HTC released desire 820 back in September but it is still one of the best mid range phablet out there in the market with solid specification and affordable price tag .It is available for around Rs. 21499. It is a dual sim phone .It is very similar to Desire 816 with some essential updates. Lets see will it be worthy to its price like the HTC desire 816 .
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Design - Good looking Phablet
Desire 820 is following the traditional HTC language which people love. It is not very different from desire 816 but with some worthy upgrades .The desire 820 includes a two tone design available in 9 styles . Which is more appealing than the old one . Volume control and the power button is on the right one side of the device which are easier to reach . It is slim and lightweight (155 g) even with the massive 5.5 inch screen and having dimensions 157.70 x 78.74 x 7.74 (mm). The back is entirely made up plastic with htc branding in the middle . one of the con is that glossy plastic is a fingerprint magnet
Display
Desire 820 come with a 5.5 inch 720 x 1280 LCD display with a pixel density of 267 ppi . Display is very much similar or u can say as the desire 816 . Screen size the biggest asset for the desire 820 . It has the maximum brightness level of 543 nits which is excellent but with a poor minimum brightness level of 17 nits . Display has a pretty decent outdoor visibility and have great viewing angles. It comes with Gorilla Glass 3 Protection which was not there in Desire 816
Hardware
Desire 820 comes with Qualcomm Snapdragon 615 chipset . Which is a 64 bit octa-core processor clocked at 1.5GHz based on ARM Cortex A53. It has a Adreno 420 GPU and 2GB of RAM. It comes with 16 GB of storage out of which around 9 GB . You can also install a micro sd card for extra storage . I didn't noticed any lag while launching or switching between the apps ,browsing web, clicking photos or playing heavy graphic intensive games . Phone scored 24013 in Antutu benchmark test which more than of Desire 816
Software
HTc Desire 820 comes with android 4.4.4 kitkat out of the box with sense 6 UI running on the top . It willl soon be getting a lollipop update . UI is very fluid and comes with HTC's cool features like Blinkfeed . It supports on screen navigation keys. It does not have double tap to open feature.
Camera
Desire 820 comes with a 13 MP rear camera with BSI sensor having f/2.2 aperture and a 28mm lens. Images shot with the phone are very good though low light photos looked noisy and lacked detail . Camera comes with Panorama and HDR Mode .IT can capture 1080p videos and have a decent audio and video quality. Desire 820 comes with a 8MP front camera with f2.0 wide angle lens for taking great selfies . Camera comes with lot of features like timer and touchup feature similary to samsung's beauty mode .This phone will not at all disappoint selfie Lovers .
Connectivity
Phone have dual nano sim which delivers excellent call quality . It comes with wifi,bluetooth 4.00,FM Radio and lacks NFC ,HDMI features . The phone comes with GPS and A-GPS for navigation and maps and it provides great signals
Battery
Desire 820 Comes with 2600mAh battery and will easily last you around one day with moderate usage . Battery backup is good but not as good as htc desire 816 , The phone comes with an extreme Power saving Mode which will help the battry to last longer .Basically it restricts background activities
Gaming
I was able to play high end games like Asphalt 8,Real racing 3, riptide gp 2 without any lag thanx to its octa core proccessor and adreno 420 GPU . Though phone tends to heat up after long gaming sessions .
Verdict
At a price tag of around 21500 the HTC DESIRE 820 is a very good smartphone to buy . it comes with some decent specs and great looks but have a average battery life and glossy plastic attracts fingerprints. Desire 820 faces a big competition from ONEPLUS ONE and the XIOMI MI4 but if u want a decent branded phablet go for htc desire 820 . IF online purchase and invite system is not a problem than ONEPLUS ONE is the clear winner though it doesnot support dual sim . and if u want a premium looking phone go for Xiomi mi 4 . And at the end selfie lovers desire 820 is meant for u guys
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