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Desire 626's existence confirmed, specifications revealed

Just a couple of weeks after leakster @upleaks provided information on HTC?s yet-to-be-announced Desire 626 smartphone, the device has been approved by China's Telecommunication Equipment Certification Center, effectively confirming its existence. The agency also published some images of the mid-range handset (one shown above), along with a complete set of specifications: the device is powered by a Mediatek chipset with an octa-core CPU, clocked at 1.7GHz, and features a 5-inch display of 1280x720 pixel resolution. It comes with 1 GB of RAM and 8 GB of storage space (expandable via microSD). The Desire 626 sports a 13 MP rear camera with flash, a 5 MP front-facing camera, and a 2,000 mAh battery. Weighing in at 135 grams and measuring 146.9 x 70.9 x 8.19 mm, the LTE-enabled smartphone runs Android 4.4 KitKat. Source | Via View the original article here

Review: Updated: HTC Desire 500

Introduction HTC offers a mean flagship, in the form of the HTC One . But the firm knows that a lot of the mobile market now lies in the budget sector, and this is where the HTC Desire 500 is pitched. It might not have the super low price of the ZTE Blade V , but even so, the price is hardly going to make your eyes water. This puts the Desire 500 in direct competition with the Sony Xperia M and the Nokia Lumia 625 , and just a little more costly than the Samsung Galaxy S3 Mini . It's also worth considering the cheaper Moto G here, which sports a deceptively low price for its feature set. So has HTC equipped the Desire 500 with the necessary weapons to beat an increasingly difficult market? It packs Qualcomm's Snapdragon 200 processor, backed up with 1GB RAM. This means that the Desire 500 might not pack the biggest punch, but the 1.2GHz quad-core chip is hardly a slouch. While the Desire 500 does boast a 4.3-inch screen, it's unfortunately only 480 x 800, meaning a rather...