Among the glut of phones at MWC 2014, HTC revealed what it is calling its 'flagship mid-range' device, the HTC Desire 816.
We knew that HTC wouldn't be offering up information on its successor to the HTC One - you have to wait until 25 March for that - but what we did get from HTC was a decent mid-range device that comes equipped with some rather impressive specs.
This Android-toting phone has been given a sizeable 5.5-inch display, weighs in at 165g and has the following dimensions: 156.6 x 78.7 x 7.99 mm.
Looks-wise, it isn't a million miles away from the HTC One – making this a desirable handset for those who don't want to go full-on premium on their phone purchase.
The HTC 816 is powered by a quad-core 1.6GHz Snapdragon 400 chip, has 8GB of storage and is equipped with 1.5GB of RAM. If 8GB isn't capacious enough for you then don't panic as you expand up to 64GB more when you make use of the microSD card slot.
There's NFC on board, as well as DLNA connectivity, Bluetooth 4.0, Wi-Fi and the all-important 4G/LTE functionality.
Decent battery
Battery life on the HTC Desire 816 is decent too – on-board is a 2600mAH battery which means you will have lots of juice to pump music through the dual-front speakers on the device. These, as with other HTC handsets, come complete with HTC Boomsound.
When it comes to the camera, there's a 13MP sensor on the back as well as a 5MP front camera and 1080p video recording capabilities.
If that wasn't enough, HTC revealed that it also has another handset coming out. Called the HTC Desire 610, this is a mid-range handset that also comes with a quad-core processor and 4G but the rest of the specs have been toned down – especially when compared to the Desire 816.
There is 1GB RAM on board, an 8MP camera, 720p recording and 1.3MP front camera. You still get the dual speakers and HTC Boomsound, though so all is not lost.
The HTC Desire 816 release date globally is April, while the HTC Desire 610 will be available across Europe from May.
Samsung's getting ready to unpack the Galaxy S5 over at MWC 2014, and we'll be live at its press shindig to bring you all the juicy details as they break.
It's not getting its own all-singing all-dancing launch away from the bright lights of MWC, but does that mean we're in for a disappointing S5?
Will we see that long-rumoured fingerprint scanner? Has Samsung done away with the plastic casing and gone all-metal for the first time?
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WhatsApp is adding voice calling to its popular instant messaging app, with iOS and Android the first two OSes to get the new features.
At WhatsApp's MWC press conference, CEO Jan Koum said that some BlackBerry and Nokia phones will be next in line for the voice messaging update, although the company didn't give any idea of exactly when we can expect it to land beyond "Q2" - that's April to June.
When is an Android not an Android? When it's filled to bursting with Microsoft's bits and pieces.
The Nokia X is the Finnish brand's big effort to make greater waves into the low, low end of the smartphone market – and it's enlisted the help of Android to make that happen.
The Nokia X is a phone that comes with a fairly decent spec list for a phone that's coming in at €89 before tax (around £75, $120, AU$135) – we're talking a dual-core 1GHz processor from Qualcomm, 512MB of RAM, a 4-inch WVGA screen and a 1500mAh screen.
However, it's important not to compare to this to the likes of the Moto G, as it's not meant for the more developed regions in terms of smartphone use. This is for areas where Android devices are sold at a much lower average price, but still can do the basic things that others can.
With that in mind, the Nokia X is probably a little better than OK in terms of impressing. The polycarbonate body is fairly chunky, but in the hand it dovetails well with the smaller screen, as it would be hard to hold something that small and thin.
The screen doesn't seem to suffer either – the contrast is strong, helped by the smorgasbord of colour on offer from the live tiles.
There's not a lot else on offer here in terms of ports or anything – the mandatory headphone jack and camera (which is only a 3MP option with no flash) are the only other items in a sea of matte plastic.
But this isn't meant to be a phone that's all about design – the Nokia X is supposed to offer a differentiated user experience from the rest of the identikit Android phones on the market.
To that end, I actually rather liked what Finland's top Microsoft subsidiary is doing – there's a nice fusion of Android familiarity and Windows Phone functionality.
The live tiles idea is really cool – it's essentially just a clever way of doing Android widgets, but while other launchers try and make things look too complex, Nokia is doing things its own way and making it all seem a lot cooler.
For instance, there's no 'Apps' key that shows all the little bits of software you've downloaded – now it's all in one long list that just endlessly scroll. To that end, it can get a bit messy, so Nokia's method of creating folders is needed and something that wasn't possible on Windows Phone.
It's nothing special, and like other brands you can't just drag and drop to create a folder, instead needing to tap an icon. But at least dragging the live tile icons for each app will allow you to move the order around automatically, and some (such as the gallery) will allow you to expand to show pictures in your album.
There's even the chance to change the colour of some apps to match your theme – although the fact you can't do all of them means this feature is slightly negated.
The other big change is Nokia's Fast Lane – it's an odd change from the notifications bar, as it's essentially the same thing but one long scrolling that can be accessed by swiping right or left.
It's cool in some respects as it allows you to dynamically control things like the music player from within, and always keeps your most-used apps close at hand. However, there is still the same pull-down bar as on other Android handsets here, but it's only for changing settings.
Come on Nokia, you don't have to change EVERYTHING.
The dual core processor seems perfectly able to handle all the tasks with relative aplomb – it stuttered a fair bit when opening some apps, and on the demo the mapping application didn't like rendering the 3D images at speed, but on the whole it was OK.
Then again, it feels like this should be a little cheaper as a device once you've dug a little more into it.
The Nokia X only features 4GB of on board storage, and no microSD card expansion (unlike the Nokia X+, which has that option and 768MB of RAM to speed things up a little) which is a real worry when it comes to trying to add in media as well as downloading apps – there's not a lot of room for much else.
Nokia has been very careful to remove everything from Google here and make it all about Microsoft – there are lots of similarities between the UI on show here and with Windows Phone.
OneDrive is front and centre, and with 10GB of storage on offer that might seem enticing for those stuck using Android phones with no access to Google's Drive.
However, there does seem to be a feeling this is forced into the phone – part of me keeps wishing that Nokia has just done this before signing its life to Microsoft, as this could have been a really good addition to the Android game.
Early verdict
The Nokia X is a hard phone to work out – on the one hand, it's a super cheap handset and as such has the budget specs you'd expect.
On the other, it seems to be not much better than the Lumia 520, which is a Windows Phone handset and supposed to sit above it in the product line – on current prices, it's also cheaper.
There are some worries here even for the developing nations: that 4GB of storage could get eaten up quickly, and while Nokia is touting the ability to add third party apps through other stores, new phones can live and die by app availability and that could kill the Nokia Android project.
The Nokia X is constructed well enough, has a interesting new UI and is breaking new ground – but as a new phone, it seems a bit expensive for what's on offer.
If you thought Nokia was going to stop at two Android phones, you were wrong: enter the Nokia XL, a 5-inch Android-based phablet.
Specs are a bit sparse at the moment, but we do know there's a 5MP camera with flash and auto-focus, and a 2MP front-facing camera. That 5-inch screen is a WVGA affair, too.
Like all the Android-based Nokia X range, the XL comes without Google's Cloud services - instead, it focuses on Nokia and Microsoft's services (as you'd expect from a company in the process of being bought by the Windows-maker).
