Phone Comparison - Samsung Galaxy S5 vs Nokia Lumia 830 vs HTC Desire 826

general General Info

Manufacturer Samsung Nokia HTC
Announced February 2014 September 2014 January 2015
Status Available April 2014 Available - September 2014 Coming Soon - Q1 2015
Price - - Rs. 16,999 ($249.99) [Similarly Priced]
Colors Black, White, Blue, Gold Orange, green, white, black Various
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 142 x 72.5 x 8.1 mm
(5.59 x 2.85 x 0.32 in)
139.4 x 70.7 x 8.5 mm
(5.49 x 2.78 x 0.33 in)
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Weight 145 g (5.11 oz) 150 g (5.29 oz) -
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 - EMEA version
HSDPA 900 / 2100 - Asia version
4G Network LTE 800 / 850 / 900 / 1800 / 2100 / 2600 LTE 800 / 900 / 1800 / 2100 / 2600 LTE 900 / 1800 / 2100 / 2600 - EMEA version
Messaging SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail
Build Features Fingerprint Sensor
IP67 Certified - Dust and Water Resistant
Water Resistant up to 1 Meter and 30 Minutes
Heart Rate Sensor
ClearBlack display -

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v4.4.2 (KitKat) Microsoft Windows Phone 8.1 Android OS, v5.0.1 (Lollipop)
Processor Quad-core 2.5 GHz Krait 400, Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 Quad-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A7, Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 Quad-core 1.7 GHz Cortex-A53 & quad-core 1.0 GHz Cortex-A53, Qualcomm MSM8939 Snapdragon 615
GPU Adreno 330 Adreno 305 Adreno 405
RAM 2 GB 1 GB 2 GB
Internal Memory 16/32 GB storage 16 GB 16 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 128 GB microSD, up to 128 GB microSD, up to 128 GB

display Display

Type Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen IPS LCD Capacitive Touchscreen, Corning Gorilla Glass 3 Capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 5.1 inches 5.0 inches 5.5 inches
Resolution 1080 x 1920 pixels (432 ppi) 720 x 1280 pixels (294 ppi) 1080 x 1920 pixels (401 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 69.63% 69.80% -
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 16 MP, 4640 x 3480 pixels 10 MP, Carl Zeiss Optics 13 MP, 4160 x 3120 pixels
Flash LED flash LED Flash LED flash
Features Auto focus, Dual Shot, Simultaneous HD Video And Image Recording, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection, Image Stabilization, HDR Auto focus, OIS, 1/3.4'' sensor size, PureView technology, geo-tagging, face detection, panorama Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, Simultaneous HD Video And Image Recording, HDR
Video Yes, 2160p@30fps, 1080p@60fps, video stabilization, dual-video rec. 1080p@30fps, optical stabilization, stereo sound rec. 1080p@30fps, 720p@60fps
Front Camera Yes, 2.1 MP,1080p@30fps, dual video call [Similar] 0.9 MP, 720p [Similar] 4 MP, 1080p (1/3' sensor size, 2µm pixel [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes Yes
Edge Yes Up to 296 kbps Yes
3G HSDPA, 42.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps; LTE, Cat4, 50 Mbps UL, 150 Mbps DL HSDPA, 42.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps; LTE, Cat4, 50 Mbps UL, 150 Mbps DL HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps
Bluetooth Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, EDR, LE v4.0, A2DP v4.0, A2DP, apt-X
Wi-Fi 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, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, hotspot
USB Yes, microUSB v3.0 (MHL 2), USB On-the-go, USB Host microUSB v2.0 microUSB v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, Beidou Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS
Browser HTML5 HTML5 HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 16/32 GB storage, 2 GB RAM 16 GB, 1 GB RAM 16 GB, 2 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 128 GB microSD, up to 128 GB microSD, up to 128 GB
USB OTG Supported - -

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 supported NFC not supported

battery Battery

Type Li-Ion Battery Li-Ion Battery (BV-L4A) Non-removable Li-Po Battery
Capacity 2800 mAh 2200 mAh 2600 mAh
Stand by Up to 390 h Up to 528 h -
Talk Time Up to 21 h Up to 12 h 54 min (2G)
Up to 14 h 48 min (3G)
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