HTC recently reduced the price of the popular HTC Desire S smartphone in India. Saholic, a popular online retailer is currently selling this handset at just Rs.15,990.

HTC Desire S is already available in Black color, but HTC have recently released this smartphone in Red color. The Red HTC Desire S is exclusively available on the airwaves of Vodafone in the UK.

One of the HTC representatives confirmed at MWC that the original Desire will get the Android 2.3 Gingerbread update. However, the update won’t land before the second half of this year, in all probability.

The HTC Desire S is the successor to the original Desire. The handset is powered by a 1Ghz Snapdragon processor and packs 768MB of RAM.