The HTC Desire 500 is a mid-range smartphone that is likely to appeal to plenty of buyers. We recently gave some information on pre-orders for this phone in India, and now we have more on the HTC Desire 500 price and availability in India.

Previously we told how Snapdeal was taking pre-orders for the HTC Desire in India. Although no price had been confirmed Snapdeal was accepting orders with an advanced payment of Rs. 9,999. The phone is now available at Snapdeal with a price tag of Rs. 20,482.

As well as this the HTC Desire 500 is now available via some other retailers. Saholic is now selling the phone for Rs. 20,999 while Infibeam has the phone in stock at a price of Rs. 20,500. The Desire 500 comes in black or blue color options.

Some of the key specs include a 1.2GHz quad-core processor, a 4.3-inch display with resolution of 800 x 480, 1GB of RAM, and 4GB of internal storage (expandable via microSD to 64GB). It also has an 8-megapixel rear camera, 1.6-megapixel front-facing camera, and a 1800 mAh battery.

The HTC Desire 500 is a dual SIM phone and runs Android 4.2 Jelly Bean skinned with the HTC Sense 5 UI. It looks likely that this will be a very popular handset choice, and we’d like to know what our readers in India feel about this device.

Maybe you’ve already decided that you will be buying this phone? Perhaps your head has been turned by one of the other new smartphones hitting the market now?