07/10/2013
The HTC Desire 500 impresses in the practical test as a sound-equipped and elegant middle-class smartphone. A cheap alternative to the one-models
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HTC Desire 500: First Impression
Affordable costs 279 euros Desire 500 that in some markets, according to HTC, there is also a dual-SIM or NFC . Our review unit was one such exception piece with NFC. HSPA , an 8-megapixel camera and GPS in this price class to do.
Although the benchmarks of the Android 4.1.2 model with 1.2 GHz faster quad-core CPU and 1 gigabyte of RAM turned out just average, showed the 500 Desire in practice.
Where was saved? Clearly the memory. With only 4 GB for system and data, the medium is exhausted quickly. Here, the buyer has to put it, but can confidently engage in the purchase of a larger Micro SD with 64 gigabytes, which the Desire 500 – unlike so many expensive smartphone -. Supported
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To insert the card into the plastic housing must battery cover , which is very prone to fingerprints by the way, are solved by slight pressure on the back. A groove opening is not visible, the Desire presents all around smooth and elegant.
The 8-megapixel camera offers many settings such as a face and smile.
In contrast to the color variant Glacier Blue the glossy black tester waived optical illusions. The merging with the surrounding trim volume buttons and the power-button stand out either visually or haptically from the housing.
In practice, this unfortunately complicates the operation : Loud and quiet are blindly barely distinguishable, and the power switch of the tester requires a strong pressure
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rearranging one has possibly also because of the reduction to two sensor buttons , which also does not always shine. The menu function takes a sustained pressure on the home button, double clicking on it opens the list of open apps .
feature-rich 8 megapixel camera is supported by an intelligent LED , the focused object to adjust the light intensity according to distance. Clearly show the pictures of the same subject, in which only the focus was changed to the 4.3-inch display.
Smart LED: Left, the focus was on the phone Dino in the foreground, right on the objects in the background
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display is with 480 x 800 pixels no standards. But it is sharp and can also be easily read outdoors, so you can always take a look at HTC Flashing feed. Known of the HTC One News Collection on an additional home screen is integrated into the interface Sense 5 and can not yet remove easily.
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who can not do anything with the live stream, where appropriate, waiver of the registration of accounts and ignored him as he declared a the other Home screens as the start screen.
HTC Desire 500: Features
+ Camera with Intelligent Flash
+ using 64 GB cards
possible – no LTE
– small internal memory
HTC Desire 500: operation
+ adequate performance thanks to quad-core processor, bright display
+ + quality appearance
– Page buttons do not optimally serve
HTC Desire 500: Buy or Wait
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HTC One and One Mini is HTC has reported back to the upper class. The Desire 500 is for those who are traveling with a smaller budget. You get here an elegant and solid-equipped smartphone that offers the same user interface, including a blinking feed, as packaged in precious metal one models.
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