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general General Info

Manufacturer HTC Apple Samsung
Announced October 2014 October 2014 July 2016
Status Available - October 2014 Available - October 2014 Available - July 2016
Price - Rs. 32,687 ($480.69) [Similarly Priced] Rs. 13,400 ($197.06) [Similarly Priced]
Colors Indigo Black, Lunar White, Sand Space Gray/Black, Silver/White, Gold Black, Gold
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 228.25 x 153.68 x 7.95 mm
(8.99 x 6.05 x 0.31 in)
200 x 134.7 x 7.5 mm
(7.87 x 5.3 x 0.3 in)
186.9 x 108.8 x 8.7 mm
(7.36 x 4.28 x 0.34 in)
Weight 425 g / 436 g (14.99 oz / 15.38 oz) 331 g / 341 g (11.68 oz / 12.03 oz) 289 g (10.19 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
CDMA2000 1xEV-DO
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA
4G Network LTE 800 / 1800 / 2600 LTE LTE
Messaging SMS, MMS, EMail, IM , Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM
Build Features Dual front-facing speakers with HTC BoomSound - Fingerprint sensor (Touch ID) -

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v5.0 (Lollipop) iOS 8.1 Android OS, v5.1 (Lollipop)
Processor Quad-core 2.2 GHz Cortex-A15, Nvidia Tegra K1 Dual-core 1.3 GHz Cyclone (ARM v8-based), Apple A7 Quad-core 1.5 GHz, Spreadtrum SC9830A
GPU ULP GeForce Kepler (192 cores) PowerVR G6430 (quad-core graphics) Mali-400 MP2
RAM 2 GB 1 GB 1.5 GB
Internal Memory 16/32 GB 16/64/128 GB 8 GB
External Memory No No microSD, up to 200 GB

display Display

Type IPS LCD Capacitive Touchscreen, Corning Gorilla Glass 3 LED-backlit IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen PLS Capacitive Touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 8.9 inches 7.9 inches 7.0 inches
Resolution 2048 x 1536 pixels (288 ppi) 1536 x 2048 pixels (324 ppi) 1280 x 800 pixels (216 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 69.76% 71.76% 69.63%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

3.5mm Jack yes yes yes
Radio No No FM Radio
Games Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable
Loud Speaker yes yes yes

camera Camera

Rear Camera 8 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels 5 MP, 2592 х 1944 pixels 8 MP
Flash LED flash No LED flash
Features Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, OIS Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face/smile Detection, HDR (photo/panorama) Autofocus, f/1.9, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection
Video Yes, 1080p@30fps 1080p@30fps 1080p@30fps
Front Camera Yes, 1.6 MP [Similar] 1.2 MP, 720p@30fps, face detection, Face [Similar] 2 MP, f/2.2 [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes Yes
3G HSDPA, 42.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps; LTE, Cat4, 50 Mbps UL, 150 Mbps DL DC-HSDPA, 42 Mbps; HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps, LTE, 100 Mbps; EV-DO Rev. A, up to 3.1 Mbps HSPA, LTE
Bluetooth Yes, v4.0 with A2DP v4.0, A2DP, EDR v4.0, A2DP
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, hotspot
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 v2.0 microUSB v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS
Browser HTML5 HTML5 (Safari) HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 16/32 GB, 2 GB RAM 16/64/128 GB, 1 GB RAM DDR3 8 GB, 1.5 GB RAM
Expandable Storage No No microSD, up to 200 GB

Apps Sensors

Fingerprint fingerprint not supported fingerprint supported fingerprint not supported
Proximity Sensor proximity sensor present proximity sensor not present proximity sensor present
Accelerometer Sensor accelerometer sensor present accelerometer sensor present accelerometer sensor present
NFC NFC supported NFC not supported NFC not supported

battery Battery

Type Non-removable Li-Po battery Non-removable Li-Po Battery (24.3 Wh) Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 6700 mAh 6470 mAh 4000 mAh
Stand by Up to 720 h - -
Talk Time Up to 9 h 30 min Up to 10 h (multimedia) -