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Just ahead of IFA in Berlin, HTC is dropping news of two new phones and a speaker accessory. The two new phones are the Desire 601 and 301, which round out the midrange tiers of HTC's 2013 smartphone portfolio, and a "vivid blue" variant of the HTC One and One mini. Finally HTC is announcing a new accessory dubbed BoomBass which accompanies the HTC BoomSound experience with lows that the HTC One's dual front facing speakers can't quite produce.&nbsp;</p>
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Desire 601</p>
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The first is the Desire 601 which looks it takes industrial design cues from something of a cross between the HTC One S and One X. The 601 looks to include relatively modest specs, and includes a 4.5-inch qHD display, 1.4 GHz Snapdragon 400 (MSM8930) SoC, and 5 MP rear facing camera with aperture and focal length that mirror the One system from the previous year's lineup. The 601 also continues the use of stereo front-facing speakers.&nbsp;</p>
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Desire 300</p>
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The Desire 300 is a rung below the 601, with an older Snapdragon S4 SoC&nbsp;(maybe MSM8x27) at 1.0 GHz and 4.3 inch WVGA display. Camera moves down to 5 MP with F/2.8 aperture and 34mm equivalent (35mm equiv) focal length.&nbsp;</p>
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HTC Desire 601</td>
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HTC Desire 300</td>
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SoC</td>
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1.4 GHz Snapdragon 400 (MSM8930)</td>
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1 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon S4</td>
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Display</td>
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4.5-inch qHD</td>
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4.3 inch WVGA</td>
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RAM</td>
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1 GB LPDDR2</td>
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512 MB</td>
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WiFi</td>
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802.11b/g/n</td>
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802.11b/g/n</td>
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Storage</td>
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8 GB, microSD Expansion (up to 64 GB)</td>
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4 GB, microSD Expansion (64GB)</td>
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I/O</td>
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3.5mm headphone, microUSB</td>
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3.5 mm headphone, microUSB</td>
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OS</td>
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Android with HTC Sense (4.2.2)</td>
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Android with HTC Sense (4.1.2)</td>
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Battery</td>
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2100 mAh</td>
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1650 mAh</td>
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134.5 x 66.7 x 9.88mm, 140g</p>
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131.78 x 66.23 x 10.12mm, 120g</td>
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Camera</td>
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5 MP rear facing, 1.4&micro;m pixels, 1/4" size, F/2.0, 28mm</td>
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5 MP rear facing, F/2.8, 34 mm</td>
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? October 2013</td>
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? October 2013</td>
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The HTC Desire 601 runs Android 4.2.2, the Desire 300 runs Android 4.1.2 probably because of the older SoC inside. I've made a table based on the specifications that HTC has made public for the two new devices. Availability is given as being in October 2013, with no specific word on pricing.</p>
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Next up is a bluetooth accessory for HTC phones, a discrete compact subwoofer with dedicated amplifier designed to accompany the BoomSound experience on smartphones, called BoomBass. There's no supplied photograph of the BoomBass, but hopefully it's small and compact. Supplying a discrete subwoofer and nothing more is a bit interesting, since HTC already has the Beats Pill accessory which works well. The BoomBass apparently is designed to fill the bass frequency response lacking from the BoomSound&nbsp;speakers on HTC's phones.</p>
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HTC is also announcing a "Vivid Blue" variant of the HTC One and One mini, which will arrive in some markets Q4&nbsp;2013. That variant looks pretty striking, but there's no word on what that translates to for the USA operator landscape.&nbsp;</p>
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Source: HTC Desire 601, Desire 300</p>
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