Phone Comparison - HTC Wildfire S vs Samsung Galaxy Ace vs Samsung Galaxy Nexus

general General Info

Manufacturer HTC Samsung Samsung
Announced February 2011 January 2011 October 2011
Status Available - May 2011 Available - February 2011 Available - November 2011
Colors Black, Silver, Brown, Lilac Black, Hugo Boss Edition Black
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 101.3 x 59.4 x 12.4 mm
(3.99 x 2.34 x 0.49 in)
112.4 x 59.9 x 11.5 mm
(4.43 x 2.36 x 0.45 in)
135.5 x 67.9 x 8.9 mm
(5.33 x 2.67 x 0.35 in)
Weight 105 g (3.7 oz) 113 g (3.99 oz) 135 g (4.76 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 900 / 2100
HSDPA 850 / 1900 or HSDPA 2100 (Australia)
HSDPA 900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network - - LTE 700 (region specific)
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS SMS, MMS, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v2.3 (Gingerbread) Android OS, v2.2 (Froyo), upgradable to v2.3 Android OS, v4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich)
Processor 600MHz ARM 11 processor, Qulacomm MSM7227 chipset 800 MHz ARM 11 processor, Qualcomm MSM7227 chipset Dual-core 1.2GHz Cortex-A9 CPU, TI OMAP 4460 chipset
GPU Adreno 200 Adreno 200 No
RAM 512 MB N/A 1 GB
Internal Memory 512 MB ROM 158 MB storage 16/32 GB storage
External Memory microSD, up to 32GB, 2GB included microSD, up to 32GB, 2GB included, 280MB RAM No

display Display

Type TFT capacitive touchscreen TFT capacitive touchscreen Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen
Colors 256K colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 3.2 inches 3.5 inches 4.65 inches
Resolution 320 x 480 pixels (180 ppi) 320 x 480 pixels (165 ppi) 720 x 1280 pixels (316 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 50.83% 54.06% 64.72%
Multi-Touch no yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 5 MP, 2592 x 1944 pixels 5 MP, 2592x1944 pixels 5 MP, 2592x1936 pixels
Flash LED flash LED flash LED flash
Features Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Face Detection Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Face And Smile Detection Auto focus, Touch Focus, Geo-tagging, Face Detection
Video Yes, VGA@24fps Yes, QVGA@15fps Yes, 1080p@30fps
Front Camera No [Similar] No [Similar] Yes, 1.3 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, 7.2 Mbps HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps; LTE
Bluetooth Yes, v3.0 with A2DP, EDR Yes, v2.1 with A2DP Yes, v3.0 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 a/b/g/n, dual-band, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, v2.0 microUSB Yes, v2.0 microUSB
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support, barometer sensor
Browser HTML HTML HTML

memory User Memory

Internal 512 MB ROM, 512 MB RAM (418 MB user-available) 158 MB storage 16/32GB storage, 1 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 32GB, 2GB included microSD, up to 32GB, 2GB included, 280MB RAM No

Apps Sensors

Fingerprint fingerprint not supported fingerprint not supported fingerprint not supported
Proximity Sensor proximity sensor present proximity sensor not 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 1230 mAh 1350 mAh 1750 mAh
Stand by Up to 360 h (2G)
Up to 570 h (3G)
Up to 640 h (2G)
Up to 420 h (3G)
Up to 290 h (2G)
Up to 270 h (3G)
Talk Time Up to 7 h 10 min (2G)
Up to 5 h 50 min (3G)
Up to 11 h (2G)
Up to 6 h 30 min (3G)
Up to 17 h 40 min (2G)
Up to 8 h 20 min (3G)