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HTC Explorer vs Nokia Asha 309

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Rs. 14,200
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Summary
Performance

Snapdragon S1

512 MB RAM

64 MB RAM

Display

3.2" (8.13 cm)

320x480 px

3" (7.62 cm)

240x400 px

Rear Camera

3.2 MP

Single Camera

2 MP

Single Camera

Battery

1230 mAh

7.55 h talktime (3G)

1110 mAh

17 h talktime (2G)

Storage

512 MB

32 GB (Expandable)

128 MB

32 GB (Expandable)

Front Camera

N/A

N/A

Expert Rating
User Rating

★★★★★
★★★★★

4.3/5 based on 1,295 ratings

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★★★★★

3.6/5 based on 132 ratings

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HTC Explorer is permanently discontinued.
Nokia Asha 309 is permanently discontinued.
General
Operating System

Android v2.3 (Gingerbread)

Nokia Asha

Custom UI

HTC Sense

Performance
Chipset

Qualcomm Snapdragon S1 MSM7227A

CPU

600 MHz, Cortex A5

800 MHz

Graphics

Adreno 200

RAM

512 MB

64 MB

Display
Display Type

TFT

LCD

Screen Size

3.2 " (8.13 cm)

3 " (7.62 cm)

Resolution

320x480 px

240x400 px

Pixel Density

180 ppi

155 ppi

Screen to Body Ratio (calculated)

51.95 %

43.12 %

Touch Screen

, Capacitive Touchscreen

, Capacitive Touchscreen, Multi-touch

Display Colour

65K

Design
Size Compare
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Dimensions

Height: 102.8 mm
Width: 57.2 mm
Thickness: 12.90 mm

Height: 109.9 mm
Width: 54 mm
Thickness: 13.20 mm

Weight

108 grams

102 grams

Colours

Black

Black, White

Camera
Main Camera
Camera Setup

Single

Single

Resolution

3.2 MP, Primary Camera

2 MP Primary Camera

Flash

No

Image Resolution

2048 x 1536 Pixels

1600 x 1200 Pixels

Camera Features

Digital Zoom
Face detection

4 x Digital Zoom

Video Recording

640x480 fps

220x176 @ 10 fps

Front Camera
Battery
Capacity

1230 mAh

1110 mAh

Type

Li-ion

Li-ion

TalkTime

Up to 7.55 Hours(3G) / Up to 7.66 Hours(2G)

Up to 17 Hours(2G)

Standby time

Up to 445 Hours(3G) / Up to 485 Hours(2G)

Up to 650 Hours(2G)

Storage
Internal Memory

512 MB

128 MB

Expandable Memory

, Up to 32 GB

, Up to 32 GB

User Available Storage

Up to 20 MB

Network & Connectivity
SIM Slot(s)

Single SIM, GSM

Single SIM, GSM

SIM Size

SIM1: Mini

SIM1: Mini

Network Support

5G Not Supported in India, 3G, 2G

5G Not Supported in India, 2G

SIM 1

3G Bands:
UMTS 2100 / 900 MHz
2G Bands:
GSM 1800 / 1900 / 850 / 900 MHz
3G Speed:
HSDPA 14.4 Mbit/s ↓, HSUPA 5.76 Mbit/s ↑
GPRS:
80 kbps
EDGE:
236.8 kbps

2G Bands:
GSM 1800 / 1900 / 850 / 900 MHz
GPRS:
Class 12, 85.6 kbps
EDGE:
Class 12, 236.8 kbps

Wi-Fi

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

, Wi-Fi 3 (802.11 b/g)

Wi-Fi Features

Mobile Hotspot

Bluetooth

, v3.0

, v3

GPS

with A-GPS

USB Connectivity

microUSB 2.0

microUSB 2.0

Multimedia
FM Radio

, RDS, Stereo FM

, RDS, Recording option, Stereo FM

Loudspeaker

Audio Jack

3.5 mm

3.5 mm

Audio Features

SRS Sound

Video Player

, Video Formats: 3GP, ASF, AVI, MPEG4

Ring Tone

Music ringtones, Polyphonic ringtones, Vibration

Music

, Music Formats: 3GP, AAC, AMR, M4A (Apple lossless), MIDI, MP3, MP4, WAV

Sensors
Other Sensors

Light sensor, Proximity sensor, Accelerometer, Compass

Accelerometer

Games

Java

, MIDP 2.1

Browser

, WAP 2.0

Phone Book

, Limited, 1000 entries

Email

, POP3, Push e-mail, SMTP

Instant Messaging

, Windows Live / MSN, Yahoo!, Other

Other Facilities

Calculator, World clock, Calendar, Alarm, Document viewer

Applications

Document Viewer