HTC finally stepped further in the Indian market by releasing
HTC One (E8) & HTC Desire 616 on 11th July. The polycarbonate body giant HTC One (E8) is
a variant of One (M8), with the only difference in the material of the body.
One M8 sports a metal body. HTC has left no string untied in holding the Indian
market with its sales of Smartphones. What people love most about the Taiwanese
company is their catering to people of all the classes. Over the past few
months, it has released both top-notch phones as well as some middle range
phone. No wonder, HTC is blooming. Let us learn more about the Taiwanese Smartphone giant and
the new launches.
HTC One (E8)
The One M8 variant is available at 34,900 INR and boasts a dual
curve design. The company claims, the phone to fit naturally in the hand at
any position. The phone is dual sim with a 2.5 Ghz Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 quad
core chipset. RAM is 2GB while the internal storage is 16GB. Best feature is
the slot for memory card that supports memory up to 128 GB.
Display:- the screen is 5-inch and borderless.
Full-HD is an add on to the display. The speakers are dual-stereo boomsound.
Operating System:- the Smartphone runs on the latest
version of 4.4 Android KitKat. It also has a sense 6 UI running on the top. Remember,
HTC One M8 supported a “Motion launch”
sensor? This variant too is incorporated with the same.
Camera:- it features a 13MP rear camera but
not an UltraPixel, plus a 5MP front camera for enhanced selfie experience. Full
HD videos can be captured through both the cameras.
The battery is
about 2600 mAh, that will actually last long after a full charge. The variant
comes in four colours that are
Electric Crimson, Maldives Blue, Polar White & Misty Grey.
The flagship comes in the Indian market by the end of July.
HTC Desire 616
This is a middle range phone priced at 16,990 INR. It is good to learn that the HTC manufacturers are making
phones keeping the Indian customers in mind. India provides a huge strategic
market for the Flagship as well as middle range phones by HTC. The chief
financial officer of HTC Chialin Chang said that, the company knows not all can
afford top-end One-range phones. Thus, they are into making of phones that
offer good services at lower price.
Desire 616 will start it sales from this week itself. The 5-Inch
(720 x1280p) budget phone weighs 150 grams only (lighter than Sony Xperia C3). It
measures 142x71.9x9.15mmand
is powered by 1.4Ghz Mediatek Octa Core processor. The RAM is of 1GB, while
internal storage is quite less of 4GB. Though, on insertion of a micro-sd card
it can be expanded to 32GB.
The Blinkfeed
phone runs on 4.2 Android Jellybean and features HTC UI sensor. HTC Desire 616
is also a dual sim Smartphone that has a 8MP rear camera with an LED flash and
auto-focus as well a 2MP rear camera. The rear camera supports Full HD videos. Launched
in Dark Frey and Pearl White colours, the phone has a 2000mAh battery. In terms
of connectivity, it has Wi-Fi connection, Bluetooth 4.0 & GPS.
At a Glance
| FEATURES | HTC ONE (E8) | SAMSUNG GALAXY S5 |
| DIMENSIONS | 146.4×70.7×9.9mm | 142.0×72.5×8.1 mm |
| WEIGHT | 145 grams | 145 grams |
| DISPLAY | 5-inch 1080p (441ppi) with Corning Gorilla Glass 3 | 5.1-inch Super AMOLED 1080p (431ppi) with Corning Gorilla Glass 3 |
| PROCESSOR | 2.5GHz Snapdragon 801 quad-core | Exynos Octa-core |
| GPU | Adreno 330 | ARM Mali |
| RAM | 2GB | 2GB |
| CAMERA (REAR/FRONT) | 13-megapixel/5-megapixel | 16-megapixel/2.1-megapixel |
| BATTERY | 2,600mAh | 2,800mAh |
| ANDROID OS | 4.4.2 KitKat | 4.4.2 KitKat |
Both the phones offer some exciting features suitable to their price range. To conclude, both the releases can be my pick at this range. What are your views about the same? Drop in your views here.
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