HTC Desire S Laucnhed in Philippines - Price, Specs, Photos

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HTC Philippines recently launched the latest smartphone and we were there when we witnessed the unveiling of HTC Desire S. It's the successor to the famous HTC Desire and HTC said that the Desire S will surely keep the level of smartphone experience and features to the next level.


HTC Desire S brings a new hardware design and latest operating system. It runs on the latest Android Froyo that gives you the freedom to thousands of HD games and other content from the Android Market. The HTC also gives exclusivity to their HTC fans by bringing HTC Sense in the device and as well as the HTC Sync to remotely track from your PC your HTC Desire S when it got lost or stolen.

You can get the HTC Desire S at a price of P27,000.00

Specs and features are below, plus a little photo comparison against Nokia N8 and Nokia E7.

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HTC Desire S from HTC at a glance:

Processor	Qualcomm QSD 8255, 1 GHz
Operating system	Android™ with HTC Sense™
Memory	ROM: 1.1 GB RAM: 768 MB
Dimensions	115 mm (L) x 59.8 mm (W) x 11.63 mm (T)
Weight	130 grams (with battery)
Display	3.7-inch touch screen with 480 x 800 WVGA resolution
Network	HSPA/WCDMA (900/2100 MHz) GSM/GPRS/EDGE (850/900/1800/1900 MHz) (Band frequency, HSPA availability, and data speed are operator dependent)
Internet	3G: Up to 14.4 Mbps download speed Up to 5.76 Mbps upload speed GPRS: Up to 114 kbps download speed Wi-Fi®: IEEE 802.11 b/g/n
Tethering	USB and Wi-Fi® tethering
GPS	Internal GPS antenna
Sensors	G-sensor Digital Compass Proximity Sensor Ambient Light Sensor
Connectivity	3.5 mm stereo audio jack Standard micro-USB (5-pin micro-USB 2.0) Wi-Fi: IEEE 802.11b/g/n
Bluetooth	Bluetooth® 2.1 with FTP/OPP for file transfer A2DP for wireless stereo headsets Other supported profiles: AVRCP, GAP, GOEP, HFP, PBAP, SPP, Service Discovery Application Profile
Camera	5.0 megapixel color camera with auto focus and power LED flash 720p HD video recording 1.3 megapixel front camera

Multimedia	Audio supported formats: Playback: .aac, .amr, .ogg, .m4a, .mid, .mp3, .wav, .wma (Windows Media Audio 9) Recording: .amr Video supported formats: Playback: .3gp, .3g2, .mp4, .wmv (Windows Media Video 9), .avi (MP4 ASP and MP3), .xvid (MP4 ASP and MP3) Recording: .3gp
Battery	Rechargeable Lithium-ion polymer battery Capacity: 1450 mAh Talk time: Up to 435 minutes for WCDMA Up to 590 minutes for GSM Standby time: Up to 455 hours for WCDMA Up to 430 hours for GSM (The above are subject to network and phone usage)
Expansion Slot	microSD™ memory card (SD 2.0 compatible)
Recommended Windows System Requirements	Windows® 7 , Windows Vista® or Windows XP HTC Sync

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