HTC Desire 310 hands on review

HTC Desire 310 with 4.5-inch display, 1.3 GHz quad-core processor officially announced

The HTC Desire 310, the company’s latest budget phone surfaced on the official website, back in January briefly. The Desire 310 with a model number 310w appeared on the company’s Chinese website recently It has a 4.5-inch (854 x 480 pixels) capacitive touch screen display, 1.3 GHz Quad-core processor and Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean). It has a 5-megapixel rear camera without flash and a 0.3-megapixel front-facing camera.

It has HTC BlinkFeed home screen and video highlights features. The Chinese variant for China Unicom had dual SIM support, but no sign of dual SIM support in the one.
HTC Desire 310 Specifications

• 4.5-inch (854 x 480 pixels) touch screen IPS display
• 1.3 GHz Quad-core Mediatek MT6582M processor
• Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean)
• 5MP rear camera with 1080p Full HD video recording
• 0.3MP (VGA) front-facing camera
• 11.25 mm thick and weighs 140 grams
• 3.5mm audio jack
• 512MB RAM, 4GB internal memory, 32GB expandable memory with MicroSD
• 3G (HSDPA: 21 Mbps, HSUPA: 5.76 Mbps), WiFi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.0 with aptX, GPS, MHL
• 2000 mAh battery

The HTC Desire 310 comes in Blue, White and Red colors and would go on sale in Taiwan starting in April. No word on pricing yet.

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HTC Desire 310 hands on review

HTC Desire 310 with 4.5-inch display, 1.3 GHz quad-core processor officially announced

The HTC Desire 310, the company’s latest budget phone surfaced on the official website, back in January briefly. The Desire 310 with a model number 310w appeared on the company’s Chinese website recently It has a 4.5-inch (854 x 480 pixels) capacitive touch screen display, 1.3 GHz Quad-core processor and Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean). It has a 5-megapixel rear camera without flash and a 0.3-megapixel front-facing camera.

It has HTC BlinkFeed home screen and video highlights features. The Chinese variant for China Unicom had dual SIM support, but no sign of dual SIM support in the one.
HTC Desire 310 Specifications

• 4.5-inch (854 x 480 pixels) touch screen IPS display
• 1.3 GHz Quad-core Mediatek MT6582M processor
• Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean)
• 5MP rear camera with 1080p Full HD video recording
• 0.3MP (VGA) front-facing camera
• 11.25 mm thick and weighs 140 grams
• 3.5mm audio jack
• 512MB RAM, 4GB internal memory, 32GB expandable memory with MicroSD
• 3G (HSDPA: 21 Mbps, HSUPA: 5.76 Mbps), WiFi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.0 with aptX, GPS, MHL
• 2000 mAh battery

The HTC Desire 310 comes in Blue, White and Red colors and would go on sale in Taiwan starting in April. No word on pricing yet.

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Samsung Galaxy Core LTE review: Fast at the core

Introduction

The Samsung Galaxy Core LTE crosses no lines to deliver what the company thinks is the right balance between equipment and price. Focus is on a single feature, until recently exclusive to premium smartphones - LTE connectivity.

Samsung Galaxy Core LTE in black
It's a simple gameplan the Galaxy Core LTE is following, like a number of namesake predecessors, to offer strictly the essentials and little more. The original Galaxy Core was quite successful, and warranted a couple of upgrades. We guess most of the credit goes to the dual-SIM version. Less than a year later, the Core lineup is promoted to the LTE league.

Key features

• Quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE; dual-band 3G with HSPA
• 4.5" 16M-color qHD capacitive touchscreen; 244ppi
• Android OS v4.2.2 Jelly Bean with TouchWiz UI
• Dual-core 1.2GHz Cortex-A9 CPU, PowerVR SGX 544MP GPU
• 1GB of RAM
• 2,100mAh Li-Ion battery
• 5MP autofocus camera with LED flash, 720p video recording @ 30fps, continuous autofocus
• 0.3 MP front-facing camera, VGA video recording
• Wi-Fi b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, Wireless Hotspot
• GPS with A-GPS, GLONASS
• 8GB of built-in storage
• microSD card slot
• microUSB v2.0
• Bluetooth v4.0
• Stereo FM radio
• Standard 3.5 mm audio jack
• Accelerometer and proximity sensor

Main disadvantages

• Mediocre performance
• Uninspiring screen
• Android version is not up to date

The fastest network data aside, Samsung managed a couple of improvements elsewhere too. The most obvious change is the increase in screen size. Better yet, the resolution caught up and we must say the jump from WVGA to qHD is actually bigger than the nominal difference in screen real estate.
LTE support called for a more robust processing, so a dual-core Cortex A9 CPU and 1GB of RAM promise a speed boost on the newcomer that's not limited to network data.

Samsung Galaxy Core LTE live images
The corner cutting has affected the software package, though, and while the Galaxy Core LTE comes with a newer 4.2 Jelly Bean, it's two generation behind what's currently available elsewhere. OK, that's nothing that can't be fixed with an update later on.
Now, let's begin to find out what the Samsung Galaxy Core LTE can do at this point.

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Samsung Galaxy Core LTE review: Fast at the core

Introduction

The Samsung Galaxy Core LTE crosses no lines to deliver what the company thinks is the right balance between equipment and price. Focus is on a single feature, until recently exclusive to premium smartphones - LTE connectivity.

Samsung Galaxy Core LTE in black
It's a simple gameplan the Galaxy Core LTE is following, like a number of namesake predecessors, to offer strictly the essentials and little more. The original Galaxy Core was quite successful, and warranted a couple of upgrades. We guess most of the credit goes to the dual-SIM version. Less than a year later, the Core lineup is promoted to the LTE league.

Key features

• Quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE; dual-band 3G with HSPA
• 4.5" 16M-color qHD capacitive touchscreen; 244ppi
• Android OS v4.2.2 Jelly Bean with TouchWiz UI
• Dual-core 1.2GHz Cortex-A9 CPU, PowerVR SGX 544MP GPU
• 1GB of RAM
• 2,100mAh Li-Ion battery
• 5MP autofocus camera with LED flash, 720p video recording @ 30fps, continuous autofocus
• 0.3 MP front-facing camera, VGA video recording
• Wi-Fi b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, Wireless Hotspot
• GPS with A-GPS, GLONASS
• 8GB of built-in storage
• microSD card slot
• microUSB v2.0
• Bluetooth v4.0
• Stereo FM radio
• Standard 3.5 mm audio jack
• Accelerometer and proximity sensor

Main disadvantages

• Mediocre performance
• Uninspiring screen
• Android version is not up to date

The fastest network data aside, Samsung managed a couple of improvements elsewhere too. The most obvious change is the increase in screen size. Better yet, the resolution caught up and we must say the jump from WVGA to qHD is actually bigger than the nominal difference in screen real estate.
LTE support called for a more robust processing, so a dual-core Cortex A9 CPU and 1GB of RAM promise a speed boost on the newcomer that's not limited to network data.

Samsung Galaxy Core LTE live images
The corner cutting has affected the software package, though, and while the Galaxy Core LTE comes with a newer 4.2 Jelly Bean, it's two generation behind what's currently available elsewhere. OK, that's nothing that can't be fixed with an update later on.
Now, let's begin to find out what the Samsung Galaxy Core LTE can do at this point.

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