Codename | Ace |
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Manufacturer | HTC Corporation |
Availability by country | UK October 19, 2010 |
Predecessor | HTC Desire |
Successor | HTC Sensation |
Type | Smartphone |
Form factor | Slate |
Dimensions | 123 mm (4.8 in) L 68 mm (2.7 in) W 11.8 mm (0.46 in) D |
Weight | 164 g (5.8 oz) |
Operating system |
Android 2.2 Froyo with HTC Sense Upgradeable to 2.3.5 Gingerbread and HTC Sense 3.0. Newer versions of Android and Sense are available through third-party ROMs. |
CPU | 1 GHz Qualcomm 8255 Snapdragon |
GPU | Adreno 205 |
Memory | 768 MB RAM |
Storage | 1.5 GB ROM |
Removable storage | up to 32 GB with microSD |
Battery | Li-ion 1230 mAh 3.7VDC 4.55Whr |
Display | 4.3 in (110 mm) 480x800 TFT S-LCD Multi-touchscreen |
Rear camera | 8-megapixel autofocus with dual LED flash and 720p HD video recording. |
Connectivity |
2G: 850/900/1800/1900 MHz 3G: 900/2100 MHz HSDPA: 14.4 Mbps HSUPA: 5.76 Mbps Wi-Fi: 802.11b/g/n Bluetooth: v2.1 with Enhanced Data Rate |
Other | FM tuner, Compass, A-GPS, DLNA support, micro-USB, 3.5 mm audio jack, and Wi-Fi tethering |
The HTC Desire HD (codenamed: "HTC Ace") is an Android smartphone by HTC Corporation. It was unveiled at a press event in London hosted by HTC on September 15, 2010, and was made available for sale in October in Europe and in January 2011 in Canada. The Desire was HTC's fourth flagship Android device until the release of their new line of flagship model, the HTC Sensation.
The smartphone has an aluminium unibody design with Android 2.3.5 (Gingerbread) and HTC Sense installed. On the back, there are two plastic covers, one contains the battery, while the other contains the SIM card and the microSDHC card. It features a 4.3-inch gorilla glass WVGA TFT LCD capacitive touchscreen, 8-megapixel camera (can record 720p video) and support for HSPA/W-CDMA and quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE.
It is the first phone to use the new 1 GHz MSM8255 Scorpion CPU. This second generation Snapdragon processor uses a low-power 45-nm process technology for higher integration and efficiency, and the Adreno 205 more than doubles the performance of the Adreno 200 GPU. This allows for longer talk and standby times than the original HTC Desire even with a smaller capacity battery.
The HTC Desire HD has 768 MB RAM and 1.5 GB of internal flash memory data storage. There is also a single microSDHC slot, which can accept a microSDHC/XC card with a capacity of up to 64 GB of data storage.