HTC Desire C

General Information

• Colors:
• Polar White, Stealth Black, Flamenco Red

• SAR:
• 0.75 W/kg (head)     0.64 W/kg (body)    

• Price:
• About 120 EUR

Network/Bearer

• Technology:
• GSM / HSPA

• 2G bands:
• GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900

• 3G bands:
• HSDPA 900 / 2100

• Speed:
• HSPA 14.4/5.76 Mbps

Launch

• Announced:
• 2012, May. Released 2012, June

• Status:
• Discontinued

Physical Specifications

• Dimensions:
• 107.2 x 60.6 x 12.3 mm (4.22 x 2.39 x 0.48 in)

• Weight:
• 100 g (3.53 oz)

• SIM:
• Mini-SIM

Display

• Type:
• Capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors

• Size:
• 3.5 inches, 36.5 cm2 (~56.1% screen-to-body ratio)

• Resolution:
• 320 x 480 pixels, 3:2 ratio (~165 ppi density)

Platform

• OS:
• Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich), not upgradable to 4.1 (Jelly Bean); Sense UI 4

• Chipset:
• Qualcomm MSM7225A Snapdragon S1

• CPU:
• 600 MHz Cortex-A5

• GPU:
• Adreno 200

Memory

• Card slot:
• microSD, up to 32 GB (dedicated slot)

• Internal:
• 4GB 512MB RAM

Main Camera

• Single:
• 5 MP

• Video:
• Yes

Selfie Camera

• Video:
• Yes, No

Sound

• Loudspeaker:
• Yes

• 3.5mm jack:
• Yes, Beats Audio

Connectivity

• WLAN:
• Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, hotspot

• Bluetooth:
• 3.0, A2DP

• GPS:
• Yes, with A-GPS

• NFC:
• Optional

• Radio:
• Stereo FM radio, RDS

• USB:
• microUSB 2.0

Features

• Sensors:
• Accelerometer, proximity

• Messaging:
• SMS(threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Email

• Browser:
• HTML, Adobe Flash, DivX/XviD/MP4/H.264/WMV player, Dropbox (25 GB cloud storage), MP3/eAAC+/WMA/WAV player, Organizer, Document viewer/editor, Voice memo/dial, Predictive text input

Battery

• Browser:
• HTML, Adobe Flash, Removable Li-Ion 1230 mAh battery

Tests

• Display:
• Contrast ratio: 723 (nominal) / 1.300:1 (sunlight)

• Camera:
• Photo

• Loudspeaker:
• Voice 64dB / Noise 64dB / Ring 72dB

• Audio quality:
• Noise -87.3dB / Crosstalk -84.5dB