Phone Comparison - HTC Desire 826 vs Honor 7 vs Samsung Galaxy A8

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general General Info

Manufacturer HTC Honor Samsung
Announced January 2015 June 2015 July 2015
Status Coming Soon - Q1 2015 Available - July 2015 Available - August 2015
Price Rs. 16,999 ($249.99) [Similarly Priced] Rs. 18,999 ($279.40) [Similarly Priced] Rs. 26,990 ($396.91) [Similarly Priced]
Colors Various Black, White, Gold Pearl White, Midnight Black, Champagne Gold
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension - 143.2 x 71.9 x 8.5 mm
(5.64 x 2.83 x 0.33 in)
158 x 76.8 x 5.9 mm
(6.22 x 3.02 x 0.23 in)
Weight - 157 g (5.54 oz) 151 g (5.33 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (optional) GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (optional)
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 - EMEA version
HSDPA 900 / 2100 - Asia version
HSDPA HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network LTE 900 / 1800 / 2100 / 2600 - EMEA version LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800) LTE
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM
Build Features - - Fingerprint Sensor - Fingerprint sensor

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v5.0.1 (Lollipop) Android OS, v5.0 (Lollipop) Android OS, v5.1 (Lollipop)
Processor Quad-core 1.7 GHz Cortex-A53 & quad-core 1.0 GHz Cortex-A53, Qualcomm MSM8939 Snapdragon 615 Quad-core 2.2 GHz Cortex-A53 & quad-core 1.5 GHz Cortex-A53, HiSilicon Kirin 935 Quad-core 1.5 GHz Cortex-A53 & quad-core 1.0 GHz Cortex-A53, Qualcomm MSM8939 Snapdragon 615
GPU Adreno 405 Mali-T628 Adreno 405
RAM 2 GB 3 GB 2 GB
Internal Memory 16 GB 16/64 GB 16/32 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 128 GB microSD, up to 128 GB (uses SIM 2 slot) microSD, up to 128 GB (uses SIM 2 slot)

display Display

Type Capacitive touchscreen IPS LCD Capacitive Touchscreen Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 5.5 inches 5.2 inches 5.7 inches
Resolution 1080 x 1920 pixels (401 ppi) 1080 x 1920 pixels (424 ppi) 1080 x 1920 pixels (386 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio - 72.28% 73.99%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

3.5mm Jack yes yes yes
Radio 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, 4160 x 3120 pixels 20 MP, 4992 х 3744 pixels 16 MP, 5312 x 2988 pixels
Flash LED flash Dual-LED (Dual Tone) LED flash
Features Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, Simultaneous HD Video And Image Recording, HDR Phase Detection Autofocus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, HDR, Panorama Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, Panorama, HDR
Video 1080p@30fps, 720p@60fps Yes 1080p@30fps
Front Camera 4 MP, 1080p (1/3' sensor size, 2�m pixel [Similar] 8 MP [Similar] 5 MP, 1080p [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 Cat6 300/50 Mbps HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat6 300/50 Mbps
Bluetooth v4.0, A2DP, apt-X v4.0, A2DP, EDR, LE v4.1, A2DP, EDR, LE
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, WiFi Direct, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, WiFi 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/ Beidou (market dependant)
Browser HTML5 HTML5 HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 16 GB, 2 GB RAM 16/64 GB, 3 GB RAM 16/32 GB, 2 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 128 GB microSD, up to 128 GB (uses SIM 2 slot) microSD, up to 128 GB (uses SIM 2 slot)

Apps Sensors

Fingerprint fingerprint not supported fingerprint 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 supported NFC supported

battery Battery

Type Non-removable Li-Po Battery Non-removable Li-Po Battery Non-removable Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 2600 mAh 3100 mAh 3050 mAh
Stand by - - -
Talk Time - - -