Aloysius Low is a Senior Editor at CNET covering mobile and Asia. Based in Singapore, he loves playing Dota 2 when he can spare the time and is also the owner-minion of two adorable cats. Meant to be ...

While there's lots of action in the high-rent district of phablet town, HTC is looking to sneak in and grab a slice of the mid-priced pie. But is a device that borrows the best from smartphone and ...

Where the One M8 features a nicely curved metal body, the Desire 816 takes the form of a flat plastic slab with rounded corners. What's more, unlike the One X and the more recent E8, there's no fancy ...

We might finally be getting the HTC Desire 816 here in the U.S. in the form of a Sprint variant. A device that looks like the Desire 816 passed through the FCC recently with CDMA radios and support ...

HTC has joined the mid-range “phablet” fray with the Desire 816, a big phone-tablet crossover that costs only $300 with no contract. It’s the company’s first attempt at a low-cost, large-screen phone ...

Britta is the former Deputy Editor of Pocket-lint and has covered the consumer technology industry since 2012. Her specialties include smartphones, smart home, speakers, and wearables. The design is ...

HTC's new mid-range Android smartphone offers big-screen thrills for a bargain price. Find out if its worth your wonga in our HTC Desire 816 review Make no mistake, this is a big blower. Its ...

The Virgin Mobile Supreme is a fine smartphone, but at 5 inches, it barely qualifies as a phablet by today's standards. Virgin Mobile subscribers looking for a bit more screen should turn their ...

Let's face it, HTC builds some nice looking devices and the mid-range HTC Desire 816 is no exception. The HTC Desire 816 has 5.5-inch HD Super LCD2 Display that translates into a 1280 x 720 resolution ...

The HTC Desire 816 has a 13MP camera. Instead of a low-resolution UltraPixel sensor HTC went with a more traditional BSI sensor with a 28mm lens (in 35mm equivalent) and f/2.2 aperture. It's a 4:3 ...

From behind, the Desire 816's glossy plastic and rounded edges are reminiscent of the Apple iPhone 5c ( at Amazon), while the front resembles HTC's One line with embedded BoomSound speakers on the top ...