HTC is bringing its latest competitor for the midrange phone lineup in the face of the HTC Desire 820. The HTC Desire 820 comes with brand new specifications and it aims to trade the Desire 816, which was a popular device, especially in Asia.
Specifications and Details
Here are the specs of the HTC Desire 820 listed.
Announced 2014, September
Status Coming soon. Exp. release 2014, September
Dimensions 157.7 x 78.7 x 7.7 mm (6.21 x 3.10 x 0.30 in)
Weight 155 g (5.47 oz)
Type LCD capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
Size 720 x 1280 pixels, 5.5 inches (~267 ppi pixel density)
Multitouch Yes
– HTC Sense UI v6
Loudspeaker Yes, with stereo speakers, built-in amplifiers
3.5mm jack Yes
Card slot microSD, up to 128 GB
Internal 16 GB, 2 GB RAM
GPRS Yes
EDGE Yes
Speed HSDPA, 42 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.8 Mbps; LTE, Cat4, 50 Mbps UL, 150 Mbps DL
WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot
Bluetooth v4.0, A2DP
USB microUSB v2.0
Primary 13 MP, 4160 x 3120 pixels, autofocus, LED flash
Features Geo-tagging, touch focus, face detection, simultaneous HD video and image recording, HDR
Video 1080p@30fps, 720p@60fps
Secondary 8 MP, 1080p
OS Android OS, v4.4.2 (KitKat)
Chipset Qualcomm MSM8939 Snapdragon 615
CPU Quad-core 1.5 GHz Cortex-A53 & quad-core 1.0 GHz Cortex-A53
GPU Adreno 405
Sensors Accelerometer, proximity, compass
Other Information
The HTC Desire 820 comes with the same display technology, the Super LCD2 with 267ppi. The BoomSound speakers remains intact. The front facing camera has been upgraded to a beefy 8MP snapper.
HTC has retained the battery management by using a 2,600mAh battery on the HTC Desire 820.
The HTC Desire 820 comes in a variety of colors – Marble White, Tuxedo Grey, Santorini White, Milky-way Grey, Tangerine White, Saffron Grey, Flamingo Grey, Blue Mist, Monarch Orange – all but one made of glossy plastic. The Tuxedo Greay is the sole exception – this one is matte.