The award winning HTC Desire will soon be replaced with the new HTC Desire S. HTC has decided to keep many of the original features from the HTC Desire and has simply added a few tweaks to deliver a more powerful and enhanced user experience. The new HTC Desire S comes equipped with a 1 GHz Qualcomm 8250 Snapdragon chipset paired with the Adreno 200 GPU, 3.7-inch 480×800 touch-screen, 768MB RAM, microSD slot, 5MP auto-focus with LED flash, 720p HD video recording, VGA secondary front camera, and a 1450 mAh battery all backed into a unibody aluminum shell which measures 115 x 59.8 x 11.63mm.
While the Incredible S will ship with Android 2.2, the HTC Desire S will launch with Android 2.4 (Gingerbread) covered up with HTC Sense. Pricing information for the HTC Desire S was not available, but we’ve heard that some online retails have already posted pre-order pages for the device which is expected to launch in the middle of Q2.
HTC Desire S Specs
- Dimensions: 115 x 59.8 x 11.63mm
- Weight: 130g
- Network: HSPA 900/2100 MHz, GSM 850/900/1800/1900 MHz
- Display: 3.7″ touch-screen with 480×800 resolution
- Processor: 1 GHz processor, Adreno 200 GPU, Qualcomm 8250 Snapdragon chipset
- Memory: 1.1GB internal storage, 768MB RAM, microSD slot (up to 32GB)
- Platform: Android with HTC Sense
- Camera: 5MP auto-focus with LED flash, 720p HD video recording, VGA secondary front camera
- Connectors: 3.5mm stereo audio jack, standard micro USB
- Sensors: G-Sensor, digital compass, proximity sensor, ambient light sensor
- Battery: 1450mAh rechargeable lithium-ion (talk time up to 590 mins, standby up to 455 hours)
- Bluetooth: v2.1 with FTP/OPP file transfer, A2DP, PBAP
- Multimedia: AAC, AMR, OGG, M4A, MID, MP3, WAV, WMA audio; 3GP, 3G2, MP4, WMV, AVI, XviD video
HTC LAUNCHES THREE NEW SMARTPHONES WITH HTC SENSE
HTC Desire S, HTC Wildfire S and HTC Incredible S deliver premium style, power and speed
BARCELONA, SPAIN – Mobile World Congress – February 15, 2011 – HTC Corporation, a global leader in mobile innovation and design, today unveiled three new versions of its most popular and advanced smartphones – HTC Desire S, HTC Wildfire S and HTC Incredible S. The new smartphones continue HTC’s commitment to expanding the market for advanced smartphones while providing distinct choices in design, power and value. Each phone also includes HTC Sense, HTC’s unique customer-focused user experience that puts people at the center by making phones work in a more simple and natural way.
“HTC developed the HTC Sense experience to bring cutting-edge innovation to our customers in simple and natural ways that just make sense – this is what HTC Desire S, HTC Wildfire S and HTC Incredible S represent best,” said Peter Chou, CEO of HTC Corporation. “These new phones offer an exhilarating mix of style, innovation and features that extend people’s mobile experience in ways that feel personal and completely original.”
HTC Desire S
As a successor to the popular and award-winning HTC Desire, the new HTC Desire S blends stunning design with power and speed. Inspired by the HTC Legend™ smartphone’s aluminium design, the HTC Desire S is sculpted out of a single block of aluminum making it feel solid and natural in your hand. With Qualcomm’s new 1GHz Snapdragon™ MSM8255 processor, the HTC Desire S offers snappy performance and power. It offers dual front and back cameras, High-Definition video recording and the 3.7-inch WVGA display presents multimedia content brilliantly.
Availability
The HTC Desire S, HTC Wildfire S and HTC Incredible S smartphones, will be broadly available to customers across major European and Asian markets during Q2 2011.
About HTC
HTC Corporation (HTC) is one of the fastest growing companies in the mobile phone industry. By putting people at the center of everything it does, HTC creates innovative smartphones that better serve the lives and needs of individuals. The company is listed on the Taiwan Stock Exchange under ticker 2498. For more information about HTC, please visit www.htc.com.
