Phone Comparison - HTC Sensation XL vs Nokia Lumia 625 vs Microsoft Lumia 535 Dual SIM

general General Info

Manufacturer HTC Nokia Microsoft
Announced October 2011 July 2013 November 2014
Status Available - November 2011 Available - August 2013 Available - November 2014
Price - - Rs. 7,999 ($117.63) [Similarly Priced]
Colors White Orange, Bright green, Yellow, Black and white Orange, green, white, black, gray, blue
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 132.5 x 70.7 x 9.9 mm
(5.22 x 2.78 x 0.39 in)
133.2 x 72.2 x 9.2 mm
(5.24 x 2.84 x 0.36 in)
140.2 x 72.4 x 8.8 mm
(5.52 x 2.85 x 0.35 in)
Weight 162.5 g (5.71.0.18 oz) 159 g (5.61 oz) 146 g (5.15 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 850 / 900 / 2100 HSDPA HSDPA 900 / 2100
4G Network - LTE -
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v2.3 (Gingerbread), upgradable to v4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) Microsoft Windows Phone 8 Microsoft Windows Phone 8.1
Processor 1.5 GHz Scorpion, Qualcomm MSM8255 Dual-core 1.2 GHz Krait, Qualcomm MSM8930 Snapdragon Quad-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A7, Qualcomm Snapdragon 200
GPU Adreno 205 Adreno 305 Adreno 302
RAM 768 MB 512 MB 1 GB
Internal Memory 16 GB storage 8 GB 8 GB
External Memory No microSD, up to 64 GB microSD, up to 128 GB

display Display

Type S-LCD capacitive touchscreen IPS LCD Capacitive Touchscreen, Corning Gorilla Glass 2 IPS LCD Capacitive Touchscreen, Corning Gorilla Glass 3
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 4.7 inches 4.7 inches 5.0 inches
Resolution 480 x 800 pixels (199 ppi) 480 x 800 pixels (199 ppi) 540 x 960 pixels (220 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 66.78% 65.05% 68.08%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels 5 MP, 2592х1936 pixels 5 MP, 2592 x 1936 pixels
Flash dual-LED flash LED flash LED flash
Features Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Face Detection, Touch Focus, HDR, Auto-upload Auto focus, Touch focus, Landscape orientation, Auto and manual exposure, Auto and manual white balance, Active toolbar, Full screen viewfinder, Geotagging Auto focus, 1/4' Sensor Size, Geo-tagging
Video Yes, 720p, slo-mo video recording (2x @ WVGA) Yes, 1080p@30fps 480p@30fps
Front Camera Yes, 1.3 MP [Similar] Yes, VGA [Similar] 5 MP [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Class 12 (4+1/3+2/2+3/1+4 slots), 32 - 48 kbps Yes Yes
Edge Class 12 Yes Up to 236 kbps
3G HSDPA, 14.4 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps HSDPA, 42.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps; LTE, Cat3, 50 Mbps UL, 100 Mbps DL HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps
Bluetooth Yes, v3.0 with A2DP Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, LE v4.0, A2DP
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0 microUSB v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS
Browser WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML, Adobe Flash HTML5 HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 16 GB storage, 768 MB RAM 8 GB, 512 MB RAM 8 GB, 1 GB RAM
Expandable Storage No microSD, up to 64 GB microSD, up to 128 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 Li-Ion Battery Non-removable Li-Ion Battery Li-Ion Battery (BL-L4A)
Capacity 1600 mAh 2000 mAh 1905 mAh
Stand by Up to 360 h (2G)
Up to 460 h (3G)
Up to 552 h Up to 336 h
Talk Time Up to 11 h 50 min (2G)
Up to 6 h 50 min (3G)
Up to 23 h 54 min (2G)
Up to 15 h 12 min (3G)
Up to 11 h (2G)
Up to 13 h (3G)