Geo-tagging
Video Yes, 1080p@30fps Yes, 720p
Front Camera Yes, 1.3 MP [Similar] No [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Class 32
Edge Yes Class 32
3G HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps; LTE HSDPA 7.2/14.4 Mbps; HSUPA 2/5.76 Mbps (carrier dependent)
Bluetooth Yes, v3.0 with A2DP Yes, v2.1 with A2DP
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n
USB Yes, v2.0 microUSB Yes, microUSB v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support, barometer sensor Yes, with A-GPS support; Bing Maps
Browser HTML WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML

memory User Memory

Internal 16/32GB storage, 1 GB RAM 8GB (Europe) / 16GB (Asia), 512 MB ROM, 576 MB RAM
Expandable Storage No 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 supported NFC not supported

battery Battery

Type Standard battery, Li-Ion Standard battery, Li-Ion
Capacity 1750 mAh 1230 mAh
Stand by Up to 290 h (2G)
Up to 270 h (3G)
Up to 310 h (2G)
Up to 320 h (3G)
Talk Time Up to 17 h 40 min (2G)
Up to 8 h 20 min (3G)
Up to 6 h 20 min (2G)
Up to 5 h 20 min (3G)