Phone Comparison - Samsung I9070 Galaxy S Advance vs HTC Desire

Samsung I9070 Galaxy S Advance
samsung i9070 galaxy s advance
HTC Desire
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general General Info

Manufacturer Samsung HTC
Announced January 2012 February 2010
Status Available - April 2012 Available - March 2010
Colors Black, White Black, Brown, Silver, White
Form Factor Candybar Candybar
Dimension 123.2 x 63 x 9.7 mm
(4.85 x 2.48 x 0.38 in)
119 x 60 x 11.9 mm
(4.69 x 2.36 x 0.47 in)
Weight 120 g (4.23 oz) 135 g (4.76 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 900 / 2100
HSDPA 850 / 1900 - North America
Messaging SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v2.3 (Gingerbread) Android OS, v2.1 (Eclair), upgradable to v2.2 (Froyo)
Processor Dual-core 1 GHz Cortex-A9, NovaThor U8500 [Similar] 1 GHz Scorpion, Qualcomm QSD8250 Snapdragon [Similar]
GPU Mali-400 [Similar] Adreno 200 [Similar]
RAM 768 MB [Browse Similar] 576 MB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory 8 GB/16 GB storage N/A
External Memory microSD, up to 32GB microSD, up to 32 GB, 4 GB included

display Display

Type Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen AMOLED or SLCD capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 4.0 inches [Similar] 3.7 inches [Similar]
Resolution 480 x 800 pixels (233 ppi) [Similar] 480 x 800 pixels (252 ppi) [Similar]
Screen-to-Body Ratio 58.79% 54.64%
Multi-Touch yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 5 MP, 2592 x 1944 pixels [Similar] 5 MP, 2592 x 1944 pixels [Similar]
Flash LED flash LED flash
Features Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection Auto focus, Geo-tagging
Video Yes, 720p@30fps Yes, WVGA (800x480 pixels) @ 15fps, 720p@30fps via Android 2.2 (Froyo) update
Front Camera Yes, 1.3 MP [Similar] No [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Class 12 (4+1/3+2/2+3/1+4 slots), 32 - 48 kbps Class 10 (4+1/3+2 slots), 32 - 48 kbps
Edge Class 12 Class 10, 236.8 kbps
3G HSDPA, 14.4 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 2 Mbps
Bluetooth Yes, v3.0 with A2DP Yes v2.1 with A2DP
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g, Wi-Fi hotspot (Android 2.2)
USB Yes, v2.0 microUSB Yes, microUSB v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support
Browser WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML, Adobe Flash HTML, Adobe Flash

memory User Memory

Internal 8 GB/16GB storage, 768 MB RAM, 2GB ROM 576 MB RAM; 512 MB ROM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 32GB microSD, up to 32 GB, 4 GB included

Apps Sensors

Fingerprint fingerprint not supported fingerprint not supported
Proximity Sensor proximity sensor present proximity sensor present
Accelerometer Sensor accelerometer sensor present accelerometer sensor present
NFC NFC not supported NFC not supported

battery Battery

Type Standard battery, Li-Ion Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 1500 mAh 1400 mAh
Stand by Up to 570 h (2G)
Up to 550 h (3G)
Up to 340 h (2G)
Up to 360 h (3G)
Talk Time Up to 15 h (2G)
Up to 7 h 20 min (3G)
Up to 6 h 40 min (2G)
Up to 6 h 30 min (3G)