Phone Comparison - HTC Desire HD vs Samsung Galaxy Xcover 3 vs Samsung Galaxy Tab A 9.7

general General Info

Manufacturer HTC Samsung Samsung
Announced September 2010 March 2015 March 2015
Status Available - October 2010 Available - April 2015 Available - May 2015
Price - Rs. 12,300 ($181.00) [Similarly Priced] Rs. 12,270 ($179.99) [Similarly Priced]
Colors Black, Brown Gray Black/Silver
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 123 x 68 x 11.8 mm
(4.84 x 2.68 x 0.46 in)
10 mm thickness
(0.39 in thickness)
242.5 x 166.8 x 7.5 mm
(9.55 x 6.57 x 0.3 in)
Weight 164 g (5.78 oz) 154 g (5.43 oz) 450 g (Wi-Fi) / 453 g (LTE) (15.87 oz (Wi-Fi) / 15.98 oz (LTE))
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 900 / 2100
HSDPA 850 / 1900 - North America
HSDPA HSDPA
4G Network - LTE 800 / 850 / 900 / 1800 / 2100 / 2600
(Bands 1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 20)
LTE
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM
Build Features - - IP67 certified - dust and water resistant up to 1 meter and 30 minutes
- MIL-STD-810G certified - salt, dust, humidity, rain, vibration, solar radiation, transport and thermal shock resistant
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hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v2.2 (Froyo), v2.3 (Gingerbread), not upgradable to v4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) Android OS, v4.4 (KitKat), planned upgrade to v5.0 (Lollipop) Android OS, v5.0 (Lollipop)
Processor 1 GHz Scorpion, Qualcomm MSM8255 Snapdragon - Quad-core 1.2 GHz
GPU Adreno 205 - -
RAM 768 MB 1.5 GB 2 GB
Internal Memory 1.5 GB; 8 GB 16 GB (Wi-Fi)/ 32 GB (LTE)
External Memory microSD, up to 32 GB, 8 GB included microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 128 GB

display Display

Type LCD capacitive touchscreen Capacitive touchscreen TFT capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 4.3 inches 4.5 inches 9.7 inches
Resolution 480 x 800 pixels (217 ppi) 480 x 800 pixels (207 ppi) 768 x 1024 pixels (132 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 62.90% - 71.99%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels 5 MP, 2592 х 1944 pixels 5 MP, 2592 х 1944 pixels
Flash dual-LED flash LED flash No
Features Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Face Detection Auto focus, Yes Auto focus, Geo-tagging
Video Yes, 720p Yes Yes
Front Camera No [Similar] 2 MP [Similar] 2 MP [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Class 32 Yes Yes
Edge Class 32 Yes Yes
3G HSDPA 7.2/14.4 Mbps; HSUPA 2/5.76 Mbps (carrier dependent) HSPA, LTE HSPA, LTE
Bluetooth Yes v2.1 with A2DP Yes v4.0
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot Yes Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, WiFi Direct, hotspot
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 microUSB v2.0 microUSB v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS
Browser HTML, Adobe Flash HTML5 HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 1.5 GB; 768 MB RAM 8 GB, 1.5 GB RAM 16 GB (Wi-Fi)/ 32 GB (LTE), 2 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 32 GB, 8 GB included microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 128 GB

Apps Sensors

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

battery Battery

Type Li-Ion Battery Li-Ion Battery Non-removable Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 1230 mAh 2200 mAh 6000 mAh
Stand by Up to 490 h (2G)
Up to 420 h (3G)
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Talk Time Up to 9 h 15 min (2G)
Up to 5 h 30 min (3G)
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