| HTC Desire VC | Nokia C5 |
| Manufacture | HTC | Nokia |
| Model | Desire VC | C5 |
| Form factor | Block | Block |
| Weight | 118 gram | 89.00 |
| Dimensions (HxWxD) | 119.5 x 62.3 x 9.42 | 112.00 x 46.00 x 12.00 |
| Operating System | Android | Symbian S60 |
| Networks | 2G - 850/900/1800/1900 3G - 800/CDMA2000 1xEV-DO | 2G - 850/900/1800/1900 3G - 900/2100 |
| HSCSD |  | |
| GPRS |  | |
| EDGE | | |
| UMTS | | |
| HSDPA | | |
| HSPA+ | | |
| WiMAX | | |
| LTE (4G light) | | |
| WLAN / Wi-Fi | | |
| Wi-Fi Hotspot | | |
| Wi-Fi Direct | | |
| SMS | | |
| MMS | | |
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| HDMI out | | |
| USB port | | |
| MHL | | |
| Bluetooth | | |
| Bluetooth version | 4.0 | NA |
| DLNA | | |
| GPS | | |
| Glonass | | |
| ANT+ | | |
| IrDA | | |
| NFC | | |
| 3.5 mm audio connector | | |
| Camera | | |
| Camera resolution | 5 megapixel | 3.2 megapixel, 4x digital zoom |
| Image Stabilization | | |
| BSI sensor | | |
| Camera Flash/Light | | |
| Flash type | LED | NA |
| Video recording | | |
| Video capture resolution | NA | NA |
| Second Camera | NA | CIF (352 x 288) video recording, 15fps |
| Display size | 4 inches | 2.20 |
| Touchscreen | | |
| Colour display | | |
| Number of colours | 16777216 | 16700000 |
| Display width | 480 | 240 |
| Display height | 800 | 320 |
| PPI | 233.24 | 181.82 |
| Second Display | NA | NA |
| CPU | 1 GHz | NA |
| GPU | Adreno 200 | NA |
| Memory | 512 MB RAM. 4 GB internal storage. Expandable up to 32 GB using microSD card | 50 MB. Expandable up to 16 GB with microSD card |
| Micro SIM | | |
| Dual SIM | | |
| MP3 | | |
| Ringtones / Music file format | NA | MP3, AAC, AAC+, eAAC+, WMA |
| Java | | |
| Games | Yes, downloadable | Yes, 2 |
| FM Radio | | |
| Battery | 1650 mAh | 860 mAh |
| Standby time (h) | NA | 630 |
| Talktime (m) | NA | 720 |
| Wireless Charging | | |
| Browser | Android HTML Webkit | 2.0 XHTML, HTML. Nokia Web Browser |
| Calendar | | |
| Voicedialing | | |
| IP Code | NA | NA |
| Predictive text | | |
| RSS reader | | |
| Voicememo | | |
| PC Synchronization | | |
| SyncML | | |
| Website | Website | Website |