HTC Desire S
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The HTC Desire S, also known as HTC Saga, is a smartphone
designed and manufactured by HTC Corporation that runs the Android 2.3.5 "Gingerbread" operating system. First announced at MWC
2011 on February 15, 2011 as a successor to the HTC Desire
, it was then released on April 15.
and wireless 802.11 b/g/n. Externally the HTC Desire S bears an apparent difference, the Desire S utilises an aluminum unibody case and touch sensitive keys which has replaced the HTC Desire's navigational buttons, the trackball has also been removed. The screen is much the same as the HTC Desire, in the fact that it also has implemented the use of a 3.7 in (94 mm) SLCD overlaid with gorilla glass
. A front-facing VGA camera has also been included in the phone in addition to its 5mp rear camera that was also included in the original HTC Desire.
and loading a custom firmware. On Sunday 2 October 2011, it was announced that the Desire S would receive the Android 2.3.5 and HTC Sense 3.0 update. The new update adds HTC Watch to the list of applications, amongst other features, as well as the new design of the lock screen, and the ability to add icons and widgets onto the lock screen.
This update is currently being rolled out through OTA, but has not yet reached all providers and countries (as of 25 Nov 2011).
Smartphone
A smartphone is a high-end mobile phone built on a mobile computing platform, with more advanced computing ability and connectivity than a contemporary feature phone. The first smartphones were devices that mainly combined the functions of a personal digital assistant and a mobile phone or camera...
designed and manufactured by HTC Corporation that runs the Android 2.3.5 "Gingerbread" operating system. First announced at MWC
Mobile World Congress
The GSMA Mobile World Congress is the combination of the world's largest exhibition for the mobile industry and a conference featuring prominent Chief Executives representing mobile operators, device manufacturers, technology providers, vendors and content owners from across the world...
2011 on February 15, 2011 as a successor to the HTC Desire
HTC Desire
The HTC Desire is a smartphone developed by the HTC Corporation, announced on 16 February 2010 and released in Europe and Australia in the second quarter of the same year. The HTC Desire runs the Android operating system, version 2.2 "Froyo"...
, it was then released on April 15.
Hardware
The HTC Desire S bears similar internal hardware when compared to its predecessor. One of the most prominent hardware improvement in the HTC Desire S is the 33% RAM improvement and 100% internal memory improvement. Connectivity in the phone has also seen a noticeable upgrade featuring 14.4 mbps HSDPAHigh-Speed Downlink Packet Access
High-Speed Downlink Packet Access is an enhanced 3G mobile telephony communications protocol in the High-Speed Packet Access family, also dubbed 3.5G, 3G+ or turbo 3G, which allows networks based on Universal Mobile Telecommunications System to have higher data transfer speeds and capacity...
and wireless 802.11 b/g/n. Externally the HTC Desire S bears an apparent difference, the Desire S utilises an aluminum unibody case and touch sensitive keys which has replaced the HTC Desire's navigational buttons, the trackball has also been removed. The screen is much the same as the HTC Desire, in the fact that it also has implemented the use of a 3.7 in (94 mm) SLCD overlaid with gorilla glass
Gorilla Glass
Gorilla Glass, manufactured by Corning, is an alkali-aluminosilicate thin sheet glass engineered specifically to be thin, light and damage-resistant. Its primary application is portable electronic devices with screens, such as mobile phones, portable media players, and laptop displays...
. A front-facing VGA camera has also been included in the phone in addition to its 5mp rear camera that was also included in the original HTC Desire.
Software
The device was shipped with Android 2.3 and included HTC Sense 2.1, the phone is part of the new generation of HTC devices that feature a signed boot loader which increases the difficulty in exploiting the device and subsequently rootRooting (Android OS)
Rooting is a process that allows users of mobile phones and other devices running the Android operating system to attain privileged control within Android's Linux subsystem with the goal of overcoming limitations that carriers and manufacturers put on some devices...
and loading a custom firmware. On Sunday 2 October 2011, it was announced that the Desire S would receive the Android 2.3.5 and HTC Sense 3.0 update. The new update adds HTC Watch to the list of applications, amongst other features, as well as the new design of the lock screen, and the ability to add icons and widgets onto the lock screen.
This update is currently being rolled out through OTA, but has not yet reached all providers and countries (as of 25 Nov 2011).
See also
- List of HTC phones
- List of Android devices
- Comparison of smartphonesComparison of smartphones-Hardware and OS:-Networks and connectivity:...
- Comparison of Android devices