Phone Comparison - HTC Desire 826 vs Apple iPhone 6s Plus vs Sony Xperia M5 Dual

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general General Info

Manufacturer HTC Apple Sony
Announced January 2015 September 2015 August 2015
Status Coming Soon - Q1 2015 Available - September 2015 Available - August 2015
Price Rs. 16,999 ($249.99) [Similarly Priced] Rs. 53,999 ($794.10) [Similarly Priced] Rs. 26,990 ($396.91) [Similarly Priced]
Colors Various Space Gray, Silver, Gold, Rose Gold Black, White, Gold
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension - 158.2 x 77.9 x 7.3 mm
(6.23 x 3.07 x 0.29 in)
145 x 72 x 7.6 mm
(5.71 x 2.83 x 0.3 in)
Weight - 192 g (6.77 oz) 142.6 g (5.01.0.21 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
CDMA 800 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 - EMEA version
HSDPA 900 / 2100 - Asia version
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100
CDMA2000 1xEV-DO
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 - E5633, E5643, E5663
4G Network LTE 900 / 1800 / 2100 / 2600 - EMEA version LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 12(700), 13(700), 17(700), 18(800), 19(800), 20(800), 25(1900), 26(850), 28(700), 29(700), 30(2300) - A1633
LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 8
LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 20(800) - E5633
LTE band 2(1900), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 28(700) - E5643
LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 28(700), 40(2300) - E5663
SAR US - W/kg (head)
- W/kg (body)
1.12 W/kg (head)
1.14 W/kg (body)
- W/kg (head)
- W/kg (body)
SAR EU - W/kg (head)
- W/kg (body)
0.93 W/kg (head)
0.98 W/kg (body)
- W/kg (head)
- W/kg (body)
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM
Build Features - - Fingerprint sensor (TouchID v2)
- 3D Touch display
- Apple Pay (Visa, MasterCard, AMEX certified)
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hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v5.0.1 (Lollipop) iOS 9 Android OS, v5.0 (Lollipop)
Processor Quad-core 1.7 GHz Cortex-A53 & quad-core 1.0 GHz Cortex-A53, Qualcomm MSM8939 Snapdragon 615 2 GHz Dual-core, Apple A9 Octa-core 2.0 GHz Cortex-A53, Mediatek MT6795
GPU Adreno 405 - PowerVR G6200
RAM 2 GB 2 GB 3 GB
Internal Memory 16 GB 16/64/128 GB 16 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 128 GB No microSD, up to 200 GB

display Display

Type Capacitive touchscreen LED-backlit IPS LCD, Capacitive Touchscreen, Sapphire Crystal Glass, Ion-Strengthened Glass, Oleophobic Coating IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 5.5 inches 5.5 inches 5.0 inches
Resolution 1080 x 1920 pixels (401 ppi) 1080 x 1920 pixels (401 ppi) 1080 x 1920 pixels (441 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio - 67.51% 65.89%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 13 MP, 4160 x 3120 pixels 12 MP, 4608 x 2592 pixels 21.5 MP, 5248 x 3936
Flash LED flash Real-tone Flash LED Flash
Features Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, Simultaneous HD Video And Image Recording, HDR Phase-Detection AutoFocus, Geo-tagging, Simultaneous HD Video And Image Recording, Touch Focus, Face/smile Detection, HDR (Photo/Panorama) Phase Detection Autofocus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face/smile Detection, HDR, Panorama
Video 1080p@30fps, 720p@60fps 2160p@30fps, 1080p@60fps, 720p@240fps 2160p@30fps, HDR
Front Camera 4 MP, 1080p (1/3' sensor size, 2µm pixel [Similar] 5 MP, 1080p@30fps, 720p@240fps [Similar] 13 MP, autofocus; 1080p@30fps video [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes Up to 85.6 kbps
Edge Yes Yes Up to 236.8 kbps
3G HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps, EV-DO Rev.A 3.1 Mbps HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps
Bluetooth v4.0, A2DP, apt-X v4.1, A2DP, LE v4.1, A2DP, LE, apt-X
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, hotspot
USB microUSB v2.0 v2.0, reversible connector microUSB v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS
Browser HTML5 HTML5 (Safari) HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 16 GB, 2 GB RAM 16/64/128 GB, 2 GB RAM 16 GB, 3 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 128 GB No microSD, up to 200 GB

Apps Sensors

Fingerprint fingerprint not supported fingerprint 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 Non-removable Li-Po Battery Non-removable Li-Po Battery (11.1 Wh) Non-removable Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 2600 mAh 2915 mAh 2600 mAh
Stand by - Up to 384 h (3G) Up to 495 h (2G)
Up to 504 h (3G)
Talk Time - Up to 24 h (3G) Up to 11 h 49 min (2G)
Up to 12 h 11 min (3G)