HTC Desire 500 announced in Taiwan

Meanwhile in Taiwan, HTC has announced their latest entry for the Desire line of smartphones – the quad-core-powered Desire 500.

The HTC Desire 500 is a mid-range offering that sports a 4.3-inch WVGA display (217ppi), 8 megapixel AF BSI camera with LED flash, 1.6 megapixel BSI front-facing, and 4GB of internal storage which can be expanded up to 64GB via microSD.

Running under the hood is a Snapdragon 200 quad-core processor clocked at 1.2GHz, 1GB of RAM, 1,800mAh battery, and Android Jellybean with HTC sense 5 and BlinkFeed.

HTC Desire 500 specs:
4.3″ WVGA (480 x 800), 217ppi
Qualcomm Snapdragon 200, quad-core 1.2GHz
1GB RAM
4GB internal storage
up to 64GB via microSD
8MP AF BSI camera w/ LED flash
1.6MP BSI front-facing
HSDPA up to 7.2 Mbps
GPS/AGPS
Bluetooth 4.0 with aptX enabled
WiFi 802.11 b/g/n
DLNA
Beats Audio
1,800mAh battery
Android Jellybean with HTC Sense 5 & BlinkFeed
131.8 x 66.9 x 9.9mm
123g

The HTC Desire 500 has a price tag of NT11,900 or around Php17,000. No info yet on local availability but it is slated to launch exclusively on Taiwan Mobile on August 1.

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