HTC Desire S-Droid longings Price

Introduction:

The original HTC Desire became one of the mainly admired Android smartphones of 2010 because of its powerful hardware configuration, large high-resolution screen and latest Android OS all in a sole bit of hard metal; from here its follow-up is taking the job namely the HTC Desire S. But however it is a fact that the Desire S is one heck of device which we admire but it’s not intended to be the flagship device as its ancestor was.

The manufacturing company has in backup the newly announced HTC Sensation to throw in opposition to the heavy-duty players. The new Desire is given an unlike, however no less vital role. Preferably, it should be the smartphone that has wider plead the one to offer as incentive to devote up graders. Besides the question stands still that with dual-core Android phones already on the market, does the “S” bears “sequel” or just “surpassed”? We are yet to see this folks, in our below review:

Key Points

·        Quad-band GSM and dual-band 3G support

·        Runs Android OS v2.3 (Gingerbread) with HTC Sense UI on top of it

·        16M-color capacitive LCD touchscreen measured at 3.7 inch with WVGA resolution (480 x 800 pixels), the screen is the best so far from the company (not to forget the HTC Incredible S)

·        HSDPA (14.4 Mbps) and HSUPA (5.76 Mbps)

·        1 GHz Scorpion CPU (Adreno 205 GPU), Qualcomm Snapdragon MSM8255 chipset

·        Packs a 768 MB of RAM and 1.1 GB ROM

·        5 MP auto-focus snapper features geo-tagging accompanying with LED-flash, capable of recording 720p HD videos @30fps. Front-facing camera for video calls

·        WI-FI b/g/n and DLNA

·        GPS with A-GPS support

·        MicroSDcard slot is capable of supporting up to 32GB while 8 GB of memory card comes along with the sales package

·        Accelerometer and proximity sensor

·        Stereo FM radio with RDS and a standard 3.5 mm audio jack

·        Micro USB port (chargeable) and stereo Bluetooth v2.1

·        Features smart dialing and voice dialing

·        DivX/XviD video support

·        HTC Locations app with HTCSense.com integration and HTC Portable Hotspot

·        Fantastic Compact aluminum unibody with Gorilla glass display

·        Ultra-fast boot times (if you don’t remove battery) while the performance is notably smooth

Major Drawbacks

·        Lacks of an HDMI port, dedicated camera key and lens cover

·        Dissatisfying video recording 720p

·        Poor sunlight legibility

·        WI-FI signal degrades when you cover the top part of the back panel

·        MicroSDslot is underneath the battery cover

Folks shifting from the original HTC Desire will definitely detect the lack of the optical trackpad and capacitive keys have swapped the hardware buttons. It’s a diverse manner of interrelating with this smartphone but not at all this is a device which will give you less comfort.Besides, the novel smartphone surely does well to upgrade the original. Packing extra RAM, a vaguely more compact and llighter body, which is still firm as much as necessary credit to all the metal wrapping, accompanying with the newest Android OS and a more powerful GPU. Video-chat fanatics will enjoy and vote for the front-facing camera, at the same time as folks who want lots of apps installed on their smartphones will be pleased about the extended onboard memory of the HTC Desire S.

Even as the HTC Desire S inherits the screen size of the original Desire and even packs several new features, it copes to fit into an even more compact wrap up. The dissimilarity is barely measurable in width (59.8mm vs. 60mm) and thickness (11.6mm vs. 11.9mm), however the height has lean-to some 3mm, which is indeed acceptable. While, the weight of the device has been condensed as well, however a little bit. At 130g, the HTC Desire S weighs 5g less than its ancestor, yet the Desire S inherits the unibody styling of the HTC Legend, with a twirl fascia/back plate inset with soft-touch lusterless plastic camera and battery divisions so we do value its solid build quality which feels good while we grab it in our hands.

A video-call camera is right adjacent to the earpiece on top of the display. There is also pair of hidden sensors (proximity and ambient light). Below the screen, there are four capacitive keys (Home, Menu, back and search), though lacks a trackpad because complete interface designed for touchscreen use so it unneeded to throw in a trackpad.

On the left side reside a lengthy and slim volume rocker and the Micro USB port (uncovered). The right surface of the smartphone is completely empty with no controls or ports at all. Wish there was a dedicated camera key, but we are out of luck in spite of that. However a 3.5mm audio jack and the Power/Lock key resides on top of the device while the bottom of the phone only carries a mouthpiece, typically. On the back reside a 5 MP snapper along with the LED-flash and a small loudspeaker grill. Sadly you’ll have to open the battery holder if you want to access the Micro SD slot

Morevoer, as mentioned above one of the major drawbacks we came across that keeping your hand over the top part of the back panel rapidly weakens the WI-FI signals the Desire S is receiving. So you’re in no luck when you are holding the device in landscape mode.

It sports a capacitive Super LCD screen measured at 3.7 inch. And at the same time as you won’t get to experience any AMOLED blacks, you’d still get one of the better LCD screens in trade. However, the same Super LCD screen was equipped by Incredible S yet the same thing comes as an inheritance to the Desire S. You’ll find the display with effective colors and extremely broad viewing angles is all you’ll find, nothing else more important.

The only ground which HTC has been unable to fill is the sunlight legibility of its display screens. The display isn't principally bright and it's noticeably quite reflective so using the Desire S outside on a bright sunny day is not precisely an easy job for you. However the touchscreen response has no complaints.

Unfortunately the camera isn’t very satisfying. Still shots are evidently grainier, however still reasonable for a 5 MP component, but large-scale shots are precisely poor. Images usually can be spotty and unclear, missing detail in wider scenes, while mid-range focuses look good. The VGA front camera snaps, as you would have thought, nonsense stills.

Verdict

The overall performance of the HTC desire S is capably good including the loud speaker, the mouthpiece, earpiece, and the battery of course. Signal reception is better. The internal performance for handling tasks has also shown good results. In the high-end line-up the Desire S is no longer the HTC flagship but its solid, mid-range mobile phone.

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