HTC has been living up to its
“quietly brilliant” theme in this IFA 2012 press event. As you can see, many
phones have been announced by different players but we just heard a little from
our favorite Taiwanese manufacturer. And by little, I mean announcing a
medium-range smartphone called the HTC Desire X.
This mediocre yet decent
device has a little more than what “little” can offer, if you know what I mean.
Desire X runs in a 1GHz dual-core Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 SoC, though the CPU is
somewhat similar to your iPhone 4S, you can always tell that this previously
named “proto” unit is a budget-friendly phone.
Meanwhile, it’ll have a
4-inch screen, 5MP camera, Beats Audio and 4GB of internal storage space. And
being an HTC consumer, potential buyers are entitled to have a 25GB free of Dropbox space
just to compensate for the small storage space. HTC Desire X’s camera also
features continuous shooting, HDR and ability to capture stills in a video
recording.
HTC Desire X is somewhat a desirable
handset that would snug between HTC Desire C and the dual-SIM enabled Desire V.
It will be launched in Europe and Asia next month, and will come in the
Philippines in late September to early October. Based on the price of Desire C
and V, HTC Desire X would sit in Php 15,000 range.
HTC Desire X specifications
4.0-inch SLCD (480×800 pixels)
1GHz dual-core Qualcomm
MSM8225 Snapdragon
Adreno 203 GPU
768MB RAM
4GB internal storage
up to 32GB via microSD card
3G/HSDPA
WiFi 802.11 b/g/n
Bluetooth 4.0
GPS with aGPS support
Android 4.0 ICS
1650mAh Li-Ion battery