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GSMArena team, 31 October 2014

Inbetweener


HTC Desire 510 review: Inbetweener

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  • User reviews
  • Desire 510

4. User interface
  1. 1. Introduction
  2. 2. 360-degree view, design and build quality, controls
  3. 3. Display, battery life, connectivity
  4. 4. User interface
  5. 5. Performance
  6. 6. Phonebook, telephony, messaging, text input
  7. 7. Multimedia - Zoe, gallery, players, FM radio, audio quality
  8. 8. Camera, image quality, video recording and quality
  9. 9. Web browsers, other apps
  10. 10. Conclusion
  11.  
  12. HTC Desire 510 specification
  13. User opinions and reviews
  14. Review comments (51)

HTC Android

HTC Desire 510 runs on Android KitKat + Sense 6 UI

The HTC Desire 510 comes powered by Android 4.4.2 KitKat complete with the home-baked Sense 6 overlay. Under Sense 6, the user interface has been improved in terms of both functionality and looks. Each of the built-in apps each has a different accent color but it changes its color when visiting the status bar to create a uniform effect - similar to what we've seen with Apple's iOS 8.

Here's a brief rundown of Sense 6 UI on the HTC Desire 510.

The lockscreen hasn't really changed much since Sense 5 - there's a clock with weather information and four app shortcuts. Swiping up unlocks the screen, swiping to the left gets you to your default homescreen, while swiping to the right will take you to BlinkFeed (if enabled).

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The lockscreen

Once you unlock the Desire 510 you're greeted by a familiar homescreen and virtual on screen buttons. Having the buttons on-screen ensures better response time and less chance of operational deterioration but also means you're effectively giving up part of your screen estate.

The background behind the buttons is transparent and they obediently move out the way when you're watching a video or image so it's not that bad. But some apps still haven't been optimized to work with on-screen buttons and will stubbornly leave them there and shrink back the content to fit them, which isn't ideal.

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Homescreen 7

The leftmost homescreen pane of the Desire 510 is reserved for HTC BlinkFeed. It aggregates content from your social networks, as well as from various news sources. You can pick what topics you're interested in and BlinkFeed will automatically pull fresh content for you. You can also search for specific content. You can turn BlinkFeed off if you prefer or choose not to have as your default homescreen.

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BlinkFeed

You get up to five homescreen panes to fill with shortcuts and widgets (the sixth is reserved for BlinkFeed). You can set any of the panes as default.

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Adding widgets to the homescreen

The notification area is business as usual - you get notifications in the default page and quick toggles in the second one. You can access the quick toggles by a tap in the upper right corner or through a two finger swipe down from the status bar.

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Notification area and Quick Settings

The app drawer is vertically scrollable. Aside from the usual alphabetical and chronological order of apps you can also sort them in a way you see fit. The grid of apps can either be a 3 x 4 or the more sensible 4 x 4.

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App drawer

Getting to the recently-opened apps is done via the dedicated on-screen button. The interface shows a list of thumbnails for each app. You can swipe them away one by one as before or use the new close all option, thankfully. You can also get to the task manager from the recent apps screen - it shows you the currently active apps and RAM usage.

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Recent apps

Wallpapers, lockscreen style, ringtones, notification sounds and alarms can be customized via a dedicated menu. This time around, the lockscreen styles cannot be changed.

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Personalization

The HTC Desire 510 also has a built-in restricted access Kids mode. It is an app that lets you set up a profile for each of your kids, with a photo and birthdate and pick which apps they can have access to.

Next Page » 5. Performance
4. User interface
  1. 1. Introduction
  2. 2. 360-degree view, design and build quality, controls
  3. 3. Display, battery life, connectivity
  4. 4. User interface
  5. 5. Performance
  6. 6. Phonebook, telephony, messaging, text input
  7. 7. Multimedia - Zoe, gallery, players, FM radio, audio quality
  8. 8. Camera, image quality, video recording and quality
  9. 9. Web browsers, other apps
  10. 10. Conclusion
  11.  
  12. HTC Desire 510 specification
  13. User opinions and reviews
  14. Review comments (51)

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