HTC Desire 530 vs Samsung Galaxy J5 Comparison and Differences

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HTC Desire 530

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HTC Desire 530 or Samsung Galaxy J5 Specs Comparison

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Common specs

Brand and model HTC Desire 530 Samsung Galaxy J5
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Release date 2016, February 2015, June
Dimensions (HxWxD) 146.9 x 70.9 x 8.3 mm | 5.78 x 5.78 x 2.79 in 142.1 x 71.8 x 7.9 mm | 5.59 x 5.59 x 2.83 in
Weight 140 g | 4.94 oz 146 g | 5.15 oz
Body Build Plastic body
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Colors Black, White White, Black, Gold
Battery 2200 mAh,  Non-removable Li-Ion 2600 mAh,  Removable Li-Ion
Battery life Talking time - Up to 18 h (3G)
Music play - Up to 62 h
Approximate price 170 EUR 160 EUR
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Screen

Technology Super LCD Super AMOLED
Touchscreen capacitive touchscreen capacitive touchscreen
Display colors 16M 16M
Screen size 5" in 5" in
Screen area 68.9 cm2 68.9 cm2
Screen format 16:9 (height:width) 16:9 (height:width)
Screen to body ratio 66.2% 67.5%
Screen resolution 720 x 1280 px 720 x 1280 px
Screen PPI /points per inch/ 294 PPI 294 PPI
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Camera and Video

Rear camera, main 8 MP, Single 13 MP, Single
Camera specs -8 MP, AF, f/2.4 -13 MP, f/1.9, 28mm (wide), AF
Functions LED flash, HDR, panorama LED flash
Video 720p@30fps 1080p@30fps
Front camera, selfie 5 MP, Single 5 MP, Single
Specifications 5 MP, f/2.8 5 MP, f/2.2, 23mm (wide)
Functions LED flash

Performance

Operating system - OS Android 6.0 (Marshmallow) Android 5.1 (Lollipop), upgradable to 6.0.1 (Marshmallow)
Chipset - Qualcomm MSM8909 Snapdragon 210 (28 nm) - Qualcomm MSM8916 Snapdragon 410 (28 nm)
CPU - Quad-core 1.1 GHz Cortex-A7 - Quad-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A53
GPU Adreno 304 Adreno 306
External memory microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot) microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot)
Internal memory 16 GB, 1.5 GB RAM 8/16 GB, 1.5 GB RAM

Benchmark

Antutu 7 Total
GeekBench 5 Single Core 80
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core 226
GeekBench 4 Single Core 388 491
GeekBench 4 Multi-Core 978 1201
GeekBench 4 RenderScript 658 869

Communication and Connectivity

SIM card Nano-SIM Single SIM (Micro-SIM)Dual SIM (Micro-SIM, dual stand-by)
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 (dual-SIM model only)
-3G - HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
-4G - LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 20(800)
Speed HSPA, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps HSPA 21.1/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat4 150/50 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 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS
NFC Yes (market dependant) Yes (market dependent)
USB microUSB 2.0 microUSB 2.0, USB On-The-Go
Bluetooth 4.1, A2DP 4.1, A2DP
Harmful irradiation SAR - 0.80 W/kg (head)     1.13 W/kg (body)    
SAR EU - 0.61 W/kg (head)     0.48 W/kg (body)    

Music and Audio

Radio FM radio FM radio, RDS, recording
Headphone jack Yes Yes
Others - Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic

Other features

Sensors - Accelerometer, proximity - Accelerometer, proximity
Other extras
- ANT+
Versions
- Versions: J500F/J700FN (Global Single-SIM); J500F/DS (Global Dual-SIM); J500G/DS (Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, Thailand); J500Y (Australia, New Zealand); J500M (LATAM); J500M/DS (Brazil); J500H/DS

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