HTC U Play vs Samsung Galaxy A42 Specs Comparison

Availability

Officially announced
Jan 12, 2017	Sep 02, 2020
Prices (MSRP)
$440	€340

Design

Dimensions
5.75 x 2.87 x 0.31 inches 145.99 x 72.9 x 7.99 mm	6.47 x 2.99 x 0.34 inches 164.4 x 75.9 x 8.6 mm
Weight
5.11 oz / 145.0 g	6.81 oz / 193.0 g
Materials
Back: Glass Frame: Aluminum
Biometrics
Fingerprint (touch)	Optical in-screen fingerprint
Features
Touch sensitive control keys
Keys
Right: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key	Right: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key
Colors
Black, Pink, Blue, White	Prism Dot black, Prism Dot white, Prism Dot grey

Display

Size
5.2-inch, 70.01% screen-to-body	6.6-inch, 84.26% screen-to-body
Type
S-LCD	Super AMOLED, 60Hz
Resolution
1920x1080px, 428 PPI	1600x720px, 20:9 ratio, 266 PPI
Protection
Corning Gorilla Glass

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

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Hardware

System chip
MediaTek Helio P10 MT6755	Snapdragon 750G SM7225 (8 nm)
Processor
Octa-core 2000 MHz ARM Cortex-A53	Octa-core 2x2.2GHz Kryo 570 6x1.8GHz Kryo 570
GPU
Mali-T860 MP2	Adreno 619
Memory
3GB (LPDDR3)/32GB 4GB/64GB	4GB (LPDDR4)/128GB
Storage expansion
microSDXC up to 2000 GB	microSDXC up to 1000 GB
OS
Android (7.0 Nougat)	Android (12, 11, 10)

Battery

Type
2500 mAh, Li - Ion	5000 mAh
Charging
Fast charging	Samsung Adaptive Fast Charging
Charge speed
	Wired: 15.0W

Camera

Rear
Single camera	Quad camera
Main camera
16 MP (OIS, PDAF, BSI sensor) Aperture size: F2.0 Focal length: 28 mm Pixel size: 1 μm	48 MP (PDAF) Aperture size: F1.8 Pixel size: 0.8 μm
Second camera
	8 MP (Ultra-wide) Aperture size: F2.2
Third camera
	5 MP (Macro) Aperture size: F2.4
Fourth camera
	5 MP (Depth information) Aperture size: F2.4
Flash
Dual LED	LED
Video recording
1080p (30 fps) Hyperlapse, Picture-taking during video recording, Video calling, Video sharing	4K UHD (30 fps), 720p (480 fps)
Front
16 MP (Wide Angle, Autofocus, HDR) Video capture: 1080p	20 MP (Autofocus)

Connectivity & Features

Bluetooth
4.2	5.0
WLAN
a,b,g,n,ac,dual-band Wi-Fi Direct, Hotspot 802.11 a, b, g, n, ac	a,b,g,n,ac,dual-band Wi-Fi Direct, Hotspot 802.11 a, b, g, n, ac
USB
Type-C, USB 2.0	Type-C, USB 2.0
Sensors
Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass, Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor	Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass, Ambient light sensor, 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	NFC

Multimedia

Headphones
No 3.5mm jack	3.5mm jack
Speakers
Earpiece, Loudspeaker	Earpiece, Loudspeaker
Features
Album art cover, Background playback
Screen mirroring
DLNA,Wireless screen share	Wireless screen share
Additional microphone(s)
Noise cancellation

Cellular

5G Bands
	n1, n3, n5, n7, n8, n28, Sub-6
4G (FDD) Bands
1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 20, 28	1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 17, 20, 28
4G (TDD) Bands
38, 40	38, 40, 41
3G Bands
5, 8, 2, 1	1, 2, 4, 5, 8
Data Speed
LTE-A Cat 6 (300/50 Mbit/s), HSDPA+ (4G) 42.2 Mbit/s, HSUPA 5.76 Mbit/s	LTE-A, HSDPA+ (4G) 42.2 Mbit/s, HSUPA 5.76 Mbit/s
Dual SIM
	Yes
SIM type
Nano SIM	Nano SIM

Regulatory Approval

FCC approval
	Date approved: Apr 08, 2021 FCC ID value: A3LSMA426U
Measured SAR
	Head: 1.11 W/kg Body: 1.25 W/kg Simultaneous Transmission: 1.59 W/kg Wireless Router: 1.06 W/kg Phablet: 3.81 W/kg

Alternative variants

Memory	4GB/64GB

Dual SIM	Yes

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