HTC appears to be focusing on the low-end and mid-range smartphone market segment as the firm has announced the launch of two such devices – Desire 210 and Desire 816 at an event held in New Delhi. The company had earlier confirmed that they will be announcing smartphones in the price bracket from $150 to $300 in order to gain a foothold in the flourishing mid-level smartphone segment in India.

Talking about the Desire 816, the handset announced at the MWC 2014 tech show includes a 5.5 inch HD Super LCD 2 display boasting a resolution of 1280×720 pixels. Under the hood, there is a quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 processor clocked at 1.6 GHz supplemented with 1.5 GB of RAM and 8 GB of onboard storage that can be expanded externally with the help of a micro SD card. While the HTC Desire 816 supports up to 128 GB of expandable storage, it is not confirmed for the Indian variant yet.

The imaging requirements are met by the 13 MP primary camera at the back clubbed with LED flash and 1080 FHD video recording along with a 5 MP front-facing snapper for video calling with support to HD video recording. Connectivity is taken care of by aspects such as Bluetooth 4.0, 3G, Wi-Fi and GPS with a-GPS. A 2,600 mAh battery powers the phone delivering a decent backup to the handset.

HTC Desire 816 comes in a slew of vibrant color options such as Black, White, Green, Red and Purple and it is priced at Rs 23,990 in India.

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