HTC One M8 vs HTC Desire Comparison and Differences

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HTC One M8

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HTC One M8 or HTC Desire Specs Comparison

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Common specs

Brand and model HTC One M8 HTC Desire
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Release date 2014, March 2010, February
Dimensions (HxWxD) 146.4 x 70.6 x 9.4 mm | 5.76 x 5.76 x 2.78 in 119 x 60 x 11.9 mm | 4.69 x 4.69 x 2.36 in
Weight 160 g | 5.64 oz 135 g | 4.76 oz
Body Build Aluminum body
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Colors Gunmetal Gray, Glacial Silver, Amber Gold Black, Brown, Silver, White
Battery 2600 mAh,  Non-removable Li-Po 1400 mAh,  Removable Li-Ion
Battery life Stand by time - Up to 271 h (2G) / Up to 496 h (3G)
Talking time - Up to 14 h (2G) / Up to 20 h (3G)
Stand by time - Up to 340 h (2G) / Up to 360 h (3G)
Talking time - Up to 6 h 40 min (2G) / Up to 6 h 30 min (3G)
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Screen

Technology Super LCD3 AMOLED or SLCD
Touchscreen capacitive touchscreen capacitive touchscreen
Display colors 16M 16M
Screen size 5" in 3.7" in
Screen area 68.9 cm2 39.0 cm2
Screen format 16:9 (height:width) 5:3 (height:width)
Screen to body ratio 66.7% 54.6%
Screen resolution 1080 x 1920 px 480 x 800 px
Screen PPI /points per inch/ 441 PPI 252 PPI
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Glass 3 Corning Gorilla Glass
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Camera and Video

Rear camera, main 4 MP, Single 5 MP, Single
Camera specs -4 MP, f/2.0, 27mm (wide), 1/3'', 2µm, AF
-4 MP, depth sensor
-5 MP, AF
Functions HDR, panorama, dual-LED dual-tone flash LED flash
Video 1080p@60fps, 720p@120fps, HDR, stereo sound rec. 480p@15fps, 720p@30fps (via SW update)
Front camera, selfie 5 MP, Single 0 MP,
Specifications 5 MP, f/2.0
Functions HDR
Video 1080p@30fps

Performance

Operating system - OS Android 4.4.2 (KitKat), upgradable to 6.0 (Marshmallow); Sense UI 6 Android 2.1 (Eclair), upgradable to 2.2 (Froyo); Sense UI
Chipset - Qualcomm MSM8974AB Snapdragon 801 (28 nm) - Qualcomm QSD8250 Snapdragon S1
CPU - Quad-core 2.3 GHz (US/EMEA)/ 2.5 GHz (Asia, China) Krait 400 - 1.0 GHz Scorpion
GPU Adreno 330 Adreno 200
External memory microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot) microSD, up to 32 GB (dedicated slot), 4 GB included
Internal memory 16/32 GB, 2 GB RAM 576 MB RAM; 512 MB

Benchmark

Antutu 7 Total
GeekBench 5 Single Core 152
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core 540
GeekBench 4 Single Core 961
GeekBench 4 Multi-Core 2306
GeekBench 4 RenderScript 2438
GeekBench 4 Battery 1320

Communication and Connectivity

SIM card Nano-SIM Mini-SIM
Network GSM / HSPA / LTE GSM / HSPA
Bands -2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
-3G - HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
-4G - LTE band 3(1800), 7(2600), 8(900), 20(800)
-2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
Speed HSPA 42.2/21.1(AT&T)/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps HSPA 7.2/2 Mbps
GPRS Yes Class 10
Edge Yes Class 10
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g, hotspot (Android 2.2)
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS
NFC Yes (market/operator dependent)
USB microUSB 2.0 (MHL TV-out), USB Host microUSB 2.0
Bluetooth 4.0, A2DP, aptX 2.1, A2DP
Harmful irradiation
SAR EU - 0.42 W/kg (head)     0.22 W/kg (body)    
SAR - 1.48 W/kg (head)     0.69 W/kg (body)    

Music and Audio

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

Other features

Sensors - Accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, barometer , Infrared port - Accelerometer, proximity, compass
Other extras
- Fast battery charging (Quick Charge 2.0)

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--Optical trackpad
Versions
- Also known as HTC M8, All New HTC One

- Also known as HTC Bravo, HTC Desire A8181

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