Phone Comparison - HTC Desire XC vs Samsung Galaxy Note 3 vs Samsung Galaxy S5 mini Duos

general General Info

Manufacturer HTC Samsung Samsung
Announced June 2013 September 2013 August 2014
Status Available - June 2013 Available - September 2013 Available - August 2014
Colors White, Black Black, White, Pink Charcoal Black, Shimmery White
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 119.5 x 62.3 x 9.4 mm
(4.7 x 2.45 x 0.37 in)
151.2 x 79.2 x 8.3 mm
(5.95 x 3.12 x 0.33 in)
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Weight 107 g (3.77 oz) 168 g (5.93 oz) -
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2
3G Network HSDPA 900 / 2100 - SIM 1 Only HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA
4G Network - LTE -
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM
Build Features - S Pen stylus - Fingerprint sensor
- IP67 certified - dust and water resistant
- Water resistant up to 1 meter and 30 minutes

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich), with HTC Sense 4.0 Android OS, v4.3 (Jelly Bean) Android OS, v4.4.4 (KitKat)
Processor Dual-core 1 GHz Quad-core 2.3 GHz Krait 400 (LTE model) / Quad-core 1.9 GHz Cortex-A15 & quad-core 1.3 GHz Cortex-A7, Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 Quad-core 1.4 GHz
GPU - Adreno 330 (LTE model) -
RAM 768 MB 3 GB 1.5 GB
Internal Memory 4 GB 32/64 GB storage 16 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 64 GB microSD, up to 64 GB

display Display

Type Super LCD capacitive touchscreen Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 4.0 inches 5.7 inches 4.5 inches
Resolution 480 x 800 pixels (233 ppi) 1080 x 1920 pixels (386 ppi) 720 x 1280 pixels (326 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 61.30% 74.98% -
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 5 MP, 2592х1944 pixels 13 MP, 4128 x 3096 pixels 8 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels
Flash No LED flash LED flash
Features Auto focus, Geo-tagging Auto focus, Dual Shot, Simultaneous HD Video And Image Recording, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection, Image Stabilization, Panorama, HDR Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, HDR, Panorama
Video Yes Yes, 2160p@30fps, 1080p@60fps (LTE model) 1080p@30fps
Front Camera No [Similar] Yes, 2 MP, 1080p@30fps [Similar] 2.1 MP, 1080p@30fps [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes Yes
3G HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps HSDPA, 42 Mbps; HSUPA; LTE, Cat4, 50 Mbps UL, 150 Mbps DL HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps
Bluetooth Yes, v4.0 with A2DP Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, LE, EDR v4.0, A2DP, EDR, LE
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, DLNA, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0 (MHL 2), USB Host microUSB v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS
Browser HTML5 HTML5 HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 4 GB, 768 MB RAM 32/64 GB storage, 3 GB RAM 16 GB, 1.5 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 64 GB microSD, up to 64 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 not supported

battery Battery

Type Li-Ion Battery Li-Ion Battery Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 1650 mAh 3200 mAh 2100 mAh
Stand by - Up to 420 h (3G) -
Talk Time - Up to 21 h (3G) -