HTC Desire specification

The HTC Desire, as you probably know, was announced yesterday by HTC at MWC in Barcelona and seems to have gone down a storm. It’s one of the most popular posts here on tracyandmatt over the past 24 hours.

Unsurprisingly many are asking how the HTC Desire differs from the Google Nexus One. In essence they are virtually the same device in terms of hardware, just a few things to distinguish them. The Desire has an optical trackpad and a couple of hardware buttons where the Nexus just has a hardware trackball. The Desire also has an FM Radio and is ‘missing’ the dual noise-cancelling microphones that the Nexus has.

Where the difference will be more obvious is in the user interface. Although both handsets run Android 2.1 the Desire has HTC’s new version of the excellent Sense UI and a number of HTC-specific applications and enhancements.

Obviously we hope to get our hands on one pretty soon but until then thought you might like to see the full specification listed below.

HTC Desire Specification:

• Weight: 135 grams (4.76 ounces) with battery
• CPU: 1 GHz
• Battery type: Rechargeable Lithium-ion battery
• Capacity: 1400 mAh
• Talk time: GSM: Up to 400 mins
• Standby time: GSM: Up to 340 hours
• Camera: 5 megapixel, Face detection capability, Auto focus and flash
• 3.5 mm stereo audio jack
• Standard micro-USB
• G-Sensor
• Digital compass
• Proximity sensor
• Ambient light sensor
• Facebook integration
• Friend Stream
• Photo sharing on Facebook, Flickr, and Twitter
• Video sharing on YouTube
• HTC Peep for twittering
• Display: AMOLED capacitive touch screen with pinch-to-zoom capability
• Size: 3.7 inches
• Resolution: 480 X 800 WVGA
• Operating System: Android 2.1 (Éclair) with HTC Sense
• ROM: 512 MB
• RAM: 576 MB
• microSD memory card (SD 2.0 compatible) Supports up to 32 GB
• HSPA/WCDMA: 900/2100 MHz
• GSM: 850/900/1800/1900 MHz
• 3G: Up to 7.2 Mbps download speed / Up to 2 Mbps upload speed
• Wi-Fi®: IEEE 802.11 b/g
• Tethering: Internet sharing through USB
• Bluetooth® 2.1 with Enhanced Data Rate / A2DP for wireless stereo headsets
• FM Radio
• Internal GPS antenna
• Google Maps
• HTC Footprints

Posted by: Matt