The Taiwanese smartphone maker HTC has expanded the availability of the duo of its latest mid-range dubbed HTC desire 12 and desire 12+ to the India market. Both devices were announced earlier in March highlighting a ‘durable acrylic glass back’, and the edge-to-edge display with 18:9 aspect ratio but without the trendy notch.
Both devices are largely the same in terms of designs but completely differs in their of specifications and features.
HTC Desire 12 specifications
HTC Desire 12 is the smalllest and the most basic of the duo, it comes fitted with a 5.5-inch HD+ IPS edge-to-edge display with a MediaTek MT6739 quad-core processor under its hood. It comes only in 3GB of RAM + 32GB of internal storage option which you can further expand up to 2TB via a microSD card. The HTC Desire 12 has a f/2.4 5-megapixel camera above the display for clicking selfies, while a single 13-megapixel rear camera with f/2.2 aperture sits at the flip side. Powered by a 2,730mAh battery, the device boots Android 8.0 (Oreo) with HTC Sense UI out of the box and comes with full connectivity options including – dual-SIM support, a 3.5mm audio jack, 4G LTE, Bluetooth 4.2 and Wi-Fi.
HTC Desire 12+ specifications
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The HTC Desire 12 ramps things up a bit in virtually all areas. First, it gets a larger 6 inch IPS LCD display with a 1440 x 720 px resolution which translates to an 18:9 aspect ratio. The Desire 12+ ditches the MediaTek SoC found on the base Desire 12 for the Qualcomm Snapdragon 450 octa-core chipset with 3GB RAM and 32GB storage which can be expanded up to 2TB using a micro SD card. The Redmi Note 5 Pro from Xiaomi with the Snapdragon 636 chipset and the Huawei P20 Lite with the Kirin 659 SoC for comparison sake offers better chipsets at much affordable price points.
The desire 12+ gets a beefier 2965 mAh battery, now includes a dual 13MP RGB sensor + a 2MP depth sensor at the flip side, while an 8MP selfie cam sits at the front.
Priced at Rs 15800/ $236 and Rs 19790/ $296, the HTC Desire 12 and Desire 12+ open for pre-order via HTC eStore from June 7, while same will go on sale offline from June 11 onwards via online and offline channels.
