Hot On The Heels Of The One Max, HTC Announces The Desire 709d, 7060, and 7088 With 5-inch Displays

October 16, 2013

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Following the recent announcement of the HTC One Max, HTC is taking no breaks as they've just announced three 5-inch device they're dubbing the HTC Desire 709d, Desire 7066, and Desire 7088. The company appears to be keeping the Desire brand alive, and as no surprise for the Taiwanese manufacturer, they're nailing it in the design department. Not necessarily a phablet, the devices are still in a market with the big boys coming in at 5-inches accompanied with a 960 x 540 pixel res display and 145.5 x 72 x 10.3 mm in the dimensions dept coming in just slightly larger than HTC's original One device (4.7 inch display, 137.4 x 68.2 x 9.3 mm). All three devices have the same specs as they only differ in looks….

Specs:

Android Jelly Bean 4.1.2
HTC BoomSound
8MP rear camera with LED Flash
Quad-core Snapdragon 200 processor (1.2 GHz)
8GB of internal storage
1GB of RAM
Expandable storage via micro SD slot
2.1 MP front-facing camera
2,100 mAh battery

The Desire 709d will be offered in black with red accents, the 7060 will be offered in both black and white, and the 7088 comes in star rhyme white.

Can the Desire brand make a come back? Feel free to leave your thoughts and comments below.

source: HTC

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