HTC Desire 12 vs T-Mobile Pulse

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

  Pulse: 7 g lighter

  Desire 12:

  137 g

  Pulse:

  130 g

• Width

  Pulse: 7.8 mm narrower

  Desire 12:

  70.8 mm

  Pulse:

  63 mm

• Screen diagonal

  Pulse: 2 in smaller diagonal

  Desire 12:

  5.5 in

  Pulse:

  3.5 in

• Depth

  Desire 12: 5.3 mm thinner

  Desire 12:

  8.2 mm

  Pulse:

  13.5 mm

• Height

  Pulse: 32.5 mm shorter

  Desire 12:

  148.5 mm

  Pulse:

  116 mm

• Release year

  Desire 12:

  2018

  Pulse:

  2009

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 +32.5 mm versus Pulse

   Width:

   70.8 mm +7.8 mm versus Pulse

   Depth:

   8.2 mm

2. 2. Pulse

   Height:

   116 mm

   Width:

   63 mm

   Depth:

   13.5 mm +5.3 mm versus Desire 12

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. Pulse

   Screen diagonal:

   3.5 in

   Aspect ratio (height:width):

   3:2

   Approximate rectangular screen area:

   36.5 cm²

Desire 12 has approximately 114% more rectangular screen area than Pulse.

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.

No unambiguous storage/RAM pairings are recorded. See the original specifications below.

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.

Open a section for more detail. On narrow screens, swipe sideways or use Left/Right arrow keys while the table is focused. Unknown means missing data, not No. Recorded zero values are shown as recorded.