HTC launches Desire 516 in India for Rs 14,200: Yet another mid-range contender

HTC has launched the Desire 516 mid-ranger in India and it comes on the day that BlackBerry introduced the new Z3 for India. Both smartphones are more or less similar in terms of specs. The Desire 516 has an MOP of Rs 14,200, while the official MRP has not been mentioned by HTC.   The Desire 516 is a dual-SIM device (GSM+GSM), but HTC doesn’t mention which version of Android it is running. An eBay listing suggests it could be Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean, which would be a great disappointment at a time when even phones half its price are coming with KitKat.   Like the Z3, the 516 sports a 5-inch qHD (540x960 pixels) display, with a pixel density of 220 PPI. That’s not bad by any means, but we would have preferred a 720p display, which are not that expensive these days. It’s powered by a 1.2GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 200 quad-core processor and sports 1GB of RAM, along with the and Adreno 302 GPU. Internal memory is 4GB with a microSD card (up to 32GB) slot also thrown in   Another similarity to the Z3 is the 5-megapixel rear camera with an LED flash. The camera is capable of only 720p recording, while a 2-megapixel camera is on the front. HTC claims the Desire 516’s 1950mAh battery is good for 9 hours of talk time on 3G, and up to 220 hours on standby. In terms of connectivity, besides 3G cellular data, you have Wi-Fi b/g/n as well as Bluetooth 4.0