HTC Desire S

General Information

• Colors:
• Black, Red

• SAR:
• 0.33 W/kg (head)     1.06 W/kg (body)    

• Price:
• About 100 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:
• 2011, February. Released 2011, March

• Status:
• Discontinued

Physical Specifications

• Dimensions:
• 115 x 59.8 x 11.6 mm (4.53 x 2.35 x 0.46 in)

• Weight:
• 130 g (4.59 oz)

• SIM:
• Mini-SIM

Display

• Type:
• S-LCD capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors

• Size:
• 3.7 inches, 39.0 cm2 (~56.7% screen-to-body ratio)

• Resolution:
• 480 x 800 pixels, 5:3 ratio (~252 ppi density)

• Protection:
• Corning Gorilla Glass

Platform

• OS:
• Android 2.3 (Gingerbread), upgradable to 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich); Sense UI 3

• Chipset:
• Qualcomm MSM8255 Snapdragon S2

• CPU:
• 1.0 GHz Scorpion

• GPU:
• Adreno 205

Memory

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

• Internal:
• 1.1GB 768MB RAM

Main Camera

• Single:
• 5 MP, AF

• Features:
• LED flash

• Video:
• 720p@30fps

Selfie Camera

• Single:
• VGA

Sound

• Loudspeaker:
• Yes

• 3.5mm jack:
• Yes

Connectivity

• WLAN:
• Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA, hotspot

• Bluetooth:
• 2.1, A2DP, EDR

• GPS:
• Yes, with A-GPS

• Radio:
• Stereo FM radio, RDS

• USB:
• microUSB 2.0

Features

• Sensors:
• Accelerometer, proximity, compass

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

• Browser:
• HTML, Adobe Flash, Dedicated search key, MP3/AAC+/WAV/WMA player, DivX/XviD/MP4/H.264/WMV player, Organizer, Document viewer, Voice memo/dial, Predictive text input

Battery

• Browser:
• HTML, Adobe Flash, Removable Li-Ion 1450 mAh battery

• Stand-by:
• Up to 430 h (2G) / Up to 455 h (3G)

• Talk time:
• Up to 9 h 50 min (2G) / Up to 7 h 10 min (3G)

Tests

• Display:
• Contrast ratio: 914:1 (nominal)

• Camera:
• Photo / Video

• Loudspeaker:
• Voice 66dB / Noise 64dB / Ring 76dB

• Audio quality:
• Noise -90.3dB / Crosstalk -74.7dB