First glimpse of HTC Desire 10 Pro and HTC 10 Evo
HTC has revealed the price and availability details of the Desire 10 Pro but not the HTC 10 Evo. At the launch event on Thursday, HTC South Asia President Faisal Siddiqui confirmed that the company is not thinking of giving way to Chinese companies in the low-cost segment. Instead, Siddiqui said HTC plans to compete in segments where the company’s products are more popular. We got a chance to spend some time with these new devices and here’s what they look like at first glance.
The design of HTC Desire 10 Pro is its biggest feature. Its design looks unique with matte finish body and metallic gold. From a distance, Desire 10 Pro looks like any other Desire smartphone but when held in hand, its feel is different. This phone will be available in Valentine Lux, Stone Black, Royal Blue and Polar White color variants.
HTC Desire 10 Pro has a 5.5 inch screen but despite this, its grip is very good in the hand. The phone has capacitive navigation buttons, a front camera and other sensors on the front. There are power and volume buttons on the right side while on the left side there are dual nano SIM and a microSD card slot. With a thickness of 7.8mm, the Desire 10 Pro is slim enough for everyday use and it weighs 165 grams. Some people may find it heavy.
The 5.5-inch Full HD display on the HTC Desire 10 Pro is bright and looks good. The phone could be read well even in direct sunlight while the viewing angle was also good. Corning Gorilla Glass has been provided for protection from scratches. Desire 10 Pro has BoomSound stereo speakers, making this phone great for multimedia use. In the short time we spent with the device, we liked the sound it provided from its speakers in a small room.
HTC Desire 10 Pro runs on Android 6.0 Marshmallow with HTC’s Sense UI on top. The company has definitely streamlined its skin and it feels quite light. There is a 3000 mAh battery to provide power to the phone. This phone has a 1.8 GHz octa-core MediaTek Helio P10 processor. HTC has introduced 4 GB RAM and 64 GB storage variant of this phone in India. Whereas the 3 GB RAM and 32 GB storage variant introduced in other markets will not be available in India. The expandable storage in the phone can be increased up to 2 TB via microSD card.
Talking about the front camera, this phone has a 20-megapixel rear camera with laser autofocus, a BSI sensor, aperture F/2.2 and auto HDR mode. Along with all these features, a selfie panorama mode is provided in the selfie camera. Shots taken indoors turned out quite well and detailing and colors also looked good. Due to the event, we could not test the camera modes of HTC Desire 10 Pro and 10 Evo smartphones. But we will tell you about that in the upcoming full review of the phone.
Talking about HTC 10 Evo, this phone looks quite good and premium. This phone is made of full metal unibody and it looks similar to HTC 10. Some changes have been made in the phone in the form of front camera, sensor and LED flash. Like the HTC 10, the Evo has a fingerprint sensor integrated into the home button. This is HTC’s first phone which does not have a headphone jack and comes with USB Type C headphones.
The HTC 10 Evo feels stable in the hand. With IP57 rating, this phone is water, splash and dust resistant. The phone has Corning Gorilla Glass on the screen. An HTC executive at the event claimed that the HTC 10 Evo has been tested in many different scratch, drop and other conditions. Weighing in at 174 grams, the HTC 10 Evo is definitely heavier than the HTC 10 at 161 grams. The new phone is 8 mm thinner.
This phone has a 5.5 inch Quad Super LCD 3 display which is the biggest feature of this phone. We observed that the display of the phone is quite bright and has good black level. The text in the phone is sharp and crisp. Watching videos and playing games on the 10 Evo feels great.
HTC 10 Evo will be the company’s first Android smartphone to be launched in India. We couldn’t test all the features of the new Nougat in the Evo. But we did see a new quick setting. Apart from this, the Settings app has also been completely redesigned and all the top-level sections appear like a menu which you can access by swiping right or tapping on the icon. It has to be seen that HTC has not removed all the features of Android Nougat as well as its Sense UI feature. Like other smartphones running Nougat, the HTC 10 Evo also comes with free storage for storing photos on Google Photos. Whereas Google Duo video calling app comes pre-installed.
HTC 10 Evo has a 16-megapixel rear camera which is equipped with features like OIS, 4K video recording and PDAF. This phone has an 8 megapixel camera. The phone also has an 8 megapixel front camera which supports screen flash. When using the 10 Evo’s camera, focus locks quickly. Photos taken in artificial light came out quite good and photos taken in low light came out with good detailing. The 8 megapixel front camera also produces good selfies.
The most surprising thing about HTC 10 Evo is its processor. Due to the old Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 processor, the problem of heating was seen in many smartphones. HTC 10 Evo has 3 GB RAM, 32 GB inbuilt storage which can be expanded up to 2 TB via microSD card. The phone has a 3200 mAh battery.
From the time we spent with the HTC Desire 10 Pro and HTC 10 Evo, we liked both the smartphones for multitasking. Stay connected with us for a detailed review of both these smartphones.
last thoughts
HTC Desire 10 Pro is priced at Rs 26,490 and will be available across the country from December 15. With this price, it will compete with OnePlus 3, Asus Zenfone 3 and Huawei Honor 8 smartphones. The price of all these smartphones is approximately around this. But HTC has not yet revealed the price of HTC 10 Evo. But we feel that its price will decide the future of this product in the market. This phone has about two years old Snapdragon 810 processor, so a lot will depend on the price.
