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    HTC Desire 816 Black (Virgin mobile) - 5.5 inch S-LCD Display

    • Excellent sound quality
    • The screen size is great, fantastic quality, videos and web pages load very fast
    • Had issues with some apps and camera is not good quality
    • The camera is decent , it has good quality but not comparable to phones such as the IPhone
    • The screen is large, and video/photos viewed on it are great quality, especially when streaming in HD.
    • It's great quality I use it every day from texting to web searching
    • The boom sound really improves audio quality on head phones speakers anything
    • and the sound quality is awesome as a lot of reviewers have stated
    • I completely agree that the camera is of excellent quality considering this is a phone
    • As others have mentioned, the sound quality is amazing for such a small device
    • Full 1080p video recording is very good quality, and the stereo microphones should have been a standard smartphone feature years ago
    • The last one had terrible call quality and this one has great call quality
    • As others have mentioned, the sound quality is amazing for such a small device
    • I purchased this phone a few months ago when I was wanting to upgrade to a better quality smartphone on the Virgin Mobile network
    • The color rendition or calibration was so yellow-shifted that it not only defied correction in Photoshop, it degraded the overall quality of the image
    • Excellent quality for the price.
    • , Nice build quality
    • Sound quality excellent.
    • It's amazing everything I expected , a little big but great quality
    • Good quality product
    • I watch Netflix on this phone a lot with no lag plus it has great picture quality
    • The sound quality is so good, that I now prefer to hear must from the speakers on this small phone than the dual-speaker/single sub-woofer stereo system attached to my computer, or from my best headphones
    • Fast shipping & great quality
    • Excellent sound quality
    • The front camera is amazingly high-quality as well
    • it's really clear with great quality
    • pretty cheap and great quality!P.S. phone charge is about a day with heavy use, power saver doesn't make a huge difference
    • Good build quality, great screen
    • The overall sound quality is fantastic as well
    • Bad sound quality.. very tin can sounding when in a call
    • The build quality is very nice, it doesn't feel cheap at all and it feels great in my hand.
    • Great camera though, it takes good quality pictures.
    • It comes with dual speakers, which make for really good sound quality
    • It's fast, high quality, and exceeds my high standards regarding Android based phones
    • Speakers are loud and phone call quality is great.
    • (I had a S4 and the video was awful video quality)Runs smooth mostlyGood memory for priceGood size, it may seem large at first, but you'll get used to itSounds is amazing, and also has BoomSound for headphones(really good)ConsThere's space that could've been used as screenThe buttons are on the touchscreen, and I'm not a fan of them
    • Great camera, great sound quality, all the features I need
    • Love this phone, no slowing down with multiple apps open, good picture quality for front & rear camera
    • Good call quality
    • Love this phone, no slowing down with multiple apps open, good picture quality for front & rear camera
    • I love having control over the exposure and even the front-facing camera is pretty good quality at 5MP.The phone is huge, which I like, I'm not a heavy app
    • I envisioned the camera being a better quality.
    • Awesome.- Great call quality
    • As others have mentioned, the sound quality is amazing for such a small device
    • The camera, both front and back facing, has very nice quality as well
    • With the incredible sound quality (this phone has something called Boom Sound) and the great graphics on the larger screen, it's much more comfortable to stream videos when compared to m
    • Sound quality is gold
    • With the incredible sound quality (this phone has something called Boom Sound) and the great graphics on the larger screen, it's much more comfortable to stream videos when compared to most other phones
    • The outer camera is great quality and the inner camera is decent in sunlight and well lit areas
    • Great battery life, lot of room aps, excellent sound quality and love the quality of the photos.
    • Great camera, very good voice quality, every phone should have boom sound, only down side is the battery life isn't the
    • I guess this is a necessary evil in exchange for affordable, quality service as they insist on installing it on pretty much all of their phones
    • Nice camera, good picture quality, front and back
    • Excellent quality and fit
    • No matter, slap on a cheap (price wise, quality case
    • Hasn't slowed down,call quality is good ,music playa nice with the speakers
    • The last one had terrible call quality and this one has great call quality
    • Duel speakers made for good sound quality
    • Excellent quality picture and speed, and the sound is as good as they say.
    • Great quality
    • It also has two Boomsound speakers on the top and bottom which produce the best sound quality I've ever heard on a phone
    • It came quickly, its beautiful, sound quality is great, picture quality is great, everything about it is great
    • and I haven't had any bad quality photos
    • Excellent build quality
    • Excellent battery life!I had a HTC thunderbolt a few years back and have always loved the quality of their phones.
    • I tried to watch Netflix on it through a strong WiFi connection at home...and the quality was pretty bad
    • The quality of the phone is definitely amazing
    • Had issues with some apps and camera is not good quality
    • First, it has great picture quality
    • (FAST CHARGE TOO)*Great screen quality and size*Amazing Speaker Sound.*Lasts a very long time without malfunctions ( mine lasted 2
    • I don't love the size...especially with the laggy and poor streaming quality
    • You can watch good quality videos for as long as the battery holds out... which isn't very long at all
    • She had this exact one before and loved the size, the photos it takes are clear and the sound quality is fantastic
    • Fast, smooth, excellent call quality, very good speakers (though, as many have noted, not as loud as you might hope or expect from the "boom" name.
    • The phone itself has a large good quality screen and good audio
    • But all in all it's a great phone and I definitely recommend it to anyone who is looking for a bigger phone with excellent battery life and sound quality.
    • Actually felt like a downgrade with 16gb memory and horrible picture quality and sound!I recently switch tto family mobile and bought myself a LG G6 unlock phone and this feels like a true upgrade to the HTC 816.
    • Make sure you pick up a good quality, cheap case on amazon!
    • The "Boom Sound" front speakers are great too, no need for a extra speaker, and the boom sound improves the quality of the sound with headphones in too
    • If calling to activate use a phone with good call quality so you can hear clearly , don't sync unless necessary it will kill your high speed data
    • I love the big screen and the sound quality.
    • Amazing sound quality from the speakers, AND it also affects whatever you plug in the headphone jack
    • It's a blessing to be so cheap for such good quality AND to be able to use for a cheap prepaid rate
    • The Internet and everything else works ok most of the time and when the youtube vídeos work the sound is crystal clear and good phone call quality
    • The rear camera is of good quality and front facing camera is higher in resolution than other comparable phones
    • As others have mentioned, the sound quality is amazing for such a small device
    • Camera is great quality and the screen is nice and big
    • The back camera is outstanding, and takes amazing quality photos
    • Hands down best speaker quality in any phone i have seen in years
    • Clear picture quality.
    • And the sound quality is GREAT!
    • It doesn't get as loud as I thought it would, but the quality of the sound is superb
    • So I converted it to a different format and lower quality (perhaps a size limit on uploads?)
    • The phone has it's good qualities like being able to save things to the SD vs internal storage but there are some serious cons
    • The sound quality is awesome and the internal storage capacity is perfect!
    • Great quality phone for HTC fans with long lasting battery and HD videos and great for games.
    • The speakers are actually quite amazing, they are loud but still have a great quality, and more bass than I expected
    • Video tends to load SLOW on the 816 and then not be very good quality
    • Nice HD quality
    • Awesome.- Great call quality
    • Great sound quality
    • The phone is fast, stylish, large, and the sound quality is the best
    • It's big with a nice bright screen and outstanding sound quality compared to what I'm used to
    • Loved it, although I would suggest not turning up the volume to loud as to avoid blowing out the speakers (especially the bottom one).
    • Run as fast as you can to any other phone but this one
    • I bought this phone for sale for $77 just over a year ago, and it has held up and performed as well as you could hope for the price
    • just as good as the galaxy s5 if not better.
    • I have longer than normal fingers and find it difficult to swipe as easily as in the past on my HTC Evo
    • Battery is what scared me a
    • I use it to take notes in church as well as in meetings at work and it works great.
    • I fell l in love
    • I had to sign in with my Gmail account and everything worked!I like the size, I like the phone
    • Amazing i love this photo.