HTC Desire 12+ with 6-inch full-screen display, Snapdragon 450, dual rear cameras, Android 8.0 and Desire 12 announced


HTC just announced Desire 12 and Desire 12+ smartphones in the Desire series. These have a 5.5-inch and 6-inch HD+ full-screen displays, and the similarity ends there. The Desire 12 is powered by a MediaTek MT6739 SoC with up to 3GB RAM, runs Android Nougat, has a 13-megapixel rear camera and a 5-megapixel front camera. 

The Desire 12+ is powered by Snapdragon 450 with 3GB RAM, runs Android Oreo, has a 13-megapixel rear camera along with a 2-megapixel secondary camera to capture depth information for portrait shots and an 8-megapixel front camera with LED flash. It also has a fingerprint sensor on the back.  Both the phones feature a liquid-surface design with a glossy back.

HTC Desire 12 specifications

  • 5.5-inch (1440 × 720 pixels) HD+ 18:9 2.5D curved glass display
  • 1.5GHz Quad-Core MediaTek MT6739 64-bit processor with PowerVR Rogue GE8100 GPU
  • 2GB RAM with 16GB storage, 3GB RAM with 32GB storage, expandable memory up to 2TB
  • Android 7.0 (Nougat) with HTC Sense UI
  • Dual SIM
  • 13MP rear camera with LED Flash, f/2.2 aperture, PDAF, BSI sensor, 1080p video recording
  • 5MP front-facing camera with f/2.4 aperture
  • Dimensions: 148.5 x 70.8 x 8.2 mm; Weight: 137g
  • 4G VoLTE, Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n (2.4 & 5 GHz), Bluetooth 4.2, GPS + GLONASS
  • 2730mAh battery

HTC Desire 12+ specifications

  • 6-inch (1440 × 720 pixels) HD+ 18:9 2.5D curved glass display
  • 1.8GHz Octa-Core Snapdragon 450 14nm Mobile Platform with Adreno 506 GPU
  • 3GB RAM, 32GB storage, expandable memory up to 2TB
  • Android 8.0 (Oreo) with HTC Sense UI
  • Dual SIM
  • 13MP rear camera with LED Flash, f/2.2 aperture, PDAF, BSI sensor, secondary 2MP camera, 1080p video recording
  • 8MP front-facing camera with f/2.0 aperture, BSI sensor, LED flash
  • Fingerprint sensor
  • Dimensions: 158.2 x 76.6 x 8.4 mm; Weight: 157.5g
  • 4G VoLTE, Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n (2.4 & 5 GHz), Bluetooth 4.2, GPS + GLONASS
  • 2965mAh battery

The HTC Desire 12 and Desire 12+ come in Black, Silver, Purple and Gold colors, are priced at 200 Euros (US$ 246 / Rs. 16,055 approx.) and for 250 Euros (US$ 307 / Rs. 20,070 approx.), respectively and will go on sale in Europe starting from April.


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