Phone Comparison - Samsung Galaxy A9 vs HTC One A9 vs Samsung Galaxy Grand Prime+

general General Info

Manufacturer Samsung HTC Samsung
Announced Expected Announcement - November 2015 October 2015 Not announced yet
Status Rumored - December 2015 Available - November 2015 Rumored
Price - Rs. 24,495 ($360.22) [Similarly Priced] -
Colors Pearl White, Midnight Black, Champagne Gold Acid Gold, Opal Silver, Deep Garnet, Carbon Gray, Rose Gold, Cas White, Gray, Gold, Pink
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension - 145.8 x 70.8 x 7.3 mm
(5.74 x 2.79 x 0.29 in)
144.8 x 72.1 x 8.9 mm
(5.7 x 2.84 x 0.35 in)
Weight - 143 g (5.04 oz) -
SIM Type - - Dual-SIM
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (optional) GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network LTE LTE LTE
SAR EU - W/kg (head)
- W/kg (body)
- W/kg (head)
- W/kg (body)
0.53 W/kg (head)
1.27 W/kg (body)
Messaging SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail SMS, MMS, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v5.1.1 (Lollipop), planned upgrade to v6.0 (Marshmallow) Android OS, v6.0 (Marshmallow) Android OS, v6.0.1 (Marshmallow)
Processor Quad-core 1.8 GHz Cortex-A72 & quad-core 1.4 GHz Cortex-A53, Qualcomm MSM8976 Snapdragon 620 Octa-core 1.5 GHz Cortex-A53, Qualcomm MSM8952 Snapdragon 617 Quad-core 1.3 GHz Cortex-A53, Mediatek MT6737T
GPU Adreno 510 Adreno 405 Mali-T720MP2
RAM 3 GB 3 GB 1.5/2 GB
Internal Memory 32 GB 32 GB 8/16 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 128 GB microSD, up to 128 GB microSD, up to 32 GB (dedicated slot)

display Display

Type Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen AMOLED capacitive touchscreen Capacitive Touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 5.5 inches 5.0 inches 5.0 inches
Resolution 1080 x 1920 pixels (401 ppi) 1080 x 1920 pixels (441 ppi) 540 x 960 pixels (220 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio - 66.64% 66.19%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 16 MP, 5312 x 2988 pixels 13 MP, 4128 x 3096 pixels 8 MP
Flash LED flash LED Flash LED Flash
Features Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, Panorama, HDR Autofocus, Optical Image Stabilization, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, Panorama, HDR Autofocus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face/smile Detection, Panorama
Video 1080p@30fps Yes 1080p@30fps
Front Camera 5 MP, 1080p [Similar] 4 MP [Similar] 5 MP [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes Yes
3G HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat6 300/50 Mbps HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps HSPA, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps, VoLTE
Bluetooth v4.2, A2DP, EDR, LE v4.1, A2DP, apt-X v4.0, A2DP
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, WiFi Direct, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot
USB microUSB v2.0 microUSB v2.0 microUSB v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS/ Beidou (market dependant) Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS
Browser HTML5 HTML5 HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 32 GB, 3 GB RAM 32 GB, 3 GB RAM 8/16 GB, 1.5/2 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 128 GB microSD, up to 128 GB microSD, up to 32 GB (dedicated slot)

Apps Sensors

Fingerprint fingerprint 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 supported NFC not supported NFC not supported

battery Battery

Type Non-removable Li-Ion battery Non-removable Li-Ion Battery Removable Li-Ion battery
Capacity 4000 mAh 2150 mAh 2600 mAh
Stand by - - -
Talk Time - - -