Phone Comparison - HTC Desire 820 vs Huawei Ascend Y221

HTC Desire 820
htc desire 820
Huawei Ascend Y221
huawei ascend y221
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general General Info

Manufacturer HTC Huawei
Announced September 2014 December 2014
Status Coming Soon - September 2014 Available - December 2014
Price - Rs. 10,800 ($158.82) [Similarly Priced]
Colors Marble White, Tuxedo Grey, Santorini White, Milky-way Grey, Tang Black, White
Form Factor Candybar Candybar
Dimension 157.7 x 78.7 x 7.7 mm
(6.21 x 3.1 x 0.3 in)
116.5 x 60.6 x 12.3 mm
(4.59 x 2.39 x 0.48 in)
Weight 155 g (5.47 oz) 130 g (4.59 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 (single or dual SIM)
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 - EMEA version
HSDPA 900 / 2100 - Asia version
HSDPA 900 / 2100 (single or dual SIM)
HSDPA 850 / 2100 (dual SIM)
4G Network LTE 900 / 1800 / 2100 / 2600 - EMEA version -
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail SMS, MMS, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v4.4.2 (KitKat) Android OS, v4.4.x (KitKat)
Processor Quad-core 1.5 GHz Cortex-A53 & quad-core 1.0 GHz Cortex-A53, Qualcomm MSM8939 Snapdragon 615 [Similar] Dual-core 1 GHz Cortex-A7, Mediatek MT6572M [Similar]
GPU Adreno 405 [Similar] Mali-400 [Similar]
RAM 2 GB [Browse Similar] 512 MB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory 16 GB 4 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 128 GB microSD, up to 32 GB

display Display

Type LCD Capacitive Touchscreen TFT capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 256K colors
Size 5.5 inches [Similar] 3.5 inches [Similar]
Resolution 720 x 1280 pixels (267 ppi) [Similar] 320 x 480 pixels (165 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 67.20% 51.56%
Multi-Touch yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 13 MP, 4160 x 3120 pixels [Similar] 2 MP, 1600 x 1200 pixels [Similar]
Flash LED flash No
Features Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, Simultaneous HD Video And Image Recording, HDR Yes
Video 1080p@30fps, 720p@60fps Yes
Front Camera 8 MP, 1080p [Similar] No [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes
3G HSDPA, 42 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.8 Mbps; LTE, Cat4, 50 Mbps UL, 150 Mbps DL HSPA 21.1/5.76 Mbps
Bluetooth v4.0, A2DP v3.0, A2DP
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, hotspot
USB microUSB v2.0 microUSB v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS No
Browser HTML5 HTML

memory User Memory

Internal 16 GB, 2 GB RAM 4 GB, 512 MB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 128 GB microSD, up to 32 GB

Apps Sensors

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

battery Battery

Type Non-removable Li-Po Battery Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 2600 mAh 1350 mAh
Stand by Up to 424 h (3G) Up to 225 h
Talk Time Up to 22 h 24 min (3G) Up to 4 h