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Network Technology GSM / HSPA / LTE GSM / HSPA / LTE
2G bands GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2
3G Network HSDPA 900 / 2100 HSDPA 900 / 1900 / 2100
  HSDPA 850 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100 - USA
  HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
  HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100 - Canada
4G Network LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 7(2600), 8(900), 20(800) LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 7(2600), 8(900), 20(800)
  LTE band 2(1900), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 12(700), 17(700) - USA
  LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300), 41(2500) - China
  LTE band 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 12(700), 17(700) - Canada
Speed HSPA 42.2/11.5 Mbps, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps
GPRS Yes Yes
EDGE Yes Yes
Launch Announced 2015, October 2016, April
Status Available. Released 2015, November Available. Released 2016, April
Body Dimensions 151.3 x 76.3 x 8.2 mm (5.96 x 3.00 x 0.32 in) 146.8 x 72.6 x 7.5 mm (5.78 x 2.86 x 0.30 in)
Weight 158 g (5.57 oz) 147 g (5.19 oz)
Build Front glass, aluminum body Aluminum frame, plastic back
SIM Dual SIM (Micro-SIM/Nano-SIM, dual stand-by) Hybrid Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by)
Display Type IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
Size 5.5 inches, 83.4 cm2 (~72.2% screen-to-body ratio) 5.2 inches, 74.5 cm2 (~69.9% screen-to-body ratio)
Resolution 1080 x 1920 pixels, 16:9 ratio (~401 ppi density) 1080 x 1920 pixels, 16:9 ratio (~424 ppi density)
Multitouch Yes Yes
 - EMUI 4.0 - Emotion UI 4.1
Platform OS Android 5.1.1 (Lollipop), upgradable to 6.0.1 (Marshmallow) Android 6.0 (Marshmallow), upgradable to 7.0 (Nougat)
Chipset Qualcomm MSM8939v2 Snapdragon 616 HiSilicon Kirin 650
CPU Octa-core (4x1.2 GHz Cortex-A53 & 4x1.5 GHz Cortex-A53) Octa-core (4x2.0 GHz Cortex-A53 & 4x1.7 GHz Cortex-A53)
GPU Adreno 405 Mali-T830MP2
Memory Card slot microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot) microSD, up to 256 GB (uses SIM 2 slot)
Internal 16 GB, 2 GB RAM - GR5W H1621, KIW-CL00, KIW-TL00, KIW-TL00H, KII-L21, KII-L22, KII-L23
16 GB, 3 G
16 GB, 2/3 GB RAM
Camera Primary 13 MP (f/2.0, 28mm), autofocus, LED flash 13 MP (f/2.0, 1/3", 1.12µm), autofocus, LED flash, check quality
Features Geo-tagging, touch focus, face detection, panorama, HDR Geo-tagging, touch focus, face detection, panorama, HDR
Video 1080p@30fps 1080p@30fps, check quality
Secondary 5 MP (f/2.4, 22mm) 8 MP, f/2.0
Sound Alert types Vibration; MP3, WAV ringtones Vibration; MP3, WAV ringtones
Loudspeaker Yes, with stereo speakers Yes
3.5mm jack Yes Yes
 - DTS sound
- Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic
- 24-bit/192kHz audio
- Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic
Comms WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, WiFi Direct, hotspot
Bluetooth 4.1, A2DP 4.1, A2DP, LE
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS
NFC Yes (L31, L21 only)
Infrared port No No
Radio FM radio FM radio
USB microUSB 2.0 microUSB 2.0
Features Sensors Fingerprint (rear-mounted), accelerometer, proximity, compass Fingerprint (rear-mounted), accelerometer, proximity, compass
Messaging SMS(threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Email, IM SMS(threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Email, IM
Browser HTML5 HTML5
Java No No
 - MP3/WAV/eAAC+/Flac player
- MP4/H.265 player
- Document viewer
- Photo/video editor
- MP4/H.264 player
- MP3/eAAC+/WAV/Flac player
- Document viewer
- Photo/video editor
Battery   Non-removable Li-Ion 3000 mAh battery Non-removable 3000 mAh battery
Stand-by
Talk time
Misc
Colors White, Black, Gold Black, White, Gold
SAR EU 1.38 W/kg (head)     1.59 W/kg (body)    
Price About 180 EUR About 210 EUR
Tests Performance Basemark OS II: 906 / Basemark OS II 2.0: 874
Basemark X: 5009
Basemark OS II 2.0: 1242 / Basemark X: 7681
Display Contrast ratio: 1192 (nominal), 2.679 (sunlight)
Loudspeaker Voice 71dB, noise 65dB, ring 70dB Voice 66dB, noise 71dB, ring 83dB
Audio quality Noise -97.8dB / Crosstalk -97.2dB
Battery life 76h endurance rating 79h endurance rating

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