HTC at its
India 'Double Exposure' event Friday has launched the octa-core
Desire 820 and quad-core
Desire 820q in India, after the
announcing the smartphones alongside the
Desire 816G in the country late last month. The Desire 820 has been priced at Rs. 24,990, while the Desire 820q has been priced at Rs. 22,500.
HTC says both phones will be available in markets from November 4.
The Taiwanese smartphone manufacturer has also
launched the
One (M8 Eye) in India, priced at Rs. 38,990,
apart from the
Desire Eye. The company
launched its new budget
Desire 516C handset in the country as well, priced at Rs. 12,990. The
RE action camera, introduced globally last week, was
also launched in India.
The highlight of the HTC Desire 820, which was
globally unveiled at a pre-IFA 2014 event, is its 64-bit octa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 615 SoC (1.5GHz quad-core + 1.0GHz quad-core) with integrated 4G LTE Cat. 4 connectivity. The dual-SIM (Nano-SIM) HTC Desire 820 runs
Android 4.4 KitKat with HTC Sense UI skinned on top. The smartphone is the successor to
HTC Desire 816 (
Review |
Pictures). It features a 5.5-inch HD (720x1280 pixels) display.
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The smartphone packs 2GB of RAM alongside the Snapdragon 615. It features a 13-megapixel (with f/2.2 lens) rear facing camera with LED flash and BSI sensor, apart from an 8-megapixel secondary front-facing camera.
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The 16GB inbuilt storage on the Desire 820 is expandable via microSD card (up to 128GB). Connectivity options on the handset include Wi-Fi, FM radio, Bluetooth, GPRS/ EDGE, GPS/ A-GPS, 3G and 4G LTE connectivity.
The handset measures 157.7x78.74x7.74mm and weighs 155 grams. The HTC Desire 820 packs a 2600mAh battery which is rated to deliver up to 22.4 hours (3G) of talk time and 424 hours (3G) of standby time. It also supports HTC's Dot View case which will provide 'instant access to your phone without opening the cover.'
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HTC Desire 516C With Dual-SIM Support, Quad-Core SoC Launched at Rs. 12,990)
The HTC Desire 820q, which also features dual-SIM (Nano-SIM supoprt), has virtually identical specifications as the HTC Desire 820, but comes with a different quad-core chipset (clocked at 1.2GHz), and has just 1GB of RAM.