HTC Desire 820 vs Nokia N9

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 820:

  LCD

  N9:

  OLED

• Weight

  N9: 20 g lighter

  Desire 820:

  155 g

  N9:

  135 g

• Width

  N9: 17.5 mm narrower

  Desire 820:

  78.7 mm

  N9:

  61.2 mm

• Screen diagonal

  N9: 1.6 in smaller diagonal

  Desire 820:

  5.5 in

  N9:

  3.9 in

• Memory variants

  At 16 GB storage

  Desire 820:

  2 GB RAM

  N9:

  1 GB RAM

• Chipset

  Desire 820:

  Qualcomm MSM8939 Snapdragon 615 (28 nm)

  N9:

  TI OMAP 3630

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 820

   Height:

   157.7 mm +41.2 mm versus N9

   Width:

   78.7 mm +17.5 mm versus N9

   Depth:

   7.7 mm

2. 2. N9

   Height:

   116.5 mm

   Width:

   61.2 mm

   Depth:

   12.1 mm +4.4 mm versus Desire 820

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 820

   Screen diagonal:

   5.5 in

   Aspect ratio (height:width):

   16:9

   Approximate rectangular screen area:

   83.4 cm²

2. 2. N9

   Screen diagonal:

   3.9 in

   Aspect ratio (height:width):

   16:9

   Approximate rectangular screen area:

   41.9 cm²

Desire 820 has approximately 98.9% more rectangular screen area than N9.

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.

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.

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