Phone Comparison - HTC Desire 820 vs Samsung Galaxy S9 vs Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 Pro

general General Info

Manufacturer HTC Samsung
Announced September 2014 February 2018 February 2018
Status Coming Soon - September 2014 Coming Soon, March 2018 Available - February 2018
Price - Rs. 52,999 ($750.00) [Similarly Priced] Rs. 13,999 ($200.00) [Similarly Priced]
Colors Marble White, Tuxedo Grey, Santorini White, Milky-way Grey, Tang Various Black, Champagne Gold, Rose Gold, Blue
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 157.7 x 78.7 x 7.7 mm
(6.21 x 3.1 x 0.3 in)
147.7 x 68.7 x 8.5 mm
(5.81 x 2.7 x 0.33 in)
158.6 x 75.4 x 8.1 mm
(6.24 x 2.97 x 0.32 in)
Weight 155 g (5.47 oz) 163 g (5.75 oz) 181 g (6.38 oz)
SIM Type - Single SIM (Nano-SIM), Hybrid Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by) Hybrid Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (dual-SIM model only) 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 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network LTE 900 / 1800 / 2100 / 2600 - EMEA version LTE LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 5(850), 40(2300), 41(2500)
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM
Build Features - - Fingerprint Sensor
- Samsung Pay (Visa, MasterCard certified)
- IP68 certified - dust/water proof over 1.5 meter and 30 minutes
- Fingerprint Sensor
Notification LED - Yes Yes

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v4.4.2 (KitKat) Android 8.0 (Oreo) Android 7.1.2 (Nougat)
User Interface - Samsung Experience MIUI 9
Processor Quad-core 1.5 GHz Cortex-A53 & quad-core 1.0 GHz Cortex-A53, Qualcomm MSM8939 Snapdragon 615 Octa-core (4x2.8 GHz Mongoose M3 & 4x1.7 GHz Cortex-A55) - EMEA
Octa-core (4x2.7 GHz Kryo 385 Gold & 4x1.7 GHz Kryo 385 Silver) - USA & China, Exynos 9810 Octa - EMEA
Qualcomm Snapdragon 845
Octa-core 1.8 GHz Kryo 260, Qualcomm SDM636 Snapdragon 636
GPU Adreno 405 Mali-G72 MP18 - EMEA
Adreno 630 - USA & China
Adreno 509
RAM 2 GB 4 GB 4/6 GB
Internal Memory 16 GB 64 GB 64 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 128 GB microSD, up to 256 GB (uses SIM 2 slot) - dual SIM model only microSD, up to 256 GB (uses SIM 2 slot)

display Display

Type LCD Capacitive Touchscreen Super AMOLED Capacitive Touchscreen, Corning Gorilla Glass 5 IPS LCD Capacitive Touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 5.5 inches 5.8 inches 5.99 inches
Resolution 720 x 1280 pixels (267 ppi) 1440 x 2960 pixels (568 ppi) 1080 x 2160 pixels (403 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 67.20% 84.00% 77.49%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 13 MP, 4160 x 3120 pixels 12 MP Dual 12 MP + 5 MP
Flash LED flash LED Flash Dual-LED Dual-tone Flash
Features Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, Simultaneous HD Video And Image Recording, HDR Phase Detection Autofocus, f/1.5 - f/2.4 variable aperture lens, 26mm, 1/2.5", 1.4 µm, Dual Pixel PDAF, OIS, Geo-tagging, Simultaneous 4K Video And 9MP Image Recording, Touch Focus, Face/smile Detection, Auto HDR, Panorama Phase Detection Autofocus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, Panorama, HDR
Video 1080p@30fps, 720p@60fps 2160p@30fps, 1080p@60fps, HDR, dual-video rec. 1080p@30fps
Front Camera 8 MP, 1080p [Similar] 8 MP, f/1.6, autofocus, 1440p, dual video call, Auto HDR [Similar] 20 MP (f/2.0, 1/2.8"), LED flash, 1080p [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 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A (4CA) Cat16 1024/150 Mbps HSPA, LTE
Bluetooth v4.0, A2DP 5.0, A2DP, LE, aptX 4.2, A2DP, LE
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, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot
USB microUSB v2.0 3.1, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector microUSB 2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS, GALILEO Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS
Browser HTML5 HTML5 HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 16 GB, 2 GB RAM 64 GB, 4 GB RAM 64 GB, 4/6 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 128 GB microSD, up to 256 GB (uses SIM 2 slot) - dual SIM model only microSD, up to 256 GB (uses SIM 2 slot)
USB OTG - Not Supported Not Supported

Apps Sensors

Fingerprint fingerprint not supported fingerprint 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
Barometer Sensor barometer sensor barometer sensor present barometer sensor not present
Heart-rate Sensor heart rate sensor heart rate sensor present heart rate sensor not present
NFC NFC not supported NFC supported NFC not supported

battery Battery

Type Non-removable Li-Po Battery Non-removable Li-Ion battery Non-removable Li-Po Battery
Capacity 2600 mAh 3000 mAh 4000 mAh
Stand by Up to 424 h (3G) - -
Talk Time Up to 22 h 24 min (3G) - -