HTC has announced a new low-end, budget smartphone, the HTC Desire U. This smartphone has a 4-inch, 800x480 pixel screen, a single-core 1GHz CPU, 512MB of RAM, 4GB of memory storage (further expandable via microSD memory cards) and a 5-megapixel camera. It also comes with Beats Audio, supports Wi-Fi, 3G and Bluetooth 4.0, and is powered by Android 4.0.
It's planned to be available in China and Taiwan first and it might also launch in Europe later on, but the availability date hasn't yet been revealed.
Technical Specifications
Performance
- CPU: 1 GHz
- Operating System: Android OS, v4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich)
- GSM 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2
- HSDPA 900 / 2100
- Type: Super LCD capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
- Size: 480 x 800 pixels, 4.0 inches (~233 ppi pixel density)
- Size: 118.5 x 62.3 x 9.3 mm (4.67 x 2.45 x 0.37 in)
- Weight: 114 g (4.02 oz)
- Wireless LAN: Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot
- Bluetooth: Yes, v3.0 with A2DP
- GPS: TBD
- USB: Yes, microUSB v2.0
- Internal: 4 GB storage, 512 MB RAM
- Expansion: microSD, up to 32 GB
- Photo: 5 MP, 25921944 pixels, autofocus, LED flash
- Front facing camera: No
- Video: Yes, WVGA
- Li-Ion 1650 mAh battery
- Stand-by time: No official data
- Talk time: No official data