By November 20, 2013

HTC Desire 500 hands-on in White

htc-desire-500-white-blueBack in September of this year, HTC launched a new Android smartphone under the much-used Desire name, the HTC Desire 500.

This new phone featured much of the software improvements from the popular HTC One but in a somewhat more affordable package.

When the Desire 500 first went on sale the all-black version was the first to land and we had an early hands-on with that model. Since then two further versions have become available; White with blue-trim and white with red-trim.

These are essentially the same hardware spec but it’s surprising just how different the phone can appear from a simple colour change. We wouldn’t normally return to a device just because of a colour change but as the Desire 500 has just had an Android update and has been so popular on PAYG tariffs we thought it was worth another look.

In the video below, Gareth takes a brief break from his painting-by-numbers to have a closer look at the HTC Desire 500 in white clothing. The phone, not Gareth in white clothing…

HTC Desire 500 (white) specification:

  • 2G Network: GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
  • 3G Network: HSDPA 900 / 2100
  • Optional Dual SIM (Micro-SIM)
  • Dimensions: 131.8 x 66.9 x 9.9 mm, 87.3 cc (5.19 x 2.63 x 0.39 in)
  • Weight: 123 g (4.34 oz)
  • Display: TFT capacitive touchscreen, 16M colours, 480 x 800 pixels, 4.3 inches (~217 ppi pixel density)
  • HTC Sense UI 5.0
  • 3.5mm jack
  • microSD, up to 64 GB
  • Memory: 4 GB, 1 GB RAM
  • Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot, DLNA
  • Bluetooth: v4.0 with A2DP
  • microUSB v2.0, USB On-the-go, USB Host
  • Camera: 8 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels, autofocus, LED flash
  • 1/3.2” sensor size, 1.4µm pixel size, geo-tagging, face and smile detection
  • Secondary Camera: 1.6 MP
  • Android OS, v4.1.2
  • CPU: Quad-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A5
  • GPU: Adreno 203
  • Sensors: Accelerometer, proximity, compass
  • Stereo FM radio with RDS
  • GPS with A-GPS support
  • Battery: Li-Ion 1800 mAh battery

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