| HTC Desire Z | Palm Pre Plus |
| Manufacture | HTC | Palm |
| Model | Desire Z | Pre Plus |
| Form factor | QWERTY Slider | QWERTY Slider |
| Weight | 180 gram | 139.00 |
| Dimensions (HxWxD) | 119 x 60 x 14 | 101.00 x 60.00 x 17.00 |
| Operating System | Android | webOS |
| Networks | 2G - 850/900/1800/1900 3G - 900/2100 | 2G - 900 |
| HSCSD |  | |
| GPRS |  | |
| EDGE | | |
| UMTS | | |
| HSDPA | | |
| HSPA+ | | |
| WiMAX | | |
| LTE (4G light) | | |
| WLAN / Wi-Fi | | |
| Wi-Fi Hotspot | | |
| Wi-Fi Direct | | |
| SMS | | |
| MMS | | |
| | |
| HDMI out | | |
| USB port | | |
| MHL | | |
| Bluetooth | | |
| Bluetooth version | NA | NA |
| DLNA | | |
| GPS | | |
| Glonass | | |
| ANT+ | | |
| IrDA | | |
| NFC | | |
| 3.5 mm audio connector | | |
| Camera | | |
| Camera resolution | 5 megapixel, autofocus, face detection, geo-tagging | 3 megapixels |
| Image Stabilization | | |
| BSI sensor | | |
| Camera Flash/Light | | |
| Flash type | NA | NA |
| Video recording | | |
| Video capture resolution | NA | NA |
| Second Camera | NA | NA |
| Display size | 3.7 inches | 3.10 |
| Touchscreen | | |
| Colour display | | |
| Number of colours | 16000000 | 256000 |
| Display width | 480 | 320 |
| Display height | 800 | 480 |
| PPI | 252.15 | 186.09 |
| Second Display | NA | NA |
| CPU | 800 MHz | Qualcomm MSM7627 600 MHz |
| GPU | NA | NA |
| Memory | 512 MB. 1.5 GB storage. Expandable with microSD card | 16 GB |
| Micro SIM | | |
| Dual SIM | | |
| MP3 | | |
| Ringtones / Music file format | MP3, AAC, AMR, OGG, M4A, WAV, WMA | MP3, AAC, AAC+, eAAC+, AMR, QCELP, WAV |
| Java | | |
| Games | Yes | Yes |
| FM Radio | | |
| Battery | 1300 mAh | NA |
| Standby time (h) | 430 | 350 |
| Talktime (m) | 590 | 330 |
| Wireless Charging | | |
| Browser | Android HTML Webkit | 2.0 XHTML |
| Calendar | | |
| Voicedialing | | |
| IP Code | NA | NA |
| Predictive text | | |
| RSS reader | | |
| Voicememo | | |
| PC Synchronization | | |
| SyncML | | |
| Website | Website | Website |