We compare the Asus Zenfone 2 against the HTC Desire 826 to see which of these smartphones is the better purchase.
According to the FuseJoplin, Both smartphones have the same screen sizes of 5.5 inches and resolutions of a resolution of 1080 x 1920 pixels, but with different displays, and pixel densities. The HTC Desire 826 is equipped with a Super LCD3 at 401 ppi pixel density, while the Asus Zenfone 2 is at 403 ppi pixel density with its IPS display.
The Asus smartphone weighs around 170 grams with the following dimensions of 152.5 x 77.2 x 10.9 mm, while the HTC smartphone weighs heavier at 183 grams with the dimensions of 158 x 77.5 x 8 mm.
In terms of hardware and OS, the HTC Desire 826 is powered by a Snapdragon 615 chipset, powered by a two sets of quad-core processors at 1.7 GHz, and 1.0 GHz, and an Adreno 405 for graphics. Its internal memory is at 16GB expandable up to 128GB, and a RAM capacity of 2GB. Its software runs on the Android OS, v5.0.1 (Lollipop).
Meanwhile, the Asus Zenfone 2 is equipped with two kinds of Intel Atom chipsets with two kinds of quad-core processors at 2.8 GHz and 1.7GHz. It has a PowerVR G6430 GPU with RAM capacities of 2 and 4GB. It has also three variants of internal memory at 16/32/64 GB (provided that the microSD card is needed to reach 64GB), and runs on the Android OS, v5.0 (Lollipop).
For the camera and battery specs, Both smartphone have 13MP rear cameras, but the Asus handset has an impressive 5MP secondary camera, while the HTC handset can keep up with its 4MP shooter.The battery capacity of the Asus smartphone is at 3000 mAh, while the HTC device is at 2600 mAh.
The Asus Zenfone 2 32GB version is at $250, while the HTC Desire 826 32GB is more expensive at $350.
