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title: "HTC Desire C Sim Free Smartphone - Black (discontinued by manufacturer)"
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price: "$307"
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# Beats Audio 3.5’’ HVGA screen 25GB Cloud storage HTC Desire C Sim Free Smartphone - Black (discontinued by manufacturer)

**Brand:** htc
**Price:** $307
**Availability:** ❌ Out of Stock

## Summary

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## Quick Answers

- **What is this?** HTC Desire C Sim Free Smartphone - Black (discontinued by manufacturer) by htc
- **How much does it cost?** $307 with free shipping
- **Is it available?** Currently out of stock
- **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.nz](https://www.desertcart.nz/products/78062947-htc-desire-c-sim-free-smartphone-black-discontinued-by-manufacturer)

## Best For

- htc enthusiasts

## Why This Product

- Trusted htc brand quality
- Free international shipping included
- Worldwide delivery with tracking
- 15-day hassle-free returns

## Key Features

- • **Cloud Ready:** Enjoy 25GB of free Dropbox storage for all your essential files.
- • **Android Freedom:** Navigate seamlessly with Android 4.0 and HTC Sense for a personalized experience.
- • **Compact Powerhouse:** Experience intense gaming and browsing on a vibrant 3.5’’ screen.
- • **Capture Every Moment:** Snap stunning photos with a 5MP camera, perfect for sharing.
- • **Sound Like Never Before:** Immerse yourself in studio-quality sound with Beats Audio.

## Overview

The HTC Desire C is a compact smartphone featuring a 3.5’’ HVGA screen, Beats Audio for superior sound quality, and a 5MP camera, all powered by Android 4.0 with HTC Sense. Plus, enjoy 25GB of free cloud storage with Dropbox, making it a perfect companion for on-the-go professionals.

## Description

Product Description          HTC Desire C - Brilliantly Entertaining. Seriously Well Connected.It's easy to shoot and share with a 5MP camera that lets you capture photo or videoHTC Desire C makes it easy to connect and plug into fun. Call or message and note how HTC Sense minimizes navigation for simplicity. Quick social upload means go from picture capture to share effortlessly. Continue the fun with rich, authentic sounds brought to you by Beats Audio.Key features:Easy to Shoot and Share: Be quick to the draw with a 5MP camera where you can capture photo or video. Then seamlessly share with the world with our intuitive upload and share process.Simple to Call and Connect: Back to basics as they are meant to be experienced. Call, message, and reach out to those that matter most quickly and efficiently.Authentic Sound by Beats Audio: With Beats Audio music is rich and authentic. Notice the difference, and enjoy your music as the artist intended.Easy to Shoot and ShareA 5MP camera with a redesigned, and more intuitive camera application means with Desire C you are always ready to capture a moment. And with deeper social integrations through Facebook and Twitter, you are just a few taps from sharing that moment with the world. Simple to Call and ConnectHTC Sense on Desire C ensures that everything you do is quick and intuitive. Smart Dial on the phone keypad means you are always just a couple taps away from calling or pulling up a frequent contact. Unlock your device and go straight to your favorite applications in just one swipeWith Beats Audio, listening on your HTC Desire C is truly differentAuthentic Sound by Beats AudioSound on your Desire C is worth bragging about. With Beats Audio, listening is truly different. Plus with our integrated music experience, easily access all your music libraries, favorite audio apps and Internet radio simultaneously from one convenient location.The specially tuned Beats Audio profile delivers sound the way the artist intended. Once you plug in your headphones, HTC devices with built-in Beats Audio profile actually automatically turn on the profile on to give you an amazing sound experience on your mobile phone. If you have one of the specially tuned Beats headsets1, the Beats Audio profile will optimize the sound to your specific headset. And Beats headsets also have a Bluetooth® profile for awesome, cable-free sound. With HTC's sound enhancer, every component of the sound spectrum is improved by boosting your HTC device's audio circuit. HTC's sound enhancer offers 8 different sound profiles, giving you a choice to boost whatever aspect of your music listening experience you want to emphasize. Select "Vocal" to bring forward vocal content so you can really immerse yourself in your favorite singer's voice. Feel like you're in the front row with "Live", which accentuates the qualities of live performance environments. When you want to get your groove on, "Dance" increases punch and definition – perfect for rhythm-centric music.HTC Music – the epicenter of your musicBut what's the point of having great sound if you don't have any music to listen to? HTC Music is now your central hub for everything music. Recently played albums are shown and can be played on the same homescreen. With the new and more intuitive music player, easily view or browse by artists, albums, playlists or genres. Wanna sing along? A SoundHound button is added to show lyrics for the current song playing or to get more info about the track/artist/album. No matter if you're listening with headphones or the speaker on your HTC phone, you'll be able to find out more info on the song, as long as the song is in the SoundHound database. And once HTC Music is launched, the homescreen also has TuneIn Radio, which gives you access to radio stations worldwide, and local music services2 such as  MP3, 7digital and KKBOX at your fingertips. If you want even more options, add your favorite music player or music service(s). The options are seemingly endless.More than musicAs much as we love listening to music, we at HTC also believe that all sound matters. That's why HTC's sound enhancer and Beats Audio support 3rd party apps like Youtube and 3rd party music solutions like Spotify. And our own HTC Watch is also supported by Beats Audio and HTC's sound enhancer, which gives you 5.1 surround sound effect, so you can enjoy a much richer entertainment experience. So, no matter what you do on your HTC phone – whether it's gaming or watching movies or video – you'll get the same quality sound experience you get when you listen to music.25GB Free Cloud Storage with DropboxAll new HTC devices come with an exclusive 25GB of Cloud storage from Dropbox, so you can have all your files, music and photos with you when you're on the go. This cloud storage is free for 24 months for HTC customers and is integrated in the Sense user experience, so you can easily upload to your store and manage what is stored straight from your device. Any file you save to Dropbox also instantly saves to your computer, phone and the Dropbox website. And with the Dropbox app for Android you can being your files with you when you're on the go, edit files in your Dropbox from your phone, easily upload your photos and video to Dropbox and share your content freely with family and friends. You also don't have to worry about security as Dropbox protects your files without you needing to think about it.HTC Watch streams thousands of high quality movies and TV shows directly to your HTC phoneHTC WatchEntertainment on the go has never been so varied, so instantaneous, or so rich. HTC Watch streams thousands of high quality movies and TV shows directly to your HTC phone so you can start watching your selection seconds after purchase. You can hear every detail of the soundtrack with Beats Audio. This is the best authentic sound experience that you could ever have on a mobile device. And sharing your HTC Watch movies with your family and friends on a big TV screen has never been easier with HTC Media Link HD. Once your movie is projected, HTC have made it a snap for you to multitask on your device without interrupting the viewing experience on the big screen.Vast possibilitiesHTC Watch offers a comprehensive library of Hollywood blockbusters, fascinating documentaries and enjoyable television shows. HTC are constantly bringing current hits and classics to keep you entertained during down time, on long journeys or when you're with family and friends. Browse through our vast HTC Watch store, and check out the trailers before making a purchase. HTC Watch offers a flexible viewing experience. Either rent or purchase content and watch it on up to five HTC phones and tablets. HTC want you to be viewing great content as quickly as possible. When you make a selection from HTC Watch, movies and TV shows stream directly to your device, so there's no need to wait for them to finish downloading. HTC Watch also tracks your viewing on each device, so you can take a break from watching a movie and then resume viewing it later without needing to find where you left off.             Legal Disclaimer          Please check the photos before buying The listing is for phone and battery only ((Charger or other accessories not included )) Also we always send item out same day other then that will be next working .             
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## Features

- 3.5’’ HVGA screen for intense gaming, photo viewing and browsing on-the-go
- Beats Audio for studio quality sound
- Android 4.0 with HTC Sense
- 25GB free Cloud storage with Dropbox
- 5MP camera

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## Available Options

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## Customer Reviews

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    Value for Money!
  

*by S***D on Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 13 July 2012*

This is a very nice little phone. Some magazine and website reviews are a bit sniffy but a lot of that seems to be because they loved the ground-breaking HTC Desire and are dissapointed that this new phone doesn't excite them the same way. I didn't have the original Desire so don't look at it that way. This phone is at a very good price for what it does. As smartphones go this is cheap, yet it has lots of features and capabilities you would take for granted on a much more expensive phone. The screen is nice and responsive and the phone feels good in your hand. The latest version of Android and an adequate processor make it easy and fast to use. I'm not a phone gamer and I'm not watching lots of videos so I am not worried that its not quad core etc. The pre-loaded DropBox app. is useful though easy to install on any smartphone as are the social network pre-loaded apps. One thing to note, which is a mistake I made. If you are an Orange mobile and broadband subscriber and you saw this phone in the list of phones that can use the Orange "Signal Boost" facility on your home broadband, be aware that only phones bought directly from Orange can do this and it cannot be downloaded as an app!! No one I know would every willing have a smartphone with the awful "Orange World" interface and pre-loaded apps. especially when you can have the lovely HTC skin, so I will have to find another way round the lack of signal at home problem. Battery life is always a problem with smartphones and this one is no worse or better than others. The phone is small, so the screen can seem a bit tight when typing and it is annoying that pre-loaded apps. you don't want and even unused ringtones etc. cannot be deleted but these are minor niggles. All in all, well worth the money.

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    Review after 6 months use , 10 points
  

*by T***M on Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 1 June 2013*

1Very good audio, power amp player has srs option which I did not have on my xperia ray (license issue). Play almost every day at work for 2 or 3 hours (I have a dead end job - basically I have been doing the same thing for 20 years and I am going to get some cert for it, not exactly the Queen's Silver Jubilee....but!!! :)), I only play FLAC. The new vlc player also works well, flac only - never play mp3!Also Beats Audio adds extra volume enhancement without distortion, better audio than xperia ray.2gps is as good as it can be, use free gps from navfree, works off-line too, very accurate but I still prefer to use 2 gps devices the other being sony psp gps - personal preference when driving.3The video works well in light, it is easy to watch video even in the car. As it is not too large or distracting, with higher contrast still visible with driving routes I know by heart.4Tesco sim works well which did not work well with my xperia ray which was also a smaller phone.5After 6 months of use mainly listening to FLAC audio, and playing paper plane 2 (free) and 3 - video seemed to be going choppy, and iplayer went seriously bad including video playback, but a hard reset fixed the issue, though the xperia ray could do a reset without deleting apps, but this was almost double the price and it did need resets once in a while!6It has a lower processor of 600Hz Cortex A5 but it can still play Air Navy Fighters well enough, and this is a very good fighter plane simulation which works with the motion sensor!!!7Do not connect to XP!8For me battery life is not that big an issue as it is an A5 energy efficient processor, and I am constantly connecting to the computer moving new music and deleting old music and it charges automatically in the ...9U can keep adding apps and moving to micro sdhc card whereas with my Xperia i was always deleting apps that i could not move and i needed another app to move the apps whereas the c does it for u in apps so it just feels more generous than the Ray (which probably is a good comparison phone)???10I asked somebody at work who has an iphone to try out iplayer, it was just a little bit quicker - then he played a video and said - no problem, it works. But I pointed out that it had stutter and audio and video were out of sync! So this was problem not with the c desire but with the iplayer.update after 1 years use1 You cannot root it, you have to unlock bootloader first2 Installed CynagenMod 4.1 for greater stability and speed - everything is fine and stable.3 Put in a new Kernal which overclocks the phone from 700 to 900.4 My 64GB card works well now with no time lag5 I can run Neutron Player which uses 64bit DAC on high settings so even art work bounces when you play music

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    Pocket swiss army life
  

*by S***M on Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 23 September 2012*

I bought this phone as I needed to- Use Whatsapp & Skype to speak to my girlfriend who lives abroad- Finally have a camera phone (following a year in Asia using a £20 basic phone)- Use dictionaries and translators for learning foreign languages.Basically, if you don't have a smartphone, it's a life saver.  It does more than I initially thought, the maps function is fast and accurate, I'm constantly playing music (downloaded Mixzing Music App (free) - highly recommended) on it, and the interface is just gorgeous, as with all HTCs.  I'd rather have this small thing than an iPhone, the only thing you'd gain from that is a faster processor, then you pay 3x more for it.Things I wish I'd considered:  A forward facing camera.  Then it'd tick all boxes, Skype still runs quite incredibly well, and it's nice to have it facing you if you're cooking and talking for example, but you won't be able to see the recipient (unless you're handy with mirrors).I knew the processor would be slow, that's the one thing that lets it down.  But then for the price it's definitely worth putting up with.  Actually, it only actually started being slow after I heaped lots of music files on it, so can hardly be blamed.  I had little money to buy this, so if you've got £50 spare, maybe get the HTC Desire S (didn't go for the One V as half the reviews I read were about how many faulty units are being put out), for a faster processor.  Can't remember but maybe it has a front facing camera too.All in all, so impressed with this unit!  Would buy it again if it got trod on by a mule.

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