Yahoo News HTC Desire 12 and HTC Desire 12+: everything you need to know about the new smartphones
HTC has unveiled its brand new smartphones: the HTC Desire 12 and HTC Desire 12+.
Featuring a bigger screen, a new and improved camera, and a stylish design, HTC is ready to play.
Here’s what you need to know about the new smartphones.
HTC Desire 12 and HTC Desire 12+: what you need to know
The smaller of the new smartphones, the HTC Desire 12 has a 5.5 inch HD+ IPS LCD screen.
The HTC Desire 12+, on the other hand, has a 6.0 inch HD+ IPS LCD screen.
Both devices feature an edge-to-edge screen, which promises to improve all experiences, from YouTube to gaming and movie-watching on the go.
In terms of design, the phones are both fitted with a durable acrylic glass back surface, similar to the HTC U11, featuring curved edges and comes in three colours: Cool Black, Royal Gold and Warm Silver.
The camera
It looks like HTC is following in Samsung’s steps by offering dual cameras on the Desire 12+, similar to the Samsung Galaxy S9+.
This lets you refocus photos after the shot to achieve an artistic effect.
The smartphones each have a 13MP main camera, featuring Phase Detection Autofocus to provide extra clarity in images.
On the HTC Desire 12, there is a 5MP camera, with HD 720p video recording. However, on the HTC Desire 12+, the front camera is a whole 8MP and has Full HD 1080p video recording.
If the camera is a deal breaker for you, HTC is clearly pushing towards its bigger device with the improved specs.
The smartphone’s function
The HTC Desire 12 and HTC Desire 12+ smartphones are fitted with Android and HTC’s Sense platform.
This incorporates the HTC Sense Companion, which offers suggestions based on things you do, whether that’s smart alarms responding to your calendar, or Battery Saver to remind you to charge up before you leave home.
As well, this also brings extra performance enhancements which can clear junk files and free up space on your device.
The HTC Desire 12 has 2GB RAM and 16GB of storage or 3GB RAM and 32GB of storage, depending on the region. It also has space for a microSD card, offering up to 2TB of extra space.
In addition, it’s fitted with MediaTek’s MT6739 processor.
On the bigger phone, the HTC Desire 12+, there is 3GB of RAM and 32GB of storage, as well as the microSD card space.
In comparison, the Desire 12+ is fitted with Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 450 processor, allowing the phone to run Android Oreo.
Battery-wise, the HTC Desire 12 has a 2730mAh battery, whilst the 12+ has a 2965mAh.
At the moment, pricing and availability of the new smartphones hasn’t been released yet.
However, it looks like HTC will be pricing the devices in the mid-range as it promises the new smartphones will “deliver the goods without breaking the bank.”
