Phone Comparison - Samsung Galaxy Note 4 vs HTC One (M9) vs Samsung Galaxy A8 (2016)

general General Info

Manufacturer Samsung HTC Samsung
Announced September 2014 March 2015 September 2016
Status Available - October 2014 Available - March 2015 Coming Soon - October 2016
Price - Rs. 45,999 ($399.00) [Similarly Priced] Rs. 39,240 ($588.00) [Similarly Priced]
Colors Frosted white, Charcoal black, Bronze Gold, Blossom Pink Gunmetal Gray, Amber Gold, Silver/Rose gold, Gold/Pink Pearl White, Midnight Black, Champagne Gold, Mint
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 153.5 x 78.6 x 8.5 mm
(6.04 x 3.09 x 0.33 in)
144.6 x 69.7 x 9.6 mm
(5.69 x 2.74 x 0.38 in)
156.6 x 76.8 x 7.2 mm
(6.17 x 3.02 x 0.28 in)
Weight 176 g (6.21 oz) 157 g (5.54 oz) 182 g (6.42 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (dual-SIM model only)
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network LTE 800 / 850 / 900 / 1800 / 2100 / 2600 LTE 700 / 800 / 850 / 900 / 1800 / 2100 / 2600 TD-LTE 2300 / 2500 / 2600 (Bands 1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 20, 28, 38, 40, 41) LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 20(800)
Messaging SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail SMS, MMS, EMail, IM
Build Features - - - Fingerprint Sensor

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v4.4.4 (KitKat) Android OS, v5.0.x (Lollipop) Android OS, v6.0.1 (Marshmallow)
Processor Quad-core 2.7 GHz Krait 450 (SM-N910S)
Quad-core 1.3 GHz Cortex-A53 & 1.9GHz quad-core Cortex-A57 (SM-N910C), Qualcomm Snapdragon 805 (SM-N910S)
Exynos 5433 (SM-N910C)
Quad-core 1.5 GHz Cortex-A53 & Quad-core 2 GHz Cortex-A57, Qualcomm MSM8994 Snapdragon 810 Octa-core (4x2.1 GHz Cortex-A57 & 4x1.5 GHz Cortex-A53), Exynos 7420 Octa
GPU Adreno 420 (SM-N910S)
Mali-T760 (SM-N910C)
Adreno 430 Mali-T760MP8
RAM 3 GB 3 GB 3 GB
Internal Memory 32 GB 32 GB 32/64 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 64 GB microSD, up to 128 GB microSD, up to 256 GB

display Display

Type Super AMOLED Capacitive Touchscreen, Corning Gorilla Glass 3 Super LCD3 Capacitive Touchscreen, Corning Gorilla Glass 4 Super AMOLED Capacitive Touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 5.7 inches 5.0 inches 5.7 inches
Resolution 1440 x 2560 pixels (515 ppi) 1080 x 1920 pixels (441 ppi) 1080 x 1920 pixels (386 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 74.32% 68.25% 74.66%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 16 MP, 3456 x 4608 pixels 20.7 MP, 5376 x 3752 pixels 16 MP
Flash LED Flash dual-LED (dual tone) LED Flash
Features Auto focus, Smart OIS, Dual Shot, Simultaneous HD Video And Image Recording, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection, Image Stabilization, Panorama, HDR Auto focus, Automatic Simultaneous Video And Image Recording, Geo-tagging, Face/smile Detection, HDR, Panorama Autofocus, f/1.9, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, Panorama, HDR
Video 2160p@30fps, 1080p@60fps, optical stabilization 2160p@30fps, 1080p@60fps, 720p@120fps, HDR, stereo sound rec. 1080p@30fps
Front Camera 3.7 MP, 1080p@30fps [Similar] 4 MP, 1080p@30fps, HDR [Similar] 8 MP, f/1.9, 1080p [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes Yes
3G HSDPA, 42 Mbps; HSUPA; LTE, Cat4 (N910C), Cat6 (N910S), 50 Mbps UL, 300 Mbps (N910S), 150 Mbps (N910C) DL HSPA 42.2/21.1 Mbps, LTE Cat6 300/50 Mbps HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat6 300/50 Mbps
Bluetooth v4.1, A2DP, EDR, LE v4.0, A2DP, apt-X v4.2, A2DP, EDR, LE
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, Wi-Fi 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/ac, dual-band, WiFi Direct, hotspot
USB microUSB v2.0 (MHL 2), USB Host microUSB v2.0 (MHL TV-out), USB Host microUSB v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, Baidu Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS/ BDS (market dependant)
Browser HTML5 HTML5 HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 32 GB, 3 GB RAM 32 GB, 3 GB RAM 32/64 GB, 3 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 64 GB microSD, up to 128 GB microSD, up to 256 GB
USB OTG Supported Supported -

Apps Sensors

Fingerprint fingerprint supported fingerprint not 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 supported NFC supported NFC supported

battery Battery

Type Li-Ion Battery Non-removable Li-Po Battery Non-removable Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 3220 mAh 2840 mAh 3300 mAh
Stand by - Up to 391 h (2G)
Up to 402 h (3G)
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Talk Time - Up to 25 h 20 min (2G)
Up to 21 h 50 min (3G)
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