Phone Comparison - HTC Windows Phone 8X vs LG Nexus 4 E960 vs Apple iPhone 7

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general General Info

Manufacturer HTC LG Apple
Announced September 2012 October 2012 September 2016
Status Available - November 2012 Available - November 2012 Available - September 2016
Price - - Rs. 60,000 ($882.35) [Similarly Priced]
Colors Blue, Black, Yellow, Red Black Jet Black, Black, Silver, Gold, Rose Gold
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 132.3 x 66.2 x 10.1 mm
(5.21 x 2.61 x 0.4 in)
133.9 x 68.7 x 9.1 mm
(5.27 x 2.7 x 0.36 in)
138.3 x 67.1 x 7.1 mm
(5.44 x 2.64 x 0.28 in)
Weight 130 g (4.59 oz) 139.5 g (4.9.0.18 oz) 138 g (4.87 oz)
SIM Type - - Nano SIM
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
CDMA2000 1xEV-DO
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network - - LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 12(700), 13(700), 17(700), 18(800), 19(800), 20(800), 25(1900), 26(850), 28(700), 29(700)
SAR US - W/kg (head)
- W/kg (body)
- W/kg (head)
- W/kg (body)
1.19 W/kg (head)
1.19 W/kg (body)
SAR EU - W/kg (head)
- W/kg (body)
- W/kg (head)
- W/kg (body)
1.38 W/kg (head)
1.34 W/kg (body)
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM
Build Features - - - Fingerprint with Force Touch
- IP67 certified - dust and water resistant
- Water resistant up to 1 meter and 30 minutes
- Apple Pay (Visa, MasterCard, AMEX certified)

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Windows Phone 8 Android OS, v4.2 iOS 10
Processor Dual-core 1.5 GHz Krait, Qualcomm MSM8960 Snapdragon Quad-core 1.5 GHz Krait, Qualcomm APQ8064 Snapdragon Quad-core, Apple A10 Fusion
GPU Adreno 225 Adreno 320, 400 MHz 6 core
RAM 1 GB 2 GB 2 GB
Internal Memory 16 GB storage 8/16 GB storage 32/128/256 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 32GB No No

display Display

Type S-LCD2 capacitive touchscreen Capacitive touchscreen LED-backlit IPS LCD Capacitive Touchscreen, 3D Touch Display, Ion-strengthened Glass, Oleophobic Coating
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 4.3 inches 4.7 inches 4.7 inches
Resolution 720 x 1280 pixels (342 ppi) 768 x 1280 pixels (318 ppi) 750 x 1334 pixels (326 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 58.04% 68.18% 65.45%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

3.5mm Jack yes yes no
Radio No No No
Games Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable
Loud Speaker yes yes yes

camera Camera

Rear Camera 8 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels 8 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels 12 MP
Flash 28mm wide LED flash Quad-LED (dual tone)
Features Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus Auto focus, Touch Focus, Geo-tagging, Face Detection Phase Detection Autofocus, f/1.8, OIS, Geo-tagging, simultaneous 4K video and 8MP image recording, touch focus, face/smile detection, HDR (photo/panorama)
Video Yes, 1080p@30fps, continuous autofocus, video light Yes, 1080p@30fps 2160p@30fps, 1080p@60fps,1080p@120fps, 720p@240fps
Front Camera Yes, 2.1 MP, 1080p video [Similar] Yes [Similar] 7 MP, 1080p@30fps, 720p@240fps, face detection, HDR, panorama [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes Yes
3G HSDPA; HSUPA HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat6 300/50 Mbps, EV-DO Rev.A 3.1 Mbps
Bluetooth Yes, v2.1 with A2DP, EDR Yes, v3.0 with A2DP v4.2, A2DP, LE
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, hotspot
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB (MHL) v2.0 v2.0, reversible connector
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS
Browser HTML5 HTML5 HTML5 (Safari)

memory User Memory

Internal 16 GB storage, 1 GB RAM 8/16 GB storage, 2 GB RAM 32/128/256 GB, 2 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 32GB No No

Apps Sensors

Fingerprint fingerprint not supported fingerprint not supported fingerprint 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 supported NFC supported NFC supported

battery Battery

Type Standard battery, Li-Ion Standard battery, Li-Po Non-removable Li-Po battery
Capacity 1800 mAh 2100 mAh 1960 mAh
Stand by Up to 390 hours (3G) -
Talk Time Up to 12 hours (3G) Up to 14 h