HTC Desire S

Network
Technology
GSM / HSPA

2G bands
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900

3G bands
HSDPA 900 / 2100

Speed
HSPA 14.4/5.76 Mbps

Launch
Announced
2011, February. Released 2011, March

Status
Discontinued

Body
Dimensions
115 x 59.8 x 11.6 mm (4.53 x 2.35 x 0.46 in)

Weight
130 g (4.59 oz)

SIM
Mini-SIM

Display
Type
S-LCD

Size
3.7 inches, 39.0 cm2 (~56.7% screen-to-body ratio)

Resolution
480 x 800 pixels, 5:3 ratio (~252 ppi density)

Protection
Corning Gorilla Glass

Platform
OS
Android 2.3 (Gingerbread), upgradable to 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich), Sense UI 3

Chipset
Qualcomm MSM8255 Snapdragon S2

CPU
1.0 GHz Scorpion

GPU
Adreno 205

Memory
Card slot
microSDHC (dedicated slot)

Internal
1.1GB 768MB RAM

Main Camera
Single
5 MP, AF

Features
LED flash

Video
720p@30fps

Selfie camera
Single
VGA

Video

Sound
Loudspeaker
Yes

3.5mm jack
Yes

Comms
WLAN
Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA, hotspot

Bluetooth
2.1, A2DP, EDR

Positioning
GPS, A-GPS

Radio
Stereo FM radio, RDS

USB
microUSB 2.0

Features
Sensors
Accelerometer, proximity, compass

Browser
HTML, Adobe Flash

 Dedicated search key
MP3/AAC+/WAV/WMA player
DivX/XviD/MP4/H.264/WMV player
Organizer
Document viewer
Voice memo/dial
Predictive text input

Battery
Type
Removable Li-Ion 1450 mAh battery

Stand-by
Up to 430 h (2G) / Up to 455 h (3G)

Talk time
Up to 9 h 50 min (2G) / Up to 7 h 10 min (3G)

Misc
Colors
Black, Red

SAR
0.33 W/kg (head)     1.06 W/kg (body)    

Price
About 100 EUR

Tests
Display

Contrast ratio: 914:1 (nominal)

Camera

Photo / Video

Loudspeaker

Voice 66dB / Noise 64dB / Ring 76dB

Audio quality

Noise -90.3dB / Crosstalk -74.7dB