Phone Comparison - Gionee Elife S5.5 vs HTC Desire 826 vs Gionee S8

general General Info

Manufacturer Gionee HTC Gionee
Announced February 2014 January 2015 February 2016
Status Available - March 2014 Coming Soon - Q1 2015 Coming Soon - March 2016
Price - Rs. 16,999 ($249.99) [Similarly Priced] Rs. 34,990 ($514.56) [Similarly Priced]
Colors Black, white, blue, pink, purple Various Gray, Gold, Rose Gold
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 145.1 x 70.2 x 5.55 mm
(5.71 x 2.76 x 0.22 in)
- 154.3 x 74.9 x 7 mm
(6.07 x 2.95 x 0.28 in)
Weight 130 g (4.59 oz) - 147.2 g (5.19.0.07 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100
HSDPA 900 / 1900 / 2100
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 - EMEA version
HSDPA 900 / 2100 - Asia version
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 2100
4G Network - LTE 900 / 1800 / 2100 / 2600 - EMEA version LTE band 3(1800), 7(2600), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300)
Messaging SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail SMS, MMS, EMail, IM
Build Features LTPS Corning Gorilla Glass Third Generation Cover - - Force Touch display

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v4.2 (Jelly Bean) Android OS, v5.0.1 (Lollipop) Android OS, v6.0.1 (Marshmallow)
Processor Octa-core 1.7 GHz, MediaTek MT6592 Quad-core 1.7 GHz Cortex-A53 & quad-core 1.0 GHz Cortex-A53, Qualcomm MSM8939 Snapdragon 615 Octa-core 1.9 GHz Cortex-A53, Mediatek MT6755 Helio P10
GPU Mali-450MP4 Adreno 405 Mali-T860MP2
RAM 2 GB 2 GB 4 GB
Internal Memory 16 GB 16 GB 64 GB
External Memory No microSD, up to 128 GB microSD, up to 200 GB (uses SIM 2 slot)

display Display

Type Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen Capacitive touchscreen AMOLED Capacitive Touchscreen, Corning Gorilla Glass 4
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 5.0 inches 5.5 inches 5.5 inches
Resolution 1080 x 1920 pixels (441 ppi) 1080 x 1920 pixels (401 ppi) 1080 x 1920 pixels (401 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 67.53% - 71.99%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

3.5mm Jack yes yes yes
Radio FM radio FM radio FM radio
Games Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable
Loud Speaker yes yes yes

camera Camera

Rear Camera 13 MP, 4160 x 3120 pixels 13 MP, 4160 x 3120 pixels 16 MP
Flash LED flash LED flash LED Flash
Features Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, Simultaneous HD Video And Image Recording, HDR Phase Detection Autofocus, f/1.8, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, Panorama, HDR
Video Yes 1080p@30fps, 720p@60fps 1080p@30fps
Front Camera Yes, 5 MP [Similar] 4 MP, 1080p (1/3' sensor size, 2�m pixel [Similar] 8 MP, 1/4" sensor size [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes Class 12
Edge Yes Yes Class 12
3G HSDPA, 42 Mbps; HSUPA HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat6 300/50 Mbps
Bluetooth Yes, v4.0 with A2DP v4.0, A2DP, apt-X v4.0, A2DP
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi Hotspot, W-Fi Display 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 Yes, microUSB v2.0, USB On-the-go microUSB v2.0 microUSB v2.0, USB Host
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS
Browser HTML5 HTML5 HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 16 GB, 2 GB RAM 16 GB, 2 GB RAM 64 GB, 4 GB RAM
Expandable Storage No microSD, up to 128 GB microSD, up to 200 GB (uses SIM 2 slot)
USB OTG Supported - Supported

Apps Sensors

Fingerprint fingerprint not 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 not supported NFC not supported NFC not supported

battery Battery

Type Non-removable Li-Ion Battery Non-removable Li-Po Battery Non-removable Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 2300 mAh 2600 mAh 3000 mAh
Stand by - - -
Talk Time - - -