| Palm Pre | HTC Desire VC |
| Manufacture | Palm | HTC |
| Model | Pre | Desire VC |
| Form factor | QWERTY Slider | Block |
| Weight | 135 gram | 118.00 |
| Dimensions (HxWxD) | 101 x 60 x 17 | 119.50 x 62.30 x 9.42 |
| Operating System | webOS | Android |
| Networks | 2G - 900/1800/1900 3G - 850/1900/2100 | 2G - 850/900/1800/1900 3G - 800/CDMA2000 1xEV-DO |
| 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 | NA | 4.0 |
| DLNA | | |
| GPS | | |
| Glonass | | |
| ANT+ | | |
| IrDA | | |
| NFC | | |
| 3.5 mm audio connector | | |
| Camera | | |
| Camera resolution | 3 megapixels | 5 megapixel |
| Image Stabilization | | |
| BSI sensor | | |
| Camera Flash/Light | | |
| Flash type | NA | LED |
| Video recording | | |
| Video capture resolution | NA | NA |
| Second Camera | NA | NA |
| Display size | 3.1 inches | 4.00 |
| Touchscreen | | |
| Colour display | | |
| Number of colours | 16000000 | 16777216 |
| Display width | 320 | 480 |
| Display height | 480 | 800 |
| PPI | 186.09 | 233.24 |
| Second Display | NA | NA |
| CPU | NA | 1 GHz |
| GPU | NA | Adreno 200 |
| Memory | 8 GB | 512 MB RAM. 4 GB internal storage. Expandable up to 32 GB using microSD card |
| Micro SIM | | |
| Dual SIM | | |
| MP3 | | |
| Ringtones / Music file format | MP3, AAC, AAC+, AMR, QCELP, WAV | NA |
| Java | NA | |
| Games | Yes | Yes, downloadable |
| FM Radio | | |
| Battery | NA | 1650 mAh |
| Standby time (h) | 300 | NA |
| Talktime (m) | 300 | NA |
| Wireless Charging | | |
| Browser | 2.0 XHTML | Android HTML Webkit |
| Calendar | | |
| Voicedialing | | |
| IP Code | NA | NA |
| Predictive text | | |
| RSS reader | | |
| Voicememo | | |
| PC Synchronization | NA | |
| SyncML | NA | |
| Website | Website | Website |