Last month HTC
announced its latest blockchain phone dubbed the Exodus 1s and now the company
is bringing a more traditional entry-level device with the new Desire 19s. The
phone is already available HTC’s home market of Taiwan and will serve as a
successor to last year’s Desire 12s.
Upfront we have a
6.2-inch IPS display with an HD+ resolution and 19:9 aspect ratio. There is a
small waterdrop notch at the top for the 16MP selfie cam. Going around the
glass back the Desire 19s has a textured bottom half and glossy top. The top
left corner houses the triple camera setup which features a 13MP F/1.9 main
cam, a 5MP F/2.2 ultrawide unit and a 5MP depth helper.
Under the hood, the
phone brings the MediaTek Helio P22 chipset paired with 3GB RAM and 32GB
storage, which is expandable via microSD cards. The
Desire 19s boots Android 9 Pie with HTC’s Sense UI skin on top. The battery
comes in at 3850 mAh and supports 10W charging over the Type-C port. Other
extras include NFC and a headphone jack.
The HTC Desire 19s is
available in Free Blue and Yashi Black colors and goes for TWD 5,990 (US$ 195).
The phone is already on sale in Taiwan but there’s no word on international
availability yet.
