HTC Desire S vs Samsung Galaxy S Plus i9001

Comparing the HTC Desire S vs Samsung Galaxy S Plus i9001 across performance, display, camera, battery, storage and user rating to help determine the better smartphone.

Here is the summary of the results:

Performance: Samsung Galaxy S Plus i9001 runs at a higher processing speed of 1.4 GHz, while HTC Desire S runs at 1.0 GHz, making Samsung Galaxy S Plus i9001 the better performer.

Display: Samsung Galaxy S Plus i9001 offers a screen size of 4 inches, while HTC Desire S offers 3.7 inches, making Samsung Galaxy S Plus i9001 the larger display of the two. Samsung Galaxy S Plus i9001 features a Super AMOLED display compared to HTC Desire S's S-LCD, making Samsung Galaxy S Plus i9001 the better display of the two.

Rear Camera: Both HTC Desire S and Samsung Galaxy S Plus i9001 feature a 5 MP primary rear camera.

Front Camera: Both HTC Desire S and Samsung Galaxy S Plus i9001 feature a 0.3 MP primary front camera.

Battery: Samsung Galaxy S Plus i9001 offers a higher battery capacity with 1650 mAh, while HTC Desire S offers 1450 mAh, making Samsung Galaxy S Plus i9001 better for longer battery life.

Storage: Samsung Galaxy S Plus i9001 offers higher internal storage with 512 GB, while HTC Desire S offers 1 GB, making Samsung Galaxy S Plus i9001 the better option for storage.

User Rating: HTC Desire S receives a higher user rating of 4.4, while Samsung Galaxy S Plus i9001 has a rating of 4.2.

HTC Desire S

₹16,600

(Discontinued)

Samsung Galaxy S Plus i9001

(Discontinued)

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Summary

Release Date

23 Mar, 2011

N/A

Performance

Snapdragon S2	Snapdragon S2
(upto 1 GHz)	(upto 1.4 GHz)
768 MB RAM	512 MB RAM

Display

3.7 inches (9.4 cm)	4 inches (10.16 cm)
S-LCD	Super AMOLED
480x800 px	480x800 px

Rear Camera

5 MP

Primary Camera

5 MP

Primary Camera

Front Camera

0.3 MP

Battery

1450 mAh

1650 mAh

Storage

1 GB

512 MB

User Ratings

4.4/5

(111 ratings)

4.2/5

(236 ratings)

User Feedback

General

Operating System

Android v2.3 (Gingerbread)

Custom UI

HTC Sense

TouchWiz UI

Performance

Chipset

Qualcomm Snapdragon S2 MSM8255

Qualcomm Snapdragon S2 MSM8255T

Processor

1 GHz, Scorpion

1.4 GHz, Scorpion

Graphics (GPU)

Adreno 205

RAM

768 MB

512 MB

RAM Type

DDR2

N/A

Display

Display Type

S-LCD

Super AMOLED

Screen Size

3.7 inches (9.4 cm)

4 inches (10.16 cm)

Resolution

480x800 px

Pixel Density

252 ppi

233 ppi

Screen to Body Ratio (calculated)

56.61 %

57.9 %

Screen Protection

Corning Gorilla Glass

N/A

Design

Height

115 mm

122.4 mm

Width

59.8 mm

64.2 mm

Thickness

11.6 mm

9.90 mm

Weight

130 grams

119 grams

Rear Camera

Resolution

5 MP
Primary Camera

Autofocus

Yes

Flash

Yes LED Flash

N/A

Image Resolution

2592 x 1944 Pixels

Camera Features

Digital Zoom
Digital image stabilization
Touch to focus

Digital Zoom
Face detection
Smile detection
Touch to focus

Video Recording

1280x720 @ 30 fps

Front Camera

Resolution

0.3 MP
Primary Camera

Battery

Capacity

1450 mAh

1650 mAh

Battery Type

Li-ion

TalkTime

Up to 7.25 Hours(3G) / Up to 9.83 Hours(2G)

Up to 7.8 Hours(3G) / Up to 17.3 Hours(2G)

Storage

Internal Storage

1 GB

512 MB

Expandable Storage

Yes Up to 32 GB

Network & Connectivity

SIM Slot(s)

Single SIM

SIM Type

SIM1: Mini

N/A

Network Support

5G Not Supported

SAR Value

Head: 0.33 W/kg Body: 1.06 W/kg

N/A

Wi-Fi

Yes Wi-Fi 4 (802.11 b/g/n)

Wi-Fi Features

Mobile Hotspot

Bluetooth

Yes v2.1

Yes v3.0

GPS

Yes with A-GPS

Multimedia

Audio Jack

3.5 mm

Sensors

Other Sensors

Proximity sensor Accelerometer Compass

Applications

N/A	Document editor (Word Excel PowerPoint PDF)