The Desire 616 is a budget offering and comes with a 5.0-inch, 1280x720 display. There's also 1GB RAM but only 4GB internal memory, augmented by a microSD card slot. The Desire 616 runs on a MediaTek MT6592 SoC, with octa-core 1.7GHz CPU and Mali-450 MP GPU. Finally, there is 8 megapixel camera on the back, 2 megapixel on the front, dual-SIM functionality (micro+mini SIM), 2000mAh battery and Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean.

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Price ?

Psychodavidovic: Price ?

$280

Even HTC is venturing into MTK chipset... Says a lot.

Full Specs

GENERAL
2G Network GSM 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2
3G Network HSDPA 900 / 2100

SIM
Dual SIM (Mini-SIM/ Micro-SIM)
Announced 2014, May
Status Available. Released 2014, June

BODY
Dimensions 142 x 71.9 x 9.2 mm (5.59 x 2.83 x 0.36 in)
Weight 150 g (5.29 oz)

DISPLAY
Type Capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
Size 720 x 1280 pixels, 5.0 inches (~294 ppi pixel density)
Multitouch Yes
- HTC Sense 5.5 UI

SOUND
Alert types Vibration, MP3, WAV ringtones
Loudspeaker Yes
3.5mm jack Yes

MEMORY
Card slot microSD, up to 32 GB
Internal 4 GB, 1 GB RAM
DATA GPRS Yes
EDGE Yes
Speed HSDPA 21 Mbps, HSUPA 5.76 Mbps
WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot
Bluetooth v4.0, A2DP
USB microUSB v2.0

CAMERA
Primary 8 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels, autofocus, LED flash
Features Geo-tagging, touch focus, face detection, simultaneous HD video and image recording, HDR
Video 1080p@30fps
Secondary 2 MP, 720p

FEATURES
OS Android OS, v4.2.2 (Jelly Bean)
Chipset Mediatek MT6592
CPU Octa-core 1.7 GHz Cortex-A7
GPU Mali-450MP4
Sensors Accelerometer, proximity
Messaging SMS (threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Email
Browser HTML5
Radio TBD
GPS Yes, with A-GPS
Java Yes, via Java MIDP emulator
Colors Black, White, Red
- SNS integration
- MP4/H.263/H.264/WMV player
- MP3/eAAC+/WMA/WAV player
- Google Search, Maps, Gmail,
YouTube, Calendar, Google Talk
- Organizer
- Document viewer
- Photo viewer/editor
- Voice memo/dial/commands
- Predictive text input

BATTERY
Li-Ion 2000 mAh battery

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Osyxcel: Even HTC is venturing into MTK chipset... Says a lot.

And they are not the only Big Name oem to do so. Sony and LG have phones based on mediatek chipsets so I don't understand people who talk as though mediatek is cursed.

LordReed:

And they are not the only Big Name oem to do so. Sony and LG have phones based on mediatek chipsets so I don't understand people who talk as though mediatek is cursed.

Yes they make use of it but in budget phones and emerging markets not in their flagships. Compare the price to their snapdragon and exynos devices

ollah1:

Yes they make use of it but in budget phones and emerging markets not in their flagships. Compare the price to their snapdragon and exynos devices

Of course that wasn't in doubt. What I detest is people castigating mediatek as "Chinco" trash. The octacore chipsets are very good performers and generally new mediatek processors are a year behind the Qualcomm's which means that the octacore equipped phones for example are comparable to the Samsung S4 of last year. Not such a bad thing is it?

LordReed:

And they are not the only Big Name oem to do so. Sony and LG have phones based on mediatek chipsets so I don't understand people who talk as though mediatek is cursed.

No mind them.

LordReed:
$280

what!!!
When I can get a better phone for lesser price (jiayu G4S )