European prices HTC Desire 816 and Desire 610 revealed

HTC unveiled a duo of mid-rangers at the MWC - the Desire 816 set for an April launch and the Desire 610 for May. The Desire 816 has been well-received in China where it costs just $310, but the price in Europe seems to be steeper.

Amazon Germany has listed both new Desire devices, confirming their European pricing in the rpocess. The HTC Desire 816 is priced at €370. The 5.5” phablet is also available at another German site at €400.

The HTC Desire 610 is €300 at Amazon Germany. Note that those are pre-order prices and there is no launch date info available.

Both phones can be found at Amazon Spain too, but they cost €430 and €350 respectively. We doubt this is the actual retail price as the HTC One flagship can be had for just over €430.

Apple iPhone 5c with 8 GB is now official

The wing man to the flagship iPhone 5s hasn't been selling all too well around the world and today, as expected, Apple is taking a step to fix that.

Meet the 8GB Apple iPhone 5c. The phone has appeared on UK carrier O2's website with a variety of tariffs and prices. With the highest 43 quid a month contract the smartphone will be free, but there's also a £410 option with a £13 plan. French carrier SFR has also listed the new iPhone 5c version and a huge number of other operators are expected to join the list in the following hours - basically anyone who has offered the iPhone 5c so far should also get the new version.

The US Store doesn't feature the device yet but the UK Apple Store offers it for £429, compared to £469 for the 16 GB model and £549 for the 32 GB.

In Germany the prices go as follows: €549 for 8GB, €599 for 16GB and €699 for 32GB iPhone 5c.

This means that the 8GB Apple iPhone 5c will cost £40/€50 less than the 16 GB version. It's hardly the kind of bargain that will turn an underperformer in a best seller, but you never know.

Details of entry-level KitKat Android Samsung G310 surface

Android 4.4 KitKat supports fairly low-end devices with as little as 512MB. It wasn’t meant for aging devices though, instead it was to enable affordable new handsets. One of those will be the Samsung G310.

It was certified by the FCC, showrf up on import manifests on Zauba, a NenaMark 2 benchmark and there’s a user agent profile. Stringing the info from all these together, here’s what we get.

The Samsung G310 will have a 4” WVGA screen (480 x 800 pixels). It will run Android 4.4.2 on a Broadcom chipset with two Cortex-A9 cores @ 1.2GHz and a VideoCore IV GPU.

On the connectivity side there’s optional dual-SIM, Wi-Fi b/g/n (2.4GHz), Bluetooth 4.0 + LE and NFC. The battery is a 5.7Wh, 3.8V unit meaning 1,500mAh capacity. The device's footprint measures 121 x 62.7mm.

There's no launch date or pricing info yet, not even a spy shot of the device. Still, if the Samsung G310 is already in testing, we probably won't have to wait long.