Phone Comparison - Apple iPhone 5 vs Samsung Galaxy Note 4 vs HTC Desire Eye

general General Info

Manufacturer Apple Samsung HTC
Announced September 2012 September 2014 October 2014
Status Available - September 2012 Available - October 2014 Available - November 2014
Price - - Rs. 28,000 ($411.76) [Similarly Priced]
Colors Black, White Frosted white, Charcoal black, Bronze Gold, Blossom Pink Blue, Red, White
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 123.8 x 58.6 x 7.6 mm
(4.87 x 2.31 x 0.3 in)
153.5 x 78.6 x 8.5 mm
(6.04 x 3.09 x 0.33 in)
151.7 x 73.8 x 8.5 mm
(5.97 x 2.91 x 0.33 in)
Weight 112 g (3.95 oz) 176 g (6.21 oz) 154 g (5.43 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
CDMA2000 1xEV-DO - for Verizon
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - All Versions
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 - Asia
HSDPA 850 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100 - AT&T
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 2100 - EMEA
TD-SCDMA 1900 / 2100 - Asia
4G Network LTE 700 MHz Class 17 / 2100 - for AT&T LTE 800 / 850 / 900 / 1800 / 2100 / 2600 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
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail
Build Features - - IPX7 Certified - Dust Proof and Water Resistant up to 1 Meter and 30 Minutes

hardware Hardware and OS

OS iOS 6 Android OS, v4.4.4 (KitKat) Android OS, v4.4.2 (KitKat)
Processor Dual-core 1.2 GHz, Apple A6 Quad-core 2.7 GHz Krait 450 (SM-N910S)
Quad-core 1.3 GHz Cortex-A53 & 1.9GHz quad-core Cortex-A57 (SM-N910C), Qualcomm Snapdragon 805 (SM-N910S)
Exynos 5433 (SM-N910C)
Quad-core 2.3 GHz Krait 400, Qualcomm Snapdragon 801
GPU PowerVR SGX 543MP3 Adreno 420 (SM-N910S)
Mali-T760 (SM-N910C)
Adreno 330
RAM 1 GB 3 GB 2 GB
Internal Memory 16/32/64 GB storage 32 GB 16 GB
External Memory No microSD, up to 64 GB microSD, up to 128 GB

display Display

Type LED-backlit IPS TFT, capacitive touchscreen Super AMOLED Capacitive Touchscreen, Corning Gorilla Glass 3 Capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 4.0 inches 5.7 inches 5.2 inches
Resolution 640 x 1136 pixels (326 ppi) 1440 x 2560 pixels (515 ppi) 1080 x 1920 pixels (424 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 60.84% 74.32% 66.47%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels, Backside Illumin 16 MP, 3456 x 4608 pixels 13 MP, 4128 x 3096 pixels
Flash LED flash LED Flash Dual-LED (Dual Tone)
Features Touch Focus, Geo-tagging, Face Detection, HDR Auto focus, Smart OIS, Dual Shot, Simultaneous HD Video And Image Recording, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection, Image Stabilization, Panorama, HDR Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, Panorama, HDR
Video Yes, 1080p@30fps, LED video light, video stabilization, geo-tagging, face detection 2160p@30fps, 1080p@60fps, optical stabilization 1080p@30fps
Front Camera Yes, 1.2 MP, 720p@30fps, face detection, [Similar] 3.7 MP, 1080p@30fps [Similar] 13 MP, autofocus, dual-LED (dual tone) [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes Yes
3G DC-HSDPA, 42 Mbps; HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps, LTE, 73 Mbps; Rev. A, up to 3.1 Mbps HSDPA, 42 Mbps; HSUPA; LTE, Cat4 (N910C), Cat6 (N910S), 50 Mbps UL, 300 Mbps (N910S), 150 Mbps (N910C) DL HSDPA 42 Mbps (21 Mbps - AT&T), HSUPA; LTE, Cat4, 50 Mbps UL, 150 Mbps DL
Bluetooth Yes, v4.0 with A2DP v4.1, A2DP, EDR, LE v4.0, A2DP, apt-X
Wi-Fi 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, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB Yes, Lightning Port microUSB v2.0 (MHL 2), USB Host microUSB v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, Baidu Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS
Browser HTML (Safari) HTML5 HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 16/32/64 GB storage, 1 GB RAM 32 GB, 3 GB RAM 16 GB, 2 GB RAM
Expandable Storage No microSD, up to 64 GB microSD, up to 128 GB
USB OTG - Supported -

Apps Sensors

Fingerprint fingerprint not supported fingerprint 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 supported NFC supported

battery Battery

Type Standard battery, Li-Po Li-Ion Battery Non-removable Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 1440 mAh 3220 mAh 2400 mAh
Stand by Up to 225 h - Up to 538 h (3G)
Talk Time Up to 8 h - Up to 20 h (3G)