Phone Comparison - HTC Desire XC vs Samsung Galaxy Note 3 vs Nokia 230 Dual SIM

general General Info

Manufacturer HTC Samsung Nokia
Announced June 2013 September 2013 November 2015
Status Available - June 2013 Available - September 2013 Coming Soon - December 2015
Price - - Rs. 3,993 ($58.72) [Similarly Priced]
Colors White, Black Black, White, Pink Black, White
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 119.5 x 62.3 x 9.4 mm
(4.7 x 2.45 x 0.37 in)
151.2 x 79.2 x 8.3 mm
(5.95 x 3.12 x 0.33 in)
124.6 x 53.4 x 10.9 mm
(4.91 x 2.1 x 0.43 in)
Weight 107 g (3.77 oz) 168 g (5.93 oz) 91.8 g (3.21.0.28 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 900 / 1800 - SIM 1 & SIM 2
3G Network HSDPA 900 / 2100 - SIM 1 Only HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 N/A
4G Network - LTE -
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, IM
Build Features - S Pen stylus -

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich), with HTC Sense 4.0 Android OS, v4.3 (Jelly Bean) -
Processor Dual-core 1 GHz Quad-core 2.3 GHz Krait 400 (LTE model) / Quad-core 1.9 GHz Cortex-A15 & quad-core 1.3 GHz Cortex-A7, Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 -
GPU - Adreno 330 (LTE model) -
RAM 768 MB 3 GB 16 MB
Internal Memory 4 GB 32/64 GB storage N/A
External Memory microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 64 GB microSD, up to 32 GB

display Display

Type Super LCD capacitive touchscreen Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen TFT
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 65K colors
Size 4.0 inches 5.7 inches 2.8 inches
Resolution 480 x 800 pixels (233 ppi) 1080 x 1920 pixels (386 ppi) 240 x 320 pixels (143 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 61.30% 74.98% 36.42%
Multi-Touch yes yes no

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 5 MP, 2592х1944 pixels 13 MP, 4128 x 3096 pixels 2 MP, 1600 x 1200 pixels
Flash No LED flash LED flash
Features Auto focus, Geo-tagging Auto focus, Dual Shot, Simultaneous HD Video And Image Recording, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection, Image Stabilization, Panorama, HDR -
Video Yes Yes, 2160p@30fps, 1080p@60fps (LTE model) 240p@15fps
Front Camera No [Similar] Yes, 2 MP, 1080p@30fps [Similar] 2 MP, 480p, LED flash [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes Up to 85.6 kbps
Edge Yes Yes Up to 236.8 kbps
3G HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps HSDPA, 42 Mbps; HSUPA; LTE, Cat4, 50 Mbps UL, 150 Mbps DL N/A
Bluetooth Yes, v4.0 with A2DP Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, LE, EDR v3.0, A2DP
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, DLNA, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot No
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0 (MHL 2), USB Host microUSB v1.1
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS No
Browser HTML5 HTML5 WAP 2.0/xHTML

memory User Memory

Phonebook Practically unlimited entries and fields, Photocall Practically unlimited entries and fields, Photocall 1000 entries
Call Records Practically unlimited Practically unlimited Yes
Internal 4 GB, 768 MB RAM 32/64 GB storage, 3 GB RAM 16 MB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 64 GB microSD, up to 32 GB
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 not present
Accelerometer Sensor accelerometer sensor present accelerometer sensor present accelerometer sensor not present
NFC NFC not supported NFC supported NFC not supported

battery Battery

Type Li-Ion Battery Li-Ion Battery Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 1650 mAh 3200 mAh 1200 mAh
Stand by - Up to 420 h (3G) Up to 528 h
Talk Time - Up to 21 h (3G) Up to 23 h