
The latest Mid-range phone from HTC is launched india. It is the Desire 816, was
launched in April alongside budget smartphone
HTC Desire 210 Dual SIM.
The Taiwanese handset maker at the Desire 816
launch in late-April had promised that the
smartphone will be available within two weeks;
however the smartphone never hit Indian market
shelves in the said time.
The Desire 816 was globally announced alongside
the Desire 610 at MWC.
The smartphone is available at various
e-commerce sites, first reported by Android OS,
such as Infibeam (Rs. 24,450) and Flipkart (Rs.
24,490), and is priced higher than the official Rs.
23,990 launch price tag.
The HTC Desire 816 comes with a 5.5-inch HD
(720x1280 pixel) display and is powered by a
1.6GHz quad-core Snapdragon 400 processor,
alongside 1.5GB of RAM. It includes 8GB of
inbuilt storage with support for microSD cards up
to 128GB.
There's no word about the Android version on the
HTC Desire 816, though HTC did confirm the
presence of HTC Sense 5.5 UI on top.
It sports a
13-megapixel f/2.2 rear and a 5-megapixel front-
facing camera. The smartphone features dual
frontal stereo speakers with built-in amplifiers.
Connectivity options on the smartphone include
Bluetooth, DLNA, Micro-USB, and Wi-Fi, part from
3G connectivity support. The Desire 816 is
backed by a 2600mAh battery, which is rated to
deliver up to 21 hours of talk time and up to 614
hours standby time on 3G network. Interestingly,
the handset is the first HTC device to incorporate
a Nano-SIM instead of a Micro-SIM card.
A recent report claimed that the struggling
Taiwanese smartphone maker is expecting to
swing to profitability and double its revenues in
the three months to June, aided by the good
sales of its new flagship, the One (M8) and the new mid-range Desire 816.
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