Compare phones
| Global Score | |
| 48.6 | 53.3 |
| Basic Information | |
| Lava | HTC |
| Android 4.2 | Windows Phone 7.5 Mango |
| -- | 2010-10-11 |
| 5.35 x 2.50 x 0.41 inches | 4.70 x 2.42 x 0.51 inches |
| 4.80 ounces | 5.82 ounces |
| Black, Blue, Brown, Pink and White | -- |
| -- | Scratch-Resistant Glass |
| $ 249.00 | $ 140.00 |
| Display / Screen | |
| 4.5 inches | 3.8 inches |
| 480 x 854 pixels | 480 x 800 pixels |
| IPS LCD | LCD |
| 218 pixels per inch | 246 pixels per inch |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | Capacitive, Multi-touch |
| 7.5 | 7.2 |
| Performance | |
| -- | Qualcomm Snapdragon S1 QSD8250 chipset |
| Dual-Core 1300 MHz processor | Scorpion (Single-Core 1000 MHz) processor |
| 1 GB RAM | 448 MB RAM |
| ARM Mali-400 (500 MHz) GPU | Adreno 200 (128 MHz) GPU |
| 8.28 | 7.47 |
| Storage | |
| 8 GB internal memory | 16 GB internal memory |
| microSD, microSDHC (up to 32 GB) external memory slot | No SD card slot |
| 4.62 | 4.4 |
| Camera | |
| 5.00 MP + 0.30 MP | 5.00 MP |
| 1280 x 720 (HD) video resolution | 1280 x 720 (24 fps) (HD) video resolution |
| 5.94 | 6.16 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| UMTS, EDGE, GPRS and GSM | HSDPA, HSUPA, UMTS, EDGE and GSM |
| SIM, Dual SIM | SIM |
| 2.9 | 3.5 |
| Battery Life | |
| 1800mAh Li-Ion Battery | 1230mAh Li-Ion Battery |
| Removable Battery | Removable Battery |
| 9.3 hours talk time | 275 hours standby time 4 hours talk time |
| 3.68 | 2.88 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 4.0 | Bluetooth 2.1, EDR |
| GPS | GPS |
| Accelerometer, Compass, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor | Accelerometer, Compass, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor |
| FM Radio | -- |
Comparison review
HTC Surround is a little bit better than the LAVA Iris 450 Colour+, having a 53.3 score against 48.6. HTC Surround comes with Windows Phone 7.5 Mango OS, and LAVA Iris 450 Colour+ comes with Android 4.2 OS. The HTC Surround design is somewhat thicker and heavier than LAVA Iris 450 Colour+. The LAVA Iris 450 Colour+ features just a bit better looking display than HTC Surround, because although it has a bit less pixels per screen inch, it also counts with a quite better 854 x 480 resolution and a larger screen.
LAVA Iris 450 Colour+ features a better performing processing unit than HTC Surround, because it has a much better graphics processing unit, more RAM and a greater number of cores (and faster). LAVA Iris 450 Colour+ counts with just a bit bigger memory capacity for applications, games, photos and videos than HTC Surround, because although it has just 8 GB internal storage capacity, it also counts with an external memory slot that allows up to 32 GB.
The HTC Surround takes a little bit better photos and videos than LAVA Iris 450 Colour+. Both have the same 1280x720 video quality, a back camera with a 5 mega-pixels and the same video frame rates. The LAVA Iris 450 Colour+ counts with a much longer battery lifetime than HTC Surround, because it has a 1800mAh battery size.
Even being the best phone of the ones we are comparing, HTC Surround is also a lot cheaper.
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