Phone Comparison - HTC Desire 825 vs Samsung Galaxy A3 (2017)

HTC Desire 825
htc desire 825
Samsung Galaxy A3 (2017)
samsung galaxy a3 (2017)
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general General Info

Manufacturer HTC Samsung
Announced February 2016 January 2017
Status Coming soon Coming Soon - January 2017
Price Rs. 15,250 ($224.26) [Similarly Priced] Rs. 19,990 ($299.00) [Similarly Priced]
Colors Various Various
Form Factor Candybar Candybar
Dimension 156.9 x 76.9 x 7.4 mm
(6.18 x 3.03 x 0.29 in)
135.4 x 66.2 x 7.9 mm
(5.33 x 2.61 x 0.31 in)
Weight 155 g (5.47 oz) -
SIM Type - Dual-SIM
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (optional) GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (optional)
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 20(800), 28(700), 40(2300) LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 20(800)
Messaging SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM
Notification LED - Yes

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v6.0 (Marshmallow) Android OS, v6.0.1 (Marshmallow)
Processor Quad-core 1.6 GHz Cortex-A7, Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 [Similar] Octa-core 1.6 GHz Cortex-A53, Exynos 7870 [Similar]
GPU Adreno 305 [Similar] Mali-T830 MP2 [Similar]
RAM 2 GB [Browse Similar] 2 GB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory 16 GB 16 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 200 GB (dedicated slot) microSD, up to 256 GB

display Display

Type Super LCD Capacitive Touchscreen, Corning Gorilla Glass 4 Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 5.5 inches [Similar] 4.7 inches [Similar]
Resolution 720 x 1280 pixels (267 ppi) [Similar] 720 x 1280 pixels (312 ppi) [Similar]
Screen-to-Body Ratio 69.13% 68.14%
Multi-Touch yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 13 MP, 4160 x 3120 pixels [Similar] 13 MP, 4128 x 3096 pixels [Similar]
Flash LED Flash LED flash
Features Autofocus, f/2.2, 28 mm, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, HDR, Panorama Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, Panorama
Video 1080p@30fps 1080p@30fps
Front Camera 5 MP, f/2.8, 1080p [Similar] 8 MP [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes
3G HSPA, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps, VoLTE
Bluetooth v4.1, A2DP v4.2, A2DP, EDR, LE, ANT+
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot
USB microUSB v2.0 Type-C 1.0 reversible connector, Fast Charging
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS/ BDS (market dependant)
Browser HTML5 HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 16 GB, 2 GB RAM 16 GB, 2 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 200 GB (dedicated slot) microSD, up to 256 GB
USB OTG - Supported

Apps Sensors

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

battery Battery

Type Removable Li-Ion Battery Non-removable Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 2700 mAh 2350 mAh
Stand by - -
Talk Time - -