The latest "selfie" phones from HTC pitted down. Design, specs and features compared.
HTC Desire 826 Vs HTC Desire Eye: Design And Screen
The Desire 826 follows the dual tone color design set by the Desire Eye in late 2014 and also sports solid mid-range specs. Like the Desire Eye, it boasts HTC's BoomSound speakers which are hidden under the screen and on the bezels of the phone.
The Desire 826 sports a 5.5-inch screen with a 1080p resolution. It has the thickness 7.5mm and weighs 155 grams. The mid-range phone comes in two-tone color variants including White Birch, Blue Lagoon, and Purple Fire.
The Desire Eye has a 5.2-inch size with the same resolution with a higher pixel density of 424ppi.
HTC Desire 826 Vs HTC Desire Eye: Hardware and OS
Running the show on the HTC Desire826 is a Snapdragon 615, and Qualcomm's 64-bit octa-core processor which uses eight ARM Cortex A53 cores, four of which are clocked at 1.0GHz and four at core 1.7GHz. The powerful processor is coupled by an Adreno 405 GPU and 2GB of RAM.
While, the HTC Desire Eye is powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 processor clocked at 2.3 GHz coupled with a 2GB of RAM and it has an Adreno 330 GPU.
Both phones offer a 16GB of internal storage and expandable up to 128GB via a microSD.
HTC Desire 826 Vs HTC Desire Eye: Camera and Price
The latest Desire 826 is armed with a 13-megapixel (f/2.2) rear camera with 28mm lens, BSI sensor, and LED flash. While its front camera features a 4-UltraPixel snapper.
On the other hand, HTC Desire Eye has a 13MP camera at the back and a 13MP camera on the front. It features dual LED flash, HDR, panorama and other photography features.
Furthermore, the HTC Desire Eye costs around $550 on Amazon, while the HTC Desire 826 price has not been announced.