HTC Desire 8 Mobile Price List in India

Features and Specifications

HTC Desire 8 is having quite latest OS in shape of Android v4.4.2 KitKat. The screen is 5.5-inch large having very much unique display and a resolution of 720x1280pi. It has 1.2GHz quad-core processor with 1GB RAM. The built-in storage is 8GB and can be expanded further up to 64GB with the help of microSD card. The device is having two cameras. The back camera is of 13MP with LED light and the front camera is 5MP used quite nicely for selfies. The battery life for device is 2600 while the connectivity features included in this handset are GPS, Bluetooth, GPRS, Edge, Wi-Fi and microUSB.

Design and Quality

This is a mid-range smartphone made up all plastic of acceptable quality. Some speaking grills are there in front along with hole present at the top of the device which probably be hiding some earpiece. There is no hardware button on the front of the rather the big screen has at its top the front facing camera and the speaker grille, while at the bottom of it has the speakers grille as well while towards the end of the screen has the navigation keys. The top of the phone carries the 3.5mm headset jack while the power button and the volume rocker are found on the left side of the device. The back of the phone has the back camera at the top left corner along with an LED light below it and the HTC logo right in the center of the phone. The look of the phone is gorgeous. The angles of the device are beautifully curved plus the viewing angles of the screen are also fairly nice.

OS and Tech

HTC Desire 8 comes with quite latest OS which is Android v4.4.2 KitKat. The processor keeps the OS much faster enough to provide enough speedy multitasking and the switching among tasks is also quite abrupt. HTC provides its own UI on the top of the OS in order to bring more attractiveness in the performance and usage of the device.

Camera and Multimedia

The back camera is of 13MP with flash light and features like geo tagging, panorama, autofocus, face/smile detection and touch focus along with HDR. The performance of the camera is quite good and the still images produced by it are of good quality though there is room for improvement. The daylight performance is better than the nighttime photography experience. The video recorded by the back camera is of much better quality than still images though there is some shakiness observed in them. The front 5MP camera works very nice for the video conferencing and gives good quality videos.

Battery and Memory

The battery life provided to this handset is capable enough to stand for the whole day. It is though not very outstanding but under light use, this can take the set for one whole day but under heavy use, one need to then sit with the charging outlet for get it recharged. The RAM though is limited but enough for the mid-range device and it comes in 1GB range. The internal storage is 8GB which can be raised to 64GB with the use of microSD port. Internal memory is though less but the extension capability is quite enough which will definitely please the users.

Pros and Cons

For pros:

·        Faster processor

·        Latest OS

·        Dual SIM capability

·        Memory extension

·        Powerful camera

·        Large screen

·        Affordable price

For cons:

·        Average battery

·        Minimum RAM

·        Minimum internal storage

Verdict

Mid-range phones are getting very popular these days and there is a tough competition among different manufactures to launch new mid-range devices with better features and specifications. HTC is one among them. The latest phone HTC Desire 8 is an example of the company showing how much it is interested to bring better specification in mid-range smartphones. The good thing about this handset is its large screen. 5.5-inch screen gives full entertainment in shape of either playing games or watching videos on it. The latest OS is another benefit of using this device as most of the mid-range devices come with older versions of Android OS preferable Jelly Beans. Camera department has also been improved here and produces good quality pics which are hardly seen in most of the mid-range devices. Karbonn Titanium S9 is another mediocre device but it has Android Jelly Beans as an OS. This is also available in multiple colors.