Phone Comparison - HTC One (E8) vs HTC One ME vs Samsung Galaxy A7 (2016)

general General Info

Manufacturer HTC HTC Samsung
Announced June 2014 June 2015 December 2015
Status Available - June 2014 Available - June 2015 Available - February 2016
Price - Rs. 26,709 ($392.78) [Similarly Priced] Rs. 25,900 ($380.88) [Similarly Priced]
Colors White, red, black Meteor Grey, Rose Gold, Gold Sepia Black, White, Gold, Pink Gold
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 146.4 x 70.7 x 9.9 mm
(5.76 x 2.78 x 0.39 in)
151 x 72 x 9.8 mm
(5.94 x 2.83 x 0.39 in)
151.5 x 74.1 x 7.3 mm
(5.96 x 2.92 x 0.29 in)
Weight 145 g (5.11 oz) 155 g (5.47 oz) 172 g (6.07 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (optional)
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network LTE LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 28(700), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300), 41(2500) LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 20(800)
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail SMS, MMS, EMail, IM
Build Features - - Fingerprint sensor - Corning Gorilla Glass 4

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v4.4.2 (KitKat) Android OS, v5.0.2 (Lollipop) Android OS, v5.1.1 (Lollipop), upgradable to v6.0.1 (Marshmallow)
Processor Quad-core 2.5 GHz Krait 400, Qualcomm MSM8975AC Snapdragon 801 Octa-core 2.2 GHz, Mediatek X10 Octa-core (4x1.2 GHz Cortex-A53 & 4x1.5 GHz Cortex-A53)
Octa-core 1.6 GHz Cortex-A53, Qualcomm MSM8939 Snapdragon 615
Exynos 7580 Octa
GPU Adreno 330 PowerVR G6200 Adreno 405
Mali-T720MP2
RAM 2 GB 3 GB 3 GB
Internal Memory 16 GB 32 GB 16 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 128 GB microSD, up to 128 GB microSD, up to 128 GB

display Display

Type Super LCD3 capacitive touchscreen Capacitive touchscreen Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 5.0 inches 5.2 inches 5.5 inches
Resolution 1080 x 1920 pixels (441 ppi) 1440 x 2560 pixels (565 ppi) 1080 x 1920 pixels (401 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 66.46% 68.53% 74.11%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 13 MP, 4128 x 3096 pixels 20 MP, 5376 x 3752 pixels 13 MP, 4128 x 3096 pixels
Flash LED flash dual-LED (dual tone) LED flash
Features Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, Panorama, HDR Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Face/smile Detection, HDR, Panorama Auto focus, f/1.9 aperture, Optical Image Stabilization, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, Panorama, HDR
Video Yes, 1080p@30fps 2160p@30fps 1080p@30fps
Front Camera Yes, 5 MP, 1080p [Similar] 4 MP (1/3' sensor size, 2µm pixel size), [Similar] 5 MP, f/1.9, 1080p [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes Yes
3G HSDPA, 42.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps; LTE, Cat4, 50 Mbps UL, 150 Mbps DL HSPA, LTE HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps
Bluetooth Yes, v4.0 with A2DP v4.1, A2DP, apt-X v4.1, A2DP, EDR, LE
Wi-Fi 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/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, WiFi Direct, hotspot
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 microUSB v2.0 microUSB v2.0, USB OTG
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, Beidou Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS/ BDS (market dependant)
Browser HTML5 HTML5 HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 16 GB, 2 GB RAM 32 GB, 3 GB RAM 16 GB, 3 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 not supported fingerprint 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 supported NFC supported

battery Battery

Type Non-removable Li-Po Battery Non-removable Li-Po Battery Li-Po Battery
Capacity 2600 mAh 2840 mAh 3300 mAh
Stand by Up to 504 h (3G) Up to 598 h (2G)
Up to 626 h (3G)
Up to 78 h
Talk Time Up to 26 h 40 min (3G) Up to 23 h (2G)
Up to 13 h (3G)
Up to 17 h (3G)