Phone Comparison - Motorola DROID Maxx vs HTC Desire 820 vs Samsung Galaxy Grand Prime

general General Info

Manufacturer Motorola HTC Samsung
Announced July 2013 September 2014 September 2014
Status Available - August 2013 Coming Soon - September 2014 Available - September 2014
Price - - Rs. 7,499 ($110.28) [Similarly Priced]
Colors Black Marble White, Tuxedo Grey, Santorini White, Milky-way Grey, Tang Black, White
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 137.5 x 71.2 x 8.5 mm
(5.41 x 2.8 x 0.33 in)
157.7 x 78.7 x 7.7 mm
(6.21 x 3.1 x 0.3 in)
144.8 x 72.1 x 8.6 mm
(5.7 x 2.84 x 0.34 in)
Weight 167 g (5.89 oz) 155 g (5.47 oz) 156 g (5.5 oz)
2G Network CDMA 800 / 1900
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2
3G Network CDMA2000 1xEV-DO
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 - EMEA version
HSDPA 900 / 2100 - Asia version
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network LTE 700 MHz Class 13 LTE 900 / 1800 / 2100 / 2600 - EMEA version LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900) - G530F
LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 20(800) - G530FZ
LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 5(850), 8(900), 28(700) - G530Y
LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 5(850), 8(900), 20(800),
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v4.2.2 (Jelly Bean) Android OS, v4.4.2 (KitKat) Android OS, v4.4.4 (KitKat)
Processor Dual-core 1.7 GHz Krait, Qualcomm Snapdragon S4Pro Quad-core 1.5 GHz Cortex-A53 & quad-core 1.0 GHz Cortex-A53, Qualcomm MSM8939 Snapdragon 615 Quad-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A7, Qualcomm MSM8226 Snapdragon 400
GPU Adreno 320 Adreno 405 Adreno 305
RAM 2 GB 2 GB 1 GB
Internal Memory 32 GB 16 GB 8 GB
External Memory No microSD, up to 128 GB microSD, up to 32 GB

display Display

Type Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, Corning Gorilla Glass LCD Capacitive Touchscreen TFT Capacitive Touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 5.0 inches 5.5 inches 5.0 inches
Resolution 720 x 1280 pixels (294 ppi) 720 x 1280 pixels (267 ppi) 540 x 960 pixels (220 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 70.26% 67.20% 66.19%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 10 MP, 3872 x 2592 pixels 13 MP, 4160 x 3120 pixels 8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels
Flash LED flash LED flash LED flash
Features Auto Focus, Touch Focus, Geo-tagging, Face Detection Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, Simultaneous HD Video And Image Recording, HDR Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, HDR, Panorama
Video Yes, 1080p@30fps 1080p@30fps, 720p@60fps Yes, 1080p@30fps
Front Camera Yes, 2 MP [Similar] 8 MP, 1080p [Similar] Yes, 5 MP [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Class 12 (4+1/3+2/2+3/1+4 slots), 32 - 48 kbps Yes Yes
Edge Class 12 Yes Yes
3G EV-DO Rev. A, up to 3.1 Mbps, LTE; HSDPA, 42.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps HSDPA, 42 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.8 Mbps; LTE, Cat4, 50 Mbps UL, 150 Mbps DL HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPAHSPA, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps
Bluetooth Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, LE, EDR v4.0, A2DP Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, LE
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi hotspot, DLNA Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0, USB Host
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS
Browser HTML5 HTML5 HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 32 GB, 2 GB RAM 16 GB, 2 GB RAM 8 GB, 1 GB RAM
Expandable Storage No microSD, up to 128 GB microSD, up to 32 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 supported NFC not supported NFC not supported

battery Battery

Type Li-Ion Battery Non-removable Li-Po Battery Non-removable Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 3500 mAh 2600 mAh 2600 mAh
Stand by Up to 600 h Up to 424 h (3G) -
Talk Time Up to 48 h Up to 22 h 24 min (3G) -