HTC Desire 616 Dual sim: owner feedback and model review

An entry-level smartphone with a five-inch display diagonal and a very powerful processor - the HTC Desire 616 Dual sim. Responses of owners about it, its technical parameters and specifications are considered in this material.

Niche Devaysa

Smartphone HTC Desire 616 is aimed at young people. This clearly indicates the price of the smartphone, its design and technical parameters. The device with a diagonal of 5 inches and 8-core CPUs is best suited to the most demanding users, which, in fact, are young people under the age of 25 years. At the same time their financial capabilities are very modest. Hence the price of the device is 200 dollars. Of course, there are certain drawbacks to this gadget, but they are all offset by the low cost and technical parameters of the smartphone.

Contents of delivery

This smart phone belongs to economy class solutions. As a result, the delivery kit is suitable for HTC Desire 616. The cover, a stereo headset, a protective film and a memory card are not included in it. They will have to be bought separately for an additional fee. The case of the smartphone is made of plastic, and it will be difficult to keep it in its original state without a cover. A similar situation with the front panel (it is also made of plastic), and for its safety you will additionally need to purchase a protective film. Without a stereo headset, the radio will not work on this device : headphones play the role of an antenna. A memory card can significantly increase the amount of built-in memory gadget. In the rest the delivery list of this device is as follows:

• A smartphone with a 2000 mAh battery.
• Charger.
• Interface cord.
• Warranty card.
• Detailed and fully russified instruction manual.

Appearance and controls

The case of this device is made of plastic. There are three color versions: gray, black and white. The first two performances are universal. Smartphone HTC Desire 616 White will most like the weak half of humanity. In this performance, he will emphasize the individuality of each woman.

The front panel of the gadget is protected by a plastic panel, behind which is hidden a 5-inch display. Below it is the manufacturer's logo. A typical touchpad is located at the bottom of the display. Above the screen, a speaker is displayed, hidden behind a stylish grille, a non-contact sensor hole and a front camera. There are no controls and communication ports on the left side of the HTC Desire 616. Overview The same on the right side of it indicates the presence of a swing loudness and the device lock button. On the lower edge of the phone there is a microUSB port, and on the top there is an audio port. But on the back cover there is a loud speaker (the quality of its sound does not cause any complaints), the main camera and a single LED illumination for it. Here is also the logo of the manufacturer.

Processor solution

The processor is one of the main advantages of the HTC Desire 616 Dual sim. Reviews of real owners of this device on this feature indicate. More specifically, the smartphone is based on MT6592. It consists of 8 computational modules based on the Cortex A7 processor architecture, each of which can be accelerated to 1.7 GHz in peak computing mode. This chip is manufactured using a 28 nm process technology.

The computing capabilities of this CPU are quite enough even for solving the most demanding tasks. For example, "Asphalt 8" or "Real Racing 3" on it will go without any problems. But you do not need to talk about all the other tasks: he will certainly cope with everything. Also, it should be noted that the existing applications can not fully load this processor. Most of the software is optimized for 4 computational flows. And in this processor there can be 8. Because of this, it will not be possible to use it to the maximum of its capabilities. This CPU is 32-bit. As a result, the upcoming upgrade to 64 bits will cause the new software on this device to not start.

Gadget Graphics

One of the main advantages is the screen in HTC Desire 616. The display has a resolution of 720x1280, that is, the picture on it is displayed in the format "HDD". At the same time, its diagonal is quite solid at the current time of 5 inches. It is based on the TFT matrix, and this is its main drawback. As a result, the viewing angles are rather small, with a significant deviation, image distortion occurs. The touchpad of this gadget is designed for 5 touches. The very same display matrix is able to display more than 16 million different color shades.

Good enough both in performance and energy efficiency is the graphics adapter in the HTC Desire 616. Overview The technical specifications of the device indicate the presence of the Mali 450MP4. This video accelerator consists of 4 modules and operates at a clock frequency of 700 MHz. Such computational capabilities are more than enough to solve any problem on this device.

Cameras

Smartphone HTC Desire 616 is equipped with a fairly good main camera. It is based on a sensor element of 8 Mp. Also in it are realized optical zoom and autofocus system. A single LED flash will allow you to obtain mediocre quality photos in the dark. Themselves, the images obtained with this camera are not exactly ideal. When panorama shooting is not critical, but when trying to photograph small text can be a serious obstacle, and the picture will be blurred. As many experts note, in reality the sensor of the camera in this phone is based on a sensitive element of 5 Mp, and the claimed 8 Mp is obtained by the method of digital interpolation. Hence the corresponding level of quality of the photo.

The video camera records in 1080p format or at a resolution of 1080x1920. That is, the quality of the video will be "full HDD". The maximum frame refresh rate per second will be 30. A more modest 2 Mp sensor lies at the base of the front camera of the device. What is clearly not enough to get high-quality photos, but this is not required of it. The main purpose of the front camera is video calls and selfies. With these two tasks, she does an excellent job.

Memory

It is difficult to understand what the developers were guided by when choosing the number of gigabytes in RAM and in the built-in drive. If in the first case 1 GB of RAM does not limit the functionality of the device, then here is 4 GB of internal storage is not enough to ensure that the owner could fully unlock the potential of this smart phone. Moreover, somewhere around 2 GB of them are occupied by a pre-installed software, and only the rest of the user can use to install programs and store personal information.

The HTC Desire 616 price of $ 200 compensates to a certain extent the lack of memory. You can also purchase a flash card with a capacity of 32 GB. The slot required for its installation is in this unit. That will solve the problem of lack of space on the built-in drive. Another way to solve this problem is to use cloud services. In this case, even if the smartphone breaks, the most important information will be retained.

Battery Features

The HTC Desire 616 phone comes with a 2000 mAh battery. The display diagonal of this gadget is 5 inches, and the processor consists of 8 cores. As a result, one battery charge at an average load is enough for 1-2 days. If you save the resource to the maximum, you can count on 3 days of battery life. But if you play on the smartphone without recharging in the most demanding toys (as an example, you can give "Asphalt 8"), the specified value will be reduced to 4-5 hours. And with this there is nothing to be done, charging the battery will melt just before our eyes.

Communication set

Smartphone HTC Desire 616 Dual sim is equipped with an impressive set of wired and wireless interfaces. It includes the following:

• The device has 2 slots for the installation of SIM cards. In the first of them you can install a sim card in standard sizes, and in the second - a microsymbol. In the device only one radio module, the cards operate in the mode of alternating switching. During a conversation on one of them, the second is outside the access zone. In order not to miss an important call, you will have to properly reconfigure the call forwarding system. The first sim card allows you to work in the cellular networks of the 2nd and 3rd generations. As a result, the maximum data transfer rate in this case can reach 20 Mb / s. But the second SIM card can only function in the GSM network, and the data transfer rate in this case can reach only a few hundred kilobits at best. Accordingly, in the first situation, you can download files of any size, but in the second you can only browse unpretentious Internet portals or communicate in social networks.
• Another important wireless way of obtaining information is wi-fi. In this case, the speed will increase to 100 Mbps. This allows, as in the case with 1 SIM card, to download information to the smartphone in any amount. In this case, even for downloading the movie in good quality will take a few minutes. All the rest will also be loaded without problems (online video, serious Internet resources and toys of large size).
• Also in the device is a transmitter bluetooth. This wireless technology is indispensable in cases where you need to connect to a smartphone, for example, wireless headphones with a microphone or exchange a small file with a similar gadget.
• The navigation subsystem in this device is implemented on the basis of GPS and A-GPS technologies. In the first case, the location of the device is determined using an international satellite navigation system. And in the second - the nearest towers of mobile communication are used. Both in the first and in the second situation, you may need to connect to the Internet. In any case, it's not so difficult to turn this 5-inch device into a full-fledged GPS-navigator.
• Also, the device has a 3.5 mm audio port for connecting an external wired speaker system.
• The last important wired interface is microUSB. It allows you to connect to a PC or charge a battery.

Software

"Android" with ordinal version 4.2 acts as an OS in HTC Desire 616. The firmware is supplemented with the proprietary shell Sense 5.5 from HTC. All this without problems allows you to run any software on this machine. And the shell allows you to customize the device interface for the user's needs in minutes. Otherwise, the set of system software is typical for this version of the OS: clients of social networks, system mini-applications and a set of software from "Google".

Owners about smartphone

A fairly well-balanced entry-level solution is the HTC Desire 616 Dual sim. Reviews highlight the excellent combination of price and hardware resources. Certain complaints only cause the main camera, the autonomy of the smart phone and the amount of installed memory.

In the first case, the photos correspond to the declared 8 Mp, but it is not necessary to expect their perfect quality in the entry-level gadget. Regarding the autonomy, it can be noted that expect more from a smartphone with such a diagonal and similar CPUs certainly do not have to. Of course, it was possible to install a more capacious battery, but this decision would negatively affect the mass and dimensions of the device.

The amount of RAM and capacity of the built-in drive meet the minimum requirements that provide a normal level of performance, and more than a budget gadget certainly can not be expected. Moreover, all these disadvantages are offset by the cost of the smartphone.

Cost

Initially, the price of HTC Desire 616 was $ 350. At the time of the release of the device (July 2014) this was a normal cost. Now this smartphone can be purchased for $ 200. Given the diagonal of the display device (5 inches) and a very high-performance processor (8 cores at 1.7 GHz), an excellent combination of price and technical capabilities.

Results

An excellent device, both from the price point and from the technical specifications point of view, is the HTC Desire 616 Dual sim. Reviews for this once again indicate. Buy a phone with a diagonal of 5 inches and an 8-core CPU for $ 200 is very difficult. Therefore, it is not easy to find an analogue of this gadget in this price niche. So it turns out that from the position of price and technical specifications, the device in question has practically no competitors.