The HTC Desire C is a slightly strange phone for HTC to release. After a hat-trick of awesome phones in its One series – including the budget-friendly One V – the Desire C is coming in not so far below the price of the One V, yet with a palpably more pedestrian spec list.

Sturdy build; Android Ice Cream Sandwich OS with HTC Sense adding tons of fun; efficient features

600MHz processor noticeably slows when multitasking or fast swiping; mediocre camera; similarly priced but higher performing phones are available

Much ado was made about the Desire C's Ice Cream Sandwich capabilities. But when the processor seems unable to keep up with its own OS, then you have to wonder whether it was worth force-feeding ICS into it.

HTC currently makes some of the most desirable-looking handsets around, notably all three smartphones in its One range - the HTC One X , HTC One S and HTC One V are all stunners.

love the phone , but the muve music does not work ,and i am i am having problems with getting another, so i will not order anything else from this co.

Anyone remember the HTC Desire? I was a proud owner and user of this handset until way beyond its sell by date. I grew into it quickly, really liked it and it felt like a great phone. I wasn't the only one, either. The Desire was an extremely popular mobile and I still see it being used today.

Nice chassis design; Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich; 25GB Dropbox storage

Slow processor; Relatively poor screen; Average camera

I used to own a Blackberry Bold 9700, and for 2 years, that phone never left my side. I thought it was amazing, and that no phone could beat my Blackberry. Then my husband got a simple HTC wildfire, and within a few days I was totally jealous, mainly of his amazing app store, which left Blackberry...

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The Desire C is HTC's latest budget Android smartphone, and is a handset aimed at smartphone newbies and those on a budget. The pint-sized handset sure does look good, but can it carry on the repuation left by the original HTC Desire?

Nice design; runs Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich; good battery life

600MHz processor can be painfully slow; poor camera

While the Desire C shows it is possible to run Android Ice Cream Sandwich on a low spec handset, we're still not sure why you would want to.

Solid build; HTC Sense offers lots of fun; useful features to Android Ice Cream Sandwich

600MHz chip is slow under pressure; average snapper; higher-spec handsets available for the same price

1. Camera are poor and terrible, these 5mpx are maybe for kids. Even my old Nokia with 2mpx was better... Doesnt exist autofocus as well, so cannot use for QR code reading. 2. CPU are slow. Using a 60/70% for just a standby mode... 3.