Phone Comparison - HTC Wildfire S vs HTC One S vs HTC Desire 500

general General Info

Manufacturer HTC HTC HTC
Announced February 2011 February 2012 July 2013
Status Available - May 2011 Available - April 2012 Available - September 2013
Colors Black, Silver, Brown, Lilac Black Black, White
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 101.3 x 59.4 x 12.4 mm
(3.99 x 2.34 x 0.49 in)
130.9 x 65 x 7.8 mm
(5.15 x 2.56 x 0.31 in)
131.8 x 66.9 x 9.9 mm
(5.19 x 2.63 x 0.39 in)
Weight 105 g (3.7 oz) 119.5 g (4.2.0.18 oz) 123 g (4.34 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2
3G Network HSDPA 900 / 2100
HSDPA 850 / 1900 or HSDPA 2100 (Australia)
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 2100 HSDPA 900 / 2100
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v2.3 (Gingerbread) Android OS, v4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) Android OS, v4.1.2 (Jelly Bean) with HTC Sense, HTC BlinkFeed
Processor 600MHz ARM 11 processor, Qulacomm MSM7227 chipset Dual-core 1.5 GHz Krait, Qualcomm MSM8260A Snapdragon Quad-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A5, Qualcomm MSM8625Q Snapdragon 200
GPU Adreno 200 Adreno 225 Adreno 203
RAM 512 MB 1 GB 1 GB
Internal Memory 512 MB ROM 16 GB 4 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 32GB, 2GB included No microSD, up to 64 GB

display Display

Type TFT capacitive touchscreen Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen TFT Capacitive Touchscreen
Colors 256K colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 3.2 inches 4.3 inches 4.3 inches
Resolution 320 x 480 pixels (180 ppi) 540 x 960 pixels (256 ppi) 480 x 800 pixels (217 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 50.83% 59.98% 59.67%
Multi-Touch no yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 5 MP, 2592 x 1944 pixels 8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels 8 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels
Flash LED flash LED flash LED flash
Features Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Face Detection Auto focus, Simultaneous HD Video And Image Recording, Geo-tagging, Face And Smile Detection Auto focus, 1/3.2' Sensor Size, 1.4�m Pixel Size, Geo-tagging, Face And Smile Detection
Video Yes, VGA@24fps Yes, 1080p@30fps, stereo sound rec., video stabilization Yes, 720p@30fps
Front Camera No [Similar] Yes, VGA [Similar] Yes, 1.6 MP [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Up to 114 kbps Yes Yes
Edge Up to 560 kbps Yes Yes
3G HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 384 Kbps HSDPA, HSUPA HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps
Bluetooth Yes, v3.0 with A2DP, EDR Yes, v4.0 with A2DP Yes, v4.0 with A2DP
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot, DLNA
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB (MHL) 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 HTML, Adobe Flash HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 512 MB ROM, 512 MB RAM (418 MB user-available) 16 GB, 1 GB RAM 4 GB, 1 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 32GB, 2GB included 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 Standard battery, Li-Po Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 1230 mAh 1650 mAh 1800 mAh
Stand by Up to 360 h (2G)
Up to 570 h (3G)
Up to 435 h (2G)
Up to 401 h (3G)
Talk Time Up to 7 h 10 min (2G)
Up to 5 h 50 min (3G)
Up to 17 h 48 min (2G)
Up to 12 h 1 min (3G)