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GSMArena team, 8 October 2012

A simple wish


HTC Desire V review: A simple wish

  • Comments (45)
  • User reviews
  • Desire V

1. Introduction
  1. 1. Introduction
  2. 2. Unboxing, 360-degree view, design and build quality
  3. 3. Display and handling
  4. 4. User interface, synthetic benchmarks
  5. 5. Phonebook, telephony, messaging, email
  6. 6. Gallery, video and music players, FM radio, audio quality
  7. 7. Still camera and photo quality comparison, video camera
  8. 8. Connectivity, web browser, organizer
  9. 9. Play Store and HTC Hub, Google Maps and HTC Locations
  10. 10. Final words
  11.  
  12. HTC Desire V specification
  13. User opinions and reviews
  14. Review comments (45)

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Introduction

Long gone are the glory days of the Desire line - once a cradle of flagships, it now gives in to the rise of the One series. With the Wildfires all but extinguished, the Desires got the lower midrange all to themselves. But instead of clinging to a glorious past, they're now trusted to start winning over the next generation of smartphone users.

The market is ripe for dual-SIM droids, and all the major manufacturers are taking note. Dual-SIMs have helped plenty of people optimize costs and make sense too as a stepping stone for anyone willing to move on from dumbphones. No wonder then, HTC are trying to tap into a niche that's just about started growing.

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HTC Desire V official pictures

Whether the HTC Desire V is welcome in this niche is a completely different matter - competition has never been tougher. And we don't just mean the swarms of dual-SIM droids by manufacturers nobody has heard of. The big players in Samsung, LG, Motorola and Sony want a piece too.

The Desire V is based on the Qualcomm MSM7227A chipset and powered by a 1GHz Cortex-A5 processor and Adreno 200 graphic core. That's a pretty standard configuration in the lower midrange. Dual-SIM support is of course the key feature but with a 4" WVGA screen, Sense UI and a 5MP camera, the Desire V is more than just a starter package.

Key features

  • Dual-SIM (Dual Stand-by) GSM 850/900/1800/1900 MHz
  • Dual-band 3G support on SIM 1
  • 7.2 Mbps HSDPA, 5.76 Mbps HSUPA support
  • 4.0" 16M-color TFT capacitive touchscreen of WVGA resolution (480 x 800)
  • 1GHz single-core Qualcomm Snapdragon S1 MSM7227A chipset, Cortex A5 CPU, 512MB RAM, Adreno 200 GPU
  • 4GB of on-board storage
  • Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) with HTC Sense 4 UI
  • Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n with hotspot functionality
  • GPS with A-GPS connectivity
  • 5 MP camera, geotagging, face detection
  • WVGA video @ 21fps
  • microUSB port (charging) and stereo Bluetooth v3.0
  • microSD slot (up to 32GB)
  • Standard 3.5 mm audio jack
  • Accelerometer, proximity sensor
  • Polaris Office doc viewer / editor
  • Stereo FM radio with RDS
  • Smart dialing
  • DivX/XviD video support

Main disadvantages

  • Modest chipset and below-par overall performance
  • No front-facing camera
  • Poor video recording
  • Feeble loudspeaker

Surely the Desire V is far from the best spec'd smartphone you can get for the price, but it is easily among the more attractive dual-SIM droids on offer. Raw power and the latest in connectivity are typically not the target audience's top priority. But we're sure Android ICS with Sense 4.0 will be widely appreciated.

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HTC Desire V live pictures

It's too early though to make judgments. We'll get to that but not before we've seen the HTC Desire V in action. Our usual hardware check-up is coming up right after the jump.

Next Page » 2. Unboxing, 360-degree view, design and build quality
1. Introduction
  1. 1. Introduction
  2. 2. Unboxing, 360-degree view, design and build quality
  3. 3. Display and handling
  4. 4. User interface, synthetic benchmarks
  5. 5. Phonebook, telephony, messaging, email
  6. 6. Gallery, video and music players, FM radio, audio quality
  7. 7. Still camera and photo quality comparison, video camera
  8. 8. Connectivity, web browser, organizer
  9. 9. Play Store and HTC Hub, Google Maps and HTC Locations
  10. 10. Final words
  11.  
  12. HTC Desire V specification
  13. User opinions and reviews
  14. Review comments (45)

Reviews HTC Desire V review
  • Comments (45)
  • User reviews
  • Desire V

HTC Desire V review: A simple wish - Reader comments

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  • Rohit
  • Cb4
  • 11 Oct 2014

My phone is automatically restart again & again what is the problem...plz help me...

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  • pashupati
  • t}U
  • 04 Jun 2014

My htc desire v last 7 days a big problem show slot 2dose not work .when I used this side then auto metic open my phone apps automatic open and disturb me what I do this sitition.

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  • stella
  • vwn
  • 05 Jan 2014

U may go to service centre and get your phone repaired, I was having the same problem then I took it to the servicecentre and there was some problem in motherboard, they changed the motherboard and then the phone started working properly..

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