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HTC Desire 500 vs HTC Desire 816

General Info

Manufacturer
HTC HTC
Announced
July 2013 February 2014
Status
Available - September 2013 Available - March 2014
Colors
Black, White Red, Grey, Green, Cyan, White, Black
Form Factor
Candybar Candybar
Dimension
131.8 x 66.9 x 9.9 mm
(5.19 x 2.63 x 0.39 in)
156.6 x 78.7 x 8 mm
(6.17 x 3.1 x 0.31 in)
Weight
123 g (4.34 oz) 165 g (5.82 oz)
2G Network
GSM 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network
HSDPA 900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 2100
4G Network
- LTE 800 / 900 / 1800 / 2600 - EMEA
LTE 900 / 1800 / 2100 / 2600 - Asia
Messaging
SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail

Display

Type
TFT Capacitive Touchscreen Capacitive Touchscreen
Colors
16M colors 16M colors
Size
4.3 inches [Similar] 5.5 inches [Similar]
Resolution
480 x 800 pixels (217 ppi) [Similar] 720 x 1280 pixels (267 ppi) [Similar]
Screen-to-Body Ratio
59.67% 67.67%
Multi-Touch

Hardware and OS

OS
Android OS, v4.1.2 (Jelly Bean) with HTC Sense, HTC BlinkFeed Android OS, v4.4.2 (KitKat)
Processor
Quad-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A5, Qualcomm MSM8625Q Snapdragon 200 [Similar] Quad-core 1.6 GHz Cortex-A7, Qualcomm MSM8928 Snapdragon 400 [Similar]
GPU
Adreno 203 [Similar] Adreno 305 [Similar]
RAM
1 GB [Browse Similar] 1.5 GB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory
4 GB 8 GB ROM
External Memory
microSD, up to 64 GB microSD, up to 64 GB

Camera

Rear Camera
8 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels [Similar] 13 MP, 4160 x 3120 pixels [Similar]
Flash
LED flash LED flash
Features
Auto focus, 1/3.2' Sensor Size, 1.4�m Pixel Size, Geo-tagging, Face And Smile Detection Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, Simultaneous HD Video And Image Recording, HDR
Video
Yes, 720p@30fps Yes, 720p
Front Camera
Yes, 1.6 MP [Similar] Yes, 5 MP, 720p [Similar]

Multimedia

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

Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS
Yes Yes
Edge
Yes Yes
3G
HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps HSDPA, HSUPA; LTE
Bluetooth
Yes, v4.0 with A2DP Yes, v4.0 with A2DP
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot, DLNA Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, DLNA, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB
Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0
GPS
Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS support
Browser
HTML5 HTML5

User Memory

Internal
4 GB, 1 GB RAM 8 GB ROM, 1.5 GB RAM
Expandable Storage
microSD, up to 64 GB microSD, up to 64 GB

Sensors

Fingerprint
Proximity Sensor
Accelerometer Sensor
NFC

Battery

Type
Li-Ion Battery Non-removable Li-Po Battery
Capacity
1800 mAh 2600 mAh
Stand by
Up to 435 h (2G)
Up to 401 h (3G)
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Talk Time
Up to 17 h 48 min (2G)
Up to 12 h 1 min (3G)
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