HTC Desire 826 dual sim vs Sony Xperia M2 Comparison and Differences

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HTC Desire 826 dual sim

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HTC Desire 826 dual sim or Sony Xperia M2 Specs Comparison

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Common specs

Brand and model HTC Desire 826 dual sim Sony Xperia M2
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Release date 2015, January 2014, February
Dimensions (HxWxD) 158 x 77.5 x 8 mm | 6.22 x 6.22 x 3.05 in 139.7 x 71.1 x 8.6 mm | 5.5 x 5.5 x 2.8 in
Weight 183 g | 6.46 oz 148 g | 5.22 oz
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Colors White Birch, Blue Lagoon, Marshmallow White, Dark Grey, Purple Fire Black, White, Purple
Battery 2600 mAh,  Non-removable Li-Po 2300 mAh,  Non-removable Li-Ion
Battery life Stand by time - Up to 626 h (2G) / Up to 687 h (3G)
Talking time - Up to 22 h (2G) / Up to 19 h (3G)
Stand by time - Up to 588 h (2G) / Up to 633 h (3G)
Talking time - Up to 13 h 25 min (2G) / Up to 14 h 36 min (3G)
Music play - Up to 58 h 25 min
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Screen

Technology Super LCD3 TFT
Touchscreen capacitive touchscreen capacitive touchscreen
Display colors 16M 16M
Screen size 5.5" in 4.8" in
Screen area 83.4 cm2 63.5 cm2
Screen format 16:9 (height:width) 16:9 (height:width)
Screen to body ratio 68.1% 63.9%
Screen resolution 1080 x 1920 px 540 x 960 px
Screen PPI /points per inch/ 401 PPI 229 PPI
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Glass 3
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Camera and Video

Rear camera, main 13 MP, Single 8 MP, Single
Camera specs -13 MP, AF, f/2.2 -8 MP, AF, f/2.4
Functions LED flash, HDR LED flash, HDR, panorama
Video 1080p@30fps, 720p@60fps 1080p@30fps, HDR
Front camera, selfie 4 MP, Single 0.3 MP, Single
Specifications 4 MP, f/2.0, 27mm (wide), 1/3'', 2µm (HK model)
13 MP (India model)
VGA
Functions HDR
Video 1080p@30fps 480p

Performance

Operating system - OS Android 5.0.1 (Lollipop), upgradable to 6.0.1 (Marshmallow); Sense UI Android 4.3 (Jelly Bean), upgradable to 5.1 (Lollipop)
Chipset - Qualcomm MSM8939 Snapdragon 615 (28 nm) - Qualcomm MSM8926 Snapdragon 400 (28 nm)
- Qualcomm MSM8226 Snapdragon 400 (28 nm) (D2305)
CPU - Octa-core (4x1.7 GHz Cortex-A53 & 4x1.0 GHz Cortex-A53) - Quad-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A7
GPU Adreno 405 Adreno 305
External memory microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot) microSD, up to 32 GB (dedicated slot)
Internal memory 16 GB, 2 GB RAM 8 GB, 1 GB RAM

Benchmark

Antutu 7 Total
GeekBench 4 Single Core 694 341
GeekBench 4 Multi-Core 2593 849
GeekBench 4 RenderScript 631

Communication and Connectivity

SIM card Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by) Micro-SIM
Network GSM / HSPA / LTE GSM / HSPA / LTE
Bands -2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2
-3G - HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100  
TD-SCDMA - HK, India
-4G - LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 7(2600), 8(900), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300), 41(2500) - HK, India
-2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - all models
-3G - HSDPA 850 / 900 / 2100 - D2303 
HSDPA 850 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100 - D2306 
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 - D2305
-4G - LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 20(800) - D2303 
LTE band 2(1900), 4(1700/2100), 7(2600), 17(700) - D2306
Speed HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps HSPA 42.2(D2303, D2306)/21.1(D2305)/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps
GPRS Yes Up to 107 kbps
Edge Yes Up to 296 kbps
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, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, hotspot
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS/ BDS (market dependant) Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS
NFC Yes
USB microUSB 2.0 microUSB 2.0, USB Host
Bluetooth 4.1, A2DP, aptX 4.0, A2DP, aptX
Harmful irradiation SAR - 0.70 W/kg (head)     1.13 W/kg (body)    
SAR EU - 0.77 W/kg (head)     0.78 W/kg (body)    

Music and Audio

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

Other features

Sensors - Accelerometer, proximity, compass - Accelerometer, proximity, compass
Other extras
- ANT+

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