Phablet Wars: Sony Xperia T2 Ultra vs. HTC Desire 816

Phablets are here to stay. While a lot of people (including us) criticize the huge form factor, others like the idea of having a large screen device. Speaking of which, Sony and HTC launched two new phablets this year and both of them offer dual-SIM capability and fall in the same price category.

The Sony Xperia T2 Ultra comes with a 6-inch 720p display while the HTC Desire 816 has 5.5-inch 720p display. There is a big difference in size, although the T2 Ultra gives a slimmer feel to it. Here is a specifications comparison of the two:

When compared on paper, the Desire 816 definitely has a better hardware, although the screen is smaller in size and also lags behind in terms of battery backup. Even though it is a bit more expensive than the Sony phablet, you still get a faster and better SoC.

To see which one is faster, we put the two phablets head to head for a benchmark test comparison. Both the T2 Ultra and the Desire 816 run on a Snapdragon 400 chipset, but the Desire 816 has a faster 1.6GHz clock speed and 1.5GB of RAM compared to 1.4GHz speed of the T2 Ultra and 1GB of RAM.

The results prove that the Desire 816 has an edge over the Xperia T2 Ultra in synthetic benchmark performance. So if you are looking for a faster and a slightly smaller-sized phablet, then the HTC Desire is a better option.