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HTC Desire 820 Review

Score: 69.5 / 100

HTC Desire 820 is an amazing device launched in 2014, packing a 5.5" multi touch screen, a great Octa-Core processing unit (actually, it has a Quad-Core speeding at 1500 MHz and another Quad-Core speeding at 1 gigahertz), and two cameras, a 13 mega-pixels back side camera and an 8 MP front facing camera. But let's get into more detail.

HTC equipped this phone with a Qualcomm MSM8939 Snapdragon 615 chip, backed up by a very fast 64 bit Octa-Core processor (actually, there is a Quad-Core clocking at 1500 megahertz and an additional Quad-Core running at 1 GHz) and a big 2 GB RAM memory. Graphic rendering often eats a lot of CPU cycles, so it has an extra Adreno 405 graphic processing unit clocking at 500 MHz to help the CPU with those tasks. A nice point of this phone is its quite big 16 GB internal storage and a slot for an SD memory card, allowing the user to install hundreds of games and applications without any trouble.

Being just 0.3" thick,this phone is extremely thin and stilized. This phone just has 6.21 inches long, but it manages to hold a 5.5" screen. HTC made a very good job making the HTC Desire 820 weight only 5.47 oz. The HTC Desire 820 is available in lots of colors: black, pink, blue, red and white.

This phone is equipped with a very good 1280 x 720 (HD) 5.5" display, providing this phone with a nice graphic quality.

This phone features two cameras, a 13 MP back-facing camera and an 8 mega-pixels front-facing camera. This phone can also shoot 1920x1080 Full HD videos. Additionally, the camera has a few useful characteristics: flash, auto-focus, face detection shooting and geo tagging.

The HTC Desire 820 counts with a big 2600 mAh Li-Polymer non-replaceable battery that provides this device an impressive battery life. An issue to evaluate is that this cellphone's battery is non-replaceable so you can't throw it away and buy a new one when it begins losing capacity, although having 2600 mAh you will probably buy a new cellphone before that becomes an issue.

This phone offers wifi connectivity (although it can't provide it to other devices around, acting as a mobile hotspot), LTE (4G) fast connection type and also HSPA+ internet connection, which is a slower 4G variation and fast 3G internet connection, supported by HSDPA, HSUPA and EDGE technologies. The HTC Desire 820 comes with 2 Nano SIM cards so it is able to work with two different phone lines at the same time.

This cellphone also comes with some nice characteristics as Bluetooth (4.0) and GPS, and plenty of sensors like Light Sensor, Proximity Sensor, Accelerometer and Compass.

This phone is priced 219 dollars, which is quite expensive for comparing with similar phones. No matter if you love photography, will use it as a social cellphone, need a cellphone to play games or are looking for a cellphone for work, this cellphone is probably a great option .



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Specifications

Device Type:Phone
Brand:HTC
Operating System (OS):Android HTC Sense UI
Dimensions:6.21 x 3.10 x 0.30 inchesMetric15.77 x 7.87 x 0.76 cmImperial
Weight:5.47 ouncesMetric155.07 gImperial
Colors:Black, Blue, Pink, Red and White
Scratch Resistant Glass:Yes
Release date:2014-11-04
Price:$ 219.00

Display

Size:5.5 inchesMetric14 cmImperial
Resolution:720 x 1280 pixels (HD)
Pixel density:267 pixels per inchMetric105.12 pixels per cmImperial
Touch screen:Capacitive, Multi-touch

Hardware

Chipset:Qualcomm MSM8939 Snapdragon 615
Processor:ARM Cortex-A53 (Quad-Core 1500 MHz + Quad-Core 1000 MHz)
RAM Memory:2 GB (800 MHz)
Graphics Processor:Adreno 405 (500 MHz)
Internal Memory:16 GB
SD Card Slot:microSD, microSDHC, microSDXC (up to 128 GB)

Battery

Battery type:Li-Polymer
Removable:No
Capacity:2600 mAh
Talk Time:22.4 hours

Camera

Back camera:13 megapixels
    Aperture:f/2.20
    Focal length:28mm (35mm equivalence)
    Flash:Yes
Front camera:8 megapixels
Max video resolution:1920 x 1080 (Full HD)
Camera features:Auto-Focus, Face Detection Shooting and Geo Tagging

Networks

Wi-Fi:Yes
SIM Card Type:Nano SIM
Dual SIM:Yes
LTE (4G) Bands:900 (band 8), 1800 (band 3), 2100 (band 1), 2600 (band 7)
UMTS Bands:850, 900, 1900, 2100
GSM Bands:850, 900, 1800, 1900
Technologies:LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA, HSUPA, EDGE, GPRS and GSM

Other Features

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