| Local Name | Desire C |
| Technology | GSM / HSPA |
| 3G Bands | HSDPA 900 / 2100 |
| 2G Bands | GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 |
| Speed | HSPA 14.4/5.76 Mbps |
| GPRS | Yes |
| EDGE | Yes |
| Announced | 2012, May |
| Status | Available. Released 2012, June |
| Dimensions | 107.2 x 60.6 x 12.3 mm (4.22 x 2.39 x 0.48 in) |
| Weight | 100 g (3.53 oz) |
| SIM | Mini-SIM |
| Display Type | Capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors |
| Screen Size | 3.5 inches (~56.1% screen-to-body ratio) |
| Resolution | 320 x 480 pixels (~165 ppi pixel density) |
| Mulitouch | Yes | HTC Sense UI 4.0 |
| OS | Android OS, v4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich), not upgradable to v4.1 (Jelly Bean) |
| Chipset | Qualcomm MSM7225A Snapdragon |
| CPU | 600 MHz Cortex-A5 |
| GPU | Adreno 200 |
| Card Slot | microSD, up to 32 GB |
| Internal Memory | 4 GB, 512 MB RAM |
| Primary Camera | 5 MP, 2592 x 1944 pixels |
| Camera Features | Geo-tagging |
| Video | Yes |
| Secondary Camera | No |
| Alert Types | Vibration; MP3, WAV ringtones |
| Loudspeaker | Yes |
| 3.5mm Jack | Yes |
| Sound | Beats Audio |
| WLAN | Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, hotspot |
| Bluetooth | v3.0, A2DP |
| GPS | Yes, with A-GPS |
| NFC | Optional |
| Radio | Stereo FM radio with RDS |
| USB | microUSB v2.0 |
| Sensors | Accelerometer, proximity |
| Messaging | SMS (threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Email |
| Browser | HTML, Adobe Flash |
| Java | No |
| Features Summary | DivX/XviD/MP4/H.264/WMV player, Dropbox (25 GB cloud storage), MP3/eAAC+/WMA/WAV player, Organizer, Document viewer/editor, Voice memo/dial, Predictive text input |
| Battery | Li-Ion 1230 mAh battery |
| Colors | Polar White, Stealth Black, Flamenco Red |
| SAR US | 0.75 W/kg (head) 0.64 W/kg (body) |
