Phone Comparison - ZTE Grand X IN vs ZTE Grand X2 In vs HTC Desire 500

general General Info

Manufacturer ZTE ZTE HTC
Announced August 2012 May 2013 July 2013
Status Available - September 2012 Coming Soon - Q3 2013 Available - September 2013
Colors Black Blue Black, White
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 127 x 65 x 9.9 mm
(5 x 2.56 x 0.39 in)
- 131.8 x 66.9 x 9.9 mm
(5.19 x 2.63 x 0.39 in)
Weight 140.8 g (4.94.0.28 oz) - 123 g (4.34 oz)
2G Network GSM 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2
3G Network HSDPA 900 / 2100 HSDPA HSDPA 900 / 2100
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) Android OS, v4.1 (Jelly Bean) Android OS, v4.1.2 (Jelly Bean) with HTC Sense, HTC BlinkFeed
Processor 1.6 GHz Intel Atom Z2460, Intel XMM 6260 Dual-core 2 GHz, Intel Atom Z2580 Quad-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A5, Qualcomm MSM8625Q Snapdragon 200
GPU Intel graphics media accelerator (400 MHz) PowerVR SGX544 Adreno 203
RAM 1 GB 1 GB 1 GB
Internal Memory 4/16 GB 8 GB ROM 4 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 64 GB

display Display

Type TFT capacitive touchscreen IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen TFT Capacitive Touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 4.3 inches 4.5 inches 4.3 inches
Resolution 540 x 960 pixels (256 ppi) 720 x 1280 pixels (326 ppi) 480 x 800 pixels (217 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 61.82% - 59.67%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels 8 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels 8 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels
Flash LED flash LED flash LED flash
Features Auto focus, Geo-tagging Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection Auto focus, 1/3.2' Sensor Size, 1.4�m Pixel Size, Geo-tagging, Face And Smile Detection
Video Yes, 1080p Yes Yes, 720p@30fps
Front Camera Yes, VGA [Similar] Yes, 1 MP [Similar] Yes, 1.6 MP [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Class 33 Yes Yes
Edge Class 33 Yes Yes
3G HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps HSDPA, HSUPA HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps
Bluetooth Yes, v2.1 with A2DP, EDR Yes Yes, v4.0 with A2DP
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot Yes Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot, DLNA
USB Yes, microUSB (MHL) v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS
Browser HTML HTML5 HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 4/16 GB, 1 GB RAM 8 GB ROM, 1 GB RAM 4 GB, 1 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 64 GB

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 supported NFC not supported NFC not supported

battery Battery

Type Standard battery, Li-Ion Li-Ion Battery Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 1650 mAh 2000 mAh 1800 mAh
Stand by - - Up to 435 h (2G)
Up to 401 h (3G)
Talk Time - - Up to 17 h 48 min (2G)
Up to 12 h 1 min (3G)