Phone Comparison - HTC Desire Eye vs Samsung Galaxy A5 vs Micromax Canvas Xpress A99

general General Info

Manufacturer HTC Samsung Micromax
Announced October 2014 October 2014 December 2014
Status Available - November 2014 Available - November 2014 Available - December 2014
Price Rs. 28,000 ($411.76) [Similarly Priced] Rs. 18,090 ($266.03) [Similarly Priced] Rs. 6,550 ($96.32) [Similarly Priced]
Colors Blue, Red, White Pearl White, Midnight Black, Platinum Silver, Soft Pink, Light B Blue, Gray
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 151.7 x 73.8 x 8.5 mm
(5.97 x 2.91 x 0.33 in)
139.3 x 69.7 x 6.7 mm
(5.48 x 2.74 x 0.26 in)
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Weight 154 g (5.43 oz) 123 g (4.34 oz) -
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - All Versions GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2
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 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 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, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM
Build Features IPX7 Certified - Dust Proof and Water Resistant up to 1 Meter and 30 Minutes - -

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v4.4.2 (KitKat) Android OS, v4.4.2 (KitKat) Android OS, v4.4.2 (KitKat)
Processor Quad-core 2.3 GHz Krait 400, Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 Quad-core 1.2 GHz Quad-core 1.3 GHz, Mediatek MT6582M
GPU Adreno 330 - Mali-400MP2
RAM 2 GB 2 GB 1 GB
Internal Memory 16 GB 16 GB 8 GB (5.85 GB for mass storage)
External Memory microSD, up to 128 GB microSD, up to 64 GB microSD, up to 32 GB

display Display

Type Capacitive touchscreen Super AMOLED Capacitive Touchscreen IPS LCD Capacitive Touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 5.2 inches 5.0 inches 4.5 inches
Resolution 1080 x 1920 pixels (424 ppi) 720 x 1280 pixels (294 ppi) 480 x 854 pixels (218 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 66.47% 70.85% -
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

3.5mm Jack yes yes yes
Radio - - FM Radio with Recording
Games Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable
Loud Speaker yes yes yes

camera Camera

Rear Camera 13 MP, 4128 x 3096 pixels 13 MP, 4128 x 3096 pixels 5 MP, 2592x1944 pixels
Flash Dual-LED (Dual Tone) LED flash LED flash
Features Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, Panorama, HDR Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Face Detection, Panorama, HDR, Wide Selfie, Rear-cam Selfie Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Face Detection, HDR
Video 1080p@30fps 1080p@30fps Yes, 720p
Front Camera 13 MP, autofocus, dual-LED (dual tone) [Similar] 5 MP [Similar] Yes, VGA [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes Yes
3G HSDPA 42 Mbps (21 Mbps - AT&T), HSUPA; LTE, Cat4, 50 Mbps UL, 150 Mbps DL HSDPA, 42 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.8 Mbps; LTE, Cat4, 50 Mbps UL, 150 Mbps DL HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps
Bluetooth v4.0, A2DP, apt-X v4.0, BLE, ANT+ Yes, v4.0 with A2DP
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/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB microUSB v2.0 microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0, USB On-the-go
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS support
Browser HTML5 HTML5 HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 16 GB, 2 GB RAM 16 GB, 2 GB RAM 8 GB (5.85 GB for mass storage), 1 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 128 GB microSD, up to 64 GB microSD, up to 32 GB
USB OTG - - Supported

Apps Sensors

Fingerprint fingerprint not supported fingerprint not 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 supported NFC supported NFC not supported

battery Battery

Type Non-removable Li-Ion Battery Non-removable Li-Po Battery Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 2400 mAh 2300 mAh 1950 mAh
Stand by Up to 538 h (3G) - Up to 240 h
Talk Time Up to 20 h (3G) - Up to 7 h