Phone Comparison - HTC Desire 500 vs HTC Desire 816 vs HTC One M8

general General Info

Manufacturer HTC HTC HTC
Announced July 2013 February 2014 March 2014
Status Available - September 2013 Available - March 2014 Available - March 2014
Colors Black, White Red, Grey, Green, Cyan, White, Black Glacial Silver, Gunmetal Gray, Amber Gold
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 131.8 x 66.9 x 9.9 mm
(5.19 x 2.63 x 0.39 in)
156.6 x 78.7 x 8 mm
(6.17 x 3.1 x 0.31 in)
146.4 x 70.6 x 9.4 mm
(5.76 x 2.78 x 0.37 in)
Weight 123 g (4.34 oz) 165 g (5.82 oz) 160 g (5.64 oz)
2G Network GSM 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100
HSDPA 850 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network - LTE 800 / 900 / 1800 / 2600 - EMEA
LTE 900 / 1800 / 2100 / 2600 - Asia
LTE 800 / 900 / 1800 / 2600
LTE 700 / 1700 / 2100
LTE 700 / 900 / 1800 / 2100 / 2600
LTE 700 / 850 / 1700 / 1800 / 1900 / 2100 / 2600
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail
Build Features - - Corning Gorilla Glass 3

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v4.1.2 (Jelly Bean) with HTC Sense, HTC BlinkFeed Android OS, v4.4.2 (KitKat) Android OS, v4.4.2 (KitKat)
Processor Quad-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A5, Qualcomm MSM8625Q Snapdragon 200 Quad-core 1.6 GHz Cortex-A7, Qualcomm MSM8928 Snapdragon 400 Quad-core 2.3 GHz Krait 400, Qualcomm MSM8974AB Snapdragon 801
GPU Adreno 203 Adreno 305 Adreno 330
RAM 1 GB 1.5 GB 2 GB
Internal Memory 4 GB 8 GB ROM 16/32 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 64 GB microSD, up to 64 GB microSD, up to 128 GB

display Display

Type TFT Capacitive Touchscreen Capacitive Touchscreen Super LCD3 Capacitive Touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 4.3 inches 5.5 inches 5.0 inches
Resolution 480 x 800 pixels (217 ppi) 720 x 1280 pixels (267 ppi) 1080 x 1920 pixels (441 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 59.67% 67.67% 66.55%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

3.5mm Jack yes yes yes
Radio Stereo FM radio with RDS - Stereo FM radio with RDS
Games Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable
Loud Speaker yes yes yes

camera Camera

Rear Camera 8 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels 13 MP, 4160 x 3120 pixels Dual 4 MP, 2688х1520 pixels
Flash LED flash LED flash Dual-LED
Features Auto focus, 1/3.2' Sensor Size, 1.4�m Pixel Size, Geo-tagging, Face And Smile Detection Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, Simultaneous HD Video And Image Recording, HDR Auto focus, 1/3' Sensor Size, 2µm Pixel Size, Simultaneous HD Video And Image Recording, Geo-tagging, Face And Smile Detection
Video Yes, 720p@30fps Yes, 720p Yes, 1080p@30fps, 720p@60fps, HDR, Stereo Sound Rec., Video Stabilization
Front Camera Yes, 1.6 MP [Similar] Yes, 5 MP, 720p [Similar] Yes, 5 MP, 1080p@30fps, HDR [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes Yes
3G HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps HSDPA, HSUPA; LTE HSDPA, 42 Mbps (21 Mbps - AT&T), HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps; LTE, Cat4, 50 Mbps UL, 150 Mbps DL
Bluetooth Yes, v4.0 with A2DP Yes, v4.0 with A2DP Yes, v4.0 with A2DP
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot, DLNA Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, DLNA, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0 (MHL), USB On-the-go, USB Host
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS
Browser HTML5 HTML5 HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 4 GB, 1 GB RAM 8 GB ROM, 1.5 GB RAM 16/32 GB, 2 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 64 GB microSD, up to 64 GB microSD, up to 128 GB
USB OTG - - Supported

Apps Sensors

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

battery Battery

Type Li-Ion Battery Non-removable Li-Po Battery Non-removable Li-Po Battery
Capacity 1800 mAh 2600 mAh 2600 mAh
Stand by Up to 435 h (2G)
Up to 401 h (3G)
- Up to 271 h (2G)
Up to 496 h (3G)
Talk Time Up to 17 h 48 min (2G)
Up to 12 h 1 min (3G)
- Up to 14 h (2G)
Up to 20 h (3G)