HTC Desire 501

Hi , I personally believe this is a great phone in the given price tag.., however der r ppl around who alleges issues with Screen and stuff and some went to an extent claiming it was recalled by HTC.nnThe following are the email communication took place directly with HTC in this regard and hopefully could be of use to many here. I always appreciate genuine reviews as its a biggest tool a User uses before making purchases.nnFrom HTC ( Email Communication)nnDear Amit Sinha,nnThank you for contacting HTC support.nnAs per your email, we understand that you want answers for the questions mentioned below:n1. HTC Desire 501 will get Kitkat update?n2. Whether radio is available on this phone?n3. Warranty if purchased online?n4. Whether product was recalled because of display issue?nnWe value the importance of your concern.nnFor Kitkat update, we would like to inform you that as of now, we are not able to commit on the 4.4 Kitkat update for HTC Desire 501 as we are yet to receive an official confirmation for the same. When the update for HTC Desire 501 will be released you will get the notification on your phone, once it is connected to the Internet.nnWe would appreciate, if you would visit our website XXX regularly as we would also update the details for any latest updates for the handsets.nnYou can also check the latest updates for HTC handset on our facebook page: XXXnnFurther, we would like to inform you that radio is available for this phone. HTC provides 12months warranty starting from the date of purchase for handsets manufactured for India even though purchased from online store but it should be manufactured for India. If the phone is manufactured for other country there is limited support and you need to pay charges to get the handset repaired.nnNote: We recommend our customers to purchase the handset from the retailer.nnWith regards to your last query, we would like to inform you that there is no such issue with display and product was not recalled by HTC.nnWe value your time and patience.nnThank you for using HTC Customer Service.nnPlease help us improve by taking a quick survey on your experience using HTC Customer Service.nnGet StartednnThank you very much for your time.nnSincerely,nnPoojannHTCnnnDate : 13/02/2014- I received a call today from HTC and spoke with their Technical department who confirmed today that this phone has AGPS along with Glonass.nnFurthermore, they also informed they would be updating the Status as presently available on HTC website from Coming soon to "Available".

Hi I am DINESH NS form Chennai , Tamil NadunI have ordered this phone last week got it in my hands after 3 days. Awesome delivery by Flipcart. The seller is phone leo worst packing as just it was packed on an box and the mobile box is rolled inside the bubble wrap. An cover with thermacol will be better as the product is shipped from long distance. Pleas improve it guysnnAbout the product.nThe look is Awesome and HTC sense 4+ is great as it can be updated ( i have updated) . The processor is damn fast running 4 -5 applications on a same time with no lags. The internal memory is 16 GB is which user can avail 12.3 GB !!! :) :).... The camera is nice as 8MP with autofous and low light capturing is so great. In this price range form an big brand is grt.. The front camera is 2.1 Megapixel wow..it was face dedution on it .. I have done an skype call its grt.. The clarity is same as HP Laptop HD webcam.nnbeats Audio :) :) nWow...its like in cinema hall when beats audio is on. grt grt.....guys sure it was awesome to the core. nnbattery :nThe charging takes an long time nearly 2-3 hrs fa full charge. But it long lasts..!!nI was having 95% of charge on mrng 9 am. I have used WIFI , heared songs , Snapped 40 - 50 snaps with full flash use 3G , whatsapp , BBM , Wechat . At ngt 11pm there was still 25 % of charge ...grtt ... HTC u have done awesome.nnThis was my review for HTC .nI have reduced one star for packaging.