We compare the specs, features, display, camera, performance, battery life and price of the Sony Xperia C3 vs the HTC Desire 816 to see which one is the better smartphone.

The Sony Xperia C3's display has a size of 5.5 inches and it has a resolution of 1280 x 720 pixels with 267ppi. The HTC Desire 816 has a 5.5 inch S-LCD 2 display. The said device has the same resolution and pixel density similar to Xperia C3.

The HTC Desire 816 comes equipped with a Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 MSM8928 system chipset quad core processor which is clocked at 1.6 GHz. while the Sony Xperia C3 has a Cortex A7 processor with two cores that's clocked at 1.2 GHz. Its processor is based on a Qualcomm MSM8926 Snapdragon 400 chipset, with an Adreno 305 GPU and 1 GB of RAM.

The Sony Xperia C3 and the HTC Desire 816 runs on an Android v4.4.2 KitKat OS.

The Sony Xperia C3 has an 8MP rear camera and a 5MP front-facing camera, while the HTC Desire 816 features a 13MP rear camera and a 5MP on the front.

Both smartphones have LED flash that can help users to take a shot in low light conditions since it enhances the light.

The HTC Desire 816 has a 2600 mAh battery while the Sony Xperia C3 has a 2500 mAh battery.

The Sony Xperia C3's price is about $310 and the HTC Desire 816 costs around $450.