The smartphone will also be available at Rogers starting November 4

Oct 28, 2013 18:31 GMT  ·  By

HTC Desire 601 will be released in Canada next week and the first carrier to offer the mid-range Android smartphone will be Rogers.

According to MobileSyrup, Bell Canada customers will be able to pick this one up for only $300 (€210) outright beginning November 7.

The smartphone will ship with Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean platform onboard and a decent 1.4 GHz dual-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 processor.

In addition, the Desire 601 sports a 4.5-inch qHD capacitive touchscreen display that supports 540 x 960 pixels resolution and 245ppi (pixel density).

It also packs 1GB of RAM and 8GB of internal memory, which can be further expanded up to 64GB via microSD memory card.

HTC Desire 601 sports a 5-megapixel rear-facing camera with autofocus, LED flash and full HD (1080p) video recording, as well as secondary VGA front-facing camera for video calls.