Review of HTC Desire 19s smartphone with key features

The once-popular quality smartphone company unveiled its fourth device this year, the HTC Desire 19s. The novelty is a simplified version of HTC Desire 19+, presented in June.

The HTC Desire 19s was officially unveiled on November 14 in Taiwan. The smartphone is already available for purchase for $ 195, but only in China. Nothing is known about the release of the new item on the international market.

Brief information about HTC

The company began its journey in 1997, under the leadership of Peter Chow, HT Cho and Cher Wong. The company originally designed and manufactured devices for customers such as Dell, Hewlett-Packard and Fujitsu Siemens, as well as Vodafone, O2, Orange and T-Mobile.

In 2002, it was decided to produce devices under its own brand, so in 2002 the Qtek brand appeared, and in 2004 Dopod. In 2006, the two brands merged and named HTC.

The company produced really high-quality devices that many buyers loved. In 2011, HTC had a 10.7% share of the global smartphone market.

Despite buying 51% of Beats Electronics and manufacturing successful smartphones, in 2013 everyone heard about HTC's losses. The rumors were denied, but further actions indicated the truthfulness of the information, because 20% of the state was fired from the company.

Despite the efforts to stay afloat, releasing new smartphones, HTC could not withstand much competition, and in 2017 the mobile division of HTC was bought by Google, with which HTC had been cooperating since 2004. But HTC retained the right to release smartphones.

Now HTC is focused on the production of devices for virtual reality, and there is practically no time left for the manufacture of smartphones. But still, the company occasionally pampers its fans with new products. By the way, there are not so many admirers left, since the characteristics of smartphones are very inferior to today's popular smartphone manufacturers.

HTC Desire 19s review

Based only on the technical characteristics, it is extremely difficult to understand whether this or that model meets your selection criteria. For more information on HTC Desire 19s, mytop.techinfus.com/en/ has prepared an overview for you, from which you will learn the following information:

• Hardware: what processor, graphics accelerator and amount of memory is used in the smartphone;
• What operating system controls the hardware;
• About the display and its characteristics;
• About design and ergonomics;
• What are the resolutions of the main and front cameras;
• How big are the indicators of autonomy;
• About communications, networks and built-in sensors.

Hardware part

Processor and graphics card

HTC Desire 19s is powered by a central processing unit for budget smartphones Mediatek MT6762 Helio P22 and a PowerVR GE8320 graphics accelerator with a maximum frequency of 650 MHz.

Key features of Mediatek Helio P22:

• manufacturing using FinFET technology, with a 12-nanometer process;
• work under control of eight Cortex-A53 cores, not divided into clusters;
• the maximum clock speed of eight cores is 2 GHz;
• lack of neuroblock, which is responsible for the presence of artificial intelligence;
• number of numeric bits - 64 bit;
• The number of points scored in the AnTuTu benchmark is 75,673, in the single-core Geekbench test - 781, in the multi-core Geekbench - 3,380.

Mediatek Helio P22 shows fairly good results in everyday tasks. As for games, the processor will handle some games with high demands, with the minimum settings set, but its performance will not be enough for a good gameplay. During the game, the chipset heats up to 68 degrees, and the case to 40 degrees.

But for games with low and medium CPU requirements, it is suitable. Players will be able to enjoy the game without overheating the case and processor, as well as without lags and braking.

Memory

The novelty will not please with large amounts of memory. The capacity of the RAM is only 3 gigabytes. The built-in memory has a capacity of 32 gigabytes. The slot of the device supports dual standby of SIM cards or one SIM card and a microSD memory card, up to 1 terabyte.

Interface

The hardware of the smartphone is running and the proprietary shell from HTC - Sense UI.

Manufacturers strive to make smartphone management as easy and understandable as possible. This is why some of the Sense UI features so closely resemble pure Android. Sense UI has a wide range of functional and visual changes.

Display

The 6.2-inch display of HTC Desire 19s is made using IPS LCD technology. The display occupying 82.1% of the working front surface has a resolution of 1 520 by 720 pixels. The pixel density is 271 ppi, the color pixels are 16 million. The glass is made using the 2.5D technology - its edges are rounded. Nothing is known about screen protection with tempered glass or oleophobic coating.

The resolution and pixel density are not great, so you should not expect high image quality. But still, the picture is of pretty good quality. The image will delight you with large viewing angles, average color balance, saturation and contrast. There is no visible flicker or grainy on the screen.

Appearance and ergonomics

The monolithic body of HTC Desire 19s is made of plastic. The back cover has an interesting design. The upper part of the rear panel has a glossy finish, while the lower part is textured. Texturing is not only an interesting design solution, but also convenience. The gadget can be comfortably held in hands without fear of slipping and its possible fall. The novelty is available in two colors - black and blue.

The glossy back panel accommodates:

• Main camera, consisting of 3 sensors. The sensors are located as follows: in a double module 13 Mp and 5 Mp sensor, below in a single module 5 Mp sensor. Underneath is an LED flash. The rear camera and flash are on the left side of the panel;
• The fingerprint scanner, which is installed in the middle.

The company logo can be seen on the textured surface.

The front surface has a 6.2-inch display, which occupies 95.9 cm of the usable part of the panel. The screen is framed by a small frame, "bangs" and "chin". A 16-megapixel front camera sensor is installed on the “chin”, in a special teardrop-shaped cutout.

The slot for SIM cards and memory cards was installed in the upper part of the left side. The rocker responsible for adjusting the volume of the sound and the power button are located at the top of the right side. Only one microphone is installed on the upper edge. The Type-C 1.0 connector, speaker grill, microphone and headphone jack are located on the bottom edge.

Cameras

A rather unusual decision by HTC can be seen in the resolution of the device's cameras. Usually, manufacturers pay more attention to the quality of the rear camera, but in this gadget the decision was made in favor of the front camera.

So the front camera has a resolution of 16 megapixels and an f / 2.0 aperture. The camera supports Full HD video recording with a resolution of 1080 by 1920 pixels and a frame rate of 30 frames per second. It also supports HDR technology and face recognition.

The rear camera is expressed by three lenses:

1. The main wide-angle sensor has the following characteristics: 13 megapixels, f / 1.9 aperture, 26 mm focal length.
2. Second ultra-wide sensor: 5 MP, f / 2.2 aperture, focal length 13 mm.
3. Third depth sensor: 5 megapixel, f / 2.2 aperture.

The main camera supports HD and Full HD video recording. It also supports face beauty mode, advanced low-light quality, HDR technology, face detection, simultaneous photo and video shooting.

One can only guess about the quality of photos, since there are no examples of photos on the network, as well as “live” photos of the smartphone itself. But based on the characteristics, we can conclude that the photos will be of pretty good quality, especially selfies.

Autonomy

HTC Desire 19s shows a fairly high level of battery life, for which the lithium-ion battery is responsible. Its capacity is 3850 mAh. The non-removable battery supports 10W charging.

Communications, networking and embedded sensors

The first thing worth highlighting is the support of HTC Desire 19s for NFC wireless data transfer technology. Other smartphone functions include GPS navigation with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS systems; USB On-The-Go connector, Type-C 1.0 and USB 2.0; fifth version of Bluetooth; hotspot, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi 802.11 a / b / g / n / ac and Wi-Fi dual band.

The phone supports technologies such as LTE, GSM, HSPA, 2G, 3G, 4G bands. There are the following built-in sensors: proximity, compass, accelerometer and fingerprint scanner.

Main technical characteristics

Pros and cons of HTC Desire 19s

• average performance level;
• multifunctional interface;
• good display quality;
• interesting design with a convenient solution;
• good quality front camera;
• good battery capacity.

• small amount of memory;
• the resolution of the main camera is less than the front one;
• high price.

Conclusion

The November novelty from HTC - Desire 19s was presented to your attention. The smartphone has good battery life, average performance, user-friendly interface, good looks and pretty good quality selfie camera.

But at the same time, the new product has a small amount of memory and lower resolutions of the main camera in comparison with the front one. Also worth noting is the high cost. Now the smartphone market can offer higher performance devices with a price tag of up to $ 140.