HTC announced Monday that it will switch out the AMOLED displays in its Desire and Nexus One smartphones for Sony's Super LCD display (SLCD).

"HTC is experiencing high-demand for many of our phones, specifically our phones with 3.7 inch displays. The new SLCD display technology enables us to ramp up our production capabilities quickly to meet the high-demand," Peter Chou, chief executive of HTC, said in a statement. "The SLCD displays provide consumers with a comparable visual experience to HTC's current 3.7 inch displays with some additional benefits including battery performance."

The SLCD displays will be available on both smartphones later this summer, HTC said.

HTC unveiled the Desire in February, and it is expected to hit shelves in August.

The Desire is similar to the troubled Nexus One, though it will have an optical sensor for navigation instead of a track ball. The Desire will run Android 2.1 and a 1-GHz Snapdragon processor.

The Nexus One, which was originally introduced by Google and sold exclusively through its Web site, had trouble finding buyers. In May, Google announced that it would no longer sell the phone and instead make it available in retail stores. Earlier this month, the search engine giant said it had received its latest shipment of the smartphone, after which it would no longer sell the Nexus One. The Nexus One is currently available for purchase from Vodafone in Australia, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, and the U.K.