Phone Comparison - HTC One V vs HTC Windows Phone 8S vs Nokia Lumia 620

general General Info

Manufacturer HTC HTC Nokia
Announced February 2012 September 2012 December 2012
Status Available - April 2012 Released - November 2012 Available - January 2013
Colors Black, Brown Atlantic blue, domino, high-rise grey Lime green, orange, magenta, yellow, cyan, white, black
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 120.3 x 59.7 x 9.2 mm
(4.74 x 2.35 x 0.36 in)
120.5 x 63 x 10.3 mm
(4.74 x 2.48 x 0.41 in)
115.4 x 61.1 x 11 mm
(4.54 x 2.41 x 0.43 in)
Weight 115 g (4.06 oz) 113 g (3.99 oz) 127 g (4.48 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 2100 HSDPA 900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) Microsoft Windows Phone 8 Microsoft Windows Phone 8
Processor 1 GHz, Qualcomm MSM8255 Snapdragon Dual-core 1 GHz Krait, Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Dual-core 1 GHz Krait, Qualcomm Snapdragon S4
GPU Adreno 205 Adreno 225 Adreno 305
RAM 512 MB 512 MB 512 MB
Internal Memory 4 GB 4 GB 8 GB storage
External Memory microSD, up to 32GB microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 64 GB

display Display

Type Capacitive touchscreen S-LCD capacitive touchscreen TFT capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 3.7 inches 4.0 inches 3.8 inches
Resolution 480 x 800 pixels (252 ppi) 480 x 800 pixels (233 ppi) 480 x 800 pixels (246 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 54.32% 60.11% 58.06%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 5 MP, 2592 x 1944 pixels 5 MP, 2592х1944 pixels 5 MP, 2592х1936 pixels
Flash LED flash LED flash LED flash
Features Auto focus, Simultaneous HD Video And Image Recording, Geo-tagging, Face And Smile Detection Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection Auto focus, Geo-tagging
Video Yes, 720p Yes, 720p@30fps Yes, 720p@30fps
Front Camera No [Similar] Yes [Similar] Yes, VGA [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes Class B
Edge Yes Yes Class B
3G HSDPA, HSUPA HSDPA, HSUPA HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps
Bluetooth Yes, v4.0 with A2DP Yes, v2.1 with A2DP, EDR Yes, v3.0 with A2DP, EDR
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS
Browser HTML, Adobe Flash HTML5 HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 4 GB, 512 MB RAM 4 GB, 512 MB RAM 8 GB storage, 512 MB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 32GB 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 not supported NFC not supported NFC supported

battery Battery

Type Standard battery, Li-Ion Standard battery, Li-Ion Standard battery, Li-Ion
Capacity 1500 mAh 1700 mAh 1300 mAh (BL-4J)
Stand by - Up to 330 h
Talk Time - Up to 14 h 40 min (2G)
Up to 9 h 50 min (3G)