HTC Desire 820 deals and reviews

What the critics say (scores are out of 100)

85	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. Read full review
82	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. Read full review
80	S21 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. Read full review
80	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... Read full review
80	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. Read full review
70	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. Read full review
70	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. Read full review
70	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. Read full review
70	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. Read full review

Compare HTC Desire 820 specs side-by-side with other phones COMPARE SPECS

Dimensions & Form	Form factor: Touchscreen bar Dimensions 157.7 x 78.74 x 7.74 mm (6.21 x 3.1 x 0.3 in) Weight: 155 g (5.47 oz)
Screen	Size: 5.5 inches diagonal Resolution: 1280 x 720 pixels Screen Density: 267 ppi Screen-to-Body Ratio: 67.2 % Display Type: LCD capacitive touchscreen
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Performance	Chipset: Qualcomm MSM8939 Snapdragon 615 CPU: Quad-core 1.5 GHz Cortex-A53 & quad-core 1.0 GHz Cortex-A53 GPU: Adreno 405 RAM: 2GB
Camera	Main Camera: 13 megapixels with LED flash Secondary Camera: 8 megapixels
Storage	Built-in Storage: 16GB Expandable Storage: Micro SD
Battery & Charging	Capacity: 2600 mAh Removable Battery: No Wireless Charging: No Quick Charge: None
SIM standard	Nano SIM Compare SIM Only deals
Water & Dust Resistance	Not Available
Fingerprint Reader	None
References & More info	Official website GSMArena specs page

Photos taken with the HTC Desire 820

We've used Flickr to find a selection of pictures taken by the HTC Desire 820 camera. Here is a selection of photos taken by users from around the world so you can see what kind of picture quality you can expect from real-world use of the HTC Desire 820.

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