The Desire 500 is HTC's latest attempt to ride the middle road between features and price, and it is the modern day equivalent of the HTC Desire X released late last year. The other way to look at. HTC Desire 500 Android smartphone. Announced Aug 2013. Features 4.3″ TFT display, Snapdragon S4 Play chipset, 8 MP primary camera, 1.6 MP front camera, 1800 mAh battery, 4 GB storage, 1000 MB RAM. However select Verizon Wireless devices can be updated using the HTC Sync Manager software. Download HTC Sync Manager. WARNING: If your Bootloader or device software has been modified, you may run the risk of damaging your device by installing the RUU. HTC Desire 500 Android smartphone. Announced Aug 2013. Features 4.3″ display, Snapdragon S4 Play chipset, 8 MP primary camera, 1.6 MP front camera, 1800 mAh battery, 4 GB storage, 1000 MB RAM.
Introduction
Desire has long been the signature of the company's tier-2 lineup. With past offerings varying from capable midrangers all the way down to entry level, going for a smartphone bearing the Desire moniker has largely been a hit-or-miss affair.
The Desire 500 is HTC's latest attempt to ride the middle road between features and price, and it is the modern day equivalent of the HTC Desire X released late last year. The other way to look at it is as the more affordable alternative of the Desire 600 dual SIM, which we reviewed a while ago. That said, the one we're dealing with is the single-SIM flavor of the HTC Desire 500, but there is a dial SIM variant, too.
HTC Desire 500 official images
Although you won't find some of the latest bells and whistles on the Desire 500 - like an IR-port or a 1080p display - what you will get is solid quad-core performance alongside the company's latest Sense UI 5.0. Here's a quick rundown of the device's key strengths and most notable weaknesses:
Key features
- Quad-band 2G and dual-band 3G support
- 4.3' 480 x 800 pixel TFT capacitive touchscreen with 217ppi
- Android OS v4.2.2 Jelly Bean with Sense UI 5.0
- Qualcomm MSM 8225Q Snapdragon 200: quad-core 1.2GHz Cortex-A5, 1 GB RAM, Adreno 203 GPU
- 8 MP autofocus camera with 1/3.2' sensor size, 1.4µm pixel size; LED flash
- 720p video recording @ 24fps with stereo audio, slow-motion video
- 1.6MP front-facing camera, 720p video recording
- Wi-Fi b/g/n, DLNA
- GPS with A-GPS
- 4GB of built-in storage
- microSD card slot
- Bluetooth v4.0
- Standard 3.5 mm audio jack
- Accelerometer and proximity sensor
- FM Radio
Main disadvantages
- WVGA screen resolution
- Not the most powerful of chipsets
- Disappointing stills and video, no Full HD video recording
- No active noise cancellation for voicecalls
- Poor video codec support out of the box
- Limited inbuilt storage, only 1GB available to the user
The Desire 500 may not be a sports car, but the quad-core 1.2GHz processor would mean it should be a nice cruiser - and most people are after that in a midranger. The display resolution is not up there with the best on the positive side, the graphical sub-system doesn't have to draw as many pixels on the screen so this may even help with performance. Also impressive on paper are the camera capabilities, which despite not being able to handle 1080p, include 720p and slow-motion videos. As an added bonus the front-facing camera shoots in 720p as well.
HTC Desire 500 live photos
Well, we are never satisfied with judging phones by their specs sheets only so we'll get right into testing whether the Desire 500 is worth its salt. Up next we have a through look at the hardware and build quality.
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| Manufacturer | HTC |
|---|---|
| Series | HTC Desire series |
| Model | 500 |
| First released | September 1, 2013; 7 years ago |
| Type | Smartphone |
| Form factor | Slate |
| Dimensions | 131.8 mm (5.19 in) H 66.9 mm (2.63 in) W 9.9 mm (0.39 in) D [1] |
| Mass | 123 g (4.3 oz)[1] |
| Operating system | |
| System on chip | Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Play |
| CPU | Quad-core 1.2 Ghz Cortex A5 |
| GPU | Adreno 203 |
| Memory | 1 GB LPDDR4 RAM |
| Removable storage | microSD up to 64 GB |
| Battery | 1,800 mAh Li-ion |
| Display | 4.3 in (110 mm) WVGA with RGB matrix 800 x 480 pixels (217 ppi) |
| Rear camera | 8-megapixel camera with autofocus, LED dual tone flash, 1/3.2' sensor size, 1.4µm pixel size, geo-tagging, face/smile detection [2] |
| Front camera | 1.6-megapixel |
| Website | www.htc.com/in/support/htc-desire-500-dual-sim// |
The HTC Desire 500 (also known as HTC Desire 500 Dual Sim) is a low-mid-range Androidsmartphone released by HTC in 2013.[3]
Specifications[edit]
Hardware and design[edit]
HTC offers another 4.3-inch device with the Desire 500. An aluminum unibody case with a removable battery and expandable storage. A micro SD slot and a removable battery are certainly two important features of the Desire 500, similar to the Galaxy S4 Mini and quite the opposite of the One Mini. The quad-core SoC is based on the Snapdragon 200 series; the mainstream smartphone has 1 GB memory and the Adreno 203 GPU.[4]
The larger sensor is on the back and takes pictures with 8 megapixels and is supported by an LED flash. The size of the BSI sensor is 0.312 inches with an aperture of f/2.4 and a 28 mm lens. The front camera has a resolution of up to 1.6 megapixels and can record HD videos (720p) - just like the main camera.[4]
The Desire 500 has a resolution of 800x480 pixels (WVGA) and a pixel density of 217 ppi.[4]
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HTC equips the Desire 500 with a Qualcomm SoC, the Snapdragon 200 8225Q. The quad-core CPU has a clock of 1.2 GHz and is produced in a 45 nm manufacturing process. It supports the ARMv7 instruction set and can use 1 GB memory.[4]
Software and services[edit]
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The Desire 500 is using Android 4.1.2 (Jelly Bean) in combination with the latest version of HTC's launcher Sense; one popular feature is HTC BlinkFeed.[4]
References[edit]
- ^ ab'HTC Desire 500'. HTC. Retrieved 1 September 2013.
- ^GSMfirst=Arena. 'HTC Desire 500 Dual Sim Specifications'. GSM Arena. Archived from the original on 1 September 2013. Retrieved 1 September 2013.
- ^'HTC Desire 500 - Full phone specifications'. GSMArena. Retrieved 17 November 2015.
- ^ abcde'HTC Desire 500 -Review by Notebook Check'. Daniel Schuster. Retrieved 9 July 2013.