HTC Desire 816 vs Nokia Lumia 1020

Key differences

Calculated from recorded specifications using minimum difference thresholds. These are differences, not an overall ranking. For three phones, numeric highlights compare the two extremes.

• Display technology

  OLED versus LCD

  Desire 816:

  LCD

  Lumia 1020:

  OLED

• Weight

  Lumia 1020: 7 g lighter

  Desire 816:

  165 g

  Lumia 1020:

  158 g

• Width

  Lumia 1020: 7.3 mm narrower

  Desire 816:

  78.7 mm

  Lumia 1020:

  71.4 mm

• Screen diagonal

  Lumia 1020: 1 in smaller diagonal

  Desire 816:

  5.5 in

  Lumia 1020:

  4.5 in

• Chipset

  Desire 816:

  Qualcomm MSM8928 Snapdragon 400 (28 nm)

  Lumia 1020:

  Qualcomm MSM8960 Snapdragon S4 Plus

• Depth

  Desire 816: 2.5 mm thinner

  Desire 816:

  7.9 mm

  Lumia 1020:

  10.4 mm

Relative size, not calibrated actual size. Front and side outlines share one scale and a bottom baseline. Generic outlines use recorded body dimensions, excluding camera bumps.

1. 1. Desire 816

   Height:

   156.6 mm +26.2 mm versus Lumia 1020

   Width:

   78.7 mm +7.3 mm versus Lumia 1020

   Depth:

   7.9 mm

2. 2. Lumia 1020

   Height:

   130.4 mm

   Width:

   71.4 mm

   Depth:

   10.4 mm +2.5 mm versus Desire 816

Screen size

Approximate rectangular screens calculated from recorded diagonal and aspect ratio at one relative scale. Rounded corners and cutouts are not subtracted. These are not phone outlines or calibrated actual sizes.

1. 1. Desire 816

   Screen diagonal:

   5.5 in

   Aspect ratio (height:width):

   16:9

   Approximate rectangular screen area:

   83.4 cm²

2. 2. Lumia 1020

   Screen diagonal:

   4.5 in

   Aspect ratio (height:width):

   5:3

   Approximate rectangular screen area:

   57.6 cm²

Desire 816 has approximately 44.7% more rectangular screen area than Lumia 1020.

Memory variants

Each row compares the same storage capacity. Cells show recorded RAM alternatives, not combined maxima. Not recorded does not mean unavailable in every market.

No unambiguous storage/RAM pairings are recorded. See the original specifications below.

Practical features

Explicit Yes and No values are shown directly. Qualified or regional records retain their details. Unknown means the record is missing.

Battery capacity

Capacity is not battery life. No endurance test is implied.

Open a section for more detail. On narrow screens, swipe sideways or use Left/Right arrow keys while the table is focused. Unknown means missing data, not No. Recorded zero values are shown as recorded.