Poor | Average | Good | Excellent | |
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Screen size | 4 in Best: Asus FonePad 8 Screen size: 8 in | |||
Battery capacity | 1700 mAh Best: Doogee BL12000 Battery capacity: 12000 mAh | |||
Pixel density | 233 ppi Best: Sony Xperia Z6 Pixel density: 891 ppi | |||
CPU clock speed | 1 GHz Best: Motorola Moto G100 CPU clock speed: 3.2 GHz |
Operating system | Windows Phone 8.1 |
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CPU clock speed | 1.0 GHz |
CPU cores | Dual-core |
CPU model | Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 MSM8227 |
GPU model | Qualcomm Adreno 305 |
RAM memory | 512 MB |
Primary sensor resolution | 5.0 Mpx |
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Primary lens aperture | 2.8 f |
Highest video resolution | 1280 x 720 px |
Autofocus | yes |
Digital zoom | yes |
Face detection | yes |
Geo-tagging | yes |
LED Flash | yes |
Panorama | yes |
Height | 4.74 in |
---|---|
Width | 2.48 in |
Depth | 0.41 in |
Weight | 3.99 oz |
Sim card size | Micro-SIM |
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DLNA certified | yes |
Bluetooth | yes |
Bluetooth version | 3.1 |
Headphone connection | 3.5 mm |
Type of USB connector | Micro-USB |
Battery type | Lithium Polymer |
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Battery capacity | 1700.0 mAh |
Standby time | 360.0 h |
Talk time | 8.0 h |
Screen size | 4.0 in |
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Panel type | LCD |
Resolution | 800 x 480 px |
Pixel density | 233.0 ppi |
Multi touch | yes |
Memory card reader | yes |
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Maximum card storage | 32GB |
Types of memory card supported | microSD |
Accelerometer | yes |
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Proximity | yes |
Digital compass | yes |
Ambient light sensor | yes |
Gyroscope | yes |
Wireless network (Wi-Fi) | yes |
---|---|
Data transmission | HSPA+ |
Navigation system | GPS |
2G GSM | yes |
GSM frequencies |
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Mobile hotspot | yes |
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It seems to be the norm, at least for me, that the flagship Windows Phone 8 device from a manufacturer is just a little bit too big for me, a little unwieldy, and while it has the best specifications, that's not what I'm looking for in my smartphone. Just as everyone else on the All About team went for the Lumia 920 while I had my eye on the Lumia 820, the same is true of the HTC Windows Phone 8S. The smaller brother of the 'signature' Windows Phone 8 device from HTC (the popular in the office 8X), the HTC 8S was the one I wanted to get my hands on.
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