Phone Comparison - Asus Zenfone Max ZC550KL vs HTC Desire 828 dual sim vs Samsung Galaxy J1 (2016)

general General Info

Manufacturer Asus HTC Samsung
Announced August 2015 November 2015 January 2016
Status Available - January 2016 Coming Soon - November 2015 Available - February 2016
Price Rs. 9,999 ($147.04) [Similarly Priced] Rs. 16,445 ($241.84) [Similarly Priced] Rs. 6,890 ($117.65) [Similarly Priced]
Colors Black, White White White, Black, Gold
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 156 x 77.5 x 10.55 mm
(6.14 x 3.05 x 0.42 in)
157.7 x 78.9 x 7.9 mm
(6.21 x 3.11 x 0.31 in)
132.6 x 69.3 x 8.9 mm
(5.22 x 2.73 x 0.35 in)
Weight 202 g (7.13 oz) - 131 g (4.62 oz)
SIM Type - - Dual-SIM
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2
TD-SCDMA 1900 / 2100 - India
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2
TD-SCDMA
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (optional)
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
TD-SCDMA 1900 / 2100 - India
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 900 / 2100
4G Network LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300), 41(2500) - India LTE LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 20(800)
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail SMS, MMS, EMail, IM
Notification LED - - No

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v5.0 (Lollipop) Android OS, v5.1 (Lollipop) Android OS, v5.1.1 (Lollipop)
Processor Quad-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A53, Qualcomm MSM8916 Snapdragon 410 Octa-core 1.5 GHz Cortex-A53, Mediatek MT6753 Quad-core 1.3 GHz Cortex-A7, Spreadtrum SC9830
GPU Adreno 306 Mali-T720MP3 Mali-400
RAM 2 GB 2 GB 1 GB
Internal Memory 8/16 GB 16 GB 8 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 128 GB microSD, up to 200 GB microSD, up to 128 GB

display Display

Type IPS capacitive touchscreen Capacitive touchscreen Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 5.5 inches 5.5 inches 4.5 inches
Resolution 720 x 1280 pixels (267 ppi) 1080 x 1920 pixels (401 ppi) 480 x 800 pixels (207 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 68.99% 66.86% 62.92%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

3.5mm Jack yes yes yes
Radio Yes FM radio FM radio with RDS; 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, 4160 x 3120 pixels 5 MP, 2592 х 1944 pixels
Flash Dual-tone Flash optical image stabil LED flash
Features Geo-tagging, Laser AutoFocus, Touch Focus, Face Detection, Panorama, HDR Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, HDR, Panorama Autofocus, f/2.2 aperture lens, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection
Video 1080p@30fps 1080p@30fps Yes
Front Camera 5 MP [Similar] 4 MP, 1080p (1/3' sensor size, 2�m pixel [Similar] 2 MP [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes Yes
3G HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps HSPA 21.1/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps, VoLTE
Bluetooth v4.0, A2DP, EDR Yes v4.0, A2DP
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, 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 Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS/ Beidou (market dependant) Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS
Browser HTML5 HTML5 HTML

memory User Memory

Internal 8/16 GB, 2 GB RAM 16 GB, 2 GB RAM 8 GB, 1 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 128 GB microSD, up to 200 GB microSD, up to 128 GB
USB OTG - - Not 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 not supported NFC not supported NFC not supported

battery Battery

Type Non-removable Li-Po Battery Li-Ion Battery Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 5000 mAh 2800 mAh 2050 mAh
Stand by - - -
Talk Time - - -