With mid-range phones, the key to success is very often to trickle enough of that tasty cutting-edge tech down from the top table to the lower priced buffet range. So can the HTC Desire 601 deliver the necessaries with its dual-core processor and 4G network capability?
Design
The Desire 601's body is very much old-school HTC, made of rubberised plastic. It doesn't feel as premium as the aluminium of the HTC One, but it does feel a little warmer and more comfortable in the hand. There are just two touch-sensitive Android buttons beneath the screen, for home and back, but you can get the multitasking overview with a smart double tap on the home button.
The 4.5-inch display is something of a letdown, with a sub-HD resolution of just 960x540 pixels, which boils down to 245ppi.
That's way behind the Moto G's 1,280x720 pixels which you can pick up for a little over half the price. It's not terrible by any means -- web pages, pics and movies look fine, but they just lack that little bit of extra eye candy you get with the higher res screens. Movies sound pretty good thanks to the stereo Boomsound speakers on the side, which are the same as the ones on the considerably more expensive HTC One.
Android and processor
Running on top of the Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean opearting system, the HTC Sense 5 user interface is here in all its glory, with its intuitive layout and useful widgets. You also get HTC Blinkfeed which pulls your social media and other updates together in a Flipboard style magazine interface.
The dual-core 1.4GHz processor backed by 1GB of RAM seems a bit underpowered next to quad-core rivals like the Moto G or Nexus 4, but it delivered a Antutu benchmarking performance score not too far behind those two of 15,426 and in practise it didn't feel sluggish or prone to stalling.
There's only 8GB of memory on board but fortunately you can add more via microSD card.
HTC Desire 601 test photoDave Oliver
HTC Desire 601 test photoDave Oliver
Photography
The 5-megapixel camera includes autofocus, an LED flash and an illuminated sensor for improved low-light shots. It also has HTC Zoe mode, which begins capturing from a second before you press the shutter to give you a range of pics to choose from, as well as a three-second video. There's also Panorama, Sequence Shot, Always Smile and Object Removal options as well as an editing suite. Pics aren't the very sharpest, but they're pretty good for a five-megapixel snapper and all the options offer plenty to play with.
The largish 2,100mAh battery put up a good fight and gave us a good day and a half of steady use.
Conclusion
The HTC Desire 601 is a good mid-range phone with a reasonably powerful processor and a surprisingly good camera, though it's let down a little by its less-than-HD screen. Despite its many good points however, it struggles to distinguish itself from the Moto G, the elephant that's been dropped into the midrange room, and delivers both better processor and screen for a little over half the price. However, if the screen doesn't matter so much, but 4G and a better camera do, then you might just consider the Desire 601 over the Moto G.
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Battery Battery 2800 mAh 3000 mAh Display Display 5.5 inches [13.97 cm] 5.2 inches [13.21 cm] Front Camera Front Camera 5 MP 5 MP Processor Processor MediaTek MT6753 Qualcomm Snapdragon 652 MSM8976 Rear Camera Rear Camera 13 MP 12 MP
Battery
Capacity Capacity 2800 mAh 3000 mAh Quick Charging Quick Charging - Yes, Quick, v3.0 Removable Removable No No Standby time Standby Time Up to 485 Hours[3G] - TalkTime TalkTime Up to 21 Hours[3G] - Type Type Li-Polymer Li-Polymer USB Type-C USB Type-C No Yes
Camera
Autofocus Autofocus Yes Yes Camera Features Camera Features Digital Zoom Auto Flash Digital image stabilization Face detection Touch to focus Digital Zoom Auto Flash Face detection Touch to focus Camera Setup Camera Setup Single Single Flash Flash No No Image Resolution Image Resolution 4128 x 3096 Pixels 4416 x 2720 Pixels OIS OIS No Yes Resolution Resolution 5 MP, Primary Camera 5 MP f/1.8, Primary Camera Sensor Sensor BSI Sensor Back-illuminated sensor [BSI] Settings Settings Exposure compensation, ISO control Exposure compensation, ISO control Shooting Modes Shooting Modes High Dynamic Range mode [HDR] Continuous Shooting High Dynamic Range mode [HDR] Video Recording Video Recording 1920x1080 @ 30 fps 1920x1080 @ 30 fps Video Recording Features Video Recording Features - Video HDR Stereo recording
Design
Build Material Build Material - Case: Metal Back: Metal Colours Colours Black, White Gold, Grey, Silver Height Height 157.9 mm 145.9 mm Thickness Thickness 7.8 mm 9.0 mm Weight Weight 153 grams 161 grams Width Width 77.8 mm 71.9 mm
Display
Display Type Display Type S-LCD 2 S-LCD 5 Pixel Density Pixel Density 267 ppi 565 ppi Screen Protection Screen Protection No Corning Gorilla Glass v4 Screen Size Screen Size 5.5 inches [13.97 cm] 5.2 inches [13.21 cm] Screen to Body Ratio [calculated] Screen to Body Ratio [calculated] 67.73 % 70.89 % Touch Screen Touch Screen Yes, Capacitive Touchscreen, Multi-touch Yes, Capacitive Touchscreen, Multi-touch
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General
Brand Brand HTC HTC Launch Date Launch Date November 5, 2015 [Official] June 10, 2016 [Official] Operating System Operating System Android v5.1.1 [Lollipop] Android v6.0 [Marshmallow]
Multimedia
Audio Jack Audio Jack 3.5 mm 3.5 mm Fm Radio FM Radio Yes - Loudspeaker Loudspeaker Yes Yes
Network & Connectivity
Bluetooth Bluetooth Yes, v4.1 Yes, v4.2 GPS GPS Yes with A-GPS, Glonass Yes with A-GPS, Glonass NFC NFC No Yes Network Support Network Support 5G Not Supported in India, 3G, 2G 5G Not Supported in India, 4G Supported in India, 3G, 2G SIM 1 SIM 1 3G Bands: UMTS 1900 / 2100 / 850 / 900 MHz 2G Bands: GSM 1800 / 1900 / 850 / 900 MHz 3G Speed: HSDPA 42 Mbit/s ↓, HSUPA 11.5 Mbit/s ↑ GPRS: Available EDGE: Available 4G Bands: TD-LTE 2600[band 38] / 2300[band 40] / 2500[band 41] FD-LTE 2100[band 1] / 1800[band 3] / 2600[band 7] / 900[band 8] / 700[band 28] / 850[band 5] / 800[band 20] 3G Bands: UMTS 1900 / 2100 / 850 / 900 MHz 2G Bands: GSM 1800 / 1900 / 850 / 900 MHz 4G Speed: 50 Mbit/s ↑ 300 Mbit/s ↓ [LTE category 6] GPRS: Available EDGE: Available SIM 2 SIM 2 2G Bands: CDMA 800 MHz - SIM Size SIM Size SIM1: Nano, SIM2: Nano SIM1: Nano SIM Slot[s] SIM Slot[s] Dual SIM, GSM+CDMA Single SIM, GSM USB Connectivity USB Connectivity microUSB 2.0 microUSB 2.0 Wi-Fi Wi-Fi Yes, Wi-Fi 4 [802.11 b/g/n] Yes, Wi-Fi 5 [802.11 a/b/g/n/ac] 5GHz Wi-Fi Features Wi-Fi Features Mobile Hotspot Mobile Hotspot
Performance
Architecture Architecture 64 bit 64 bit CPU CPU Octa core, 1.3 GHz, Cortex A53 Octa core [1.8 GHz, Quad core, Cortex A72 + 1.4 GHz, Quad core, Cortex A53] Chipset Chipset MediaTek MT6753 Qualcomm Snapdragon 652 MSM8976 Graphics Graphics Mali-T720 MP3 Adreno 510 RAM type RAM Type DDR3 - Ram RAM 1.5 GB 3 GB
Sensors
Fingerprint Sensor Fingerprint Sensor No Yes Fingerprint Sensor Position Fingerprint Sensor Position - Front Other Sensors Other Sensors Light sensor, Proximity sensor, Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope Light sensor, Proximity sensor, Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope
Storage
Expandable Memory Expandable Memory Yes, Up to 2 TB Yes, Up to 2 TB Internal Memory Internal Memory 16 GB 32 GB User Available Storage User Available Storage - Up to 23 GB
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