Phone Comparison - HTC Desire 826 vs Samsung Galaxy A8 vs Samsung Galaxy Note5

Price Comparison (India) - -

general General Info

Manufacturer HTC Samsung Samsung
Announced January 2015 July 2015 August 2015
Status Coming Soon - Q1 2015 Available - August 2015 Available - August 2015
Price Rs. 16,999 ($249.99) [Similarly Priced] Rs. 26,990 ($396.91) [Similarly Priced] Rs. 40,800 ($600.00) [Similarly Priced]
Colors Various Pearl White, Midnight Black, Champagne Gold Black Sapphire, Gold Platinum
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension - 158 x 76.8 x 5.9 mm
(6.22 x 3.02 x 0.23 in)
153.2 x 76.1 x 7.6 mm
(6.03 x 3 x 0.3 in)
Weight - 151 g (5.33 oz) 171 g (6.03 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (optional) GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 - EMEA version
HSDPA 900 / 2100 - Asia version
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA
4G Network LTE 900 / 1800 / 2100 / 2600 - EMEA version LTE LTE
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM
Build Features - - Fingerprint sensor - Fingerprint sensor (PayPal certified)
- S Pen stylus

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v5.0.1 (Lollipop) Android OS, v5.1 (Lollipop) Android OS, v5.1.1 (Lollipop)
Processor Quad-core 1.7 GHz Cortex-A53 & quad-core 1.0 GHz Cortex-A53, Qualcomm MSM8939 Snapdragon 615 Quad-core 1.5 GHz Cortex-A53 & quad-core 1.0 GHz Cortex-A53, Qualcomm MSM8939 Snapdragon 615 Quad-core 1.5 GHz Cortex-A53 & Quad-core 2.1 GHz Cortex-A57, Exynos 7420
GPU Adreno 405 Adreno 405 Mali-T760MP8
RAM 2 GB 2 GB 4 GB
Internal Memory 16 GB 16/32 GB 32/64 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 128 GB microSD, up to 128 GB (uses SIM 2 slot) No

display Display

Type Capacitive touchscreen Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen Super AMOLED Capacitive Touchscreen, Corning Gorilla Glass 4
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 5.5 inches 5.7 inches 5.7 inches
Resolution 1080 x 1920 pixels (401 ppi) 1080 x 1920 pixels (386 ppi) 1440 x 2560 pixels (515 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio - 73.99% 76.92%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 13 MP, 4160 x 3120 pixels 16 MP, 5312 x 2988 pixels 16 MP, 5312 x 2988 pixels
Flash LED flash LED flash LED Flash
Features Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, Simultaneous HD Video And Image Recording, HDR Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, Panorama, HDR Autofocus, Optical Image Stabilization (OIS), Dual Shot, Simultaneous HD Video And Image Recording, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face/smile Detection, Panorama, HDR
Video 1080p@30fps, 720p@60fps 1080p@30fps 2160p@30fps, 1080p@60fps, Optical Stabilization, Dual-video Rec.
Front Camera 4 MP, 1080p (1/3' sensor size, 2µm pixel [Similar] 5 MP, 1080p [Similar] 5 MP [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes Yes
3G HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat6 300/50 Mbps HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat6 300/50 Mbps/ LTE Cat9 450/50 Mbps
Bluetooth v4.0, A2DP, apt-X v4.1, A2DP, EDR, LE v4.2, A2DP, EDR, LE
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, dual-band, WiFi Direct, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot
USB microUSB v2.0 microUSB v2.0 microUSB v2.0, USB Host
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS/ Beidou (market dependant) Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, Beidou
Browser HTML5 HTML5 HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 16 GB, 2 GB RAM 16/32 GB, 2 GB RAM 32/64 GB, 4 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 128 GB microSD, up to 128 GB (uses SIM 2 slot) No
USB OTG - - Supported

Apps Sensors

Fingerprint fingerprint not supported fingerprint supported fingerprint 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-Ion Battery Non-removable Li-Po Battery
Capacity 2600 mAh 3050 mAh 3000 mAh
Stand by - - -
Talk Time - - -