HTC has launched the Desire 826 dual sim, the company’s latest mid-range smartphone in the Desire series. It was unveiled at CES earlier this year and packs a 5.5-inch (1920 x 1080 pixels) display, is powered by an octa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 615 processor ( four Cortex A53 cores clocked at 1.7 GHz per core and four clocked at 1.0 GHz) with Adreno 405 GPU and runs on Android 5.0 Lollipop with HTC Sense UI on top. It has dual-tone color and dual finish, similar to the HTC Desire 820.
It has a 13-megapixel rear camera and a ultrapixel front-facing camera. It has dual-front-facing BoomSound speakers with Dolby audio and comes in single SIM and dual SIM variants depending on the market. It also has Cat 4 LTE connectivity up to 150Mbps with FDD LTE Bands 1 and 3, TDD LTE Bands 40 and 41. It also has CDMA 800 MHz (EVDO Rev, A) support.
HTC Desire 826 dual SIM specifications
- 5.5-inch (1920 x 1080 pixels) display
- Octa-Core (1.7 GHz & 1.0 GHz) Qualcomm Snapdragon 615 processor with Adreno 405 GPU
- 2GB RAM, 16GB internal memory, expandable memory up to 128GB with microSD
- Android 5.0 Lollipop with HTC Sense UI
- Dual nano SIMs
- 13MP rear camera with LED Flash, f/2.2 aperture, BSI sensor, 28mm lens, 1080p video recording
- Ultrapixel front-facing camera, f.2.2 aperture, wide angle lens, 1080p video recording
- 158, 77.5 x 7.9mm thick and weighs 183 grams
- HTC BoomSound, Dual frontal stereo speakers with built-in amplifiers, Dolby Audio
- 4G LTE Cat.4 / 3G HSPA+, WiFi 802.11a/b/g/n (2.4 & 5 GHz), Bluetooth 4.1 with aptX, GPS
- 2600 mAh battery
The HTC Desire 826 dual SIM comes in White Birch, Blue Lagoon, Purple Fire colors and is priced in India at Rs. 26,900. It will be available across India by the end of this June.