HTC Desire 12 vs Nokia Lumia 830

Key differences

Calculated from recorded specifications using minimum difference thresholds. These are differences, not an overall ranking. For three phones, numeric highlights compare the two extremes.

• Weight

  Desire 12: 13 g lighter

  Desire 12:

  137 g

  Lumia 830:

  150 g

• Screen diagonal

  Lumia 830: 0.5 in smaller diagonal

  Desire 12:

  5.5 in

  Lumia 830:

  5 in

• Chipset

  Desire 12:

  Mediatek MT6739 (28 nm)

  Lumia 830:

  Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 (28 nm)

• Height

  Lumia 830: 9.1 mm shorter

  Desire 12:

  148.5 mm

  Lumia 830:

  139.4 mm

• Release year

  Desire 12:

  2018

  Lumia 830:

  2014

Relative size, not calibrated actual size. Front and side outlines share one scale and a bottom baseline. Generic outlines use recorded body dimensions, excluding camera bumps.

1. 1. Desire 12

   Height:

   148.5 mm +9.1 mm versus Lumia 830

   Width:

   70.8 mm

   Depth:

   8.2 mm

2. 2. Lumia 830

   Height:

   139.4 mm

   Width:

   70.7 mm

   Depth:

   8.5 mm

Screen size

Approximate rectangular screens calculated from recorded diagonal and aspect ratio at one relative scale. Rounded corners and cutouts are not subtracted. These are not phone outlines or calibrated actual sizes.

1. 1. Desire 12

   Screen diagonal:

   5.5 in

   Aspect ratio (height:width):

   18:9

   Approximate rectangular screen area:

   78.1 cm²

2. 2. Lumia 830

   Screen diagonal:

   5 in

   Aspect ratio (height:width):

   16:9

   Approximate rectangular screen area:

   68.9 cm²

Desire 12 has approximately 13.3% more rectangular screen area than Lumia 830.

Memory variants

Each row compares the same storage capacity. Cells show recorded RAM alternatives, not combined maxima. Not recorded does not mean unavailable in every market.

Practical features

Explicit Yes and No values are shown directly. Qualified or regional records retain their details. Unknown means the record is missing.

Battery capacity

Capacity is not battery life. No endurance test is implied.

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