Phone Comparison - HTC Sensation XL vs HTC Desire 300 vs Samsung Galaxy S5 Plus

general General Info

Manufacturer HTC HTC Samsung
Announced October 2011 September 2013 October 2014
Status Available - November 2011 Available - December 2013 Available - November 2014
Price - - Rs. 17,499 ($257.34) [Similarly Priced]
Colors White Black, White Charcoal Black, Copper Gold, Electric Blue, Shimmery White
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 132.5 x 70.7 x 9.9 mm
(5.22 x 2.78 x 0.39 in)
131.78 x 66.23 x 10.12 mm
(5.19 x 2.61 x 0.4 in)
142 x 72.5 x 8.1 mm
(5.59 x 2.85 x 0.32 in)
Weight 162.5 g (5.71.0.18 oz) 120 g (4.23 oz) 145 g (5.11 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - all versions GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 2100 HSDPA 900 / 2100 - EU, Asia, China
HSDPA 850 / 2100 - Asia
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network - - LTE 800 / 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 / 2100 / 2600
(Bands 1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 20)
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail SMS, MMS, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v2.3 (Gingerbread), upgradable to v4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) Android OS, v4.2.2 (Jelly Bean) Android OS, v4.4.2 (KitKat)
Processor 1.5 GHz Scorpion, Qualcomm MSM8255 Dual-core 1 GHz Cortex-A5, Qualcomm MSM8225 Snapdragon S4 Play Quad-core 2.5 GHz Krait 450, Qualcomm Snapdragon 805
GPU Adreno 205 Adreno 203 Adreno 420
RAM 768 MB 512 MB 2 GB
Internal Memory 16 GB storage 4 GB 16/32 GB
External Memory No microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 128 GB

display Display

Type S-LCD capacitive touchscreen TFT capacitive touchscreen Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 4.7 inches 4.3 inches 5.1 inches
Resolution 480 x 800 pixels (199 ppi) 480 x 800 pixels (217 ppi) 1080 x 1920 pixels (432 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 66.78% 60.28% 69.63%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels 5 MP, 2592х1944 pixels 16 MP, 5312 x 2988 pixels
Flash dual-LED flash No phase detection auto
Features Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Face Detection, Touch Focus, HDR, Auto-upload Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection 1/2.6' Sensor Size, 1.12 �m Pixel Size, Dual Shot, Simultaneous HD Video And Image Recording, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face/smile Detection, HDR
Video Yes, 720p, slo-mo video recording (2x @ WVGA) Yes, WVGA@30fps 2160p@30fps, 1080p@60fps, 720p@120fps, HDR, dual-video rec.
Front Camera Yes, 1.3 MP [Similar] Yes, VGA [Similar] 2 MP, 1080p@30fps, dual video call [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Class 12 (4+1/3+2/2+3/1+4 slots), 32 - 48 kbps Yes Yes
Edge Class 12 Yes Yes
3G HSDPA, 14.4 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps HSDPA, 42 Mbps; HSUPA; LTE, Cat6 300 Mbps DL
Bluetooth Yes, v3.0 with A2DP Yes, v4.0 with A2DP v4.0, A2DP, EDR, LE
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0 microUSB v3.0 (MHL 2.1), USB On-the-go, USB Host
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, Beidou
Browser WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML, Adobe Flash HTML5 HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 16 GB storage, 768 MB RAM 4 GB, 512 MB RAM 16/32 GB, 2 GB RAM
Expandable Storage No microSD, up to 32 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 not supported NFC supported

battery Battery

Type Li-Ion Battery Li-Ion Battery Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 1600 mAh 1650 mAh 2800 mAh
Stand by Up to 360 h (2G)
Up to 460 h (3G)
Up to 625 h (3G) -
Talk Time Up to 11 h 50 min (2G)
Up to 6 h 50 min (3G)
Up to 11 h (3G) (2G)
Up to 20 h (3G)