HTC Desire 520

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The HTC Desire 520 is a low-end Android smartphone released by HTC in 2015. The phone received mixed reviews. CNET described the phone as "[a] cheap Android device that sacrifices too much". [1] Gadget Guy noted the phone's long battery life, but also described the phone as "one of the slowest phones [they have] ever reviewed" and its screen quality as sub-par. [2]

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References

  1. Graziano, Dan (10 November 2015). "HTC Desire 520 review". CNET. Retrieved 2019-04-16.
  2. Stark, Leigh D. (29 January 2016). "Review: HTC Desire 520". Gadget Guy. Retrieved 2019-04-16.