The smartphone is expected to arrive in early October

Sep 28, 2013 13:31 GMT  ·  By

HTC Desire 500 is about to make its debut in India. The smartphone is not yet available for sale, but some major retailers already list the device as coming soon or even available for pre-order.

Fonearena reports that HTC Desire 500 can be pre-ordered via Snapdeal for Rs 999 ($16/€12), while the rest of the phone's price is to be paid after its release. According to Snapdeal, the smartphone will ship in the first week of October.

HTC Desire 500 will be delivered with Android 4.1.2 Jelly Bean platform onboard. It might come with dual-SIM support, as well as a decent 4.3-inch capacitive touchscreen display that supports 480 x 800 pixels resolution.

Hardware-wise, the Desire 500 comes equipped with a 1.2 quad-core processor, an Adreno 203 graphics processing unit, 1GB of RAM and 16GB of internal memory.