HTC Desire S specification and prices
First information about the Desire S by HTC appeared on February 2011 and on sale it appeared on March 2011. This mobile belongs to the lowest price range: the HTC Desire S cost in USA for now is $79.99
The mobile phone runs on the most popular OS on the market for now - Android OS. Desire S was produced with the already outdated for today Android version: 2.3 (Gingerbread). It means that the mobile phone with the current OS version will not support the newest games and apps. The phone has 1.0 GHz Scorpion processor that shows a not satisfactory performance. Desire S runs 768 MB RAM that is not much for normal usage.
This mobile has good 5 megapixel primary camera. With such camera owner of this mobile will be able to make good photos and videos of a rather good quality. To make really amazing photos Specspro advices you to check the better HTC phone 10 evo.
The HTC Desire S has a small 3.7 inch display size. This means that many users will enjoy to use the phone with one hand.
This mobile has removable Li-Ion 1450 mAh battery, which can guarantee up to 455 hours of standby time and about 7 hours of talk time. It is poor battery life results.
The Desire S weight is 130 grams (4.59 oz), it is 115 mm (4.53 in) high, 59.8 mm (2.35 in) wide and has a 11.6 mm (0.46 in) depth what means that this cell phone is thick.
You can buy Desire S in Black or Red colors.
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- 2011, February
- Available. Released 2011, March
- Android OS, v2.3 (Gingerbread), upgradable to v4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich)
- Qualcomm MSM8255 Snapdragon S2
- 1.0 GHz Scorpion
- Adreno 205
- 5 MP, autofocus, LED flash
- VGA
- 720p@30fps
- Geo-tagging, touch focus
- 3.7 inches
- 480 x 800 pixels (~252 ppi pixel density)
- S-LCD capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
- Corning Gorilla Glass - HTC Sense UI 3.0
- Yes
- Removable Li-Ion 1450 mAh battery
- About 430 h / About 455 h
- About 9 h 50 min / About 7 h 10 min
- 115 x 59.8 x 11.6 mm (4.53 x 2.35 x 0.46 in)
- 130 g (4.59 oz, 0.29 lb)
- Mini-SIM
- Black, Red
- 1.1 GB, 768 MB RAM
- microSD, up to 32 GB (dedicated slot)
- Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA, hotspot
- v2.1, A2DP, EDR
- Yes, with A-GPS
- Stereo FM radio, RDS
- microUSB v2.0
- Accelerometer, proximity, compass
- SMS(threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Email, IM
- HTML, Adobe Flash
- Yes
- Yes
- GSM / HSPA
- GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
- HSDPA 900 / 2100
- HSPA 14.4/5.76 Mbps
- Up to 114 kbps
- Up to 560 kbps
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