HTC Desire 530 Release Date, Price and Specs – CNET

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HTC first showed off its Desire 530 back in February at Mobile World Congress. Now, the 5-inch smartphone is coming to the US.

Like most of the company’s phones, the Desire 530 looks slick. It sports a trim 8.3mm profile and has a thin bezel on either side of its screen. On the back you’ll find what HTC calls a “multi splash” design — it looks like spots of paint on a blank canvas (which is much nicer than it sounds).

Available on T-Mobile and Verizon, the Desire is a phone for the budget conscious, with an unlocked version coming to HTC’s website “later this month” for $179.

For that price, you’ll get the following specs:

• 5-inch, 1,280×720-pixel resolution display
• Qualcomm Snapdragon 210
• 1.5GB of RAM
• 2,200 mAh battery
• 16GB of internal storage, up to 256GB of expandable storage

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On the back you’ll find an 8-megapixel camera, while the snapper on the front weighs in at 5 megapixels. That front camera comes with “Auto Selfie” and “Voice Selfie” features, which let you take selfies without pressing a button.

The Desire 530 will be available in three colors — Blue Lagoon, Sprinkle White and Stratus White.