HTC Desire 300 Review

HTC Desire 300 Review

If you are looking for a cell phone to call, SMS, and socialize in cyberspace, may not need the latest model of excellence with performance, super large screen, and exorbitant prices. Maybe HTC Desire 300 suitable for you. 4.3 inch screen wrapped enough, dual-core processor, and a 5 MP camera has been sold at a price low enough for the level of HTC.

design
The entire body of Desire 300 wrapped plastic material that is very well organized. The back panel feels soft and comfortable grip thanks to the matte plastic that is less susceptible to stains so that the phone looks clean. Back cover can be replaced because it can be removed. In fact, if seen at a glance, 300 looks like a draft Desire unibody phones. You'll find a SIM card slot and microSD slot mini size when the lid is removed. Both are not crushed or squeezed batteries, so you can insert and remove the card without having to turn off the cell phone.

In the mobile world, the diameter below 5 inch screen will feel very comfortable to hold and use with one hand. Physical buttons located on the top (power) and on the right side (volume). The shape is very sleek and thin (almost invisible) so you have to be extra when pressed. Audio jack are on the top while the charge port on the bottom.

Overall, the design is very clean and ergonomic. Although the intermediate category, Desire 300 device has a premium appearance. HTC mobile phone offers in the black and white version.
 

 
features
HTC Desire 300 has a 4.3-inch LCD IPS display with a resolution of 480x800 pixels. It's not the sharpest screen but can display images very well. Bright colors can appear quite good, including a very deep black color and good contrast. Bright enough to be read in broad daylight. Point of view is also quite good and still retain the natural color images even at more extreme angles.

300 Desire runs on Android 4.1.2 Jelly Bean with HTC Sense 5.0 on top coat. Clean and modern interface of Sense is quite familiar to fans of the smartphone because it has been used in many mobile phones now. The main feature of this version is more Sense looks cleaner than ever before and the news aggregator BlinkFeed unify social updates and news like Flipboard with vertical scrolling list. You can not disable it, but can put it on the far right homescreen so it does not get in the way, if you do not like it.

This phone dipersenjati with 5 MP autofocus camera without flash. Unfortunately, the picture is less satisfactory. Photos lack detail and clearly not sharp, especially in low-light circumstances. Video can be recorded maximum resolution is 800x400 pixels, suitable native screen resolution. Video recordings seem more smooth than in the photos.

4.3-inch widescreen display provides sufficient area for lovers of video on mobile. Unlike other HTC models equipped BoomSound magic in front of the stereo speakers, Desire 300 only has a single loudspeaker at the back of the sound less loud. For musical entertainment, the Desire has a default application Google and HTC's own apps, which both work very well. Meanwhile, to enjoy the video, there is a basic video player YouTube and HTC. The handset is capable of playing all the popular formats at native resolution. So it can not play HD video.

Office support facilities are also provided that the HTC Polaris Office. You can read and open office files from this phone. Not only that, you also can edit and even create new documents. Whether it's a file format Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.

performance
In terms of the performance of Desire 300 is not big fish. The handset feels underpowered when navigating to all the menus and could lag or take a long time to open the application. Standard performance reasons it is located off the kitchen runway owned. Desire 300 runs on the most basic Snapdragon S4 chip, MSM8225, dual-core 1GHz clock speed. The fact that the handset is incorporated only 512MB of RAM on board is not enough help.

In terms of graphics, there are weapons Adreno 203 which is enough to play the popular game. Storage Desire 300 comes with 4GB of internal storage, but the space available to users under 2GB. It was definitely not enough. Fortunately, the storage can be expanded and you can add up to 32GB more via microSD card.

HTC Desire 300 is equipped with two browsers, and Chrome proprietary mobile to access the web. HTC browser feels a little richer in options, but the interface is rigid, while Chrome is clean, simple, and fast with optimized UI. Desire 300 does not support 4G LTE connectivity, limited to 3G speeds reaching 7.2Mbps maximum downlink. Other connectivity options include Bluetooth 4.0, Wi-Fi, and GPS, without NFC.

Desire 1650mAh capacity battery backed 300 with average durability. HTC claims this model is able to serve up to 11 hours talk time on 3G networks and up to 26 days standby. In fact, with only light usage, the handset only lasted 2 days. Similar to most mobile phones.