Phone Comparison - HTC Desire 830 vs HTC One A9s vs HTC U Play

general General Info

Manufacturer HTC HTC HTC
Announced May 2016 September 2016 January 2017
Status Coming Soon - May 2016 Coming Soon - September 2016 Available - January 2017
Price Rs. 17,100 ($251.47) [Similarly Priced] Rs. 29,990 ($400.00) [Similarly Priced] Rs. 29,800 ($440.00) [Similarly Priced]
Colors White/Blue, White/Red Carbon Gray, Opal Silver, Topaz Gold, Deep Garnet, Pink blue, black, pink, white
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 157.5 x 78.9 x 7.8 mm
(6.2 x 3.11 x 0.31 in)
146.49 x 71.5 x 7.99 mm
(5.77 x 2.81 x 0.31 in)
145.99 x 72.9 x 7.99 mm
(5.75 x 2.87 x 0.31 in)
Weight - 149.8g (5.26.0.28oz) 145 g (5.11 oz)
SIM Type - - Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100 - Americas
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network LTE LTE band 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 12(700), 13(700), 17(700), 29(700) - Americas LTE
Messaging SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail SMS, MMS, EMail, IM
Build Features - - Fingerprint Sensor
- 2.5D Curved Glass
- Fingerprint Sensor

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v6.0 (Marshmallow) Android OS, v6.0 (Marshmallow), planned upgrade to v7.0 (Nougat) Android OS, v6.0 (Marshmallow)
Processor Octa-core 1.3 GHz Cortex-A53, Mediatek MT6753 Octa-core (4x2.0 GHz Cortex-A53 & 4x1.0 GHz Cortex-A53), Mediatek MT6755 Helio P10 Octa-core (4x1.8 GHz Cortex-A53 & 4x1.0 GHz Cortex-A53), Mediatek MT6755 Helio P10
GPU Mali-T720MP3 Mali-T860 MP2 Mali-T860MP2
RAM 3 GB 2/3 GB 3/4 GB
Internal Memory 32 GB 16/32 GB 32/64 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 128 GB (dedicated slot) microSD, up to 2 TB microSD, up to 256 GB

display Display

Type Super LCD capacitive touchscreen AMOLED Capacitive Touchscreen, Corning Gorilla Glass 3 IPS LCD Capacitive Touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 5.5 inches 5.0 inches 5.2 inches
Resolution 1080 x 1920 pixels (401 ppi) 1080 x 1920 pixels (441 ppi) 1080 x 1920 pixels (424 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 66.95% 65.68% 69.92%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

3.5mm Jack yes yes no
Radio - FM radio To be confirmed
Games Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable
Loud Speaker yes yes yes

camera Camera

Rear Camera 13 MP 13 MP 16 MP
Flash LED Flash Dual-LED (dual Tone) Dual-LED (Dual-tone)
Features Auto focus, f/2.0, OIS, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, HDR, Panorama Autofocus, f/2.2, BSI Sensor, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, Panorama, HDR Phase Detection Autofocus (PDAF), f/2.0, OIS, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, HDR, Panorama
Video 1080p@30fps 1080p@30fps 1080p@30fps
Front Camera 4 MP, f/2.0, 1/3" sensor size, 2µm pixel size, 1080p@30fps [Similar] 5 MP [Similar] 16 MP, f/2.0 [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes Yes
3G HSPA, LTE HSPA, LTE HSPA, LTE, VoLTE
Bluetooth v4.1, A2DP v4.1, A2DP, aptX v4.2, A2DP, LE
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, WiFi Direct, hotspot
USB microUSB v2.0 microUSB v2.0, USB OTG Type-C 1.0 reversible connector
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS
Browser HTML5 HTML5 HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 32 GB, 3 GB RAM 16/32 GB, 2/3 GB RAM 32/64 GB, 3/4 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 128 GB (dedicated slot) microSD, up to 2 TB microSD, up to 256 GB
USB OTG - Supported Not Supported

Apps Sensors

Fingerprint fingerprint not supported fingerprint supported fingerprint 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 not supported NFC supported

battery Battery

Type Non-removable Li-Ion Battery Non-removable Li-Ion battery Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 2800 mAh 2300 mAh 2500 mAh
Stand by - - -
Talk Time - - -