HTC Desire 310 vs Desire 501

HTC Desire 310

I’ve come across quite a number of low-cost Smartphones from the popular brand “HTC”, but the desire 310 seems to be offering a lot more.

HTC desire 310 is a low cost Android Smartphone featuring a wide display, advanced Android version, sharp cameras and long-lasting battery, plus a reasonable amount of storage capacity. This Smartphone is currently targeted towards users desiring to enjoy the endless features of a great device without spending much.

It supports a micro SIM (normal SIM), available in single SIM and dual SIM models and can be found only in three colors with an amazing design | white, red, black.

Design And Display

The HTC desire 310 is an upgrade to the desire 300, it go its screen size increased from 4.3-inches to 4.5-inches although it’s the same TFT capacitive touch-display but with a much better 480 X 854 pixels resolution protected by corning gorilla glass 3 with HTC sense UI 5.1.

The design of HTC desire 310 is not much different from its predecessor, it features same curved edges, same camera and speaker location, but the back speaker (located at the button) got a little wider.

Camera

HTC desire 310’s camera is no doubt far better compared to most low-cost Smartphones. It came with a rear 5-megapixels camera (2592 X 1944 pixels) with HDR, geo-tagging, face & simile detection and up to 1080p HD video recording, although some basic features such as LED flash and autofocus were nowhere to be found. So you shouldn’t be expecting great images in low light areas. Below are pictures taken with the desire 310.

The camera isn’t that sharp, but it’s clearly beyond perfect for a low-cost Smartphone.

At the front top-right you’ll find a VGA camera (480p HD) which i consider normal for all budget devices.

Software And Performance

The desire 310 took-in some of the features found on top-class HTC Android devices such as the HTC sense UI version 5.1. The Android version 4.2.2 (jelly bean) it features is quite outdated; i expected it to run a superior Android v4.4 (kitkat); nevertheless, it’s still an upgrade to the earlier HTC desire 300 operating on version 4.1.2 of Android OS.

The performance of this device will no doubt be memorable. It’s powered by a quad-core 1.3GHz cortex-A7 processor (Mediatek MT6582MM) with Mali-400MP2 GPU. It has a 1GB RAM model for Europe, but here in Nigeria you are most likely to find only the 512MB RAM model which isn’t so great.

Battery Life

HTC desire 310 comes with a 2000mAh Li-Ion battery and yes, it’s removable and the performance is also reasonable. It is expected to last up to 852 hours on Standby and up to 11 hours on talktime. However, research shows that on browsing, the battery dies off in about 5 hours.

HTC Desire 310 Specs

• SIM: Single & Dual SIM Model (Normal SIM)
• Networks: 2G, 3G
• GPRS/EDGE
• HSDPA: 21mbps / HSUPA: 5.76mbps
• Weight: 140 grams
• Dimensions: 131.4 X 68 X 11.3 mm
• Display: 4.5 inch TFT capacitive touchscreen, 480 X 854 pixels resolution
• HTC Sense UI 5.1
• Corning Gorilla Glass 3
• Rear Camera: 5 megapixels | features, HDR, geo-tagging, face detection, up to 1080p HD video
• Front camera: VGA, up to 480p HD
• OS: Android 4.2.2 (jelly bean)
• CPU: 1.3GHz Quad-core Cortex-A7
• Chipset: Mediatek MT6582MM
• Mali-400MP2
• RAM: 512MB/1GB RAM
• Memory capacity: 4GB internal memory, up to 32GB on microSD
• Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot
• Bluetooth 4.0 with A2DP
• USB 2.0
• Sensors: Accelerometer
• Colors: White, Black, Red
• GPS: A-GPS with GLONASS
• Media: MP4, MP3, H.264, H.263, WMV, eAAc+, WAV, WMA
• Photo viewer/editor
• Document viewer
• No Radio
• SNS Integration
• Messaging: SMS, MMS, Email
• Loudspeakers / 3.5mm Jack
• Social Apps (Gtalk, YouTube, Facebook …)

Why Should I Buy HTC Desire 310?

As mentioned earlier, the HTC desire 310 is a low-cost Android Smartphone and as you might already know, there are tons of low-cost Android smart devices in the mobile market. But most of these devices are either not featuring a front camera or has a low screen resolution, low quality battery and so on. A feature has to be reduced for another to increase, that’s how it works on most low-cost Smartphones.

The HTC desire 310 on the other hand is pretty much different, all the features an average Smartphone user will require are all present; you have two amazing cameras, durable battery, decent screen resolution, powerful processor, 3G internet and a fast performance in general, what else?

So, yes! You can acquire HTC desire 310 if you desire to experience great features from a low-cost Smartphone.

HTC Desire 501

HTC desire 501 is a 4.3-incher with htc sense 4.0+ running on Android OS, featuring a gorgeous design, improved cameras and battery life. It can be found in three appealing colors, white, pink or black.

HTC desire 501 features a super LCD2 capacitive touchscreen, 4.3-inches with 16million colors and a 480 X 800 pixels resolution. It runs android 4.1 (jelly bean) on a 1.2GHz dual-core processor with 1GB RAM size, 8GB internal memory capacity and its microSD support up to 64GB. The desire 501 dual supports an upgraded 8MP camera with great camera features such as Geo-tagging, LED flash, face detection, autofocus and HDR with video calls available via the 2.1MP front-facing camera.

HTC desire 501 allows you utilize java apps through the Java MIDP emulator, it offers a faster browsing with its 3G internet and comes with a powerful 2100mAH battery capacity to sustain all these amazing features.

HTC Desire 501 Specifications

• Sim: Dual micro sim
• Weight: 130g
• Measurement: 128.5 X 66.7 X 9.8mm
• OS: Android v4.1 (jelly bean)
• Processor: 1.2GHz dual-core
• Display: 4.3-inch super LCD2 capacitive touchscreen
• HTC Sense 4.0+
• Cameras: 8MP back camera with LED flash +features / 2.1MP front camera
• 1GB RAM / 8GB in-built memory /64GB memory card support
• GPRS/EDGE (5.76mbps)
• Bluetooth 4.0 (with A2DP)
• USB 2.0
• Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot, Wi-Fi direct, DLNA
• HTML 5 Browser
• Java MIDP emulator
• FM Radio
• GPS: A-GPS with GLONASS
• Music & Video player
• 2100mAH battery capacity
• Pre-installed Social Apps
• Colors: Black, Pink, White