HTC Desire 500 specification and prices
First info about the Desire 500 by HTC appeared on August 2013 and the first deals appeared on September 2013. This cell phone belongs to the lowest price range: the HTC Desire 500 price in USA for today is $69.99
The mobile runs on the most popular platform in the world for now - Android OS. Desire 500 was produced with the already old for today Android version: 4.1.2 (Jelly Bean). It means that the mobile owner will not be able to play the latest games and run the latest apps with the current OS version. The mobile phone is equipped with Quad-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A5 CPU which provides a great performance. It has 1 GB RAM which is a typical amount of memory for normal usage.
This cell phone has nice 8 megapixel primary camera. It will produce pictures and videos of a good quality but you won't be able to get really stunning images. To make really great pictures Specspro advices you to check the HTC flagship U Play.
The phone has a rather small 4.3 inch display size.
Desire 500 has removable Li-Ion 1800 mAh battery, that will guarantee up to 435 hours of standby time and about 12 hours of talk time. It is average battery life results.
The cell phone's weight is 123 grams (4.34 oz), it is 131.8 mm (, 87.3 cc 5.19 in) high, 66.9 mm (2.63 in) wide and has a 9.9 mm (0.39 in) depth what means that this cell phone is rather thick.
You can buy Desire 500 in Black or Silver colors.
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- 2013, August
- Available. Released 2013, September
- Android OS, v4.1.2 (Jelly Bean)
- Qualcomm MSM8225Q Snapdragon S4 Play
- Quad-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A5
- Adreno 203
- 8 MP, autofocus, LED flash
- 1.6 MP
- 720p@30fps
- 1/3.2" sensor size, 1.4µm pixel size, geo-tagging, face/smile detection
- 4.3 inches
- 480 x 800 pixels (~217 ppi pixel density)
- TFT capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
- Yes - HTC Sense UI 5.0
- Removable Li-Ion 1800 mAh battery
- About 435 h
- About 12 h 6 min
- 131.8 x 66.9 x 9.9 mm, 87.3 cc (5.19 x 2.63 x 0.39 in)
- 123 g (4.34 oz, 0.27 lb)
- Single SIM
- Black, Silver
- 4 GB, 1 GB RAM
- microSD, up to 64 GB (dedicated slot)
- Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, hotspot, DLNA
- v4.0, A2DP, aptX
- Yes, with A-GPS
- Stereo FM radio, RDS
- microUSB v2.0, USB Host
- Accelerometer, proximity
- SMS (threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Email
- HTML5
- No
- Yes
- GSM / HSPA
- GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (dual-SIM model only)
- HSDPA 900 / 2100
- HSPA 7.2/5.76 Mbps
- Yes
- Yes
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