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HTC Desire Eye vs Samsung Galaxy A8

General Info

Manufacturer
HTC Samsung
Announced
October 2014 July 2015
Status
Available - November 2014 Available - August 2015
Price
Rs. 28,000 ($411.76) [Similarly Priced] Rs. 26,990 ($396.91) [Similarly Priced]
Colors
Blue, Red, White Pearl White, Midnight Black, Champagne Gold
Form Factor
Candybar Candybar
Dimension
151.7 x 73.8 x 8.5 mm
(5.97 x 2.91 x 0.33 in)
158 x 76.8 x 5.9 mm
(6.22 x 3.02 x 0.23 in)
Weight
154 g (5.43 oz) 151 g (5.33 oz)
2G Network
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - All Versions GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (optional)
3G Network
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 - Asia
HSDPA 850 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100 - AT&T
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 2100 - EMEA
TD-SCDMA 1900 / 2100 - Asia
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network
LTE 700 / 900 / 1800 / 2100 / 2600 (Bands 1, 3, 7, 8, 28)
TD-LTE 1900 / 2300 / 2500 / 2600 (Bands 38, 39, 40, 41)
LTE 700 / 850 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100 (Bands 2, 4, 5, 17, 29) - AT&T
LTE 800 / 900 / 1800 / 2600 (Bands 3, 7, 8, 20) - EMEA
LTE
Messaging
SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail SMS, MMS, EMail, IM
Build Features
IPX7 Certified - Dust Proof and Water Resistant up to 1 Meter and 30 Minutes - Fingerprint sensor

Display

Type
Capacitive touchscreen Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen
Colors
16M colors 16M colors
Size
5.2 inches [Similar] 5.7 inches [Similar]
Resolution
1080 x 1920 pixels (424 ppi) [Similar] 1080 x 1920 pixels (386 ppi) [Similar]
Screen-to-Body Ratio
66.47% 73.99%
Multi-Touch

Hardware and OS

OS
Android OS, v4.4.2 (KitKat) Android OS, v5.1 (Lollipop)
Processor
Quad-core 2.3 GHz Krait 400, Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 [Similar] Quad-core 1.5 GHz Cortex-A53 & quad-core 1.0 GHz Cortex-A53, Qualcomm MSM8939 Snapdragon 615 [Similar]
GPU
Adreno 330 [Similar] Adreno 405 [Similar]
RAM
2 GB [Browse Similar] 2 GB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory
16 GB 16/32 GB
External Memory
microSD, up to 128 GB microSD, up to 128 GB (uses SIM 2 slot)

Camera

Rear Camera
13 MP, 4128 x 3096 pixels [Similar] 16 MP, 5312 x 2988 pixels [Similar]
Flash
Dual-LED (Dual Tone) LED flash
Features
Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, Panorama, HDR Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, Panorama, HDR
Video
1080p@30fps 1080p@30fps
Front Camera
13 MP, autofocus, dual-LED (dual tone) [Similar] 5 MP, 1080p [Similar]

Multimedia

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

Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS
Yes Yes
Edge
Yes Yes
3G
HSDPA 42 Mbps (21 Mbps - AT&T), HSUPA; LTE, Cat4, 50 Mbps UL, 150 Mbps DL HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat6 300/50 Mbps
Bluetooth
v4.0, A2DP, apt-X v4.1, A2DP, EDR, LE
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, WiFi Direct, hotspot
USB
microUSB v2.0 microUSB v2.0
GPS
Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS/ Beidou (market dependant)
Browser
HTML5 HTML5

User Memory

Internal
16 GB, 2 GB RAM 16/32 GB, 2 GB RAM
Expandable Storage
microSD, up to 128 GB microSD, up to 128 GB (uses SIM 2 slot)

Sensors

Fingerprint
Proximity Sensor
Accelerometer Sensor
NFC

Battery

Type
Non-removable Li-Ion Battery Non-removable Li-Ion Battery
Capacity
2400 mAh 3050 mAh
Stand by
Up to 538 h (3G) -
Talk Time
Up to 20 h (3G) -
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