HTC Desire 310 with 4.5-inch display, quad-core MediaTek processor announced

HTC has announced the Desire 310, the company’s latest smartphone in the Desire series. It has a 4.5-inch (854 x 480 pixels) capacitive touch screen display, powered by a 1.3 GHz Quad-core Mediatek MT6582M processor and runs on Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean). It has a 5-megapixel rear camera without flash and a 0.3-megapixel front-facing camera.  It also comes with dual SIM support with dual standby and has HTC BlinkFeed home screen .

Rear shells of a mysterious HTC smartphone appeared online recently, which is rumored to be powered by a Octa-Core MediaTek processor, but this phone already has a quad-core chip from MediaTek for the first time. The company’s current mid-range Desire segment uses Snapdragon processors. Will HTC switch to MediaTek for their future Desire phones? Only time will tell.

HTC Desire 310 Specifications

• 4.5-inch (854 x 480 pixels) touch screen IPS display
• 1.3 GHz Quad-core Mediatek MT6582M processor
• Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean)
• Dual SIM support
• 5MP rear camera with 1080p Full HD video recording
• 0.3MP front-facing camera
• 11.25 mm thick and weighs 140 grams
• 3.5mm audio jack
• 512MB RAM, 4GB internal memory, 32GB expandable memory with MicroSD
• 3G (HSDPA: 21 Mbps, HSUPA: 5.76 Mbps), WiFi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.0 with aptX, GPS, MHL
• 2000 mAh battery

The HTC Desire 310 comes in Black and White colors, but no word on pricing or availability yet.