Android Authority | Lanh Nguyen

HTC delivers again by bringing us a high end experience without the high end price tag... If you're a fan of HTC products but don't want to spend top dollar on a flagship product, the HTC Desire 820 is certainly worthy of your consideration. Aside from the display, the experience here is more than above average and nearly at 'flagship' level.

NotebookCheck | Daniel Schmidt

The HTC Desire 820 is a logical progression and the successor to the Desire 816. As such, it does its job well: the smartphone comes equipped with an outstanding display, a speedy CPU and usable cameras.

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The HTC Desire 820 gives a lot for your money - a powerful octa-core processor, a big 5.5 inch screen and an 8 megapixel front camera. But it's too big to become a mainstream phone.

Digital Versus | Sofian Nouira

All in all, the Desire 820 is a great smartphone. It might be pretty disappointing when it comes to audio-especially for an HTC product-but, in all other respects, it performs admirably for a product in this sector. Although it never exceeds expectations, either, and herein lies the problem. In its price bracket, there's now a great deal of competition from the likes of the brilliant Asus ZenFone 2 and the ever impressive LG G3. Not only that, but the lack of real differences between the Desire 820 and its predecessor, the Desire 816, means you may well opt to save yourself fifty quid and get the older model. The 820 might be more responsive, but the 816 has a better music player...

Mobile Choice | Sunetra Chakravarti

HTC are slowly making the mid-range area their own. Perched slightly on the top end of the mid-range tier, the phones, although plastic have a very strong design sensibility and have some really good features. However, with the Desire 820, the battery should have been better and given the price, it should ideally already have been on Android 5.0 and not running KitKat.

Gadgets Now | Anupam Saxena

HTC Desire 820 is a not a bad smartphone to buy but the mid-range landscape has changed quite a bit and there are other good options available in the market ... if you want a better big-screen smartphone, the OnePlus One is a much better option.

Pocket-lint | Chris Hall

There's plenty of power for daily tasks, a large screen to consume content and cameras that can offer some great shots, even if the high megapixel count doesn't immediately translate into the best results. However, as much as we like the design and build, this handset sits squarely in the mid-range and the hardware experience confirms that, especially when it comes to the screen quality.

Wired UK | Dave Oliver

The HTC Desire 820 is a big, but mostly capable handset, with a splendid screen, great accompanying speakers, plus a decent -- if unspectacular processor. For the price, the 820's cameras also boast a good neumber of megapixels. However, for a similar price you could get yourself superior screens plus higher specs and more premium builds.

NDTV Gadgets | Ershad Kaleebullah

In almost every way, HTC has improved upon the Desire 816, and created a phone with a more attractive design, stellar camera performance, and more power for handling all kinds of tasks. But all these perks come at a cost - the battery life. If you are planning on buying the Desire 820, we'd suggest purchasing a battery pack along with it.