Phone Comparison - HTC One Max vs ZTE Grand X Max+ vs Sony Xperia C5 Ultra

general General Info

Manufacturer HTC ZTE Sony
Announced October 2013 January 2015 August 2015
Status Available - October 2013 Coming Soon - January 2015 Available - August 2015
Price - Rs. 8,650 ($127.00) [Similarly Priced] Rs. 24,900 ($366.18) [Similarly Priced]
Colors Silver Black Black, White, Mint
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 164.5 x 82.5 x 10.29 mm
(6.48 x 3.25 x 0.41 in)
162.1 x 83.1 x 7.9 mm
(6.38 x 3.27 x 0.31 in)
164.2 x 79.6 x 8.2 mm
(6.46 x 3.13 x 0.32 in)
Weight 217 g (7.65 oz) 171.8 g (6.03.0.28 oz) 187 g (6.6 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 900 / 1900 / 2100
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 - For Verizon
HSDPA 850 / 1900 - Z987 (Criket) HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 - E5553
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100 - E5506
4G Network LTE 800 / 900 / 1800 / 2600
LTE 700 - For Verizon
LTE 700 / 850 / 1700 / 1900 - Z987 (Criket) LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 28(700), 40(2300) - E5553
LTE band 2(1900), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 12(700), 13(700), 17(700), 28(700) - E5506
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM
Build Features Fingerprint Sensor - -

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v4.3 (Jelly Bean) Android OS, v4.4.4 (KitKat) Android OS, v5.0 (Lollipop)
Processor Quad-core 1.7 GHz Krait 300, Qualcomm APQ8064 Snapdragon 600 Quad-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A7, Qualcomm MSM8926 Snapdragon 400 Octa-core 1.7 GHz Cortex-A53, Mediatek MT6752
GPU Adreno 320 Adreno 305 Mali-T760MP2
RAM 2 GB 2 GB 2 GB
Internal Memory 16/32 GB 16 GB 16 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 64 GB microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 200 GB

display Display

Type Capacitive touchscreen Capacitive touchscreen IPS LCD Capacitive Touchscreen, Scratch-resistant, Sony Mobile BRAVIA Engine 2
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 5.9 inches 6.0 inches 6.0 inches
Resolution 1080 x 1920 pixels (373 ppi) 720 x 1280 pixels (245 ppi) 1080 x 1920 pixels (367 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 70.85% 73.53% 75.99%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 4 MP, 2688 x 1520 pixels 13 MP, 4128 x 3096 pixels 13 MP, 4128 x 3096 pixels
Flash LED flash LED flash LED flash
Features HTC UltraPixel Camera, Auto focus, 1/3' Sensor Size, 2µm Pixel Size, Simultaneous HD Video And Image Recording, Geo-tagging, Face And Smile Detection, Optical Image Stabilization, HDR, Stereo Sound Recording Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, HDR, Panorama Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face/smile Detection, Panorama, HDR
Video Yes, 1080p@30fps, 720p@60fps, HDR, stereo sound rec., video stabilization Yes 1080p@30fps, HDR
Front Camera Yes, 2.1 MP, 1080p@30fps, HDR [Similar] 5 MP [Similar] 13 MP, autofocus, LED flash; 1080p@30fps [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes Up to 85.6 kbps
Edge Yes Yes Up to 236.8 kbps
3G HSPA+; LTE, Cat3, 50 Mbps UL, 100 Mbps DL HSPA, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps
Bluetooth Yes, v4.0 with A2DP v4.0, A2DP v4.1, A2DP, apt-X
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/ac/b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, hotspot
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 (MHL) microUSB v2.0 microUSB v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS
Browser HTML5 HTML5 HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 16/32 GB, 2 GB RAM 16 GB, 2 GB RAM 16 GB, 2 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 64 GB microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 200 GB

Apps Sensors

Fingerprint fingerprint supported fingerprint not supported fingerprint not 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 supported NFC not supported NFC supported

battery Battery

Type Non-removable Li-Po battery Li-Ion Battery Non-removable Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 3300 mAh 3200 mAh 2930 mAh
Stand by Up to 585 h (3G) Up to 860 h Up to 714 h (2G)
Up to 769 h (3G)
Talk Time Up to 25 h (3G) Up to 6 h 30 min Up to 14 h 24 min (2G)
Up to 12 h 53 min (3G)