The HTC Desire 510 is the first Android smartphone to send a 64-bit processor, but do not count for much when performance and other aspects of the budget-minded phone is so disappointing. $ 99.99 (off contract), it is one of the more affordable phones Boost Mobile, Sprint but like its counterpart, the Desire 510 easily outclassed by phone as $ 149.99 Sharp Aquos Crystal . The Desire 510 is serviceable, but a $ 50 savings on Crystal's hardly worth dealing with mediocre quality display and low internal storage.
Quality, Battery Life, and Software Call
Boost Mobile piggybacks on 3G CDMA and 4G LTE network Sprint, and it is important to get a newer phone supports Tri-band LTE network Sprint Spark that. The Desire 510 is ready to matter, but so does the Crystal and LG volt. More expensive phones like the Motorola Moto G only support 3G, which is painfully slow to Sprint, as we see in our test Fastest Mobile Network.
Like so much else with Desire 510, call quality benefits only in my testing. Earpiece does not get particularly strong and begins to sound harsh at max volume. Shipping via mic sound natural and easy to understand, but had repeated a lot of my calls static test, especially Beginnings and ends of phrases. Noise cancellation is average, struggling with loud noises of the street, but doing a decent job of minimizing distractions low level.
On a battery rundown test, in which we streamed a video on YouTube over LTE with the screen brightness set to max, the Desire 510 2,100mAh battery that is good for an okay 4 hours, 46 minutes.
4GB of internal storage, only a miniscule 889MB is available to users outside of the box. There are some preloads, but most are either shortcut to install the app from Google Play or easily removable. Others, such as the spectacular Lumen Toolbar disable, but can not uninstall.