HTC today announced the Desire 10 series, a re-imagining of its mid-range handsets. Both the Desire 10 pro and Desire 10 lifestyle feature metal designs with matte finishes and gold highlights. Other shared features include 5.5-inch screens with Gorilla Glass, memory card support, and microUSB. The phones run Android 6 Marshmallow and include the latest version of HTC Sense for customizing the user interface.
- Desire 10 pro: The more upscale of the two phones has a full HD screen and is powered by an octa-core MediaTek Helio P10 processor with 3 or 4 GB of RAM and 32 or64 GB of storage. The main camera includes a 20-megapixel sensor with an aperture of f/2.2 and laser-assisted focus, while the front camera has a 13-megapixel sensor with an aperture of f/2.2 and a selfie panorama mode. It has a 3,000mAh battery.
- Desire 10 lifestyle: The lifestyle drops the display resolution to 720p and trades the MediaTek processor for a quad-core Snapdragon 400 with 2 or 3 GB of RAM and 16 or 32 GB of storage. The main camera includes a 13-megapixel sensor with an aperture of f/2.2 and laser-assisted focus, while the selfie camera has a 5-megapixel sensor with an aperture of f/2.8. It has a 2,700mAh battery and BoomSound stereo speakers.
The Desire 10 pro will hit the market in November, while the Desire 10 lifestyle will arrive in late September. Pricing was not shared. HTC said the devices will initially be made available to markets outside the U.S. and didn’t say if or when the devices might be sold to U.S. consumers.
