HTC U Ultra vs Samsung Galaxy A15 5G Specs Comparison

Availability

Officially announced
Jan 12, 2017	Dec 11, 2023
Prices (MSRP)
$749	$200

Design

Dimensions
6.39 x 3.14 x 0.31 inches 162.41 x 79.79 x 7.99 mm	6.30 x 3.02 x 0.33 inches 160.1 x 76.8 x 8.4 mm
Weight
6.00 oz / 170.0 g	7.05 oz / 200.0 g
Materials
Back: Glass Frame: Aluminum	Back: Plastic Frame: Plastic
Biometrics
Fingerprint (touch)	Fingerprint (touch)
Features
Touch sensitive control keys
Keys
Right: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key	Right: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key
Colors
Black, Pink, Blue, White	Blue Black, Light Blue

Display

Size
5.7-inch, 69.19% screen-to-body	6.5-inch, 84.49% screen-to-body
Type
S-LCD 5	Super AMOLED, 90Hz, 800 nits
Resolution
2560x1440px, 513 PPI	2340x1080px, 19.5:9 ratio, 396 PPI
Colors
16 777 216
Protection
Corning Gorilla Glass 5
Additional display
2.0 inches, 160 x1040 px, IPS LCD

PhoneArena Display Test

Bright Max (20% APL)
Untested	1072 (Average)
Bright Min
5 (Poor)	1.7 (Good)

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Hardware

System chip
Snapdragon 821 MSM8996 Pro-AB	Mediatek Dimensity 6100+ (6 nm)
Processor
Quad-core 2150 MHz Kryo	Octa-core 2x2.2GHz Cortex-A76 6x2.0G​Hz Cortex-A55
GPU
Adreno 530	Mali-G57 MC2
Memory
4GB (LPDDR4)/64GB 4GB/128GB	4GB/128GB
Storage expansion
microSDXC up to 2000 GB	microSDXC up to 1000 GB
OS
Android (8.0 Oreo, 7.0 Nougat)	Android (14)

PhoneArena Performance Test

GeekBench 6 Single
Untested	683
GeekBench 6 Multi
Untested	1728
3D Mark High
Untested	340
3D Mark Low
Untested	335

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Battery

Type
3000 mAh	5000 mAh
Charging
Qualcomm Quick Charge 3.0	Fast charging
Charge speed
	Wired: 25.0W

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Battery Life Estimate

Untested

Browsing

Untested

Video

Untested

Gaming

Untested

Battery Life Estimate

6h 43min

Browsing

10h 41min

Video

12h 15min

Gaming

10h 19min

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Camera

Rear
Single camera	Triple camera
Main camera
12 MP (Sapphire crystal lens cover, OIS, Laser and PDAF, BSI sensor) Aperture size: F1.8 Sensor size: 1/2.3" Pixel size: 1.55 μm	50 MP (Autofocus) Aperture size: F1.8
Second camera
	5 MP (Ultra-wide) Aperture size: F2.2
Third camera
	2 MP (Macro) Aperture size: F2.4
Flash
Dual LED	LED
Video recording
4K UHD (30 fps), 1080p, 720p (120 fps) Hyperlapse, Video calling, Video sharing	1080p (30 fps)
Front
16 MP (Wide Angle, Autofocus, HDR) Video capture: 1080p	13 MP Video capture: 1080p

PhoneArena Camera Tests

N/A

Overall

N/A

Photo

N/A

Video

122

Overall

136

Photo

107

Video

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Connectivity & Features

Bluetooth
4.2	5.3
WLAN
a,b,g,n,ac,dual-band Hotspot, Wi-Fi Direct 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 3.1	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, BeiDou	GPS, A-GPS, Glonass, Galileo, BeiDou, Cell ID, Wi-Fi positioning
Other
NFC, UMA (Wi-Fi Calling), Tethering, Computer sync, OTA sync	NFC

Multimedia

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

Cellular

5G Bands
	n1, n3, n5, n7, n8, n28, n40, n41, n66, n71, n77, n78, SA, NSA, Sub-6
4G (FDD) Bands
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 17, 20, 28	1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 17, 20, 26, 28, 66
4G (TDD) Bands
38, 39, 40, 41	38, 40, 41
3G Bands
5, 8, 4, 2, 1	1, 2, 4, 5, 8
Data Speed
LTE-A Cat 12 (600/100 Mbit/s), HSDPA+ (4G) 42.2 Mbit/s, HSUPA 5.76 Mbit/s	LTE-A
Dual SIM
Yes	Yes
SIM type
Nano SIM	Dual Nano SIM
HD Voice
Yes	Yes
VoLTE
Yes	Yes

Phone Features

Notifications
Haptic feedback
Other features
Voice dialing, Voice commands, Voice recording

Regulatory Approval

FCC approval
Date approved: Aug 02, 2017 FCC ID value: NM82PZF100
Measured SAR
Head: 1.03 W/kg Body: 0.22 W/kg Simultaneous Transmission: 1.26 W/kg Wireless Router: 0.54 W/kg

Alternative variants

Protection	Sapphire
Features	Scratch-resistant glass
Memory	128GB
Prices (MSRP)	$910

Links

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