HTC Desire 530 vs Huawei Mate 8 Comparison and Differences

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HTC Desire 530

HTC Desire 530

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Huawei Mate 8

Huawei Mate 8

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Differences between HTC Desire 530 and Huawei Mate 8 - Which to Choose?

Reasons to consider the HTC Desire 530:

  • Compact and lightweight design at 140g compared to Mate 8’s 185g.
  • Available in a variety of colors.
  • Slightly more affordable at 170 EUR.
  • Dedicated microSD card slot.
  • Super LCD screen technology.

Reasons to consider the Huawei Mate 8:

  • Larger battery capacity at 4000mAh offering longer battery life.
  • Higher screen resolution of 1080 x 1920 pixels leading to a sharper display with 368ppi.
  • Metal body construction providing a premium feel.
  • Fingerprint sensor for enhanced security.
  • More powerful chipset and CPU, offering better performance.
  • Higher camera resolution with 16MP rear camera and more advanced features including OIS.
  • Support for fast battery charging.
  • Higher AnTuTu benchmark score indicating overall better performance.
  • Potential for operating system upgrade from Marshmallow to Nougat.

HTC Desire 530 or Huawei Mate 8 Specs Comparison

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Common specs

Brand and model HTC Desire 530 Huawei Mate 8
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Release date 2016, February 2015, November
Dimensions (HxWxD) 146.9 x 70.9 x 8.3 mm | 5.78 x 5.78 x 2.79 in 157.1 x 80.6 x 7.9 mm | 6.19 x 6.19 x 3.17 in
Weight 140 g | 4.94 oz 185 g | 6.53 oz
Body Build Front glass, aluminum body
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Colors Black, White Champagne Gold, Moonlight Silver, Space Gray, Mocha Brown
Battery 2200 mAh,  Non-removable Li-Ion 4000 mAh,  Non-removable Li-Po
Battery life Stand by time - Up to 528 h (3G)
Music play - Up to 98 h
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Screen

Technology Super LCD IPS-NEO LCD
Touchscreen capacitive touchscreen capacitive touchscreen
Display colors 16M 16M
Screen size 5" in 6" in
Screen area 68.9 cm2 98.7 cm2
Screen format 16:9 (height:width) 16:9 (height:width)
Screen to body ratio 66.2% 78.0%
Screen resolution 720 x 1280 px 1080 x 1920 px
Screen PPI /points per inch/ 294 PPI 368 PPI
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Glass 3
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Camera and Video

Rear camera, main 8 MP, Single 16 MP, Single
Camera specs -8 MP, AF, f/2.4 -16 MP, f/2.0, 27mm (wide), 1/2.8'', OIS, PDAF
Functions LED flash, HDR, panorama Dual-LED dual-tone flash, panorama, HDR
Video 720p@30fps 1080p@60fps, 1080p@30fps, 720p@120fps
Front camera, selfie 5 MP, Single 8 MP, Single
Specifications 5 MP, f/2.8 8 MP, f/2.4, 26mm (wide)
Video 1080p@30fps

Performance

Operating system - OS Android 6.0 (Marshmallow) Android 6.0 (Marshmallow), upgradable to 7.0 (Nougat); EMUI 4
Chipset - Qualcomm MSM8909 Snapdragon 210 (28 nm) - HiSilicon Kirin 950 (16 nm)
CPU - Quad-core 1.1 GHz Cortex-A7 - Octa-core (4x2.3 GHz Cortex-A72 & 4x1.8 GHz Cortex A53)
GPU Adreno 304 Mali-T880 MP4
External memory microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot) microSD, up to 256 GB (uses SIM 2 slot)
Internal memory 16 GB, 1.5 GB RAM 32 GB, 3 GB RAM - NXT-L09, NXT-L29
64 GB, 4 GB RAM - NXT-L29

Benchmark

Antutu 7 Total
GeekBench 6 Single Core 363
GeekBench 6 Multi Core 1131
GeekBench 5 Single Core 339
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core 1273
GeekBench 4 Single Core 388 1683
GeekBench 4 Multi-Core 978 5282
GeekBench 4 RenderScript 658 3812

Communication and Connectivity

SIM card Nano-SIM Nano-SIM - NXT-L09Hybrid Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by) - NXT-L29
Network GSM / HSPA / LTE GSM / HSPA / LTE
Bands -2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
-3G - HSDPA 850 / 900 / 2100  
HSDPA 850 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100 - USA
-4G - LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 20(800), 28(700) 
LTE band 2(1900), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 12(700), 13(700) - USA
-2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (optional)
-3G - HSDPA 800 / 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100 - NXT-L29, NXT-L09
-4G - LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 6(900), 7(2600), 8(900), 12(700), 17(700), 18(800), 19(800), 20(800), 26(850), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300) - NXT-L29 
LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 6(900), 7(2600), 8(900), 12(700), 17(700), 18(800), 19(800), 20(800), 26(850), 28(700), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300) - NXT-L09
Speed HSPA, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A (2CA) Cat6 300/50 Mbps
GPRS Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, hotspotWi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, WiFi Direct, hotspot - USA version Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, DLNA, WiFi Direct, hotspot
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS
NFC Yes (market dependant) Yes
USB microUSB 2.0 microUSB 2.0, USB Host
Bluetooth 4.1, A2DP 4.2, A2DP, EDR, LE
Harmful irradiation SAR - 1.49 W/kg (head)     0.32 W/kg (body)    
SAR EU - 1.46 W/kg (head)     0.21 W/kg (body)    

Music and Audio

Radio FM radio FM radio
Headphone jack Yes Yes
Others - 24-bit/192kHz audio
-Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic

Other features

Sensors - Accelerometer, proximity - Fingerprint (rear-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, barometer, compass
Other extras
- Fast battery charging: 37% in 30 min
Versions
- Also known as Huawei Ascend Mate8

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