HTC Desire 12 Plus vs Asus ZenFone 5 Lite S630

The much-awaited HTC Desire 12 Plus Android 4G smartphone was launched on March 21, 2018. The equally anticipated Asus Zenfone 5 Lite S630 smartphone was launched on March 19, 2018. Here’s a brief comparison between the two recently-released smartphones on the basis of their design, hardware, and price.

The Desire 12 Plus smartphone bears an eye-catching aluminum body design with dimensions of 6.23 in x 3.01 in x 0.33 in (LxWxH). Weighing in at 157.5 grams (with battery), the HTC-branded smartphone is up for grabs in three color options including black, silver, and gold.

The Zenfone 5 Lite S630 smartphone, on the other hand, is housed in a robust metal and glass body. The phone’s dimensions are 75.0 mm x 158.0 mm x 8.2 mm (LxWxH) and it weighs in at 168 grams (with battery). You can choose from black, white and red color versions of the smartphone.

The Desire 12 Plus smartphone packs a powerful Qualcomm Snapdragon 450 SDM450, 64-bit processor along with an equally potent Adreno 506 GPU, under the hood. The phone offers 3GB of RAM and 32GB of onboard storage that can be expanded up to 400GB using Slot 2.

The phone is backed by a non-removable 2,965 mAh Lithium-ion battery which offers up to 518 hours of standby time, and up to 25.6 hours of talk time with up to 1.8 hours of charging duration. Furthermore, the Desire 12 Plus comes with microSD, microSDHC, and microSDXC card slots.

Moreover, it sports multiple sensors such as proximity sensor, accelerometer, ambient light, and a rear-mounted fingerprint scanner. It uses a single memory channel.

The Zenfone 5 Lite S630 smartphone is powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 630, 64-bit processor and it uses a Qualcomm Adreno 508 graphics processing unit. The phone offers 3GB/4GB of RAM and 32GB/64GB of expandable internal memory (up to 2TB).

As far as card slots are concerned, the Zenfone 5 Lite S630 smartphone features microSD, microSDHC, and microSDXC. Aside from that, it features several sensors such as proximity sensor, a rear-mounted fingerprint sensor, accelerometer, compass sensor, and light gyroscope.

The phone draws it juices from a 3,200 mAh Li-Poly (Lithium Polymer) battery which offers up to 576 hours of standby time, up to 30 hours of talk time and up to 2-3 hours of charging duration. This battery is non-removable.

The HTC Desire 12 Plus smartphone sells for about $307, while the Asus Zenfone 5 Lite S630 bears a price tag of about $339. You can check out the detailed comparison below.

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Product Name

HTC Desire 12 Plus

Asus ZenFone 5 Lite S630
Product Image
Price
Our Rating

7.1

7.8
Brand

HTC

ASUS
Category

Mobiles

Mobiles

General

Model

HTC Desire 12 Plus Asus Zenfone 5 Lite S630
Released

26 March, 2018 19 March, 2018
Status

Available Available

Design

Type Design Type called form factor refers to a mobile phone's size, shape, and style as well as the layout and position of major components of phone. There are three major form factors seen in mobile phones => bar phones, folding phones and sliding phones.

Bar Bar
Dimensions

158.2 mm x 76.5 mm x 8.4 mm 75.0 mm x 158.0 mm x 8.2 mm
Weight

155 Grams (with Battery) 168 Grams (with Battery)
Waterproof

No No

Display

Display Type Display Technology => A number of display technologies and types used in mobile phones => TFT (Thin Film Transistor), IPS (In-Place Switching), OLED (Organic Light Emitting Diode), AMOLED (Active-Matrix Organic Light-Emitting Diode), Super AMOLED (an even advanced version of AMOLED), Resistive Touchscreen (Resistive touchscreens contain two layer of conductive material with a very small gap between them which acts as a resistance), Capacitive Touchsceen (Capacitive touchscreen technology consists of a layer of glass coated with a transparent conductor)

IPS, LCD Capacitive touchscreen IPS, LCD capacitive touchscreen
Size

5.99-inches HD+ 6.0 inches FHD+
Resolution

1440 x 720 Pixels, 24 bit color depth 2160 x 1080 Pixels, 24 bit color depth
Display Colors Display Colors is refers to the number of different shades of colors that the screen is capable of displaying => 64K colors, 256K colors and 16 million colors, Obviously 16M is highest available range of colors and better than others.

16M Colors 16M Colors
Pixel Density Pixel Density (PPI) is refers to the concentration of pixels on a particular display, measured in pixels per inch (ppi). Pixel density is calculated by dividing the diagonal pixel resolution of a display by its diagonal size, higher pixel density better display quality.

~ 269 PPI Pixel Per Inch ~ 402 PPI Pixel per inch
Touch Screen

Yes Multi Touch Support Yes Multi Touch Support
Display Protection Display Protection => Gorilla Glass is a special alkali-aluminosilicate glass shield with exceptional damage resistance that helps protect mobile displays from scratches, drops, and bumps of everyday use, It is always better to go for a smartphone with Gorilla Glass for that added protection and peace of mind.

Yes Support Corning Gorilla Glass
Features

IPS, LCD, HD+ Display
~ 269 PPI, Pixel Per Inch
Capacitive Touch
Curved Glass Screen
Blue Light Filter
Full Lamination
Scratch Resistant IPS, LCD, FHD+ display
Multi-Touch Screen
~ 402 PPI Pixel Density
Capacitive Touch
Eye Care Mode
2.5D curved glass screen
18:9 Aspect Ratio

Hardware

CPU The main chipset of the device.

Octa-core 1.8GHz Cortex-A53, CPU Clock Octa-Core 4XCortex-A53 2.2 GHz + 4XCortex-A53 1.8 GHz
GPU GPU (Graphics Processing Unit) is a single-chip processor designed to rapidly manipulate and alter memory to accelerate the creation of images in a frame buffer intended for output to a display, This includes things such as lighting effects, object transformations, and 3D motion.

Qualcomm Adreno 506 GPU Qualcomm Adreno 508
RAM (Memory) RAM (Random Access Memory) is a type of computer memory that can be accessed randomly, any byte of memory can be accessed without touching the preceding bytes that allows information to be stored and accessed quickly from random locations. RAM is the most common type of memory found in computer systems, smartphones, tablets and other electronic devices.

3GB 3GB/4GB
Internal Storage Internal Storage is a data storage space (flash memory) mostly used in smartphones, tablets and other electronic devices where operating system, apps, music, photos, videos, files and other user data Is stored.

32GB 32GB/64GB
Memory Card Slot Memory Card Slot is a special slot for inserting a memory card. Memory cards allow you to expand the phone's built-in memory, A memory card (sometimes called a flash memory card or a storage card) is a small storage medium used to store data such as text, pictures, audio, and video, for use on small, portable or remote computing devices such as mobile phones, mp3 players, digital cameras.

External Memory Supports Up to 400GB External Memory Support Up to 2TB
Sensors Sensors are electronic components that detects and responds to some type of input from the physical environment. The specific input could be light, heat, motion, moisture, pressure and location, The output is generally a signal that is converted to use in computing systems, a location sensor, such as a GPS receiver is able to detect current location of your electronic device.

Proximity Sensor, Light Sensor, Accelerometer, Fingerprint Scanner (Rear Mounted) Accelerometer, Proximity Sensor, Fingerprint (Rear Mounted), Compass, Light, Gyroscope

Software

Operating System OS => Every computer system run on a base software called Operating System (OS). Operating System controls all basic operations of the computer (such as smartphone, PDAs, tablet computers and other handheld devices). The Operating System allows the user to install and run third party applications (apps), apps are used to add new functionality to the device.

Android 8.0 Oreo OS Android 8.0 Oreo
User Interface UI or user interface of a device is the look and feel of the on-screen menu system. How it works, its color scheme, how it responds to button presses, all of these things are part of the user interface.

Yes with Custom UI Yes with Zen UI 5.0

Camera

Rear Camera Camera is able to capture photographs and usually videos, The most important characteristics of a camera are the resolution (measured in megapixels), lens focus type (fixed or automatic), higher megapixel cameras are known to capture higher quality photos, but not always a good measurement of the photos quality.

13 Megapixels 16 Megapixels + 16 Megapixels (Dual Camera)
Image

4163 x 3122 Pixels 4619 x 3464 Pixels
Video

1080p@30fps 1080p@30fps, 720p@60fps
Flash Flash Light => There is commonly two types of flash lights are used in camera mobile phones, LED Flash (LED flash offers lower power consumption with drive circuitry that takes up very little room, LEDs can be strobed faster than any other light source), Xenon Flash (xenon flash produces an extremely intense full-spectrum white light for a very short duration)

Yes with LED Flash Yes with Dual-LED Flash
Front Camera

8 Megapixels 20 Megapixels + 20 Megapixel with F2.0 Aperture, Sony Imx376 Exmor RS sensorLED Flashlight

Network

SIM SIM (Subscriber Identity Module) is a small card that contains mobile network subscriber's account information. This allows the phone using the card to attach to a mobile network. The SIM card is most commonly associated with GSM and UMTS mobile networks. Moving a SIM card from one phone to another allows a subscriber to switch mobile phones without having to contact their mobile network carrier. SIM cards can also be used by a phone to store limited amounts of data, such as phone numbers and text messages.

Nano SIM Nano SIM
Dual SIM

Hybrid Dual SIM (Nano-SIM + Nano-SIM/microSD Card), Dual Standby Dual SIM (Nano-SIM + Nano-SIM), Dual Standby

Connectivity

Wi-fi Wi-Fi is a popular wireless networking technology using radio waves to provide high-speed network connections that allows devices to communicate without cords or cables, Wi-Fi is increasingly becoming the preferred mode of internet connectivity all over the world.

Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi HotSpot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, Dual-Band, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi Hotspot
USB

Micro USB 2.0 with Charging and Mass Storage Function MIcro USB v2.0, with OTG, Charging and Mass Storage Function
GPS GPS The Global Positioning System is a satellite-based radio navigation system, GPS permits users to determine their position, velocity and the time 24 hours a day, in all weather, anywhere in the world, In order to locate your position, your device or GPS receiver must have a clear view of the sky.

Yes, with GPS, A-GPS Yes, with A-GPS, Beidou, GLONASS, GPS
NFC NFC (Near field communication) is a set of standards for smartphones and similar devices to establish peer-to-peer radio communications with each other by touching them together or bringing them into proximity, usually no more than a few inches.

No Yes
Wireless Charging Wireless Charging (Inductive Charging) uses an electromagnetic field to transfer energy between two objects. This is usually done with a charging station. Energy is sent through an inductive coupling to an electrical device, which can then use that energy to charge batteries or run the device.

No No
Headphone Jack

Yes Yes

Battery

Capacity Battery Capacity

2,965 mAh Lithium-ion 3,300mAh Lithium-Polymer
Placement

Non-Removable Non-Removable

Media

Video Playback

Yes Support FLV, MOV, DivX, H.263, 3GP, H.264, MKV, AVI, WMV, MP4 Yes Support 3GP, MP4, FLV, WMV, AVI, MKV, H.264, H.265
Video Out

Yes With Wireless Media Link Yes With Wireless Media Connection
FM Radio

Yes Yes
Ring Tones

Yes Yes
Loudspeaker

Yes Yes
Handsfree

Yes Yes

Data

4G LTE 4G LTE bands

Yes Yes
Speed

LTE: 1(2100), 3(1800), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 20(800), 40(2300) MHz LTE : 700 MHz Class 13 LTE : 800 / 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 / 2100 / 2600 MHz LTE-TDD : 1900 MHz (Band 39) LTE-TDD : 2300 MHz (Band 40) LTE-TDD : 2500 MHz (Band 41) LTE-TDD : 2600 MHz (Band 38) LTE : 1700 / 2100 MHz LTE : 700 MHz (Band 12) LTE : 800 MHz (Band 19) LTE : 850 MHz (Band 26) LTE : 700 MHz (Band 28)