HTC One S vs Nokia Lumia 820

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Comparing the HTC One S vs Nokia Lumia 820 across performance, display, camera, battery, storage and user rating to help determine the better smartphone.

Here is the summary of the results:

Performance: HTC One S runs at a higher processing speed of 1.7 GHz, while Nokia Lumia 820 runs at 1.5 GHz, making HTC One S the better performer.


Display: Both HTC One S and Nokia Lumia 820 offer the same screen size of 4.3 inches, but HTC One S features a Super AMOLED display compared to Nokia Lumia 820's AMOLED, making HTC One S the better display of the two.


Rear Camera: Both HTC One S and Nokia Lumia 820 feature a 8 MP primary rear camera.


Front Camera: HTC One S offers a higher front camera resolution with 1.3 MP, while Nokia Lumia 820 offers 0.3 MP, making HTC One S better for front camera photography.


Battery: Both HTC One S and Nokia Lumia 820 offer the same 1650 mAh battery capacity.


Storage: Nokia Lumia 820 offers higher internal storage with 8 GB, while HTC One S offers 16 GB, making Nokia Lumia 820 the better option for storage.


User Rating: Nokia Lumia 820 receives a higher user rating of 4.2, while HTC One S has a rating of 3.

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HTC One S
₹24,974
(Discontinued)
Nokia Lumia 820
₹27,559
(Out of Stock)
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Summary

Release Date

30 Mar, 2012
10 Jan, 2013

Performance

Snapdragon S3
Snapdragon S4 Plus
(upto 1.7 GHz)
Dual Core (upto 1.5 GHz)
1 GB RAM
1 GB RAM

Display

4.3 inches (10.92 cm)
4.3 inches (10.92 cm)
Super AMOLED
AMOLED
540x960 px
480x800 px

Rear Camera

8 MP
Primary Camera
8 MP
Primary Camera

Front Camera

1.3 MP
0.3 MP

Battery

1650 mAh
1650 mAh
N/A
No Wireless Charging

Storage

16 GB
8 GB

User Ratings

3/5
(287 ratings)
4.2/5
(1,135 ratings)

User Feedback

General

Launch Date

N/A
Jan 10, 2013
(Official)

Operating System

Android v4 (Ice Cream Sandwich)
Windows Phone v8

Performance

Chipset

Qualcomm Snapdragon S3 MSM8260
Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Plus MSM8960

Processor

Dual core, 1.7 GHz, Qualcomm Snapdragon
Dual core, 1.5 GHz, Krait

Graphics (GPU)

Adreno 225
Adreno 225

RAM

1 GB
1 GB

Display

Display Type

Super AMOLED
AMOLED

Screen Size

4.3 inches  (10.92 cm)
4.3 inches  (10.92 cm)

Resolution

540x960 px
480x800 px

Pixel Density

256 ppi
217 ppi

Screen to Body Ratio (calculated)

59.77 %
62.06 %

Design

Height

130.9 mm
123.8 mm

Width

65.0 mm
68.5 mm

Thickness

7.80 mm
9.90 mm

Weight

119.5 grams
160 grams

Rear Camera

Resolution

8 MP
Primary Camera
8 MP
Primary Camera4x Digital Zoom26 mm focal length

Autofocus

Yes
Yes

Flash

Yes LED Flash
Yes Dual LED Flash

Image Resolution

3264 x 2448 Pixels
3264 x 2448 Pixels

Shooting Modes

Continuous Shooting
High Dynamic Range mode (HDR)
N/A

Camera Features

Digital Zoom
Smile detection
Simultaneous HD video and image recording
4 x Digital Zoom

Video Recording

1920x1080 @ 30
Full HD @30 fps

Video Recording Features

Stereo recording
Optical Image stabilization
Stereo recording

Front Camera

Resolution

1.3 MP
Primary Camera
0.3 MP
Primary Camera

Camera Features

Fixed Focus
Fixed Focus

Video Recording

1280x720 @
N/A

Battery

Capacity

1650 mAh
1650 mAh

Battery Type

Li-Polymer
Li-ion

TalkTime

N/A
Up to 8.1 Hours(3G) / Up to 15.4 Hours(2G)

Storage

Internal Storage

16 GB
8 GB

Expandable Storage

Yes
Yes Up to 64 GB

Network & Connectivity

SIM Slot(s)

Single SIM
Single SIM

SIM Type

N/A
SIM1: Micro

Network Support

5G Not Supported
5G Not Supported 4G

SIM 1

N/A
4G Bands:
FD-LTE 2100(band 1) / 1800(band 3) / 2600(band 7) / 900(band 8) / 800(band 20)
N/A
4G Speed:
50 Mbit/s ↑ 150 Mbit/s ↓ (LTE category 3)
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Wi-Fi

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

Wi-Fi Features

Mobile Hotspot
Wi-Fi Direct

Bluetooth

Yes v4
Yes v4.0

GPS

Yes with A-GPS
Yes with A-GPS Glonass

Multimedia

Audio Jack

N/A
3.5 mm

Sensors

Fingerprint Sensor

N/A
No

Other Sensors

Proximity sensor Accelerometer Compass Gyroscope
Light sensor Proximity sensor Accelerometer Compass

Applications

Document viewer/editor Adobe Flash support
N/A