Phone Comparison - HTC Desire 816 vs HTC Desire 626s vs Samsung Galaxy J3

general General Info

Manufacturer HTC HTC Samsung
Announced February 2014 July 2015 November 2015
Status Available - March 2014 Coming Soon - July 2015 Available - December 2015
Price - Rs. 5,380 ($78.99) [Similarly Priced] Rs. 8,999 ($132.34) [Similarly Priced]
Colors Red, Grey, Green, Cyan, White, Black Various White, Black, Gold
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 156.6 x 78.7 x 8 mm
(6.17 x 3.1 x 0.31 in)
146.8 x 70.9 x 8.1 mm
(5.78 x 2.79 x 0.32 in)
142.3 x 71 x 7.9 mm
(5.6 x 2.8 x 0.31 in)
Weight 165 g (5.82 oz) 138.9 g (4.87.0.32 oz) 138 g (4.87 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (optional)
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 2100 HSDPA HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 - EMEA
4G Network LTE 800 / 900 / 1800 / 2600 - EMEA
LTE 900 / 1800 / 2100 / 2600 - Asia
LTE LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 20(800) - EMEA
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v4.4.2 (KitKat) Android OS, v5.1 (Lollipop) Android OS, v5.1.1 (Lollipop)
Processor Quad-core 1.6 GHz Cortex-A7, Qualcomm MSM8928 Snapdragon 400 Quad-core 1.1 GHz Cortex-A7, Qualcomm MSM8909 Snapdragon 210 Quad-core 1.2 GHz
GPU Adreno 305 Adreno 304 -
RAM 1.5 GB 1 GB 1.5 GB
Internal Memory 8 GB ROM 8 GB 8 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 64 GB microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 128 GB

display Display

Type Capacitive Touchscreen TFT Capacitive Touchscreen Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 5.5 inches 5.0 inches 5.0 inches
Resolution 720 x 1280 pixels (267 ppi) 720 x 1280 pixels (294 ppi) 720 x 1280 pixels (294 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 67.67% 66.09% 68.09%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 13 MP, 4160 x 3120 pixels 8 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels 8 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels
Flash LED flash LED flash LED flash
Features Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, Simultaneous HD Video And Image Recording, HDR Auto focus, Yes Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection
Video Yes, 720p 720p@30fps 1080p@30fps
Front Camera Yes, 5 MP, 720p [Similar] 2 MP, 720p [Similar] 5 MP [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes Yes
3G HSDPA, HSUPA; LTE HSPA, LTE HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps
Bluetooth Yes, v4.0 with A2DP v4.1, A2DP v4.1, A2DP
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, DLNA, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 microUSB v2.0 microUSB v2.0, USB On-The-Go
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS
Browser HTML5 HTML HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 8 GB ROM, 1.5 GB RAM 8 GB, 1 GB RAM 8 GB, 1.5 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 64 GB microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 128 GB
USB OTG - - Supported

Apps Sensors

Fingerprint fingerprint not supported fingerprint not supported fingerprint not supported
Proximity Sensor proximity sensor present proximity sensor not present proximity sensor present
Accelerometer Sensor accelerometer sensor present accelerometer sensor not present accelerometer sensor present
NFC NFC supported NFC not supported NFC not supported

battery Battery

Type Non-removable Li-Po Battery Li-Ion Battery Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 2600 mAh 2000 mAh 2600 mAh
Stand by - - -
Talk Time - - -