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HTC Desire 816 vs Sony Xperia M2 Dual

General Info

Manufacturer
HTC Sony
Announced
February 2014 February 2014
Status
Available - March 2014 Coming Soon - Q1 2014
Colors
Red, Grey, Green, Cyan, White, Black Black, White, Purple
Form Factor
Candybar Candybar
Dimension
156.6 x 78.7 x 8 mm
(6.17 x 3.1 x 0.31 in)
139.7 x 71.1 x 8.6 mm
(5.5 x 2.8 x 0.34 in)
Weight
165 g (5.82 oz) 148 g (5.22 oz)
2G Network
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2
3G Network
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network
LTE 800 / 900 / 1800 / 2600 - EMEA
LTE 900 / 1800 / 2100 / 2600 - Asia
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Messaging
SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM

Display

Type
Capacitive Touchscreen TFT capacitive touchscreen
Colors
16M colors 16M colors
Size
5.5 inches [Similar] 4.8 inches [Similar]
Resolution
720 x 1280 pixels (267 ppi) [Similar] 540 x 960 pixels (229 ppi) [Similar]
Screen-to-Body Ratio
67.67% 64.21%
Multi-Touch

Hardware and OS

OS
Android OS, v4.4.2 (KitKat) Android OS, v4.3 (Jelly Bean)
Processor
Quad-core 1.6 GHz Cortex-A7, Qualcomm MSM8928 Snapdragon 400 [Similar] Quad-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A7, Qualcomm MSM8226-0 Snapdragon 400 [Similar]
GPU
Adreno 305 [Similar] Adreno 305 [Similar]
RAM
1.5 GB [Browse Similar] 1 GB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory
8 GB ROM 8 GB
External Memory
microSD, up to 64 GB microSD, up to 32 GB

Camera

Rear Camera
13 MP, 4160 x 3120 pixels [Similar] 8 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels [Similar]
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 And Smile Detection, Image Stabilization, HDR, Panorama
Video
Yes, 720p Yes, 1080p
Front Camera
Yes, 5 MP, 720p [Similar] Yes [Similar]

Multimedia

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

Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS
Yes Up to 107 kbps
Edge
Yes Up to 296 kbps
3G
HSDPA, HSUPA; LTE HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps
Bluetooth
Yes, v4.0 with A2DP Yes, v4.0 with A2DP
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, DLNA, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB
Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0, USB On-the-go, USB Host
GPS
Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS
Browser
HTML5 HTML5

User Memory

Internal
8 GB ROM, 1.5 GB RAM 8 GB, 1 GB RAM
Expandable Storage
microSD, up to 64 GB microSD, up to 32 GB
USB OTG
- Supported

Sensors

Fingerprint
Proximity Sensor
Accelerometer Sensor
NFC

Battery

Type
Non-removable Li-Po Battery Li-Ion Battery
Capacity
2600 mAh 2300 mAh
Stand by
- Up to 580 h (2G)
Up to 597 h (3G)
Talk Time
- Up to 13 h 25 min (2G)
Up to 14 h 36 min (3G)
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