The newly released HTC Desire Eye has managed to win the title of the smartphone with the best frontal camera, but the truth is that the difference with the dethroned smartphone, the O it is quite short. Waiting to see what surprises us Oppo When you introduce us to its successor at the end of the month, which of these two devices would be the best option for a lover of the selfies that also cares about others characteristics and, of course, by the price? We show you a comparative which we hope will help you choose.
Integrated
While in the HTC we find a very careful and quite classic design, that of the O is quite particular, and not only because of the rotary module in which the camera and that and that produces a kind of overhang on the front, but also because it has a rear touch panel, which is intended to facilitate one-handed operation. The HTC smartphone, meanwhile, has in its favor the certificate of water resistance IPX7.
Dimensions
There is a considerable size difference between the screen of the HTC Desire Eye and the O, which enters without any doubt in the territory of the phablets: the first measures 15,17x7,38 inch and the second reaches 17,07x8,26 inch. Logically, this difference is also felt in weight (154 grams against 213 grams). Regarding the thickness, however, they are much more even (8,5 mm against 9 mm).
Screen
As we said, the most obvious difference between the two screens is that of size (5.2 inches against 5.9 inches), which means that even though they have the same resolution (1920 x 1080 in both cases) the pixel density of the smartphone HTC is noticeably higher (PPI 424 against PPI 373).
Performance
This is probably the section in which the advantage is clearest in favor of the HTC Desire Eye, who rides a Snapdragon 801 a 2,3 GHz, Whereas the O has a Snapdragon 600 a 1,7 GHz. Both have, yes, the same amount of RAM: 2 GB. Although we would have to see real use tests to see if it makes any difference in fluency, it is worth remembering that the O has a variant with CyanogenMod as an operating system.
Storage capacity
Another important point in favor of the new smartphone from HTC is that, despite being available only with 16 GB of storage capacity (while the O has a version of 32 GB), offers us the possibility of expanding the memory externally through card micro-SD.
Cameras
This is the most spectacular point of confrontation when comparing these two devices, since we find ourselves with the very unusual circumstance that both offer us a frontal camera and other back de 13 MP, although in reality in the case of the Oppo N1 it is the same camera, which we simply rotate to one position or another. The HTC Desire Eye wins by the hair, thanks to the fact that it has dual LED flash for both, while the phablet of Oppo it only has it in the back cover.
Battery
Once again, we find that we will have to wait to better assess which of the two devices offers us more autonomy, since at the moment of HTC Desire Eye We only have the capacity data of your battery and if we judge only from them, the superiority of the O is overwhelming, with 2400 mAh against 3610 mAh.
Price
This should in theory be the strong point of the O taking into account the trajectory of Oppo in the market, and the truth is that the difference is important, although the price of this phablet is perhaps not so attractive almost a year after its launch: the model of 16 GB of the O slope $450, while that of HTC Desire Eye will be sold for $550.