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HTC Desire Review

612 for Verizon     See other variants reviews Score: 60.6 / 100

HTC Desire is a pretty good Android phone released back in the year 2014, counting with a high speed Quad-Core CPU clocking at 1200 MHz, a medium 4.7 inches multi-touch screen, and two cameras, an 8 megapixels back-facing camera and a 1.3 mega-pixels front camera. Let's take a closer look at what this device has to offer.

HTC decided to sell this device with a Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 system chip, which holds an extremely powerful Quad-Core processor speeding at 1200 MHz with only 1 GB of RAM which is a little poor considering its powerful processor. To help with graphic rendering, it also counts with a 450 MHz Adreno 305 GPU. This cellphone counts with an interesting 8 GB internal storage and an SD card slot, allowing you to store hundreds of apps and games without worrying about space.

This phone is extremely thin and stilized, with a thickness of just 0.38 inches. HTC did a really good design job making this device weight only 5.06 ounces. This cellphone is sold in a wide range of color variations: black, green, blue, red and white.

HTC equipped the HTC Desire with a nice 4.7 inches display, and a resolution of 854 x 480 , making everything look very nice.

This cellphone is equipped with two cameras, an 8 mega-pixels back-facing camera and a 1.3 mega-pixels front-facing camera. It also shoots 1920x1080 Full HD videos. In addition, the camera has some interesting features: auto-focus, flash and geo tagging.

The HTC Desire comes with amassive 2040 mAh Li-Polymer non-replaceable battery that would have been good if this device wasn't so energy consuming. A possible problem to take into account is that this phone's battery is non-replaceable so you can't throw it away and buy a new one when it starts to have trouble holding its charge, leaving no choice but to buy a new device.

This phone provides Wi-Fi capability (but it can't be provided to other devices acting as a router), 4G (LTE) high speed connection type and also HSPA+ connectivity, that is a bit slower 4G variation and fast 3G internet connection, using HSDPA, HSUPA and EDGE technologies. This cellphone works with a Nano SIM card for GSM services and it can connect using both CDMA and GSM networks.

The HTC Desire also includes a handful of cool features as Bluetooth (allows communication with other bluetooth devices, computers, and accessories) and GPS, and some sensors likeLight Sensor, Proximity Sensor and Accelerometer.

The HTC Desire is being sold for about $ 265, not cheap for this kind of device. The HTC Desire is definitely a great choice for you no matter if you are looking for a work cellphone, want this phone for playing games or want it majorly for social networks and internet browsing.



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Specifications

Device Type:Phone
Brand:HTC
Operating System (OS):Android 4.4
Variant:612 for Verizon
See other variants reviews
Also Known As:HTC Desire 612
Dimensions:5.63 x 2.78 x 0.38 inchesMetric14.3 x 7.06 x 0.97 cmImperial
Weight:5.06 ouncesMetric143.45 gImperial
Colors:Black, Blue, Green, Red and White
Release date:2014-02-24
Price:$ 265.00

Display

Size:4.7 inchesMetric11.9 cmImperial
Resolution:480 x 854 pixels
Pixel density:208 pixels per inchMetric81.89 pixels per cmImperial
Touch screen:Capacitive, Multi-touch

Hardware

Chipset:Qualcomm Snapdragon 400
Processor: Quad-Core 1200 MHz
RAM Memory:1 GB
Graphics Processor:Adreno 305 (450 MHz)
Internal Memory:8 GB
SD Card Slot:microSD, microSDHC, microSDXC (up to 128 GB)

Battery

Battery type:Li-Polymer
Removable:No
Capacity:2040 mAh
Talk Time:15.8 hours

Camera

Back camera:8 megapixels
    Aperture:f/2.40
    Flash:Yes
Front camera:1.3 megapixels
Max video resolution:1920 x 1080 (Full HD)
Camera features:Auto-Focus and Geo Tagging

Networks

Wi-Fi:Yes
SIM Card Type:Nano SIM
LTE (4G) Bands:700 (band 13), 1700/2100 (band 4)
UMTS Bands:850, 900, 2100
GSM Bands:850, 900, 1800, 1900
CDMA Bands:800, 1900
Technologies:LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA, HSUPA, EDGE, GPRS, GSM and CDMA

Other Features

Bluetooth:Version 4.0
GPS:Yes
Sensors:Accelerometer, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor