Phone Comparison - HTC Desire 820 vs HTC One (M9) vs HTC One ME

general General Info

Manufacturer HTC HTC HTC
Announced September 2014 March 2015 June 2015
Status Coming Soon - September 2014 Available - March 2015 Available - June 2015
Price - Rs. 45,999 ($399.00) [Similarly Priced] Rs. 26,709 ($392.78) [Similarly Priced]
Colors Marble White, Tuxedo Grey, Santorini White, Milky-way Grey, Tang Gunmetal Gray, Amber Gold, Silver/Rose gold, Gold/Pink Meteor Grey, Rose Gold, Gold Sepia
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 157.7 x 78.7 x 7.7 mm
(6.21 x 3.1 x 0.3 in)
144.6 x 69.7 x 9.6 mm
(5.69 x 2.74 x 0.38 in)
151 x 72 x 9.8 mm
(5.94 x 2.83 x 0.39 in)
Weight 155 g (5.47 oz) 157 g (5.54 oz) 155 g (5.47 oz)
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 700 / 800 / 850 / 900 / 1800 / 2100 / 2600 TD-LTE 2300 / 2500 / 2600 (Bands 1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 20, 28, 38, 40, 41) LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 28(700), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300), 41(2500)
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail
Build Features - - - Fingerprint sensor

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v4.4.2 (KitKat) Android OS, v5.0.x (Lollipop) Android OS, v5.0.2 (Lollipop)
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 2.2 GHz, Mediatek X10
GPU Adreno 405 Adreno 430 PowerVR G6200
RAM 2 GB 3 GB 3 GB
Internal Memory 16 GB 32 GB 32 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 128 GB microSD, up to 128 GB microSD, up to 128 GB

display Display

Type LCD Capacitive Touchscreen Super LCD3 Capacitive Touchscreen, Corning Gorilla Glass 4 Capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 5.5 inches 5.0 inches 5.2 inches
Resolution 720 x 1280 pixels (267 ppi) 1080 x 1920 pixels (441 ppi) 1440 x 2560 pixels (565 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 67.20% 68.25% 68.53%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

3.5mm Jack yes yes yes
Radio No Stereo FM radio with RDS -
Games Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable
Loud Speaker yes yes yes

camera Camera

Rear Camera 13 MP, 4160 x 3120 pixels 20.7 MP, 5376 x 3752 pixels 20 MP, 5376 x 3752 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 Auto focus, Automatic Simultaneous Video And Image Recording, Geo-tagging, Face/smile Detection, HDR, Panorama Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Face/smile Detection, HDR, Panorama
Video 1080p@30fps, 720p@60fps 2160p@30fps, 1080p@60fps, 720p@120fps, HDR, stereo sound rec. 2160p@30fps
Front Camera 8 MP, 1080p [Similar] 4 MP, 1080p@30fps, HDR [Similar] 4 MP (1/3' sensor size, 2µm pixel size), [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 42.2/21.1 Mbps, LTE Cat6 300/50 Mbps HSPA, LTE
Bluetooth v4.0, A2DP v4.0, A2DP, apt-X v4.1, A2DP, apt-X
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, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, hotspot
USB microUSB v2.0 microUSB v2.0 (MHL TV-out), USB Host microUSB v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, Beidou
Browser HTML5 HTML5 HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 16 GB, 2 GB RAM 32 GB, 3 GB RAM 32 GB, 3 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 128 GB microSD, up to 128 GB microSD, up to 128 GB
USB OTG - 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-Po Battery Non-removable Li-Po Battery
Capacity 2600 mAh 2840 mAh 2840 mAh
Stand by Up to 424 h (3G) Up to 391 h (2G)
Up to 402 h (3G)
Up to 598 h (2G)
Up to 626 h (3G)
Talk Time Up to 22 h 24 min (3G) Up to 25 h 20 min (2G)
Up to 21 h 50 min (3G)
Up to 23 h (2G)
Up to 13 h (3G)