HTC Desire 500
Mobile phonesA good-looking phone which can’t stand up to some extremely strong competition
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A good-looking phone which can’t stand up to some extremely strong competition
A classy design and Android 4, but the screen and processor disappoint
A great mid-range phone with an excellent battery life but there's better-value phones with similar specifications
An impressive budget Windows Phone 8 handset with a good camera, but Nokia's Lumia 620 rival takes the crown
A new chipset for an already excellent handset makes it a great 4G alternative to the mighty Samsung S3 LTE
A competent Windows Phone 8 handset, but it's worth spending a bit more for the superior Nokia Lumia 920
Great build quality and a fantastic camera, but better-specified phones are available for only a little more money on contract
A slim and light handset with an excellent camera, a fast chip and Android 4.0, but HTC's software can be annoying, there's no memory card slot and the faster One X doesn't cost much more
A quad-core processor, plenty of storage space and a camera that rivals a compact digital camera - the HTC One X is a superb Android phone.