HTC Desire 830 vs HTC Desire 500
| Type | Touch | Touch |
| Dimensions | 157.50 x 78.90 x 7.79 mm | 131.80 x 66.90 x 9.90 mm |
| Weight | 156.00 g | 123.00 g |
| Display size | 5.50" | 4.30" |
| Display | Color / Super LCD 16M colors 1080 x 1920 px (5.50") 401 ppi | Color / Super LCD 16M colors 480 x 800 px (4.30") 217 ppi |
| Display protection |   | |
| Additional display | | |
| Protection of the secondary display | | |
| Talk time (max.) | 3G: 720 min. (12.0 h) | 2G: 1068 min. (17.8 h) 3G: 728 min. (12.1 h) |
| Stand-by (max.) | 3G: 545 h. (22.7 days) | 2G: 401 h. (16.7 days) 3G: 435 h. (18.1 days) |
| Standard battery | Li-Ion 2800 mAhBuy powerbank
| Li-Po 1800 mAhBuy powerbank
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| Quick battery charging | | |
| Wireless battery charging | | |
| Internal memory | 32 GB | 4 GB |
| RAM memory | 3 GB | 1 GB |
| Memory cards |  microSD, microSDHC, microSDXC up to 2000 GBBuy memory card | microSD, microSDHC, microSDXC |
| Operating system | Android 5.1 Lollipop | Android 4.1.2 Jelly Bean |
| Interface | Sense 7 | - |
| Processor | MediaTek MT6753 | Qualcomm Snapdragon 200 8225Q |
| Processor clock | 1500 MHz | 1200 MHz |
| GPU | ARM Mali-T720 @450 MHz | Adreno 203 |
| Touchscreen | | |
| SAR (10g) |  | 0,384 W/kg |
| DualSIM | | |
| SIM cards standard | DualSIM(nanoSIM, nanoSIM) | |
| DualSIM mode | dual standby | nd |
| Hybrid DualSIM | | nd |
| Announced | 2Q 2016 | |
| Other names | - | - |
| GSM frequencies | 850 900 1800 1900 | 900 1800 1900 |
| UMTS | 850 900 1900 2100 | 900 2100 |
| LTE standard | FDD LTE: 2600, 2100, 1800, 900, 850, 700 TDD LTE: 2600, 2500, 2300, 1900 | |
| CDMA | | |
| Standard TD-SCDMA | | |
| UMA | | |
CAMERAS - BACK
| First camera | | |
| Photo matrix | 13 Mpx | 8 Mpx |
| Resolution | 4128x3096 px | 3264x2448 px |
| Optical zoom | | |
| Flash | LED | LED |
| Dual-colour LED flash | | |
| Video resolution | 1920x1080 px | 1280x720 px |
| Video formats | MPEG4, H.263, H.264 - 30 fps | H.263, H.264, MPEG4 |
| Additional | AF, OIS, f/2.0 | - |
CAMERAS - FRONT
| First camera | | |
| Photo matrix | 4 Mpx | 1.6 Mpx |
| Resolution | 2688x1520 px | |
| Optical zoom | | |
| Flash | | |
| Dual-colour LED flash | | |
| Video resolution | 1920x1080 px | |
| Video formats | MPEG4, H.263, H.264 - 30 fps | H.263, H.264, MPEG4 |
| Additional | f/2.0 | - |
SENSORS
| Accelerometer | | |
| Proximity | | |
| Light | | |
| Magnetometer | | |
| Gyroscope | | |
| Barometer | | |
| Altimeter | | |
| Gravity | | |
| Hall-effect | | |
| Iris scanner | | |
| Fingerprint scanner | | |
| Thermometer | | |
| Hygrometer | | |
Data transfer
| xHTML | | |
| WAP | v2.0 | v2.0 |
| HSCSD | | |
| HSDPA | | 7.20 Mbit/s |
| HSUPA | | |
| HSPA | | |
| HSPA+ | | |
| LTE DL | - | |
| LTE UP | 51.00 Mbit/s | |
| WIMAX+ | | |
| GPRS | | |
| EDGE | | |
| Bluetooth | v4.1 | v4.0 |
| A2DP Profile | | |
| HDMI | | |
| WiFi | v802.11 a/b/g/n | v802.11 b/g/n |
| WiFi frequencies | 2,4 GHz; 5 GHz | 2,4 GHz |
| WiFi Direct | | |
| WiFi Display | | |
| DLNA | | |
| Miracast | | |
| WiFi hotspot | | |
| IrDA | | |
| USB | v2.0 | v2.0 |
| GPS | | |
| A-GPS | | |
| GLONASS | | |
| Beidou | | |
| NFC | | |
COMMUNICATION AND MESSAGING
| Call waiting | | |
| Conferency | | |
| Call forwarding | | |
| Push To Talk | | |
| Instant Messenger | | |
| SMS | | |
| EMS | | |
| MMS | | |
| Dictionary | XT9 | XT9 |
| Swype | | |
| e-mail client | | POP3, IMAP4, SMTP |
| Hardware QWERTY keyboard | | |
| RSS Reader | | |
Multimedia
| Radio | | |
| MP3 | | |
| Stereo speakers | 2 | |
| Audio Jack | 3.5 mm | 3.5 mm |
| HD Voice | | |
| Sound formats | AAC, AMR, FLAC, M4A, MIDI, OGG, WAV, WMA | AAC, AAC+, AMR, OGG, WAV, WMA |
| Polyphony | | |
| Video ringtone | | |
| Ring composer | | |
| Games | | |
| Java | ART | MIDP 2.0 |
| Videophone | | |
| DVB-H television | | |
| TV-Out | | |
PIM AND ADDITIONAL FUNCTIONS
| Watch | | |
| Stopwatch | | |
| Alarm | | |
| Calculator | | |
| Currency converter | | |
| Organizer | | |
| Calendar | | |
| Flight mode | | |
| SyncML | | |
| Data and fax | | |
| Screensaver | | |
| Themes | | |
| Interchangeable covers | | |
| Voice dial | | |
| Speakerphone | | |
| Recorder | | |
| Vibrations | | |