HTC One (M8) CDMA vs HTC Desire X Comparison and Differences

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HTC One (M8) CDMA

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HTC One (M8) CDMA or HTC Desire X Specs Comparison

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Common specs

Brand and model HTC One (M8) CDMA HTC Desire X
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Release date 2014, March 2012, August
Dimensions (HxWxD) 146.4 x 70.6 x 9.4 mm | 5.76 x 5.76 x 2.78 in 118.5 x 62.3 x 9.3 mm | 4.67 x 4.67 x 2.45 in
Weight 160 g | 5.64 oz 114 g | 4.02 oz
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Colors Gunmetal Gray, Glacial Silver White/Black, Prussian Blue
Battery 2600 mAh,  Non-removable Li-Ion 1650 mAh,  Removable Li-Ion
Battery life Stand by time - Up to 290 h
Talking time - Up to 12 h
Stand by time - Up to 833 h (2G) / Up to 750 h (3G)
Talking time - Up to 20 h (2G) / Up to 10 h (3G)
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Screen

Technology Super LCD3 Super LCD
Touchscreen capacitive touchscreen capacitive touchscreen
Display colors 16M 16M
Screen size 5" in 4" in
Screen area 68.9 cm2 45.5 cm2
Screen format 16:9 (height:width) 5:3 (height:width)
Screen to body ratio 66.7% 61.7%
Screen resolution 1080 x 1920 px 480 x 800 px
Screen PPI /points per inch/ 441 PPI 233 PPI
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Glass 3
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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@60fps, HDR, stereo sound rec. 480p@30fps
Front camera, selfie 5 MP, Single 0 MP,
Specifications 5 MP
Functions HDR
Video 1080p@30fps

Performance

Operating system - OS Android 4.4.2 (KitKat), upgradable to 6 (Marshmallow); Sense UI 6 Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich), upgradable to 4.1.1 (Jelly Bean); Sense UI 4
Chipset - Qualcomm MSM8974AB Snapdragon 801 (28 nm) - Qualcomm MSM8225 Snapdragon S4 Play
CPU - Quad-core 2.3 GHz Krait 400 - Dual-core 1.0 GHz Cortex-A5
GPU Adreno 330 Adreno 203
External memory microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot) microSD, up to 32 GB (dedicated slot)
Internal memory 32 GB, 2 GB RAM 4 GB, 768 MB RAM

Benchmark

Antutu 7 Total
GeekBench 4 Single Core 961

Communication and Connectivity

SIM card Nano-SIM Single SIM (Mini-SIM)Dual SIM (Mini-SIM, dual stand-by)
Network GSM / CDMA / HSPA / EVDO / LTE GSM / HSPA
Bands -2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - Sprint, Verizon 
CDMA 800 / 1900 - Sprint, Verizon
-3G - HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100 - for Sprint 
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 - for Verizon 
CDMA2000 1xEV-DO - for Sprint, Verizon
-4G - LTE band 25(1900), 27(800), 38(2600) - Sprint 
LTE band 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 7(2600), 13(700) - Verizon
-2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (dual-SIM model only)
Speed HSPA 14.4/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps HSPA 7.2/5.76 Mbps
GPRS Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA, hotspot
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 4.0, A2DP, aptX
Harmful irradiation SAR - 0.83 W/kg (head)     1.17 W/kg (body)     SAR - 1.11 W/kg (head)     0.63 W/kg (body)    

Music and Audio

Radio No Stereo FM radio, RDS
Headphone jack Yes Yes
Others - Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic - Beats Audio

Other features

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

- Dropbox (25 GB cloud storage)
-MP4/H.264/WMV player
-MP3/eAAC+/WMA/WAV player
-Organizer
-Document viewer
-Photo viewer/editor
-Voice memo/dial
-Predictive text input
Versions
- Also known as HTC M8, All New HTC One

- Available as HTC Desire X Dual SIM with dual-SIM card slots

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