HTC Desire 10 lifestyle vs Samsung Galaxy M21 Specs Comparison

Availability

Officially announced
Sep 20, 2016	Mar 18, 2020

Design

Dimensions
6.18 x 3.03 x 0.30 inches 156.9 x 76.9 x 7.7 mm	6.26 x 2.96 x 0.35 inches 159.0 x 75.1 x 8.9 mm
Weight
5.47 oz / 155.0 g	6.63 oz / 188.0 g
Materials
	Back: Plastic Frame: Plastic
Biometrics
	2D Face unlock, Fingerprint (touch)
Features
Touch sensitive control keys
Keys
Right: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key	Right: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key
Colors
Black, Blue, White	Midnight blue, Raven black

Display

Size
5.5-inch, 69.03% screen-to-body	6.4-inch, 84.11% screen-to-body
Type
S-LCD	Super AMOLED, 420 nits
Resolution
1280x720px, 267 PPI	2340x1080px, 19.5:9 ratio, 403 PPI
Protection
Corning Gorilla Glass	Corning Gorilla Glass 3
Features
	Scratch-resistant glass, Proximity sensor

PhoneArena Display Test

Bright Max (20% APL)
Untested	Untested
Bright Min
16 (Poor)	Untested

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Hardware

System chip
Snapdragon 400	Exynos 9611 (10 nm)
Processor
Quad-core 1600 MHz ARM Cortex-A7	Octa-core 4x2.3GHz Cortex-A73 4x1.7G​Hz Cortex-A53
GPU
Adreno 305	Mali-G72 MP3
Memory
3GB (LPDDR3)/32GB 2GB/16GB	4GB (LPDDR4)/64GB 6GB/128GB
Storage expansion
microSDXC up to 2000 GB	microSDXC up to 512 GB
OS
Android (6.0 Marshmallow)	Android (11, 10)

Battery

Type
2700 mAh, Li - Ion	6000 mAh, Li - Polymer
Charging
	Fast charging

Camera

Rear
Single camera	Triple camera
Main camera
13 MP (Laser autofocus, BSI sensor) Aperture size: F2.2 Focal length: 28 mm	48 MP (PDAF) Aperture size: F2.0 Focal length: 26 mm Sensor size: 1/2" Pixel size: 0.8 μm
Second camera
	8 MP (Ultra-wide) Aperture size: F2.2 Focal Length: 12 mm Sensor size: 1/4" Pixel size: 1.12 μm
Third camera
	5 MP (Depth information) Aperture size: F2.2
Flash
LED	LED
Video recording
Yes Video calling, Video sharing	4K UHD (30 fps), 1080p, 720p (240 fps) EIS
Front
5 MP (HDR) Video capture: 1080p	20 MP (HDR) Video capture: 1080p

Connectivity & Features

Bluetooth
4.1	5.0
WLAN
b,g,n 802.11 b, g, n	a,b,g,n,ac,dual-band Wi-Fi Direct, Hotspot 802.11 a, b, g, n, ac
USB
microUSB, USB 2.0	Type-C, USB 2.0
Sensors
Accelerometer, Compass, Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor	Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Proximity sensor
Location
GPS, A-GPS, Glonass	GPS, A-GPS, Glonass, Galileo, BeiDou, Cell ID, Wi-Fi positioning
Other
NFC, Tethering, Computer sync, OTA sync

Multimedia

Headphones
3.5mm jack	3.5mm jack
Speakers
Earpiece, Loudspeaker	Earpiece, Loudspeaker
Features
Album art cover, Background playback	Dolby Atmos
Screen mirroring
Wireless screen share	Wireless screen share
Radio
	FM
Additional microphone(s)
Noise cancellation

Cellular

4G (FDD) Bands
1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 20, 28	1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 20
4G (TDD) Bands
40	38, 40, 41
3G Bands
5, 8, 2, 1	1, 2, 5, 8
Data Speed
LTE Cat 4 (150/50 Mbit/s), HSPA	LTE-A, HSDPA+ (4G) 42.2 Mbit/s, HSUPA 5.76 Mbit/s
Dual SIM
	Yes
SIM type
Nano SIM	Nano SIM

Alternative variants

Memory	2GB/16GB

with 128GB storage

Memory	6GB/128GB

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