Why the HTC Desire 510 Will be a Success
**It’s not just at the top end of the smartphone scale that HTC is working its magic, with the mid-range Desire 510 popping up with its surprise summer launch. **Looking just like the flagship HTC One M8, it seems like HTC has decided to share the good stuff with those of us on a slightly tighter budget.
So here are just a few reasons why the HTC Desire 510 is sure to be a success!
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A Mini Flagship HTC?
If you put the Desire 510 up against the HTC One M8, you can see that at first glance there’s not that much between them. With a beautifully crafted design made of polycarbonate, the 510 more or less looks like the One M8’s smaller brother, only its soft touch casing makes it much more comfortable in the hand.
The Desire 510 has also got a 4.7-inch display which isn’t far off the flagship’s 5-inch screen. Compared to HTC’s older budget and mid-range handsets, the 510 offers a much larger and higher quality display- all the better to view your texts, games and Facebook feed on!
One concern when picking up a more wallet friendly handset can sometimes be speed. However HTC has made sure that the Desire 510 works at lightning speed thanks to its quad-core 1.2GHz processor which is teamed with a Snapdragon 410 chipset. Considering the HTC One M8 specs are only slightly superior, you’re getting a lot of bang for your buck with the 510.
HTC BlinkFeed and other HTC Features
The main feature of any HTC smartphone which makes it stand out within the sea of Androids is HTC BlinkFeed. BlinkFeed is HTC’s home screen which displays a feed of news stories, social media updates and photos, all customisable to suit your hobbies and personal favourites.
And because the 510 features HTC’s latest version of BlinkFeed, it means you can change the background colour of the home screen as well as add in as many of your favourite- and even obscure- categories as you want! Love hearing about the latest celeb baby news or Bake Off recipes? Your BlinkFeed almost becomes your turn-to place for all of the best stories, news and gossip.
Another feature that HTC has given due care and attention to on all new smartphones is its music players, and the 510 is no exception. With an built-in speaker on the front, rather than the back of the handset, the Desire 510 has the ability to play your tunes loud and clear, without getting muffled by the surface it’s sitting on! So if you’re the one relied upon to get the party started then the 510 will certainly do the job. Plus, the new HTC smartphone is also 4G compatible, which means that streaming your tracks from Spotify or YouTube will run as smoothly as a well oiled machine.
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Desire 510 Camera
The camera adorning the back of this latest Desire handset sports 5 megapixels, which is more than enough for any amateur photographer. Plus, the 510 boasts a front facing lens too, which most similarly-priced handsets don’t, making the smartphone perfect for all those Snapchats and selfies.
Also, because the handset features Google’s most up to date of Android KitKat, it means that users have access to the thousands of photo editing apps, from Instagram and Photo Grid to Snapchat and Collage Maker!
Smartphone Accessories: Dot View Case
HTC hasn’t just stopped at making the handset truly impressive either, and has even developed its own range of specially designed cases. The Dot View case is a silicon phone case which protects your screen at the same time as letting you view incoming calls and messages and even traffic and weather alerts.
You can not only get a Dot View case especially designed for the Desire 510 in a range of colours, but you can even customise your Dot View theme to match your every mood!
**Due to arrive in October, **the HTC Desire 510 will come in at around £15 per month. Take a look at OUR fantastic range of HTC pay monthly smartphone contracts.