Phone Comparison - HTC One E9+ vs Samsung Galaxy S6 Active vs Samsung Galaxy A8

general General Info

Manufacturer HTC Samsung Samsung
Announced March 2015 June 2015 July 2015
Status Available - March 2015 Available - June 2015 Available - August 2015
Price Rs. 29,999 ($441.16) [Similarly Priced] Rs. 595 ($999.99) [Similarly Priced] Rs. 26,990 ($396.91) [Similarly Priced]
Colors Meteor Gray, Classic Rose Gold, Gold Sepia Yes Pearl White, Midnight Black, Champagne Gold
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 156.5 x 76.5 x 7.5 mm
(6.16 x 3.01 x 0.3 in)
143.5 x 70.6 x 6.9 mm
(5.65 x 2.78 x 0.27 in)
158 x 76.8 x 5.9 mm
(6.22 x 3.02 x 0.23 in)
Weight 149 g (5.26 oz) 138 g (4.87 oz) 151 g (5.33 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (optional) GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 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), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 17(700), 20(800) LTE
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM
Build Features - - Fingerprint sensor (PayPal certified)
- Samsung Pay (Visa, MasterCard certified)
- IP67 certified - dust and water resistant up to 1 meter and 30 minutes
- MIL-STD-810G certified - salt, dust, humidity, rain, vibration, solar radiation,
- Fingerprint sensor

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v5.0 (Lollipop) Android OS, v5.0.2 (Lollipop) Android OS, v5.1 (Lollipop)
Processor Octa-core 2 GHz, Mediatek MT6795M Quad-core 1.5 GHz Cortex-A53 & Quad-core 2.1 GHz Cortex-A57, Exynos 7420 Quad-core 1.5 GHz Cortex-A53 & quad-core 1.0 GHz Cortex-A53, Qualcomm MSM8939 Snapdragon 615
GPU PowerVR G6200 Mali-T760 Adreno 405
RAM 2 GB 3 GB 2 GB
Internal Memory 16 / 32 GB 32/64/128 GB 16/32 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 128 GB No microSD, up to 128 GB (uses SIM 2 slot)

display Display

Type Capacitive Touchscreen, Corning Gorilla Glass 4 Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 5.5 inches 5.1 inches 5.7 inches
Resolution 1440 x 2560 pixels (534 ppi) 1440 x 2560 pixels (576 ppi) 1080 x 1920 pixels (386 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 69.66% 70.76% 73.99%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 20 MP, 4992 х 3744 pixels 16 MP, 2988 x 5312 pixels 16 MP, 5312 x 2988 pixels
Flash LED flash LED Flash LED flash
Features Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, Panorama, HDR Auto focus, OIS, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, Auto HDR, Panorama Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, Panorama, HDR
Video 1080p@30fps 2160p@30fps 1080p@30fps
Front Camera 4 MP, 1080p (1/3' sensor size, 2µm pixe [Similar] 5 MP, 1080p@30fps [Similar] 5 MP, 1080p [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes Yes
3G HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat6 300/50 Mbps HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat6 300/50 Mbps
Bluetooth v4.1, A2DP, apt-X v4.1, A2DP, LE, apt-X v4.1, A2DP, EDR, LE
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, WiFi Direct, hotspot
USB microUSB v2.0 microUSB v2.0 (MHL 3 TV-out), USB Host microUSB v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, Beidou Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS/ Beidou (market dependant)
Browser HTML5 HTML5 HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 16 / 32 GB, 2 GB RAM 32/64/128 GB, 3 GB RAM 16/32 GB, 2 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 128 GB No microSD, up to 128 GB (uses SIM 2 slot)
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 supported NFC supported NFC supported

battery Battery

Type Non-removable Li-Po Battery Non-removable Li-Ion Battery Non-removable Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 2800 mAh 2550 mAh 3050 mAh
Stand by - - -
Talk Time - Up to 23 h (3G) -