Phone Comparison - HTC One X vs Apple iPhone 5 vs HTC One (M9)

general General Info

Manufacturer HTC Apple HTC
Announced February 2012 September 2012 March 2015
Status Available from April 2012 Available - September 2012 Available - March 2015
Price - - Rs. 45,999 ($399.00) [Similarly Priced]
Colors Black Black, White Gunmetal Gray, Amber Gold, Silver/Rose gold, Gold/Pink
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 134.4 x 69.9 x 9.3 mm
(5.29 x 2.75 x 0.37 in)
123.8 x 58.6 x 7.6 mm
(4.87 x 2.31 x 0.3 in)
144.6 x 69.7 x 9.6 mm
(5.69 x 2.74 x 0.38 in)
Weight 130 g (4.59 oz) 112 g (3.95 oz) 157 g (5.54 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
CDMA2000 1xEV-DO - for Verizon
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network - LTE 700 MHz Class 17 / 2100 - for AT&T LTE 700 / 800 / 850 / 900 / 1800 / 2100 / 2600 TD-LTE 2300 / 2500 / 2600 (Bands 1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 20, 28, 38, 40, 41)
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) iOS 6 Android OS, v5.0.x (Lollipop)
Processor Quad-core 1.5 GHz, Nvidia Tegra 3 Dual-core 1.2 GHz, Apple A6 Quad-core 1.5 GHz Cortex-A53 & Quad-core 2 GHz Cortex-A57, Qualcomm MSM8994 Snapdragon 810
GPU ULP GeForce PowerVR SGX 543MP3 Adreno 430
RAM 1 GB 1 GB 3 GB
Internal Memory 32 GB storage 16/32/64 GB storage 32 GB
External Memory No No microSD, up to 128 GB

display Display

Type Capacitive touchscreen LED-backlit IPS TFT, capacitive touchscreen Super LCD3 Capacitive Touchscreen, Corning Gorilla Glass 4
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 4.7 inches 4.0 inches 5.0 inches
Resolution 720 x 1280 pixels (312 ppi) 640 x 1136 pixels (326 ppi) 1080 x 1920 pixels (441 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 65.02% 60.84% 68.25%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels 8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels, Backside Illumin 20.7 MP, 5376 x 3752 pixels
Flash LED flash LED flash dual-LED (dual tone)
Features Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Face Detection Touch Focus, Geo-tagging, Face Detection, HDR Auto focus, Automatic Simultaneous Video And Image Recording, Geo-tagging, Face/smile Detection, HDR, Panorama
Video Yes, 1080p Yes, 1080p@30fps, LED video light, video stabilization, geo-tagging, face detection 2160p@30fps, 1080p@60fps, 720p@120fps, HDR, stereo sound rec.
Front Camera Yes [Similar] Yes, 1.2 MP, 720p@30fps, face detection, [Similar] 4 MP, 1080p@30fps, HDR [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes Yes
3G HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps DC-HSDPA, 42 Mbps; HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps, LTE, 73 Mbps; Rev. A, up to 3.1 Mbps HSPA 42.2/21.1 Mbps, LTE Cat6 300/50 Mbps
Bluetooth Yes, v3.0 with A2DP, EDR Yes, v4.0 with A2DP v4.0, A2DP, apt-X
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, Wi-Fi Plus Cellular Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, hotspot
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, Lightning Port microUSB v2.0 (MHL TV-out), USB Host
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS
Browser HTML, Adobe Flash HTML (Safari) HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 32GB storage, 1 GB RAM 16/32/64 GB storage, 1 GB RAM 32 GB, 3 GB RAM
Expandable Storage No No 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 not supported NFC supported

battery Battery

Type Non-removable, Li-Po Battery Standard battery, Li-Po Non-removable Li-Po Battery
Capacity 1800 mAh 1440 mAh 2840 mAh
Stand by - Up to 225 h Up to 391 h (2G)
Up to 402 h (3G)
Talk Time - Up to 8 h Up to 25 h 20 min (2G)
Up to 21 h 50 min (3G)