Manufacturer launches handset targeted at lower end of the market with all major retailers and operators confirmed as stockists

HTC has launched the HTC Desire C, an entry level handset targeted at users upgrading to their first smartphone.

The Desire C features a 3.5-inch screen, Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich with HTC’s Sense 4 user interface, a five megapixel camera and a 600MHz processor.

In the UK the Desire C will come in Black and White, however it is also available in red in other markets.

It also comes with 25GB of free cloud storage from Dropbox, which was first introduced by HTC for its One range released earlier this year, and the Beats audio software featured in previous handsets.

HTC said the Desire C will be available from Vodafone, Orange, T-Mobile, Virgin Media, Three, O2, Phones4U, The Carphone Warehouse, and Tesco Mobile.

T-Mobile has confirmed the device will go on sale from June free on a £15.50 per month, 24 month contract, or for £169.99 on prepay.

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T-Mobile announced a new ‘unlimited’ smartphone tariff today, offering unlimited data, calls and texts as part of a 24 month subscription package. Importantly, there’s no ‘fair usage’ policy and the offering is open to new and existing T-Mobile customers. Called ‘The Full Monty’, the unlimited plan starts at £41 per month, rising to £61 per month, depending on the smartphone chosen as part of the subscription contract.

The £41 Full Monty contract offers a iPhone 4S for £29 and a BlackBerry 9900 as a free smartphone, although the offer applies to all of the 25 phones currently offered through T-Mobile.

Asked why T-Mobile are offering unlimited contracts, Ben Fritsch (above), Head of Propositions for T-Mobile said “the craze around iPhone is not dead by any means and the Android market is attracting a lot of attention – we’re leading mass market late adopters into the world of smartphones”.

Boasting the ‘biggest 3G network in the UK’, T-Mobile will launch the Full Monty plan on 1st February  – full details are available on the T-Mobile Full Monty site.

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Looking to buy a new prepay mobile? T-Mobile will be knocking 20% off all pay as you go phones on Thursday 19th August!

The offer will only run from 10am to 10pm, so you’ll have to be quick!

Handsets on offer will include the BlackBerry Curve 8520, T-Mobile Pulse Mini, Nokia 5230, Samsung Tocco Lite and the ‘Pay per day’ Mobile Broadband USB stick.

If the discount isn’t enticing enough, T-Mobile will also be giving unlimited free texts for life and six months free Internet on loads of phones too.

More info: T-Mobile Shop

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