HTC Desire 600 dual sim smartphone - Detailed review of features and specifications
Are you looking to buy an android smartphone with good features? Then have a look at HTC Desire 600 dual sim smartphone which is recently announced by HTC. Continue reading this article for a complete review of Specifications, Features, price and it's availability in India.
Overview
HTC is a Taiwan tech giant known for its beautifully designed and powerful products. HTC portfolio includes quality smartphones and tablets run by Android and Windows operating systems. After the launch of its flagship model HTC One, HTC recently launched another smartphone HTC Desire 600 dual sim, equipped with some of the features of HTC One. HTC Desire 600 dual sim is announced in May 2013. HTC Desire 600 dual sim smartphone is packed with nice features. The detailed features of this smartphone are:Design
HTC Desire 600 has a unique slim body (9.26mm) design with a large touch screen and curved edges. Its speakers are placed above and below the touch screen which is slightly similar to HTC One. The dimensions of HTC Desire 600 are 134.8 x 67 x 9.26mm. The weight of the phone is 130gms which is less when compared to HTC One (143gms). It is available in two colours – Black and White.Display
It has a 4.5 inch Super LCD 2 qHD display and supports 16M colours. It has a capacitive multi-touch screen with screen resolution 540 x 960 pixels which gives it a pixel density of 245 ppi. HTC Desire 600 has BlinkFeed notifications feature which is drawn from HTC One. The BlinkFeed feature enable you to customize the home screen and turns the home screen into a screen with live updates from various media sources and social networking sites to stay connected.Sound
HTC Desire 600 has dual frontal BoomSound speakers built above and below the screen with built-in amplifiers. With BeatsAudio and BoomSound features (drawn from HTC One), HTC Desire 600 delivers loud, rich and quality sound enhancing the experience while listening to music, playing games and watching movies.
Processor and Operating System (OS)
HTC Desire 600 is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 200 chipset and quad-core Cortex-A5 processor clocked at 1.2 GHz. It is supported by Adreno 203 GPU. With its powerful processor, gaming experience will be rich and multi-tasking will be much lighter and faster.
HTC Desire 600 runs on Android Jelly Bean 4.1.2 version powered by HTC Sense 5 User Interface (another feature similar to HTC One). Memory
HTC Desire 600 has an internal memory of 8 GB (not fully usable due to phone software). It has an expansion slot which supports microSD card which can be expandable up to 64 GB for additional storage. But microSD card is not included in the package.
RAM: HTC Desire 600 is equipped with 1 GB DDR2 RAM which enables nice gaming experience and smoother multi-tasking.GPS and Sensors
The phone is GPS (Global Positioning System) enabled and has A-GPS (Assisted GPS) support.
It has following sensors equipped in it:
•Accelerometer
•Proximity sensor
•Ambient light sensorCamera
It has an 8 mega pixel main camera for photo and video recording and a 1.6 mega pixel front facing camera for video calling. The main camera will enable you to take pictures at a resolution of 3264 x 2448 pixels and record HD videos at 720 pixels at a rate of 30fps. The camera is equipped with features like auto focus, geo-tagging, face and smile detection, LED flash, Back-illuminated sensor (BSI) (sensor size: 1/3.2"), Smart Flash (Five levels of flash automatically set by phone based on the distance to subject) and has dedicated HTC image-chip. The front camera is also equipped with BSI. The Back-illuminated sensor (BSI) enables you to take photos even in the low light.
It also facilitates slow motion video recording with variable speed playback. HTC Video Highlights feature automatically creates a 30-second show of your photos in the gallery and enable you add your own music theme to the slide show and share it with your friends and family. Multimedia
HTC Desire 600 supports the audio formats like .aac, .amr, .ogg, .m4a, .mid, .mp3, .wav, .wma and records audio in the .aac format.
It supports video formats like .3gp, .3g2, .mp4, .wmv, .avi (MP4 ASP and MP3) and records video in .mp4 formatNetwork
HTC Desire 600 has dual sim (GSM and GSM) card slots and supports micro SIM. With the "Dual Active" system, the HTC Desire 600 dual-sim allows you to have two active SIM cards, which enables you to receive a call on one SIM, even if you are already using the other.
Network Frequencies
2G/2.5G - GSM/GPRS/EDGE: 900/1800/1900 MHz
3G/3.5G - UMTS/ HSPA: 900/2100 MHz with HSDPA up to 7.2 MbpsConnectivity
It has connectivity features like:
•Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot
•DLNA for wirelessly streaming media from the phone to a compatible TV or computer
•Bluetooth 4.0 with aptX enabled
•Near Field Communication (NFC) (Depends on mobile operator)
•Infrared port
•Micro USB v2.0
•3.5 mm stereo audio jack
•HTC ConnectBattery
HTC Desire 600 dual sim smartphone is equipped with removable and rechargeable Li-polymer battery having 1860 mAh capacity. The talk time for 2G is up to 11.4 hours and for 3G it is up to 11.1 hours. The Standby time for 2G is up to 539 hours and for 3G it is up to 577 hours. The talk time and Standby time are subject to network and phone usage.Other Features
•Noise Filtration: This feature filters the constant noise in the back ground and enables the person at the other end to hear you clearly.
•Messaging :Threaded view, Email, MMS
•Browser with HTML 5 support
•SNS (Social Network Service) integration
•Java support via Java MIDP 1.0 emulator
•Google Play Store support
•Other Google services like Search, Gmail, Maps, Youtube, Google talk
•Predictive text input
•Loud Speaker, Calendar, Organizer
•Voice commands
•25 GB Dropbox storage
•Photo and Document viewer
• 3.5mm stereo audio jackPrice and Availability in India
The price is not yet officially announced. But it is expected to be priced around Rs 20,000. It is not available in India yet, but it expected to be launched in the month of June.Conclusion and review
HTC released this smartphone with an aim to provide a much more affordable device equipped with some of the features of HTC One. HTC released this smartphone as a mid-range device which looks to set standards for its range. With a price around Rs.20,000 HTC Desire 600 dual sim will be an affordable alternative to HTC One.
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