Earlier this week, media reports pointed out that the HTC Desire 820 and the Desire 820q stocks have started shipping to India and that they will be listed for sale by the weekend. Now, the entrusted Mumbai based retailer @MaheshTelecom has tweeted that the HTC Desire 820 has arrived on stock carrying a price tag of Rs 24,500. To refresh on the specifications, the Desire 820 is fitted with a 5.5 inch HD 720p display and employs 64 bit octa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 615 chipset supporting 4G LTE Cat.4 aided by 2 GB of RAM. There is 16 GB of internal storage space that can be expanded externally by another 128 GB. The imaging hardware of the device comprises of a 13 MP primary camera with LED flash, BSI sensor, f/2.2 lens and an 8 MP front facing selfie camera. The Desire 820 is packed with connectivity features such as Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, 4G LTE and GPS/A-GPS. Under its hood, there is a 2,600 mAh battery that is rated to pump in up to 22.4 hours of talk time and up to 424 hours of standby time respectively. Fueled by Android 4.4 KitKat, the smartphone is topped with HTC Sense UI and supports dual SIM functionality.
