HTC Desire 601 dual sim

  • Released 2013, December
    130g, 9.9mm thickness
    Android 4.2.2
    4GB 1GB RAM storage, microSD slot
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  • 4.5"
    540x960 pixels
  • 5MP
    1080p
  • 1GB RAM
  • 2100mAh
    Li-Po

HTC Desire 601 dual sim - Specs

Network Technology GSM / HSPA
2G bands GSM 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2
3G bands HSDPA 900 / 2100
Speed HSPA 21.1/5.76 Mbps
Launch Announced 2013, November. Released 2013, December
Status Discontinued
Body Dimensions 134.5 x 66.7 x 9.9 mm (5.30 x 2.63 x 0.39 in)
Weight 130 g (4.59 oz)
SIM Dual SIM (Micro-SIM, dual stand-by)
Display Type TFT capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
Size 4.5 inches, 55.8 cm2 (~62.2% screen-to-body ratio)
Resolution 540 x 960 pixels, 16:9 ratio (~245 ppi density)
Platform OS Android 4.2.2 (Jelly Bean)
CPU Quad-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A7
GPU Broadcom VideoCore IV
Memory Card slot microSD, up to 64 GB (dedicated slot)
Internal 4GB 1GB RAM
Main Camera Single 5 MP, 1/4", 1.4�m, AF
Features LED flash
Video 1080p@30fps
Selfie camera Single VGA
Video
Sound Loudspeaker Yes, with stereo speakers
3.5mm jack Yes
 Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic
Comms WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot, DLNA
Bluetooth 4.0, A2DP, aptX
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS
Radio FM radio
USB microUSB 2.0
Features Sensors Accelerometer, proximity
Battery   Removable Li-Po 2100 mAh battery
Stand-by Up to 440 h (3G)
Talk time Up to 12 h 50 min (3G)
Misc Colors Black, Red, White
SAR 1.12 W/kg (head)     0.47 W/kg (body)    
Price About 270 EUR

HTC Desire 601 dual sim - User Reviews

  • You should buy the 601 in the singe-Sim-Version. It is much more better than the dual-Sim-Version! Greets from Germany

  • hi. The HTC 601 Single Sim is much more better as dual Sim-Version! I use this phone since 3 years and it is still working perfect!

  • Features of this phone is far from the features of a smartphone. Got very bad touch capability. Poor sensitivity. Memory is worse than any other. Application crash very frequent. Only good thing is the battery charge.

  • Just terrible. Screen cracks from a foot and a half drop. Speed is terrible. And the camera is actually worse than you would think. It looks good because it's big.. no it's just terrible

  • Iam download 2gb ram and storage 16 gb

  • Iam download 2gb ram and storage 16 gb

  • Same problem like me..lenovo is better than this htc..

  • Same problem like me..lenovo is better than this htc..wtf

  • i cannot move the internal memory to SD card, 4 GB Internal memory is not enough for the download applications. i cannot download any movies or any apps. i am facing problems.

  • That's really the bad smartphone I ever bought.. the second SIM card doesn't work what shall I do for it ? Waiting for ur instructions.. that's my FB account :Benharkat Mabrouk many thanks

  • I am really disapointed with this phone. This is really so bad in this range so many mobile is good features and screen size is also dam good. Networking problem is too much. pls don't take this phone

  • why bought this?!this is for china operator and 601 single sim is world wide 601.if you work with amazing 601 will push this away.this is china and htc cut lots of 601 single and makes it for web browsing. most of people have issue with this especially 1th sim bcaz 1th originally is for data sim.

  • I have this phone and have to admit that it's utter crap

  • m not appreciated. Costly phone n not support other downloaded applications. I think purely failed model.

  • Bought HTC Desire 601 dualsim some few months back, and hoping to get something new from this....shit man..!!it sucks. im so dissapointed....low internal memory though it can move some apps to the sd card its of no use cuz the data files cant b moved, so whats the use of that. On top of that its a dual sim but when u insert both ur sim the network gets weak and Yes the music player doesnt have an equilazer!!! Plus its running android 4.2.2 only. bt yaa...the camera is quite good, im impressed so im still using it. bt I spend 24k for this and the spects r so very dissapointing. atleast what they could do is upgrade it to kitkat. 4 such an expensive cell the spects are so downgrade except for the camera bt then again, the camera has pixel & colour problems. Needs a major Upgrade.

  • Storage problem even I have 16 gb sd card what to do with

  • If it comes with 8GB to 16GB internal memory then i will go for it.. Most of the htc smartphone comes with high price and low internal memory and low features..

  • Any good dual sim smart phone of any brand name?? I am tired of searching every one has some problem with dual sim smartphone.

  • I can't download big file for storage problem but I have 16 gb sd card

  • Send to service centre ,me to face the same problem ,htc comes with problem

  • I can't get the second slot to work - can anyone help

  • pros: Looks good (front side looks like HTC ONE, back side looks like HTC ONE X) loud stereo speaker (no beats isn't a big deal) dual sim (dual standby) fast camera good front camera (wide angle and does a countdown prior shooting when taking selfie) removable battery Sense UI is minimalist cons: CPU a little slow sometimes 4G storage space cannot hold too many apps (some apps cannot be move entirely to SD) No Gorilla glass at the front Pricey for the specs Back cover can get loose sometimes

  • GPU is adreno 305 or Broadcom VideoCore IV??? cpu 1.4 or 1.2???

  • I bought this phone 23-06-2014. After starting to using this phone I am very much disappointed with it. Duel SIM does not work as good as other normal china phone. Before that I used lots of Samsung, Symphony & Micro-max phones, but this one is very much hurt me. I spent 21k for this phone, total money is goes under water. Its networking is very very very bad. Duel sim does not work properly. Play Wonder Zoo game in it but its display does not work nicely. Some picture in the game can not seen and some time hang. It is very horribly. But sound quality is good. Blink-feed option on it is nice. If u consider the above matter then go for it otherwise don't buy this phone. Please-please-please ...........

  • I bought a 601 htc on 6th April 2014 from Dibrugarh. Its service is very slow and facing lots of problems.

  • I have newly bought a HTC desire 601 and the power and quality of it's speakers was the first thing that I payed attention to.It was really great.I think HTC can be your best choice.

  • Which phone is better in View of battery and music Sony Xperia M2, Moto X or HTC Desir 601??

  • I ca not download movie and save it to memory... So weird

  • Can not download movie because i can't use sd card for storage. I also updated the storage to sd all..

  • Very impressive. Hope someday to have a side camera.... Especially for that secret photo....

  • Htc

  • hi,I WANT BUY this phone,please help me.

  • want to buy a phone with good specification but confused between htc 601dual sim and sony xperia SP any suggestions guys?

  • A vry nic phone front cam is vry gud as well as main camera system is vry fast speakers quality is also realy gud i love the phone

  • hiii friends i want u buy this desire 601 can u tell me single is good or dual sim ......

  • please can anyone tell me that it has cdma gsm dual sim

  • App and game can be moved in sb card.but some app are not like whats app google play.

  • It mo.protection gorila glas tes or no

  • Ya same prblm.....

  • yeah they can also be stored in a memory card but also a small memory of the app is stored in the phones memory so i agree with you that 4gb indeed is abit too small

  • I dont understand why everyone like this one. I recently posted something here about this HTC DESIRE for some reason cannot find my post to know what people's reply are. Anyways got this phone sometime on Dec, used it for a while until and I actually like it, until it start freezing on me, have to touch a couple of times before it actually goes to the right place where I want it to go. Then try to get help in the store where I got this. No help there didn't believe me either. Called HTC support, guy made me check all the stupid app I dont need, then told me to used it the whole day and see what happenes. Well by the end of the day still same thing WIFI was even slower. Can't be my wifi, I have 2 computer on it. and It is no problem. So I called HTC again and first time I told the guy was I do not want to loose what I have already in my phone, well after being so rude and sarcastic to me, bcos I could not hear him properly, and after telling him from the very beginning that I dont want to loose what I have on my phone guess what??? By the end of that conversation he told me to save everything I have because his going to wife out my phone. WTH??? Didn't I just said in the beginning what I dont want him to do? So make the long story short, I brought it back to the store where I got it, guy said 10 business days, guess what? They had my phone for more than 3 weeks, more than 15 business days. When I got it back all they did was wife everything out and reformat my phone. Now when I set up my phone, stupid phone does not have a touch tone sound. What kind of phone is this? I called HTC again and they told me to call tomorrow and see what happens bcos technical support is already close. What the heck! Anyone else having this problem? This one is acting up when it wants to and HTC refused to believe that there is something wrong with their stupid phone. What kind of company cant fix their own phone???

  • Phone memory only 4GB. Operating system can take major space. So, its seems to me remaining space are not enough for installing various apps. My question is 'Are apps can stored in Micro SD card? My another question about the quality of front camera. I would request this phone users to respond.

  • only great

  • Broadcom JAVA quad-core 1.2ghz (corrected)

  • Broadcom JAVA quad-core 1.4ghz

  • it has brodcom processor...

  • How fine the front facing working? I mean the quality of front camera.

  • Hello my frnd am using this phone..... it is awesome ...u can't have looks like this phone in grand 2 or any other Samsung phone ......n it is very handy.....!!!

  • full active or not???

  • full active or not???

  • is it has quallom processor or mediatek or else? plz reply fast. and whats the qualityof front facing camera?

  • the phone is so nice i bought last week the problem is enternal memory 4GB with application remain memory is 1GB too short otherwise no any problem

  • Internl memory 1.38gb asphlt8 1.5gb how to download

  • I have been using this phone for 3 weeks....played asphalt and all high end games smoothly...no lag...fast browsing...AWESOME..speakers...no im not joking...they are really good...good screen...and very good 5mp camera...almost a decent 8 mp cam...no quality issues...not ULTRA sharp images but more than satisfactory...good photos...no prblm in dual sim function...i recieve calls..messages...no prblm at all...works very well...except a slight hiccup...very rare but...awesome looks..matte finish...premium finish...looks classy and better than most phones especially samsung...very very very capable midranger.........never any prblm..thanks HTC ...Adios my frnds...

  • Nice phone but internl memry 4gb

  • You are right friend..desire 501 hav 8 mp camera and 8 gb internal memory also less price

  • 601 is not a bad phone...but u can't expect much from it...u can buy lumia if u like windows phone.....or any other samsung phone with 4.5 screen... The two worst thing abt this phone is 1.internal memory 2.camera And also u cannot record 1080p videos in this phone...the single sim version is better but i couldn't find it in market....or u can buy desire 501 if u don't want sense5ui

  • Thanx for reply bro.. Glaxy grand 2 is very gud phon in this price.. But i want to buy 4.3 or 4.5 inch display phone.. What ur opnion frnd ?

  • Call quality was ok.....no lag in phone whatsoever....but internal memory is only 1gb usable....i played only candy crush and temple run 2....no problem there.. I'll suggest u buy samsung grand 3....if u r not an htc fan.....

  • How is call quaility of this phon and how is game experians ??

  • android 4.1.2 without any hope to update to 4.2,4.3,4.4.....

  • I bought this phone 2 days ago...and the speaker is pure s#@t....there is no boom in 'boomsound'.....maybe it's just my phone's problem....it sounds like a rs.5000 chinese mobile..... apart from that camera is also not good....in low light especially..... the only think i like is 'blink feed'....but that is also not a deal breaker.....but battery is good.... so is it only me with the speaker issue??

  • Hi Guys,I want to buy this phone, HTC 601. I've heard in youtube review that it has problem with the baic function, i,e, speaker is not good enough which makes problem to receive message on the other end. I know you guys out here have used this phone. Can u please confirm and advice.

  • Does it support 4g network?? Pls reply as i am in a hurry to buy this phone

  • Price is very high than other and only 5 mp cemara.....

  • dual sim both are active and not standby..

  • internal memory is very less....its abt 800mb usable....

  • camera is 5 mp but clarity is very good and after sale service also good.....

  • Must you use a phone, till it hangs. get a pc my friend

  • it has come with 4.2 os

  • I heard dat it comes with android 4.3 out of box..is it true??and htc is giving only 5mp cam..clarity of cam is admirable???????

  • It never hangs!.. That means u r nt using it in full flow, I have used this phone and it hangs every now n then..even after the replacement from the company it suffered the same problem....

  • Thanks, but I would like to know the 601's dual mode type.

  • im using Desire 600, it is dual active and qHD display..

  • Is it dual active or stand-by? There is no info about it.

  • i m planning to buy htc desire 601 dual next week...what about screen...is it scratch resistant..??

  • Use cleanmaster for that.

  • A verygood phone .....excellent processor NEVER HANGS :-). Good battery back up lasts for 1 and a half day without net usage .....lasts for a day approx with net usage ........

  • Nope

  • Can we store apps on the microSD card on this phone.

  • I'm the owner of Desire 600DS model. From my POV, that is true jewel. I replaced two much more expensive phones with it. When 601DS announced I was expecting to get even better phone, but instead almost similar one with no Beats and reduced memory appeared. Even design is much worse IMO. I'm highly upset and curious, why HTC had to produce this?

  • Is it dual active or stand-by? Thanks!

  • xperia SP

  • I purchased HTC 601 dual sim before 1 week.It comes with quad core processor,1GB Ram,4GB internamemory, its a amazing phone i ever used,processing speed is much better than samsung phones, no hanging problem, good battery backup,and UI is appsense 5 which makes the phone really good and if we talk about sound quality is clear good amplified sound.The only thing which disappoints you is 5MP camera,if we compare with other phones as samsung in this price range.we can easily get 8 MP of camera.Anyways its a superb phone, go for it.Thumbs up for desire 601.

  • HTC 601 or dual sim which is better.....

  • Guys plzzz help me should i go for htc 601 dual sim or xperia sp??

  • Update: It has Broadcom BCM23550, Quad-core, 1.2GHz CPU, 4GB internal memory, No LTE. From htc India website..

  • You are not right (write) you are wrong. LOL

  • its very nice phone as compare samsung we all geting bored samsung all models r Same and hanging prob also thanx HTC

  • its very nice phone as compare samsung we all geting bored samsung all models r Same and hanging prob also thanx HTC

  • why r gsmarena guys sayin dt its a quad core...when its actually a Dual-Core 1.4 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 400. plus htc sense .isss damn heavy. i prefer sony xperia sp over dis one.

  • you can download and use camera 360 app for more experience..

  • Can we upgrade the camera on google play too?

  • India got the dual sim version but specification same as single sim version like qualcomm 1.4GHz dual core, 8GB internal and LTE. Acording to htc india. Price- 24k (US $395)

  • NEW DELHI: HTC has introduced three new mid-range smartphones, the Desire 700, Desire 601 and Desire 501 expanding its Desire product line. The Desire 700 will be available at a price point of Rs 33,050, while the Desire 601 has been priced at Rs 24,190. The Desire 501 will be available at Rs 16,890.

  • Hi,friends.For those who want to choose!This phone low mid range phone is exactly the same as sony m duas and samsung s duas except in size qhd 4.5 inches 960-540 and more wifis!Nothing more about it to say!I hope the price is affordable to have power of competition with those said phones!?I hope betteraffordable htc quality phones+thanks gsm!

  • this mobile phone is right but very low and lower than sumsong products.

  • good bye htc

  • HTC just gets more and more disappointing. .. time to move to Samsung... This company is about die.

  • you are right No audio beat headfone with this phone very sad.. In this price range sad for music lovers

  • No audio beat headfone even nokia windows phone are coming with Dolby headfone sound enhencement & with LCD display plus gorilla glass protection.. In this much price htc making fool to his customers.

  • You can download a document editor from google play.

  • Guys, no smartphone now have maked without GPU. Its specification same as Single sim version except 4G, Duel Sim. CPU, Internal Memory. It contains Adreno 305. Updates will be soon...

  • Lithium-Polymer batteries are actually Lithium-Ion Polymer and perform similarly to Lithium-Ion batteries. The advantage however of Li-Polymer batteries is that they can be made much thinner. And it is a advance technology than Lithium-Ion... Be happy with it..

  • No document editor & front camera is VGA ... overall its an Entry level phone only.. Look at the price of the phone its too much than it deserves.

  • Don't do suggestions I know what to do

  • dual core phone with no GPU & with 4 GB internal memory & Li-Po battery instead of Li-Ion battery.. Cost is high too much for this... we can buy Galaxy S3 in this budget powerful device than this.

  • hey guys there is no GPU in this phone ... Li-Po battery is there dont know why when we all know that Li-Ion battery are better in technology in all aspect than Li-Po battery.

  • bunty ur write.....

  • do you even know the differences between lcd and tft ?/ LoL

  • why htc is providing TFT sceen .. why not LCD display at this much cost ?? its not fair

  • nice handset ...

  • no beats audio ??

  • Nice move HTC, keep the good model and boom sound speaker and put in various specs. Just follow Samsung, a bit different spec for new type and you will live, and don't be overprice, you're not Apple.