Phone Comparison - HTC Hero vs Samsung Galaxy A55

HTC Hero
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Samsung Galaxy A55
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general General Info

Manufacturer HTC Samsung
Announced June 2009 March 2024
Status Available - July 2009 Coming Soon - March 2024
Colors Brown, White (teflon coating), Graphite, Black, Pink Iceblue, Lilac, Navy, Lemon
Form Factor Candybar Candybar
Dimension 112 x 56.2 x 14.4 mm
(4.41 x 2.21 x 0.57 in)
161.1 x 77.4 x 8.2 mm
(6.34 x 3.05 x 0.32 in)
Weight 135 g (4.76 oz) 213 g (7.51 oz)
SIM Type - Single SIM (Nano-SIM, eSIM), Hybrid Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (dual-SIM model only)
3G Network HSDPA 900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100
4G Network - LTE
5G Network - SA/NSA/Sub6 - International
SA/NSA/Sub6/mmWave - USA
SAR EU - W/kg (head)
- W/kg (body)
0.68 W/kg (head)
1.04 W/kg (body)
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM
Build Features - - Fingerprint Sensor (under display, optical)
IP67 dust/water resistant (up to 1m for 30 min)

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v1.5 (Cupcake) Android 14
User Interface - One UI 6.1
Processor 528 MHz ARM 11, Qualcomm MSM7200A [Similar] Octa-core (4x2.7 GHz Cortex-A78 & 4x2.0 GHz Cortex-A55), Exynos 1480 [Similar]
GPU Adreno 130 [Similar] -
RAM 288 MB [Browse Similar] 12 GB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory N/A 256 GB
External Memory microSD microSDXC (uses shared SIM slot)

display Display

Type TFT capacitive touchscreen FHD+ Super AMOLED Screen
120Hz Refresh Rate
HDR10+, 550 Nits
Corning Gorilla Glass Victus
Colors 65K colors 16M colors
Size 3.2 inches [Similar] 6.6 inches [Similar]
Resolution 320 x 480 pixels (180 ppi) 1080 x 2340 pixels (390 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 48.59% 85.97%
Multi-Touch yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 5 MP, 2592 x 1944 pixels [Similar] 50 MP + 12 MP + 5 MP [Similar]
Flash No LED Flash
Features Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus (via Software Update) 50 MP, f/1.8, (wide), 1/1.56", 1.0µm, PDAF, OIS
12 MP, f/2.2, 123˚ (ultrawide), 1/3.06", 1.12µm
5 MP, f/2.4, (macro)
Panorama, HDR
Video Yes, CIF@15fps 4K@30fps, 1080p@30/60fps, gyro-EIS
Front Camera No [Similar] 32 MP, f/2.2, 26mm (wide), 1/2.74", 0.8µm

4K@30fps, 1080p@30/60fps [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Class 10 (4+1/3+2 slots), 32 - 48 kbps Yes
Edge Class 10, 236.8 kbps Yes
3G HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 2.0 Mbps HSPA, LTE-A, 5G
Bluetooth Yes v2.0 with A2DP 5.3, A2DP, LE, aptX
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/6, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct
USB Yes, miniUSB v2.0 USB Type-C 2.0, OTG
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support GPS, GALILEO, GLONASS, BDS, QZSS
Browser HTML Yes

memory User Memory

Internal 288 MB RAM, 512 MB ROM 256 GB, 12 GB RAM or 256 GB, 8 GB RAM or 128 GB, 8 GB RAM UFS
Expandable Storage microSD microSDXC (uses shared SIM slot)
USB OTG - Supported

Apps Sensors

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

battery Battery

Type Standard battery, Li-Ion Non-removable Li-Po Battery
Fast battery Charging 25W
Capacity 1350 mAh 5000 mAh
Stand by Up to 440 h (2G)
Up to 750 h (3G)
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Talk Time Up to 8 h (2G)
Up to 7 h (3G)
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