HTC Desire 816 review: Heart's desire

21 May 2014
HTC has mostly stayed out of the phablet market but the segment is expanding so fast the Taiwanese can’t afford to keep snubbing it. The HTC Desire 816 is only the company's second phablet and it’s the first affordable one. It rides on the premium looks...

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  • Anonymous
  • SYf
  • 30 May 2014

this is the best midrange phone good job htc keep walking like that and dont come back to the ultra pixel

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    • Kapil
    • Kh@
    • 30 May 2014

    Can somebody tell me Whether I can use GSM + GSM sim card in my htc desire 816 ????

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      • Ankur
      • tUH
      • 27 May 2014

      I don't get it....i mean u give a 128gb card support but only 8gb internal storage and to top that what are we going to with 128gb card when the battery is gonna give up?

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        • AnonD-267138
        • vG0
        • 26 May 2014

        816 This camera is not backed by an ImageChip so a handful of options are missing (Zoe mode most notably).

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          • badhana
          • rA$
          • 25 May 2014

          Htc 816 is gsm+wcdma dual sim..what is this??plzz someone tell me.

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            • james
            • g54
            • 24 May 2014

            an excellent phone with cheap price
            very fast with no lag excellent camera and battery life

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              • jie
              • S9y
              • 23 May 2014

              This phone is better than any chinese smartphone
              Don't forget it's htc
              Best phone ever

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                • AnonD-213375
                • w4e
                • 23 May 2014

                Finally 816 come ti HTC India site
                http://www.htc.com/in/smartphones/htc-desire-816/

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                  • Anonymous
                  • fCx
                  • 23 May 2014

                  Is it cdma????

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                    • Anonymous
                    • GRQ
                    • 23 May 2014

                    Htc koppu, 23 May 2014Hihi nice joke . . We can buy a Oppo Find 7 for 380 $ . . I... moreWho told u price $380 för oppo?
                    No nvr

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                      • junior
                      • rKF
                      • 23 May 2014

                      best smartpone ever :-D

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                        • Anonymous
                        • g54
                        • 23 May 2014

                        Nice phone from htc

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                          • AnonD-266605
                          • 2@X
                          • 23 May 2014

                          HEY GUYS . compare the camera samples and check out the third chart. the images from htc desire are all dark as hell. i hope this is some error on hts part or maybe the night time pics come out quite dark. my friend had a htc one v an the night time pics came out too dark. if this is the case with htc then its a bummer. otherwise the camera samples in the review look fine

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                            • fact
                            • arb
                            • 23 May 2014

                            fact, 23 May 2014better in too aspects.. faster cpu - higher ppi and better... moreplus it sense 6 is faster and smoother than touchlags any day.

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                              • fact
                              • arb
                              • 23 May 2014

                              Smuti, 22 May 2014Seriously? In what way is it better then the Note 3 Neo.better in too aspects..
                              faster cpu - higher ppi and better screen - radio - rear and front camera - design - speaker and cheaper
                              u can find even more when search it again dude.

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                                • Htc koppu
                                • rAf
                                • 23 May 2014

                                Hihi nice joke . . We can buy a Oppo Find 7 for 380 $ . . It has saC 801 procssr . .and so many . . GsM team already Reviewed Oppo as a fantastic Smart Phone. .then who need this sh*t. . :-|

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                                  • AnonD-234697
                                  • utm
                                  • 23 May 2014

                                  Muthu, 22 May 2014Exactly my point as well. Note 3 neo is far far superior an... morefirst of all note 3 doesnt come with the latest android....secondly its laggy touchwiz...despite bigger battery and slightly bettee ram...i dont see anyway how note 3 beats this....not to mention desire 816 has better speakers also....note 3 beats htc only on battery life.........its touchwiz spoils everything else....i had to root my note 2 in order to put some stock rom as touchwiz lagged like hell.....

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                                    • AnonD-234697
                                    • utm
                                    • 23 May 2014

                                    go for htc desire 816...its simply the best device out there within the price range....performance is very smooth due to excellent optimizations of kitkat with sense 6...also since this phone sold quite well...htc is likely to release frequebt updates....i wont be surprised if htc releases the android licorice for this in the future....

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                                      • Anonymous
                                      • S9y
                                      • 23 May 2014

                                      In my country desire 816 price is 380$ best phone in that price
                                      Note 3 neo 400$
                                      So i will buy the desire with 13mp camera :D

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                                        • AnonD-266445
                                        • w4d
                                        • 22 May 2014

                                        guys any other better alternatives within 25k budget..........or this desire 816 is the best!!!!!...guys do comment