Overview of the smartphone HTC Desire 19s with key features

The once popular quality smartphone company has unveiled its fourth device this year, the HTC Desire 19s. The novelty is a simplified version of HTC Desire 19+, presented in June.

HTC Desire 19s was officially presented on November 14 in Taiwan. The smartphone is already available for purchase at a price of $195, but only in China. Nothing is known about the release of new items on the international market.

Brief information about HTC

The company began its journey in 1997, under the leadership of Peter Chow, H.T. Cho and Sher Wong. Initially, the company developed and manufactured devices for customers such as Dell, Hewlett-Packard and Fujitsu Siemens, as well as Vodafone, O2, Orange and T-Mobile.

In 2002, it was decided to release devices under its own brand, so in 2002 the Qtek brand appeared, and in 2004 Dopod. In 2006, the two brands were merged and named HTC.

The company produced really high-quality devices that many buyers fell in love with. In 2011, HTC's share of the global smartphone market was 10.7%.

Despite buying a 51% stake in Beats Electronics and producing successful smartphones, in 2013 everyone heard about HTC's losses. The rumors were denied, but further actions indicated the veracity of the information, because 20% of the staff was fired from the company.

Despite efforts to stay afloat by releasing new smartphones, HTC could not withstand much competition, and in 2017 HTC's mobile division was bought out by Google, with which HTC had been cooperating since 2004. But HTC retained the right to produce smartphones.

Now HTC is focused on the production of devices for virtual reality, and there is practically no time left for the manufacture of smartphones. But still, the company occasionally indulges its admirers with new products. By the way, there are not so many admirers left, since the characteristics of smartphones are very inferior to today's popular smartphone manufacturers.

HTC Desire 19s review

Based only on the technical characteristics, it is extremely difficult to understand whether a particular model meets your selection criteria. For more information about HTC Desire 19s, top.htgetrid.com/en/ has prepared a review for you, from which you will learn the following information:

• Hardware: what processor, graphics accelerator and amount of memory is used in the smartphone;
• What operating system controls the hardware;
• About the display and its characteristics;
• About design and ergonomics;
• What are the resolutions of the main and front cameras;
• How big are the indicators of autonomy;
• About communications, networks and built-in sensors.

Hardware

Processor and video card

HTC Desire 19s is powered by a Mediatek MT6762 Helio P22 budget smartphone CPU and a PowerVR GE8320 graphics accelerator with a maximum frequency of 650 MHz.

Mediatek Helio P22 Key Features:

• fabricated using FinFET technology, with a 12-nanometer process technology;
• work under the control of eight Cortex-A53 cores, not divided into clusters;
• the maximum clock frequency of eight cores is 2 GHz;
• the absence of a neuroblock, which is responsible for the presence of artificial intelligence;
• number of numeric digits - 64 bit;
• the number of points scored in the AnTuTu benchmark is 75,673, in the single-core Geekbench test - 781, in the multi-core Geekbench - 3,380.

Mediatek Helio P22 shows quite good results in everyday tasks. As for games, the processor will handle some high-demand games at the minimum settings, but its performance will not be enough for a good gaming experience. During the game, the chipset heats up to 68 degrees, and the case up to 40 degrees.

But for games with low and medium requirements, the CPU is suitable. Players will be able to enjoy the game without overheating of the case and processor, as well as without lags and braking.

Memory

The novelty will not please with large amounts of memory. The RAM capacity is only 3 gigabytes. Built-in memory has a capacity of 32 gigabytes. The device slot supports dual SIM card standby mode or one SIM card and a microSD memory card, up to 1 terabyte.

Interface

Smartphone hardware works under the control and proprietary shell from HTC - Sense UI.

Manufacturers strive to make smartphone management as easy and understandable as possible. That is why some of the features of Sense UI are so reminiscent of pure Android. Sense UI has a wide range of functional and visual changes.

Display

The 6.2-inch display of the HTC Desire 19s is made using IPS LCD technology. The display, which occupies 82.1% of the working front surface, has a resolution of 1520 by 720 pixels. The pixel density is 271 ppi, the color dots are 16 million. The glass is made using 2.5D technology - its edges are rounded. Nothing is known about protecting the screen with tempered glass or an oleophobic coating.

The resolution and pixel density are not high, so you should not expect high image quality. But still, the picture is quite good quality. The image will please with large viewing angles, average color balance, saturation and contrast. There is no visible flickering or graininess on the screen.

Appearance and ergonomics

The monolithic body of HTC Desire 19s is made of plastic. The back cover has an interesting design. The upper part of the back panel has a glossy surface, while the lower part is textured. Texturing is not only an interesting design decision, but also a convenience. The gadget can be comfortably held in your hands, without fear of slipping and its possible fall. The novelty is available in two colors - black and blue.

The glossy surface of the back panel accommodates:

• The main camera, consisting of 3 sensors. The sensors are located as follows: in a double module 13 MP and 5 MP sensor, below in a single module 5 MP sensor. Below it is an LED flash.The rear camera and flash are on the left side of the panel;
• The fingerprint scanner, which is installed in the middle.

On the textured surface, you can see the company logo.

The front surface has a 6.2-inch display, which occupies 95.9 cm of the usable part of the panel. They frame the screen with a small frame size, “bangs” and “chin”. A 16-megapixel front camera sensor is installed on the “chin”, in a special teardrop-shaped cutout.

The slot for SIM cards and memory cards was installed at the top of the left side. The rocker responsible for adjusting the volume of the sound and the power button are located at the top of the right side. Only one microphone is installed on the top edge. Type-C 1.0 connector, speaker grille, microphone and headphone jack are located on the bottom.

cameras

A rather unusual decision by HTC can be seen in the resolution of the device's cameras. Usually, manufacturers pay more attention to the quality of the rear camera, but in this gadget, the decision was made in favor of the front camera.

So the front camera has a resolution of 16 megapixels and f / 2.0 aperture. The camera supports Full HD video recording, with a resolution of 1080 by 1920 pixels and a frame rate of 30 per second. HDR technology and face recognition are also supported.

The rear camera is expressed by three lenses:

1. The main wide-angle sensor has the following specifications: 13MP, f/1.9 aperture, 26mm focal length.
2. Second ultra-wide sensor: 5MP, f/2.2 aperture, 13mm focal length.
3. Third Depth Sensor: 5 MP, f/2.2 aperture.

The main camera supports HD and Full HD video recording.It also supports face beauty mode, advanced low-light quality setting, HDR technology, face recognition function, simultaneous photo and video shooting.

One can only guess about the quality of the photos, since there are no examples of photos on the network, as well as actually “live” photos of the smartphone itself. But based on the characteristics, we can conclude that the photos will have a pretty good quality, especially selfies.

autonomy

HTC Desire 19s shows a fairly high level of battery life, which is responsible for the lithium-ion battery. Its capacity is 3850 mAh. The non-removable battery supports 10W charging.

Communications, network and built-in sensors

The first thing worth highlighting is the support of HTC Desire 19s for NFC wireless data transfer technology. Other smartphone features include GPS navigation with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS systems; connector USB On-The-Go, Type-C 1.0 and USB 2.0; the fifth version of Bluetooth; hotspot, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi 802.11 a / b / g / n / ac and Wi-Fi dual band.

The phone supports such technologies as LTE, GSM, HSPA, 2G, 3G, 4G bands. There are the following built-in sensors: proximity, compass, accelerometer and fingerprint scanner.

Main technical characteristics

Advantages and disadvantages of HTC Desire 19s

• average performance level;
• multifunctional interface;
• good display quality;
• interesting design with a convenient solution;
• good quality front camera;
• good battery capacity.

• small amount of memory;
• the resolution of the main camera is less than the front one;
• high price.

Conclusion

Your attention was presented to the November novelty from HTC - Desire 19s. The smartphone has good battery life, average performance, user-friendly interface, nice appearance and pretty good selfie camera quality.

But at the same time, the novelty has a small amount of memory and lower resolutions of the main camera compared to the front one. Also worth noting is the high cost. Now the smartphone market can offer higher performance devices with a price tag of up to $140.