Phone Comparison - Nokia Lumia 735 vs HTC Desire Eye vs Sony Xperia C5 Ultra

general General Info

Manufacturer Nokia HTC Sony
Announced September 2014 October 2014 August 2015
Status Available - September 2014 Available - November 2014 Available - August 2015
Price - Rs. 28,000 ($411.76) [Similarly Priced] Rs. 24,900 ($366.18) [Similarly Priced]
Colors Orange, green, white, black Blue, Red, White Black, White, Mint
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 134.7 x 68.5 x 8.9 mm
(5.3 x 2.7 x 0.35 in)
151.7 x 73.8 x 8.5 mm
(5.97 x 2.91 x 0.33 in)
164.2 x 79.6 x 8.2 mm
(6.46 x 3.13 x 0.32 in)
Weight 134 g (4.73 oz) 154 g (5.43 oz) 187 g (6.6 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 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 - Asia
HSDPA 850 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100 - AT&T
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 2100 - EMEA
TD-SCDMA 1900 / 2100 - Asia
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 - E5553
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100 - E5506
4G Network LTE 800 / 1800 / 2600 LTE 700 / 900 / 1800 / 2100 / 2600 (Bands 1, 3, 7, 8, 28)
TD-LTE 1900 / 2300 / 2500 / 2600 (Bands 38, 39, 40, 41)
LTE 700 / 850 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100 (Bands 2, 4, 5, 17, 29) - AT&T
LTE 800 / 900 / 1800 / 2600 (Bands 3, 7, 8, 20) - EMEA
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, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM
Build Features ClearBlack display IPX7 Certified - Dust Proof and Water Resistant up to 1 Meter and 30 Minutes -

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Microsoft Windows Phone 8.1 Android OS, v4.4.2 (KitKat) Android OS, v5.0 (Lollipop)
Processor Quad-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A7, Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 Quad-core 2.3 GHz Krait 400, Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 Octa-core 1.7 GHz Cortex-A53, Mediatek MT6752
GPU Adreno 305 Adreno 330 Mali-T760MP2
RAM 1 GB 2 GB 2 GB
Internal Memory 8 GB 16 GB 16 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 128 GB microSD, up to 128 GB microSD, up to 200 GB

display Display

Type AMOLED Capacitive Touchscreen, Corning Gorilla Glass 3 Capacitive touchscreen IPS LCD Capacitive Touchscreen, Scratch-resistant, Sony Mobile BRAVIA Engine 2
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 4.7 inches 5.2 inches 6.0 inches
Resolution 720 x 1280 pixels (312 ppi) 1080 x 1920 pixels (424 ppi) 1080 x 1920 pixels (367 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 66.20% 66.47% 75.99%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

3.5mm Jack yes yes yes
Radio FM radio - FM radio with RDS
Games Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable
Loud Speaker yes yes yes

camera Camera

Rear Camera 6.7 MP, Carl Zeiss optics 13 MP, 4128 x 3096 pixels 13 MP, 4128 x 3096 pixels
Flash LED Flash Dual-LED (Dual Tone) LED flash
Features 1/3.4'' sensor size, geo-tagging, face detection, panorama Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, Panorama, HDR Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face/smile Detection, Panorama, HDR
Video 1080p@30fps, stereo sound rec. 1080p@30fps 1080p@30fps, HDR
Front Camera 5 MP, 720p [Similar] 13 MP, autofocus, dual-LED (dual tone) [Similar] 13 MP, autofocus, LED flash; 1080p@30fps [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes Up to 85.6 kbps
Edge Up to 296 kbps Yes Up to 236.8 kbps
3G HSDPA, 42.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps; LTE, Cat4, 50 Mbps UL, 150 Mbps DL HSDPA 42 Mbps (21 Mbps - AT&T), HSUPA; LTE, Cat4, 50 Mbps UL, 150 Mbps DL HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps
Bluetooth v4.0, A2DP v4.0, A2DP, apt-X v4.1, A2DP, apt-X
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot 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, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, hotspot
USB microUSB v2.0 microUSB v2.0 microUSB v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, Beidou Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS
Browser HTML5 HTML5 HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 8 GB, 1 GB RAM 16 GB, 2 GB RAM 16 GB, 2 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 128 GB microSD, up to 128 GB microSD, up to 200 GB

Apps Sensors

Fingerprint fingerprint not 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 supported NFC supported

battery Battery

Type Li-Ion Battery (BV-T5A) Non-removable Li-Ion Battery Non-removable Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 2200 mAh 2400 mAh 2930 mAh
Stand by Up to 600 h Up to 538 h (3G) Up to 714 h (2G)
Up to 769 h (3G)
Talk Time Up to 22 h (2G)
Up to 17 h (3G)
Up to 20 h (3G) Up to 14 h 24 min (2G)
Up to 12 h 53 min (3G)