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HTC Desire

2010–2011 · handheld

Specifications

Cpu: Qualcomm QSD8250 Snapdragon S1, 1 GHz Scorpion core
Ram: max: 576 MB (soldered) · base: 576 MB
Modem: HSDPA 900/2100 (Europe) or North American bands depending on carrier, quad-band GSM/EDGE
Ports: mini-USB · 3.5mm headphone jack
Camera: 5 MP with autofocus and LED flash, 720p video (via later software update)
Battery: 1400 mAh Li-Ion, removable
Display: 3.7" WVGA 480x800 AMOLED (early units) or SLCD (later units, after AMOLED supply ran short)
Storage: base: 512 MB internal · options: 4 GB microSD included · microSD (up to 32 GB supported)
Os Support: latest: Android 2.2 Froyo (official, HTC Sense); custom ROMs (CyanogenMod) pushed well past this · shipped: Android 2.1 Eclair (HTC Sense)
Release Price: $199.99 (2-year US Cellular contract, after mail-in rebate)

Variants

Revisions

HTC Desire (CDMA)US Cellular, Alltel and other US CDMA carrier variant, 2010

Colors

Brown2010 launch, main colorway

White2010, later release

Upgrade paths

battery

New 1400 mAh replacement cell · Rear cover pops off easily to reach the battery.

~$10

EASY

storage

microSD up to 32 GB

~$15

EASY

other

Unlockable bootloader on most carrier variants, full CyanogenMod support · One of the breakout Android phones of 2010, and a mainstay of the early custom-ROM community given how close its hardware was to the Nexus One.

free

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