Phone Comparison - HTC HD7S vs Samsung Focus S I937 vs Nokia Lumia 520

general General Info

Manufacturer HTC Samsung Nokia
Announced March 2011 September 2011 February 2013
Status Available - June 2011 Available - November 2011 Available - April 2013
Colors Black Black Yellow, red, cyan, white/black
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 122 x 68 x 11.2 mm
(4.8 x 2.68 x 0.44 in )
126 x 66.8 x 8.5 mm
(4.96 x 2.63 x 0.33 in )
119.9 x 64 x 9.9 mm
(4.72 x 2.52 x 0.39 in)
Weight 162 g (5.71 oz) 110.6 g (3.88.0.21 oz) 124 g (4.37 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 1900 HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 900 / 2100
HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Microsoft Windows Phone 7 Microsoft Windows Phone 7.5 Mango Microsoft Windows Phone 8
Processor 1 GHz Scorpion, Qualcomm QSD8250 Snapdragon 1.4 GHz Scorpion Dual-core 1 GHz, Qualcomm MSM8227 Snapdragon S4
GPU Adreno 200 Adreno 305
RAM 576 MB 512 MB 512 MB
Internal Memory 16 GB storage 16 GB/32 GB storage 8 GB storage
External Memory No No microSD, up to 64 GB

display Display

Type S-LCD capacitive touchscreen Super AMOLED Plus capacitive touchscreen IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 4.3 inches 4.3 inches 4.0 inches
Resolution 480 x 800 pixels (217 ppi) 480 x 800 pixels (217 ppi) 480 x 800 pixels (233 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 63.42% 62.51% 59.47%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 5 MP, 2592x1944 pixels 8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels 5 MP, 2592х1944 pixels
Flash dual-LED flash LED flash No
Features Auto focus, Geo-tagging Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Image Stabilization, Smile Detection Auto focus, Geo-tagging
Video Yes, 720p Yes, 720p Yes, 720p@30fps
Front Camera No [Similar] Yes, 1.3 MP [Similar] No [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes Yes
3G HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 2 Mbps HSDPA, HSUPA HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps
Bluetooth Yes, v2.1 with A2DP Yes, v3.0 with A2DP, HS Yes, v4.0 with A2DP
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support; Bing Maps Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS
Browser WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML HTML HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 16 GB storage, 576 MB RAM, 512 MB ROM 16GB/32GB storage, 512 MB RAM 8 GB storage, 512 MB RAM
Expandable Storage No No 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 not supported NFC not supported NFC not supported

battery Battery

Type Standard battery, Li-Ion Li-Ion Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 1230 mAh 1650 mAh 1430 mAh
Stand by Up to 276 h Up to 250 h Up to 384 h (3G)
Up to 360 h (3G)
Talk Time Up to 4 h 30 min Up to 6 h 30 min Up to 17 h 24 min (2G)
Up to 9 h 42 min (3G)