The Lollipop update, sooner or later, will also end up landing on mid-range smartphones that have been launched on the market during the past year 2014. That is the case of the HTC Desire 816, a mid-range mobile from HTC that has starred in a rumor that indicates that we are talking about one of the candidates to be updated very soon to Lollipop. Specifically, the rumor indicates that the HTC Desire 816 could begin to receive the Android 5.0.2 Lollipop update during the month of April.
As revealed by a Twitter user who goes by the name LlabTooFeR and who seems to be specialized in Android programming, the HTC Desire 816 is a strong candidate to upgrade to one of the latest versions of Lollipop in a matter of weeks. This user points out that "they will receive the Android 5.0.2 update next month ", a message that seems to point directly to April as the most likely date for the distribution of this version. And although the user does not refer to any additional data, presumably we are talking about the scheduled date for the distribution of Android 5.0.2among HTC Desire 816s around the world.
It is important to note that we are talking about Android 5.0.2 Lollipop, a version of Lollipop that corrects most of the problems generated by one of the first updates to Android 5.0 Lollipop. The differences between Android 5.0.2, Android 5.0.1 and Android 5.0 Lollipop do not translate so much into visual changes but, in general terms, a large part of the differences can be summarized in bug fixes and security improvements. Therefore, the fact that the HTC Desire 816 is to be updated to this version should give its owners a slight relief as far as possible errors of the update are concerned.
This good news for HTC Desire 816 owners is in stark contrast to the jug of cold water found by HTC One (2013) owners. A senior HTC official has practically confirmed that the first HTC One will not be updated to Android 5.1 Lollipop, the latest version of Lollipop that also fixes some minor problems found in versions like Android 5.0.2.
Although the presentation of the HTC Desire 816 goes back to the early months of the year 2014, we are talking about a smartphone from the technical specifications can find a screen of 5.5 inches with 1,280 x 720 pixels, a processor Qualcomm Snapdragon 400, 1.5 gigabytes of RAM, 8 gigabytes of memory (expandable by microSD) or a main chamber 13 megapixels. At its launch, the factory installed operating system on this smartphone corresponded to Android 4.4.2 KitKat.
