HTC Desire (A8181)
by HTC
Product Features:
- Single Sim, 3G, Wi-Fi
- Single Core, 1 GHz Processor
- 576 MB RAM, 512 MB inbuilt
- 1400 mAh Battery
- 3.7 inches, 480 x 800 px Display
- 5 MP Rear Camera
- Memory Card Supported, upto 32 GB
- Android, 2.1
Product Review:
- Fantastic AMOLED display
- Terrific performance
- Updated Android Sense UI is outstanding
- Records video in WVGA resolution
- More RAM than Nexus One
- Camera isn’t great
- Hardware design is conservative (and a bit bland)
- Speakerphone distorts at times
- No case included
- No US 3G version
HTC Desire (A8181) Prices
HTC Desire (A8181) is currently not available in any stores.
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HTC Desire (A8181) Specifications
33
Specs Score
Very Poor
Group: ₹3,000 to ₹7,000
This Phone:
Average:
Maximum:
Group Rank: #794 out of 886 mobiles
Overall Rank: #2407 out of 4038 mobiles
Quick Specifications [See Full Specifications]
- General
- Single Sim
- Android, 2.1 (upgradable to 2.2 )
- 1400 mAh Battery
- Display
- Touch
- 3.7 inches
- 480 x 800 pixels
- Camera
- 5 MP Camera
- Auto Focus
- Flash
- 720p @ 15fps Video Recording
- Technical
- 1 GHz Processor
- 576 MB RAM
- 512 MB Inbuilt Memory
- Memory Card Support, upto 32 GB
- Connectivity
- 3G
- WiFi with hotspot
- Bluetooth
- GPS
- Extra
- Music Player
- Video Player
- FM Radio
- 3.5mm Headphone Jack
Analysis Group Range: ₹3,000 to ₹7,000
Open all GroupsTechnicalDisplayCamera And BatteryGeneral
CPU Speed
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RAM
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Inbuilt Memory
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Display Size
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Display Resolution
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Display PPI
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Camera
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Front Camera
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Battery
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Thickness
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Weight
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Spec Score
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Advantages
Display In Groups| Display | |
Has A Responsive Touch Screen Capacitive, MultiTouch | Touch Displays offer a more interactive experience. |
Has AMOLED Display | AMOLED Displays have better response time often to under a millisecond, and they consume significantly less battery. |
| Camera | |
Has Camera 5 MP, with AutoFocus | Has a camera for taking photos. |
Has Flash for Camera LED | Having a camera flash allows you to take photos in low light. |
Supports HD Video Recording 720p @ 15 fps | You can record videos of beautiful moments, sceneries and watch them later. |
| Technical | |
Supports Memory Card upto 32 GB | Memory cards give your device more storage capacity. So you can store more songs, photos and videos. |
| Connectivity | |
Supports 3G | 3G Enabled Handsets give you more download speed and a faster internet experience. |
Supports WiFi | You can connect to wifi hotspots in your area to experience a superior internet experience. |
Supports WiFi Hotspot Wifi Tethering | Allows you to use your internet connection on your wifi enabled laptop. |
Supports Bluetooth | Bluetooth enables you to wirelessly listen to music and calls using bluetooth headsets. |
Supports GPS | GPS is used for determining your location. You can get directions to a place with the help of GPS. |
Has A 3.5mm Headphone Jack | Having 3.5mm Jack enables you to connect to large number of other devices (such as speakers, headphones) having 3.5mm Port. |
| Extra | |
Has Accelerometer | Detects motion as well as the orientation of a device (horizontally or vertically). |
Has Compass | Determines direction facing relative to North, East, West and South. |
Supports Video Player | Watch your favourite video songs and movies in video player. It supports MP4, H.264, WMV file types. |
Supports Music Player | Listen to your favourite songs in music player. It supports MP3, AAC, WAV, WMA etc. file types. |
Supports FM Radio | Listen to your favourite radio stations on your mobile. Enjoy music on the go with FM Radio. |
Disadvantages
Display In Groups| General | |
Thick 11.9 mm | Thick phones are harder to carry and look a little old-fashioned. |
| Display | |
Low Resolution Screen 480 x 800 pixels | Images, videos and text will not look very sharp. |
| Camera | |
No Front Camera | Front Camera enables you to take your own photos and do videocalling (on supported mobiles). |
| Technical | |
Limited Storage Capacity 512 MB | It means you can only store limited amount of songs, videos, photos and applications. |
Fewer Processing Cores Single Core | More cores result in better parallelism, meaning more tasks can be processed in parallel without slowing down the User Interface. |
Slower CPU 1 GHz | Slower CPU has trouble in running graphics rich applications. |
Limited Amount Of RAM 576 MB | Small RAM has trouble in running more applications at the same time, which makes the mobile little slower. |
| Connectivity | |
Doesn't Support 4G | 4G Enabled Handsets give you more download speed and a faster internet experience than 3G. |
Full Specifications
Report An Error| General | |
| Sim Type | Single Sim, GSM |
| Dual Sim | No |
| Sim Size | Mini SIM |
| Device Type | Smartphone |
| Release Date | February, 2010 |
| Design | |
| Dimensions | 119 x 60 x 11.9 mm |
| Weight | 135 g |
| Display | |
| Type | Color AMOLED screen (16M colors) |
| Touch | Yes, with Multitouch |
| Size | 3.7 inches, 480 x 800 pixels |
| Aspect Ratio | 5:3 |
| PPI | ~252 PPI |
| Features | Corning Gorilla Glass Screen Protection |
| Memory | |
| RAM | 576 MB |
| Internal | 512 MB |
| Card Slot | Yes, upto 32 GB, 4 GB included |
| Connectivity | |
| GPRS | Yes |
| EDGE | Yes |
| 3G | Yes |
| Wifi | Yes, with wifi-hotspot |
| Bluetooth | Yes |
| USB | Yes, microUSB |
| Extra | |
| GPS | Yes, with A-GPS Support |
| Sensors | Accelerometer, Compass |
| 3.5mm Headphone Jack | Yes |
| Camera | |
| Camera | 5 MP with autofocus |
| Dual Camera | No |
| Features | Geo tagging |
| Video Recording | Yes, 720p @ 15 fps |
| Flash | Yes, LED |
| Front Camera | No |
| Technical | |
| OS | Android, 2.1 (Eclair), upgradable to 2.2 (Froyo) |
| CPU | 1 GHz, Single Core, Qualcomm QSD8250 Snapdragon S1 Processor |
| GPU | Adreno 200 |
| Java | Yes, via 3rd party |
| Browser | Yes, supports HTML/Flash |
| Multimedia | |
| Supports | MMS, Instant Messaging |
| Yes, with Push Email | |
| Music | MP3, AAC, WAV, WMA |
| Video | MP4, H.264, WMV |
| FM Radio | Yes |
| Battery | |
| Type | Removable Battery |
| Size | 1400 mAh, Li-ion Battery |
| StandBy Time | 14 days, 15 days on 3G |
| Talk Time | 400 min, 390 min on 3G |
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HTC Desire (A8181) Expert Reviews
90
Expert Rating
Very Good
Based on 10 Reviews
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HTC Desire review: A desire come true
The Google Nexus One was given the grace of a market head start but its no longer standing lonely at the top. And even if it looks like a brotherly reunion, the HTC Desire is in fact a formidable rival. Thats between HTC and Google though. Users have hardly reasons to complain.
As to the differences, the HTC Desire seems to get the upper hand but its not just quite as capable as promised.read more →
As to the differences, the HTC Desire seems to get the upper hand but its not just quite as capable as promised.read more →
- Quad-band GSM and dual-band 3G support
- 7.2 Mbps HSDPA and 2 Mbps HSUPA
- 3.7" 16M-color capacitive AMOLED touchscreen of WVGA resolution (480x 800 pixel)
- Android OS v2.1 with kinetic scrolling and pinch zooming
- Slim profile and great build quality
- Qualcomm Snapdragon QSD8250 1 GHz processor
- Disappointing video quality
- Limited storage available to the user on the system partition (you are left with only 120 MB for installing apps)
- No DivX and XviD video playback
- No voice dialing
- Non hot-swappable memory card
HTC Desire (US Cellular)
- Relatively clean, bloat-free firmware
- Keeps GSM Desire's good looks
- SLCD keeps us from missing AMOLED
- No global roaming capability
- No Android 2.2 yet
- Weak camera
HTC Desire
The Desire is yet another fine piece of work from HTC – build quality is top notch as usual, and there's little to complain about the software except for the Flash performance. Some may argue that the Desire lacks freshness since the Nexus One's already shown it all, but we'd disagree – at the end of the day it's mainly about the software and service, plus the Desire is available from more carriers to begin with (outside the US, anyway).read more →
- Snappy OS performance
- Enhanced Sense UI
- Large, sharp AMOLED screen
- Average camera quality
- Screen too reflective outdoors
- Weak battery life
HTC Desire (US Cellular)
The Android 2.1-powered HTC Desire is indeed desirable, with a robust feature set, a mature and attractive user interface, and plenty of multimedia goodness.read more →
- Fast performance
- Sharp, responsive screen
- Attractive hardware design
- Refined HTC Sense UI layer
- Smooth, colorful video playback
- Reasonable US Cellular plan pricing.
The most powerful Android phone ever - but is it the best?
In short, this is a phenomenal phone - one of the best we've ever had on TechRadar. Usually when we like a phone on the first use, we end up horribly disappointed after a little time with it, but the HTC Desire kept on performing and achieving when we thought it wouldn't.
The screen is lovely, the design is slick and processor makes everything happen in a flash - all you'd want from a smartphone.read more →
The screen is lovely, the design is slick and processor makes everything happen in a flash - all you'd want from a smartphone.read more →
- Gorgeous screen
- Slim chassis
- Fast processor
- Good quality 5MP camera
- Speedy internet browser
- Flash video support
- Bluetooth playback stutters
- Battery life suspect out the box
- Can't delete whole inboxes in POP3 messaging
HTC Desire (A8181) Reviews
80
Amit K Khanchandani
March 30, 2014
My First Android Phone. still works best
still i use this mobile with Android 4.4.2
- Android 4.4.2
- Snappy OS performance
- Fast performance
- Sharp, responsive screen
- Attractive hardware design
- Smooth, colorful video playback
- Gorgeous screen
- Speedy 1-GHz Snapdragon processor
- Good quality 5MP camera
- Speedy internet browser
- Excellent in-call and audio playback quality
- Disappointing video quality
- Screen too reflective outdoors
- colors of photos shot indoors appear dull
- one-day battery life
- microSDHC card slot blocked by battery.
- Needs at least 8GB of internal storage
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