HTC just announced Desire 12 and Desire 12+ smartphones in the Desire series. These have a 5.5-inch and 6-inch HD+ full-screen displays, and the similarity ends there. The Desire 12 is powered by a MediaTek MT6739 SoC with up to 3GB RAM, runs Android Nougat, has a 13-megapixel rear camera and a 5-megapixel front camera.
The Desire 12+ is powered by Snapdragon 450 with 3GB RAM, runs Android Oreo, has a 13-megapixel rear camera along with a 2-megapixel secondary camera to capture depth information for portrait shots and an 8-megapixel front camera with LED flash. It also has a fingerprint sensor on the back. Both the phones feature a liquid-surface design with a glossy back.
HTC Desire 12 specifications
- 5.5-inch (1440 × 720 pixels) HD+ 18:9 2.5D curved glass display
- 1.5GHz Quad-Core MediaTek MT6739 64-bit processor with PowerVR Rogue GE8100 GPU
- 2GB RAM with 16GB storage, 3GB RAM with 32GB storage, expandable memory up to 2TB
- Android 7.0 (Nougat) with HTC Sense UI
- Dual SIM
- 13MP rear camera with LED Flash, f/2.2 aperture, PDAF, BSI sensor, 1080p video recording
- 5MP front-facing camera with f/2.4 aperture
- Dimensions: 148.5 x 70.8 x 8.2 mm; Weight: 137g
- 4G VoLTE, Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n (2.4 & 5 GHz), Bluetooth 4.2, GPS + GLONASS
- 2730mAh battery
HTC Desire 12+ specifications
- 6-inch (1440 × 720 pixels) HD+ 18:9 2.5D curved glass display
- 1.8GHz Octa-Core Snapdragon 450 14nm Mobile Platform with Adreno 506 GPU
- 3GB RAM, 32GB storage, expandable memory up to 2TB
- Android 8.0 (Oreo) with HTC Sense UI
- Dual SIM
- 13MP rear camera with LED Flash, f/2.2 aperture, PDAF, BSI sensor, secondary 2MP camera, 1080p video recording
- 8MP front-facing camera with f/2.0 aperture, BSI sensor, LED flash
- Fingerprint sensor
- Dimensions: 158.2 x 76.6 x 8.4 mm; Weight: 157.5g
- 4G VoLTE, Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n (2.4 & 5 GHz), Bluetooth 4.2, GPS + GLONASS
- 2965mAh battery
The HTC Desire 12 and Desire 12+ come in Black, Silver, Purple and Gold colors, are priced at 200 Euros (US$ 246 / Rs. 16,055 approx.) and for 250 Euros (US$ 307 / Rs. 20,070 approx.), respectively and will go on sale in Europe starting from April.