Performance
Under the hood, the Desire 520 is powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 210 chipset, built on a 28 nm process. This includes a quad-core 1.1 GHz Cortex-A7 CPU and an Adreno 304 GPU, which collectively offer modest performance suitable for basic smartphone tasks such as browsing the internet, checking emails, and using social media apps. With 1GB of RAM, multitasking capabilities are present, but users should expect limitations when running heavier applications or multiple tasks simultaneously. The phone runs on Android 5.1 Lollipop, paired with HTC's Sense 7 UI, which brings a user-friendly interface with some customization options.