Your selfies are about to get better, because the HTC Desire Eye is now available in Australia

HTC today announced that the Desire Eye, its latest smartphone, is now available Australia for AUD$799, exclusively through JB HiFi. Both the Desire Eye's front and rear-facing cameras are 13 megapixel shooters, giving HTC's new device the highest resolution front-facing camera on a smartphone to date. Both cameras are identical and feature the same feature set: dual LED flash, autofocus and 1080p video recording.

While HTC has positioned the Desire Eye as photography-centric device, the handset has reasonably powerful hardware under its hood. The phone boasts a quad-core 2.3Ghz processor, 2GB of RAM, 16GB of expandable storage and a full HD, 1080p screen. To top it off, the Desire Eye is HTC's first waterproof, IPX7 certified device: it's dust proof and water resistance for up to 30 minutes.

The Desire Eye can be ordered through JB HiFi's online store, and will be available in store from Thursday.