Nokia and HTC are competing really hard to get notch up the first position, Nokia has recently slipped to 2nd position due to huge sales of Samsung’s smartphones. Nokia has recently announced the features of whole new concept phone, Nokia Lumia 710. To compete this phone HTC has released the phone named as HTC Rhyme.
HTC Rhyme was announced silently, so almost none of us came to know about it but now when it’s released it has been in the eyes of everyone. HTC Rhyme is a 3.7 inch phone which makes it quite more portable! And not to worry, Nokia fans, because Nokia Lumia 710 is having the same display size. Now let us see what both of these do when they have a showdown.
Operating System
Operating system of Nokia Lumia 710 is Microsoft Windows Phone 7.5 Mango which is the latest in the Windows OS for phones. On the other hand HTC Rhyme is having Android OS, v2.3.4 (Gingerbread). The Gingerbread has been the choice of almost all the smartphones which are produced this year so we all can trust this release from Android, similarly Windows Phone 7.5 Mango is a nice OS. But we all know one thing, Android is better. Because, it can be easily tweaked, it’s durable etc.
Winner – HTC Rhyme
Processor and Performance
Processor of HTC Rhyme is 1GHz Scorpion processor, with Qualcomm MSM8255 chipset. On the other hand Nokia Lumia 710 is having a supersonic 1.4 GHz Scorpion processor with Qualcomm MSM8255 Snapdragon chipset, and 3D Graphics HW Acce. Nokia Lumia 710 seems to be a mighty phone.
Winner – Nokia Lumia 710
Storage Capacity
Storage capacity of both the phones is quite a lot different. Nokia Lumia 710 is having the fixed 8GB internal memory with 512MB RAM while HTC Rhyme is having 4GB internal memory but its expandable up to 32GB via microSD card. HTC Rhyme is having 768MB RAM which makes this phone conqueror of this catalog.
Winner – HTC Rhyme
Camera Quality
Camera quality of all the phones which are being produced nowadays is very much similar to that of a digital camera which makes the phones not only a device to send and receive calls. Camera quality of Nokia Lumia 710 is nice. Nokia Lumia 710 is having a 5MP camera with features like autofocus, geo-tagging, LED flash, face detection etc. It not having a secondary camera but you can still make full HD quality videos at the speed of 30fps from it.
HTC Rhyme is having everything same but the face detection feature is missing, the other feature is that it having a VGA secondary camera which overcomes the face detection feature.
Winner – HTC Rhyme
Price on Pocket
Price of Nokia Lumia 710 is not officially announced but according to us it will be somewhere around Rs.24,000 or $535. On the other hand HTC Rhyme is available in the market and is priced at Rs.24,800 (Flipkart) or $550.
Winner – HTC Rhyme
Note: The comparison & Analysis of both the phones has been done on the basis of my personal point of view and expertise. If you have any doubts or views, do share them with me.
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