Compare phones
| Global Score | |
| 77.7 | 76.4 |
| Basic Information | |
| HTC | Motorola |
| Android 5.0 | Android 4.4.4 |
| 2015-03-01 | 2014-10-28 |
| 5.69 x 2.74 x 0.38 inches | 5.65 x 2.89 x 0.44 inches |
| 5.54 ounces | 6.21 ounces |
| Black, Gold, Gray and Pink | Black and Blue |
| Aluminium | -- |
| Scratch-Resistant Glass | Scratch-Resistant Glass |
| $ 178.00 | $ 179.00 |
| Display / Screen | |
| 5 inches | 5.2 inches |
| 1080 x 1920 pixels (Full HD) | 1440 x 2560 pixels (Quad HD / 2K) |
| S-LCD 3 | AMOLED |
| 441 pixels per inch | 565 pixels per inch |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | Capacitive, Multi-touch |
| 9.3 | 9.7 |
| Performance | |
| Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 MSM8994 chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 805 APQ8084 chipset |
| 64-bit ARM Cortex-A57 (Quad-Core 2000 MHz + Quad-Core 1500 MHz) processor | Krait 450 (Quad-Core 2700 MHz) processor |
| 3 GB (800 MHz) RAM | 3 GB (800 MHz) RAM |
| Adreno 430 (600 MHz) GPU | Adreno 420 (500 MHz) GPU |
| 9.99 | 9.54 |
| Storage | |
| 32 GB internal memory | 32 GB internal memory |
| microSD, microSDHC, microSDXC (up to 128 GB) external memory slot | No SD card slot |
| 8.12 | 5.8 |
| Camera | |
| 20.00 MP + 4.00 MP | 20.70 MP + 2.00 MP |
| f/2.20 aperture | f/2.00 aperture |
| 27.80mm focal length | -- |
| 0.42 inches (1/2.4") sensor | -- |
| 3840 x 2160 (30 fps) (4K) video resolution | 3840 x 2160 (24 fps) (4K) video resolution |
| -- | 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) slow motion video |
| 10.12 | 9.9 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| Mobile Hotspot | Mobile Hotspot |
| LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA, HSUPA, EDGE, GPRS and GSM | LTE (4G), HSPA, UMTS, EV-DO A, EDGE, GPRS, GSM and CDMA |
| Nano SIM | Nano SIM |
| 6.7 | 6.6 |
| Battery Life | |
| 2840mAh Li-Polymer Battery | 3900mAh Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Removable Battery |
| 391 hours standby time 25.4 hours talk time | -- |
| 4.8 | 5.84 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 4.1 | Bluetooth 4.0 |
| GPS | GPS |
| NFC | NFC |
| Infra-red port | Infra-red port |
| Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor | Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor |
| FM Radio | -- |
Comparison review
HTC One M9 is just a bit better than Motorola Droid Turbo, having a 77.7 score against 76.4. HTC One M9's body is somewhat thinner and somewhat lighter than the Motorola Droid Turbo, even though both were only released 4 months apart. Both of these phones come with Android OS (Operating System), but HTC One M9 has newer 5.0 version and Motorola Droid Turbo has Android 4.4.4, providing you a lot of extra features and some performance improvements.
The Motorola Droid Turbo counts with a little more vivid screen than HTC One M9, because it has a quite larger display, a greater count of pixels per inch of screen and a higher 2560 x 1440 resolution. HTC One M9 counts with much more storage capacity for applications, games, photos and videos than Motorola Droid Turbo, and although they both have the same internal storage, the HTC One M9 also has a SD memory card expansion slot that supports a maximum of 128 GB.
The HTC One M9 features a bit superior processing unit than Motorola Droid Turbo, and although they both have the same RAM amount, the HTC One M9 also has a 64-bit processing unit, a better graphics processing unit working at 600 MHz and a larger number of cores (but slower). The Motorola Droid Turbo has a way better battery lifetime than HTC One M9, because it has 3900mAh of battery capacity against 2840mAh.
HTC One M9 takes just a bit better photographs and videos than Motorola Droid Turbo, although it has a tinier diafragm aperture which is worse for low-light photography and videos, a camera with a lower resolution and a lower 3840x2160 video resolution.
HTC One M9 not only is the best phones of the ones in this comparison, but it's also cheap compared to the Motorola Droid Turbo.
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