Phone Comparison - HTC Desire 820 vs HTC Butterfly 3 vs HTC U Ultra

general General Info

Manufacturer HTC HTC HTC
Announced September 2014 September 2015 January 2017
Status Coming Soon - September 2014 Coming Soon - October 2015 Available - January 2017
Price - Rs. 24,401 ($358.00) [Similarly Priced] Rs. 51,000 ($750.00) [Similarly Priced]
Colors Marble White, Tuxedo Grey, Santorini White, Milky-way Grey, Tang Blue, Red, White Various
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 157.7 x 78.7 x 7.7 mm
(6.21 x 3.1 x 0.3 in)
151 x 73 x 10 mm
(5.94 x 2.87 x 0.39 in)
162.41 x 79.79 x 7.99 mm
(6.39 x 3.14 x 0.31 in)
Weight 155 g (5.47 oz) 161 g (5.68 oz) 170g (6oz)
SIM Type - - Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 - EMEA version
HSDPA 900 / 2100 - Asia version
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network LTE 900 / 1800 / 2100 / 2600 - EMEA version LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 28(700), 38(2600), 40(2300), 41(2500) LTE
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail SMS, MMS, EMail, IM
Build Features - - - Fingerprint Sensor
- 2-inch secondary 160x1040 pixels display
Notification LED - - Yes

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v4.4.2 (KitKat) Android OS, v5.0 (Lollipop) Android OS, v7.0 (Nougat)
Processor Quad-core 1.5 GHz Cortex-A53 & quad-core 1.0 GHz Cortex-A53, Qualcomm MSM8939 Snapdragon 615 Quad-core 1.5 GHz Cortex-A53 & Quad-core 2 GHz Cortex-A57, Qualcomm MSM8994 Snapdragon 810 Octa-core (4x2.45 GHz Kryo & 4x1.9 GHz Kryo), Qualcomm MSM8998 Snapdragon 835
GPU Adreno 405 Adreno 430 Adreno 540
RAM 2 GB 3 GB 4 GB
Internal Memory 16 GB 32 GB 64/128 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 128 GB microSD, up to 128 GB microSD, up to 256 GB

display Display

Type LCD Capacitive Touchscreen Capacitive touchscreen IPS LCD Capacitive Touchscreen, Corning Gorilla Glass 5
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 5.5 inches 5.2 inches 5.7 inches
Resolution 720 x 1280 pixels (267 ppi) 1440 x 2560 pixels (565 ppi) 1440 x 2560 pixels (515 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 67.20% 67.59% 69.20%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

3.5mm Jack yes yes no
Radio No No No
Games Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable
Loud Speaker yes yes yes

camera Camera

Rear Camera 13 MP, 4160 x 3120 pixels 20.2 MP Duo, autofocus 12 MP, 4608 x 2592 pixels
Flash LED flash dual-LED (dual tone) Dual-LED (dual Tone)
Features Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, Simultaneous HD Video And Image Recording, HDR Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, Panorama, HDR PDAF, Laser AF, 1.55-micron pixel, f/.1.8, OIS, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, HDR, Panorama
Video 1080p@30fps, 720p@60fps 2160p@30fps 2160p@30fps, 1080p@30fps
Front Camera 8 MP, 1080p [Similar] 13 MP, 1080p@30fps [Similar] 16 MP [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes Yes
3G HSDPA, 42 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.8 Mbps; LTE, Cat4, 50 Mbps UL, 150 Mbps DL HSPA, LTE HSPA, LTE, VoLTE
Bluetooth v4.0, A2DP v4.1, A2DP, apt-X v4.2, A2DP, LE, ANT+
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, WiFi Direct, hotspot
USB microUSB v2.0 microUSB v2.0 (MHL 3.0 TV-out) Type-C 1.0 reversible connector
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, Beidou Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS
Browser HTML5 HTML5 HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 16 GB, 2 GB RAM 32 GB, 3 GB RAM 64/128 GB, 4 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 128 GB microSD, up to 128 GB microSD, up to 256 GB
USB OTG - - Not Supported

Apps Sensors

Fingerprint fingerprint not supported fingerprint not supported fingerprint supported
Proximity Sensor proximity sensor present proximity sensor present proximity sensor present
Accelerometer Sensor accelerometer sensor present accelerometer sensor present accelerometer sensor present
NFC NFC not supported NFC supported NFC supported

battery Battery

Type Non-removable Li-Po Battery Non-removable Li-Ion Battery Non-removable Li-Po Battery
Capacity 2600 mAh 2700 mAh 3000 mAh
Stand by Up to 424 h (3G) Up to 363 h (2G)
Up to 416 h (3G)
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Talk Time Up to 22 h 24 min (3G) Up to 26 h (2G)
Up to 21 h (3G)
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