Recently, HTC launched two variants of the HTC Desire 820: the single-sim and dual-sim variant. Though quite similar these two smartphones vary in their processor.
Check out the comparison below to help you decide which smartphone should you buy.
Display
The HTC Desire 820 and HTC Desire 820q features the same Corning Gorilla display of 5.5 inches and a resolution of 1280 x 720 pixels and the same dimensions of 157.7 x 78.7 x 7.7mm and weighs around 155grams. Clad in a glossy polycarbonate shell and available in
Hardware and Operating System
Both phones share the same resoulution and size, but under the hood the HTC Desire 820 is more powerful than of the dual-sim variant.
The Desire 820 is powered by an octa-core with a quad-core 1.5 GHz Cortex-A53 and quad core 1GHz Cortex-A53 CPU. It is supported by a Qualcomm MSM8939 Snapdragon 615 chipset and has 2 GB of RAM.
The Desire 820q is powered by 1.2 GHz Snapdragon 410 quad core processor with 1 GB DDR2 RAM.
The two smartphones run on Android 4.4.4 KitKat, and according to the report of The Rem the said device will most likely to be upgraded to Android Lollipop.
In addition, they have the same internal memory of 16GB, the Desire 820 allows more external storage up to 128GB through a MicroSD.
Camera
The HTC Desire 820 and HTC Desire 820q both offer 13 mega pixel 13MP autofocus rear camera with f/2.2 lens, BSI sensor, HDR and LED flash that allows users to shoot 1080p videos at 30 fps. Meanwhile, the 8MP front facing camera can capture decent self-portrait photo for the 'selfie' fanatics.
Their connectivity features include: LTE (specific countries), 3G, Mobile Hotspot, Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n 5GHz dual antennas, GPS/AGPS, DLNA, USB port, Bluetooth v4.0 with A2DP and GLONASS
Both smartphones offer the same battery capacity of 2600 mAh. It can provide up to 22.4 hours of talktime and up to 424 hours of standby time in 3G network
Meanwhile , HTC Desire 820 costs around $407 and you'll spend more bucks on the HTC Desire 820 at $500.
