HTC is reportedly set to launch its Desire
826 smartphone in India. The firm
introduced the handset back in January
during the CES 2015 event.
According to an established Mumbai-
based retailer, the HTC Desire 826 will be
in stock within next 2-3 days - indicatin
an official launch soon. Mahesh Teleco
adds the smartphone will be priced at Rs
26,200, but has not specified whether
phone that will be launched will be the
dual-SIM variant, or the single SIM one.
The smartphone at company's India's
website is still listed under the 'Coming
Soon' tag.
The HTC Desire 826 runs Android 5.0
Lollipop with HTC Sense UI skinned on
top and features a 5.5-inch full-HD
(1080x1920 pixels) display.
The Desire 826 is powered by an octa-
core (four cores at 1.5GHz and four core
at 1.0GHz) 64-bit Qualcomm Snapdrago
615 processor alongside Adreno 405
GPU and 2GB of RAM. It sports a 13-
megapixel (f/2.2) rear camera with
28mm lens, BSI sensor, and LED flash.
The front camera will be a 4-UltraPixel
shooter. The 16GB of inbuilt storage on
Desire 826 is expandable via microSD
card.
Connectivity options on the Desire 826
smartphone include 4G, Bluetooth 4.0,
Wi-Fi, GPS/ A-GPS, and Micro-USB. The
handset is backed by a 2600mAh batter
The thickness of the smartphone is
7.5mm and it weighs 155 grams. The
Desire 826 comes in two-tone colours
including White Birch, Blue Lagoon, and
Purple Fire.
HTC on Thursday launched the refreshed
version of the last year's flagship One
(M8) dubbed the HTC One M8s . The 4-
UltraPixel duo camera setup has been
replaced with a 13-megapixel duo
camera. The Qualcomm Snapdragon 80
processor of the HTC One (M8) has also
been replaced with a 64-bit 1.7GHz octa
core Qualcomm Snapdragon 615 octa-
core processor coupled with 2GB of RAM
The battery on the HTC One M8s has
been bumped up to 2840mAh, which is
up from 2600mAh on the One (M8). Rest
of the specifications remain the same.
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