On Friday at an event in New Delhi, HTC launched new Desire 616 and One (E8) smartphones in the Indian market. HTC One E8 is a high end phone and it priced at Rs. 34,900. HTC Desire 616 is a mid-range smartphone and costs only Rs. 16900.
HTC One (E8) is the latest smartphone in One series. It features a 5 inch full HD display with Corning Gorilla glass protection and 1920 x 1080 pixels resolution. It is powered by quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 processor and runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat). It comes with 13 megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 5 megapixel front camera. It is packed with 2 GB RAM, 16 GB internal storage and microSD card slot to expand storage up to 128 GB. It features 3G, WI-Fi, Bluetooth 4.0 with apt codec, NFC, GPS with GLONASS and 2600 mAh battery.
It will be available in Electric Crimson, Polar White, Misty Gray and Maldives Blue colors.
HTC One E8 dual SIM Specifications
- Dual (nano) SIM
- Android 4.4 (KitKat) with HTC Sense 6.0
- 5.0-inch (1920 x 1080 pixels) Full HD display with Corning Gorilla glass 3 protection
- 2.5 GHz quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 processor with Adreno 330 GPU
- 13MP rear camera with LED Flash, f/2.2 aperture, 1080p HD recording
- 5MP front-facing camera
- 2 GB RAM
- 3.5 mm headset jack, FM radio with RDS, HTC BoomSound
- Dual front-facing stereo speakers with built-in amplifiers
- 16GB internal memory, expandable memory up to 128GB
- 3G HSPA+, WiFi 802.11 a/b/g/n (2.4 and 5 GHz), Bluetooth 4.0 with aptX codec, NFC and GPS with GLONASS
- 2600 mAh battery
HTC Desire 616 features a 5 inch HD IPS display with 1280 x 720 pixels resolution. It is powered by a 1.4 GHz Ota Core MediaTek MT6592 processor with Mali 450-MP4 GPU. It runs on Android 4.2 with HTC Sense 5.1 UI at top. It comes with 8 megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 2 megapixel front camera. It is packed with 1 GB RAM, 4 GB internal storage and 2000 mAh battery slot.
Commenting on the new launch, Jack Yang, President, HTC, South Asia, said, “Everyone looks for a combination that offers exciting performance phone at a great value. HTC Desire 616 dual sim is that very phone. The newest member of our renowned HTC Desire range offers our first Octa-core processor, 8-cores of super-fast processing and premium features at a great price, offering users the best possible experience in the category.”
HTC Desire 616 dual SIM specifications
- 5-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) HD IPS display
- 3.5 mm headset jack
- 1.4 GHz Octa-Core MediaTek MT6592 processor with Mali 450-MP4 GPU
- Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean) with Sense UI 5.1
- Dual SIM (Regular SIM + micro SIM)
- 8MP rear camera with LED Flash, 1080p video recording
- 2MP front-facing camera, 720p video recording
- HTC BlinkFeed
- 1GB RAM
- 4GB internal memory, expandable memory with microSD
- 3G HSPA+, WiFi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.0, GPS with a-GPS
- 2000 mAh battery
- Dimensions: 142 x 71.9 x 9.15 mm 1
- Weight: 150 grams
