Phone Comparison - Samsung Galaxy A5 vs BlackBerry Leap vs HTC One M8s

general General Info

Manufacturer Samsung BlackBerry HTC
Announced October 2014 March 2015 April 2015
Status Available - November 2014 Available - April 2015 Available - May 2015
Price Rs. 18,090 ($266.03) [Similarly Priced] Rs. 20,900 ($307.35) [Similarly Priced] Rs. 20,499 ($301.46) [Similarly Priced]
Colors Pearl White, Midnight Black, Platinum Silver, Soft Pink, Light B Black Gunmetal Gray, Glacial Silver, Amber Gold
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 139.3 x 69.7 x 6.7 mm
(5.48 x 2.74 x 0.26 in)
144 x 72.8 x 9.5 mm
(5.67 x 2.87 x 0.37 in)
146.4 x 70.6 x 9.6 mm
(5.76 x 2.78 x 0.38 in)
Weight 123 g (4.34 oz) 170 g (6 oz) 160 g (5.64 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100 - North America
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 - Global
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 - EMEA, Asia
HSDPA 850 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100 - T-Mobile
4G Network LTE LTE 700 / 850 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100 / 2600
(Bands 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 13, 17) - North America
LTE band 3(1800), 7(2600), 8(900), 20(800) - EMEA
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v4.4.2 (KitKat) BlackBerry OS 10.3.1 Android OS, v5.0 (Lollipop)
Processor Quad-core 1.2 GHz Dual-core 1.5 GHz Krait, Qualcomm MSM8960 Snapdragon S4 Plus Quad-core 1 GHz Cortex-A53 & Quad-core 1.7 GHz Cortex-A57, Qualcomm MSM8939 Snapdragon 615
GPU - Adreno 305 Adreno 405
RAM 2 GB 2 GB 2 GB
Internal Memory 16 GB 16 GB 16/32 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 64 GB microSD, up to 128 GB microSD, up to 128 GB

display Display

Type Super AMOLED Capacitive Touchscreen Capacitive touchscreen Super LCD3 Capacitive Touchscreen, Corning Gorilla Glass 3
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 5.0 inches 5.0 inches 5.0 inches
Resolution 720 x 1280 pixels (294 ppi) 720 x 1280 pixels (294 ppi) 1080 x 1920 pixels (441 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 70.85% 65.62% 66.55%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 13 MP, 4128 x 3096 pixels 8 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels 13 MP, 4128 x 3096 pixels
Flash LED flash LED flash Dual-LED flash
Features Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Face Detection, Panorama, HDR, Wide Selfie, Rear-cam Selfie Auto focus, Yes Auto-focus, OIS, Automatic Simultaneous Video And Image Recording, Geo-tagging, Face/smile Detection, HDR, Panorama
Video 1080p@30fps 1080p@30fps 1080p@60fps, 720p@120fps, HDR, stereo sound rec.
Front Camera 5 MP [Similar] 2 MP, 720p [Similar] 5 MP, 1080p@30fps, HDR [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, LTE HSPA 42.2/21.1(AT&T)/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps
Bluetooth v4.0, BLE, ANT+ v4.0, A2DP, EDR, LE v4.0, A2DP, apt-X
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, hotspot
USB microUSB v2.0 microUSB v2.0 microUSB v2.0 (MHL TV-out), USB Host
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS
Browser HTML5 HTML5 HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 16 GB, 2 GB RAM 16 GB, 2 GB RAM 16/32 GB, 2 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 64 GB microSD, up to 128 GB microSD, up to 128 GB
USB OTG - - Supported

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 not supported NFC not supported

battery Battery

Type Non-removable Li-Po Battery Non-removable Li-Ion Battery Non-removable Li-Po Battery
Capacity 2300 mAh 2800 mAh 2840 mAh
Stand by - - -
Talk Time - Up to 25 h -