14 DAY TRIAL // A new Android-based smartphone from HTC is now available for purchase in Australia, the HTC Desire S, which has started to ship from MobiCity at $699, after the retailer received its first stock of the device. The new mobile phone was launched during the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, as the successor of the already highly popular HTC Desire, and should arrive on shelves in various countries in the not too far future.
In Australia, the handset was said to be on its way to Telstra's NextG network, and it seems that an official announcement on its availability at the wireless carrier might not be too far either.
Provided that Telstra would keep the same pricing scheme as for the original Desire, Australian users should be able to purchase the new device for on the $60/mo plan with a $0 upfront payment, Ausdroid notes in a recent article.
As stated above, the new HTC Desire S comes as the direct successor of HTC Desire, thus packing enhanced specs, and being capable of delivering more features than the predecessor.
The specifications list of the new device includes a 3.7 inches S-LCD capacitive touchscreen display that can boast a 480 x 800 pixels resolution, along with a fast 1 GHz Scorpion processor, Adreno 205 GPU, Qualcomm MSM8255 Snapdragon CPU.
Moreover, the new device comes with a 1.1 GB ROM, complemented by 768 MB of RAM, and a microSD memory card slot with support for up to 32GB of additional storage space.
The HTC Desire S also sports HSDPA, 14.4 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps connectivity, along with Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot, and Bluetooth 2.1 with A2DP, EDR capabilities, and microUSB v2.0.
On the back, it would pack a 5-megapixel photo snapper, with LED flash, auto focus and Video recording capabilities, along with a VGA camera on the front for video calling.
Among the other specs of this device we can count A-GPS support, a Li-Ion 1450 mAh battery, Stereo FM radio with RDS, and Google's Android 2.3 Gingerbread packed inside a 115 x 59.8 x 11.6 mm case, which weighs in at 130 g.