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Htc One E8 launched for Rs 35,000 , Htc desire 616 launched for Rs 17,000

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rish1 Original post #1
Jul 11, 2014 at 1:24 PM
HTC has launched two new smartphones in the Indian market. The first is the HTC One E8, a variant of the flagship One M8, and the second the Desire 616, a mid-range smartphone.
The HTC One E8 is priced at ₹34,990 ($580) and the Desire 616 is priced at ₹16,900 ($280).


The HTC One E8 is a slightly trimmed down variant of the HTC One M8. The only major difference between the two phones is that the E8 trades the smooth aluminum body of the M8 for a polycarbonate shell. In return, however, it also gains a 13 megapixel camera (unlike the 4 megapixel Duo Camera on the M8) and dual-SIM functionality. The rest of the specifications are identical, including the Snapdragon 801 SoC, 1080p display and BoomSound speakers.


The Desire 616 is a budget offering and comes with a 5.0-inch, 1280x720 display. There's also 1GB RAM but only 4GB internal memory, augmented by a microSD card slot. The Desire 616 runs on a MediaTek MT6592 SoC, with octa-core 1.7GHz CPU and Mali-450 MP GPU. Finally, there is 8 megapixel camera on the back, 2 megapixel on the front, dual-SIM functionality (micro+mini SIM), 2000mAh battery and Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean.


HTC One E8 and Desire 616 launched in India - GSMArena.com news

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Htc is becoming really great with their pricing ... :D i really hope they don't jack up the prices later as they did with desire 816 , only problem is android 4.2 , really when even android 4.4 is outdated ?
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SunE #2
Jul 11, 2014 at 2:33 PM
That's really bad pricing by HTC. Considering that E8 is available for less than 30k in China, the price seems too steep.
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rish1 #3
Jul 11, 2014 at 2:47 PM
That's really bad pricing by HTC. Considering that E8 is available for less than 30k in China, the price seems too steep.

thats a very good price .. don't compare it with chinese prices , all phones you buy here are much more cheaper in china

the price is very good because Htc used to overprice their phones .. plus this one does not have that crappy ultrapixel and this removes one of the biggest negative point from M8 and is equally priced as galaxy s5
has a snapdragon 801 instead of crappy exynos in S5
Darth Vader
Jul 11, 2014 at 3:47 PM
thats a very good price .. don't compare it with chinese prices , all phones you buy here are much more cheaper in china

the price is very good because Htc used to overprice their phones .. plus this one does not have that crappy ultrapixel and this removes one of the biggest negative point from M8 and is equally priced as galaxy s5
has a snapdragon 801 instead of crappy exynos in S5

This. Was expecting them to price E8 at 50k lol
K
Jul 11, 2014 at 6:07 PM
thats a very good price .. don't compare it with chinese prices , all phones you buy here are much more cheaper in china

the price is very good because Htc used to overprice their phones .. plus this one does not have that crappy ultrapixel and this removes one of the biggest negative point from M8 and is equally priced as galaxy s5
has a snapdragon 801 instead of crappy exynos in S5
But Still its bit overpriced -_-
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$hadow #6
Jul 11, 2014 at 6:15 PM
Over prices but still a great buy. Considering the specs. You can state it easily a nexus 5 competitor.
ithehappy
Jul 12, 2014 at 12:13 AM
Nexus 5? It is better than Nexus 5 from all angle!