HTC Desire VC

HTC DESIRE VC REVIEW

HTC Desire VC was announced in July 2012 and is slowly making its debut in various markets across the globe. This Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich laden handset runs HTC Sense UI. The 4-inch capacitive touch screen has a 480x800 pixels resolution translating into pixel density of 233 ppi. Though this is slightly less than 252ppi of the HTC One V, but the images and text look good on this smartphone. Viewing angles are also good and so is visibility under the sun. The screen of HTC Desire VC is reflective. On the downside, the glass used is not Gorilla glass so one needs to be a bit careful with it so as not to accidentally scratch it. The HTC Desire VC packs in a 5-megapixel camera with autofocus and LED flash. In terms of functionality, the camera of features touch-to-autofocus and a handful of scene modes and settings to make photography easy and fun. These options are available for still photography as well as for video recording. The camera on this smartphone is fast, even while focusing. However, the quality of the images is at most decent in adequate lighting conditions and quite dull while shooting pictures indoors. There is no front camera on this smartphone for video calling. Video recording also doesn't perform exceptionally and the maximum resolution that one can get is 800X480. The quality of videos too was sub-par. There is no dedicated camera button on this smartphone. HTC Desire VC runs on Ice Cream Sandwich and has a layer of HTC's own Sense 4.0 UI. As HTC comes with Android 4.0.3, on-board it offers features such as Task Switcher or the Resizable Widgets, which come in pretty handy. There are five customisable home screens to show app shortcuts and widgets. Users can even view personalised shortcuts on the HTC Lock-screen. The keyboard on this smartphone is responsive and quite comfortable to use in both portrait and landscape modes. There was enough room to type accurately even while using the keyboard on portrait mode and the accuracy too is decent. In terms of pre-loaded apps, HTC Desire VC packs in 7digital, car, friend Stream, flashlight, HTC Hub, Polaris Office, SoundHound, Teeter, TuneIn Radio and Wi-Fi Hotspot. It has 7digital is a Music app, which acts both as a player and MP3 music store where one can listen and buy music. The HTC Car app launches automatically whenever you connect the smartphone to HTC Car Kit and acts like an in-dash unit. Teeter is an interesting puzzle game in which the objective is to get the ball from the start of a maze to the target hole. To make it more challenging, there are a few holes in the path that must be avoided. Get ready to be part of unmatched Musical experience with the Beats Audio technology, which gives you the perfect sound and beat. This phone supports a host of audio files like aac, .amr, .ogg, .m4a, .mid, .mp3, .wav, .wma (Windows Media Audio 9) and video formats like 3gp, .3g2, .mp4, .wmv (Windows Media Video 9), .avi (MP4 ASP MP3.The new, integrated music experience makes it easy to access all your music libraries, favorite audio apps and Internet radio simultaneously from one convenient location.Discover the real sound of your music with the HTC Desire VC. Customised with Beats Audio™ to give the same sound quality that’s found in a recording studio – you’ll hear optimised bass drums, vocal uplifts and sharper treble definition - the way the recording artist originally intended. Access the internet from your very own HTC mobile through the wireless Wi-Fi technology. There can be seamless transfer of files with other devices; as the phone has Bluetooth and a USB connector. It even has 3.5mm stereo audio jack. As Storage capacity is concern 4 GB of internal memory, which is expandable on microSD memory card. The HTC Desire VC is a dual-SIM smartphone as its predecessor HTC Desire V. But the Desire VC comes with CDMA+GSM network support, whereas Desire V supports only both GSM network.  Dual SIM, Dual stand by and dual calling- you will always be reachable whether it’s a call from your friends, or a conference call for work. The HTC Desire VC is a good-looking smartphone. At 9.5mm, it is pretty slim and sleek and lighter too weighing just 119 grams. It is made of plastic and aluminum construction which gives a solid look for the smartphone and the rubberized texture on the back panel gives you a comfortable grip. On the top you can see 3.5 mm headset jack and power/lock button, on the right it has volume keys, on left side it houses the micro USB 2.0 slot and at the bottom it has nothing except a pinhole for the microphone. The volume and power/lock keys feel rubbery when pressed. The phones front is covered with an edge-to-edge glass panel; looks great with three captivate touch buttons. The HTC Desire VC is an interesting dual-SIM smartphone as there aren't too many smartphones that offer a combination of CDMA and GSM. The dual-SIM market has so far been dominated by offerings from the so-called "lesser" manufacturers, so it is good to see a premium dual-SIM offering. The things that go in favour of this smartphone are its good looks and that it sports a display. On the performance front despite having a single-core processor, this smartphone manages to do an ok job. The Android 4.0.3 along with Sense 4.0 is a great combination. At the end of the day, you have a very solid performer with the HTC Desire VC, and it’s definitely worth considering. Just please note it’s single core limitations and Dual SIM advantages.

SPECIFICATION & FEATURES

HTC DESIRE VC PRICE

Price in USA $317

Price in UK £200

Price in EURO €230

Price in PAK Rs.34,500

Price in INDIA Rs.16,800