HTC
Desire
The original HTC Desire is HTC’s 2010 Android flagship, with 1GHz Snapdragon, 3.7-inch WVGA display and optical navigation. This entry follows European / Asian A8181 and qualifies later panels and software.
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- Platform
- Android smartphone
- Operating system
- Android 2.1 / HTC Sense (original launch)
Overview
The original HTC Desire is HTC’s 2010 Android flagship, with 1GHz Snapdragon, 3.7-inch WVGA display and optical navigation. This entry follows European / Asian A8181 and qualifies later panels and software.
Period and variants
HTC announced Desire at MWC on 16 February 2010, planning broad European and Asian availability in early Q2. An April retail test confirms the production handset without fixing a single worldwide first-sale day. Original software is Android 2.1 with HTC Sense.
Launch AMOLED and later Super LCD production are separately qualified. The photographs do not identify their panel generation. Nominal 512MB flash includes system space; the original review found roughly 120MB for apps, distinct from 576MB RAM.
A8181 uses WCDMA 900/2100MHz; other regional and CDMA hardware is separate. Launch WVGA15 recording precedes the HD recording tested after Android 2.2. Unlike Hero’s stock software, Desire supports Bluetooth file transfer.
Sources
- HTC — original Desire user guide, factory specifications p208, mirrored by CustomerSaas
- HTC — original MWC Desire specification sheet, mirrored by Smartmania
- GSMArena — actual original Desire retail review, 16 April 2010
- HTC — MWC announcement dated 16 February 2010, press text reprinted by Coolsmartphone
- GSMArena — original Desire Sense interface and optical controls
- GSMArena — launch-period Desire camera and WVGA recording test
- GSMArena — Desire WCDMA radio and actual Bluetooth file transfer
- HTC — German regional press release confirms later SLCD Desire production, July 2010, reprinted by Trendkraft
- TechRadar — actual original Desire after Android 2.2 update, 13 August 2010
Image credit
Sertion — HTC Desire - front with dark screen.jpg · CC BY-SA 3.0. Wikimedia thumbnail resize; no further edits. Shared under the same licence.
Sertion — HTC Desire - back.jpg · CC BY-SA 3.0. Wikimedia thumbnail resize; no further edits. Shared under the same licence.
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