| Manufacturer | |
| HTC | Samsung | 
| Announced | |
| Expected Announcement - March 2016 | March 2017 | 
| Status | |
| Rumored - March 2016 | Available - April 2017 | 
| Price | |
| - | Rs. 57,900 ($720.00) [Similarly Priced] | 
| Colors | |
| Gunmetal Gray, Amber Gold, Silver/Rose gold | Black, White, Gold, Silver, Pink Gold | 
| Form Factor | |
| Candybar | Candybar | 
| Dimension | |
| - | 148.9 x 68.1 x 8 mm (5.86 x 2.68 x 0.31 in) | 
| Weight | |
| - | 155 g (5.47 oz) | 
| SIM Type | |
| - | Dual-SIM | 
| 2G Network | |
| GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 | GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (dual-SIM model only) | 
| 3G Network | |
| HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 - EMEA | HSDPA | 
| 4G Network | |
| LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 20(800), 28(700), 38(2600), 40(2300), 41(2500) - EMEA | LTE | 
| Messaging | |
| SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail | SMS, MMS, EMail, IM | 
| Notification LED | |
| - | Yes | 
| OS | |
| Android OS, v6.0.1 (Marshmallow) | Android OS, v7.0 (Nougat) | 
| Processor | |
| Qualcomm MSM8996 Snapdragon 820 | Octa-core (4x2.35 GHz Kryo & 4x1.9 GHz Kryo) Octa-core (4x2.3 GHz & 4x1.7 GHz), Qualcomm MSM8998 Snapdragon 835 Exynos 8895 Octa [Similar] | 
| GPU | |
| Adreno 530 [Similar] | Adreno 540 [Similar] | 
| RAM | |
| 4 GB [Browse Similar] | 4 GB [Browse Similar] | 
| Internal Memory | |
| 32 GB | 64 GB | 
| External Memory | |
| microSD, up to 200 GB | microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot) | 
| Type | |
| AMOLED Capacitive Touchscreen, Corning Gorilla Glass 4 | Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, Gorilla Glass 5 | 
| Colors | |
| 16M colors | 16M colors | 
| Size | |
| 5.1 inches [Similar] | 5.8 inches [Similar] | 
| Resolution | |
| 1440 x 2560 pixels (576 ppi) [Similar] | 1440 x 2960 pixels (568 ppi) | 
| Screen-to-Body Ratio | - | 84.06% | 
| Multi-Touch | |
|  |  | 
| Rear Camera | |
| 12 MP, 4608 x 2592 pixels [Similar] | 12 MP [Similar] | 
| Flash | |
| Dual-LED (Dual Tone) | Dual-LED (Dual Tone) | 
| Features | |
| Laser Autofocus, OIS, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face/smile Detection, HDR, Panorama | Phase Detection Autofocus, OIS, f/1.7 aperture, Geo-tagging, Simultaneous 4K Video And 9MP Image Recording, Touch Focus, Face/smile Detection, Auto HDR, Panorama | 
| Video | |
| 2160p@30fps, 1080p@60fps, 720p@120fps, HDR, stereo sound rec. | 2160p@60fps, 1080p@120fps, HDR, dual-video rec. | 
| Front Camera | |
| Yes, OIS, 1080p [Similar] | 8 MP, AF [Similar] | 
| 3.5mm Jack | |
|  |  | 
| Radio | |
| No | No | 
| Games | |
| Yes + Downloadable | Yes + Downloadable | 
| Loud Speaker | |
|  |  | 
| GPRS | |
| Yes | Yes | 
| Edge | |
| Yes | Yes | 
| 3G | |
| HSPA 42.2/21.1 Mbps, LTE Cat6 300/50 Mbps | HSPA, LTE, VoLTE | 
| Bluetooth | |
| v4.1, A2DP, apt-X | v4.2, A2DP, LE, aptX | 
| Wi-Fi | |
| Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, hotspot | Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot | 
| USB | |
| microUSB v2.0 (MHL 3.0 TV-out), USB Host | v3.1, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector | 
| GPS | |
| Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS | Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS | 
| Browser | |
| HTML5 | HTML5 | 
| Internal | |
| 32 GB, 4 GB RAM | 64 GB, 4 GB RAM | 
| Expandable Storage | |
| microSD, up to 200 GB | microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot) | 
| USB OTG | |
| Supported | Supported | 
| Fingerprint | |
|  |  | 
| Proximity Sensor | |
|  |  | 
| Accelerometer Sensor | |
|  |  | 
| Barometer Sensor | |
|  |  | 
| Heart-rate Sensor | |
|  |  | 
| NFC | |
|  |  | 
| Type | |
| Non-removable Li-Po battery | Non-removable Li-Ion battery | 
| Capacity | |
| 3000 mAh | 3000 mAh | 
| Stand by | |
| - | - | 
| Talk Time | |
| - | - |