Phone Comparison - Nokia Lumia 720 vs HTC Desire 816G Dual SIM vs Microsoft Lumia 950 XL Dual SIM

general General Info

Manufacturer Nokia HTC Microsoft
Announced February 2013 May 2014 October 2015
Status Available - April 2013 Available - May 2014 Available - November 2015
Price - Rs. 10,990 ($161.62) [Similarly Priced] Rs. 34,000 ($499.00) [Similarly Priced]
Colors White, Red, Yellow, Cyan/Black Black, White Black, White
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 127.9 x 67.5 x 9 mm
(5.04 x 2.66 x 0.35 in)
156.6 x78.74 x 7.99 mm
(6.17 x3.1 x 0.31 in)
151.9 x 78.4 x 8.1 mm
(5.98 x 3.09 x 0.32 in)
Weight 128 g (4.52 oz) 158 g (5.57 oz) 165 g (5.82 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100
4G Network - - LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 12(700), 17(700), 20(800), 28(700), 38(2600), 40(2300)
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM
Build Features - Dual Frontal Stereo Speakers -

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Microsoft Windows Phone 8 Android OS, v4.4.2 (KitKat) Microsoft Windows 10
Processor Dual-core 1 GHz, Qualcomm MSM8227 Quad-core 1.3 GHz, Mediatek MT6582 Quad-core 1.5 GHz Cortex-A53 & Quad-core 2 GHz Cortex-A57, Qualcomm MSM8994 Snapdragon 810
GPU Adreno 305 Mali-400MP2 Adreno 430
RAM 512 MB 1 GB 3 GB
Internal Memory 8 GB storage 8 GB 32 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 64 GB microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 200 GB

display Display

Type TFT capacitive touchscreen Super LCD2 capacitive touchscreen AMOLED capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 4.3 inches 5.5 inches 5.7 inches
Resolution 480 x 800 pixels (217 ppi) 720 x 1280 pixels (267 ppi) 1440 x 2560 pixels (515 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 60.94% - 75.30%
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 6.7 MP, Carl Zeiss optics 13 MP, 4160 x 3120 pixels 20 MP, 4992 х 3744 pixels
Flash LED flash LED flash Carl Zeiss optics
Features Auto focus, Geo-tagging Auto focus, BSI Sensor, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, Simultaneous HD Video And Image Recording, HDR 1/2.4' Sensor Size, 1.12 μm Pixel Size, PureView Technology, Dual Capture, Geo-tagging, Face Detection, Panorama, HDR
Video Yes, 720p@30fps 1080p@30fps 2160p@30fps, optical stabilization, stereo sound rec.
Front Camera Yes, 1.3 MP [Similar] 5 MP, BSI Sensor, 1080p [Similar] 5 MP, 1080p [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes Yes
3G HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps HSDPA, 14.4 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps
Bluetooth Yes, v3.0 with A2DP v4.0, A2DP, apt-X v4.1, A2DP
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, hotspot
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 microUSB v2.0 Type-C 1.0 reversible connector
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, Beidou
Browser HTML5 HTML5 HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 8 GB storage, 512 MB RAM 8 GB, 1 GB RAM 32 GB, 3 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 64 GB microSD, up to 32 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 not supported NFC supported

battery Battery

Type Li-Ion Battery Non-removable Li-Po Battery Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 2000 mAh 2600 mAh 3340 mAh
Stand by Up to 520 h Up to 460 h (3G) Up to 288 h (2G)
Up to 288 h (3G)
Talk Time Up to 23 h 20 min (2G)
Up to 13 h 20 min (3G)
Up to 10 h (3G) Up to 25 h (2G)
Up to 19 h (3G)