Revealed back in March and officially announced shortly after , HTC's new entry-level Android smartphone, the HTC Desire C , isn't a One-series device, even if it shares a lot of features and design elements with HTC's premium range of smartphones.

HTC happened to have never had good sales in the low-end sector, although they have made a series of repeated attempts to consolidate some position in this very sector. Every year they produce new inexpensive handsets, while in 2010 they even surprised us with their decision to enter the market for...

Like Most people, I use the camera to capture pictures of price tags in store to comparison shop, can't do that with this phone! Quality of camera very bad! Since I've had the phone, it would randomly reboot (maybe once a week). It then started rebooting several times a day.

The biggest rival the HTC Desire C faces is, ironically, the HTC One V which costs a little more but boosts screen size, processor and more for around ￡50 extra. If decent performance from a palm sized phone is key, the the HTC Desire C is an excellent choice with a quality build and Android 4.0...

Palm size; HTC design; Android 4.0

White case can scuff

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

The HTC Desire C sits at the bottom of the company's range of Android handsets. It's difficult to ignore the choice of name for this particular phone, picking up on the heritage of the Desire family.

Good sized 3.5-inch display but in small package; latest software; great design and build

Camera lacks autofocus; battery life is poor; looks a little pricey compared to other budget models; Beats turning on and off suggests a software bug

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

When it launched its flagship One line of Android phones earlier this year HTC suggested it would be sticking to a policy of creating fewer more clearly differentiated handsets. Well, it appears not to have taken very long for that policy to have been eroded.

Nice styling and good build quality; Good quality screen; Android 4.0 is feature packed

A little expensive for its features; Can become quite slow

Nokia Lumia 610 – Coming in at a similar price point to the HTC Desire C, the Nokia Lumia 610 is Windows Phone's entry to the budget market. Featuring a 3.7-inch display and a 5MP camera, the Lumia sports good hardware and an excellent operating system, though it does suffer from a lack of third...

Well this little phone has given me all i was suppose to get from my last one.I CAN USE IT Anywhere,with the extra bits like H.T.C SENSE which means i can share things with my computer like Skydrive,Office With cloud capacity and even more with Dropbox for photos which means i can use it with all

I Can Sync It To Android; 3g Works; I Can Sync It To Windows; Intuative

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