HTC HD2 Review | Specs | Price

HTC HD2 (LEO100)

The HTC HD2 smartphone packs a 1GHz Snapdragon processor, a 4.3 inch capacitive touch screen, good RAM and good ROM and 3G and the best user interface every states an article over on softsailor.

Well the HTC HD2 smartphone has now been tagged with a release date and price which is the 11th of November and commanding a price tag of $740 according to clove.co.uk, although one presumes the $740 tag is off contract.

Not much else other than this release date, which we have no confirmation of and could well slip due to unforeseen circumstances; so there you have it, HTC HD2 releasing on November the 11th.

HTC HD2

Verdict

Pros:	Great Hardware specifications, Great Design,
Cons:	Too Pricey,
Outline	The best HTC Smartphone till date should see how shall it outperform others.

HTC HD2 Specs

2GNetwork---------->GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900

3GNetwork---------->HSDPA 900 / 2100

Available------------>Available by 2009 November

OS------------------->Microsoft Windows Mobile 6.5 Professional

CPU----------------->Qualcomm Snapdragon QSD8250 1 GHz processor

Dimensions-------->120.5 x 67 x 11 mm

Weight-------------->157 g

Display-------------->TFT capacitive touchscreen, 65K colors
Size----------------->480 x 800 pixels, 4.3 inches
Internal------------->448 MB RAM, 512 MB ROM

Cardslot------------->microSD (TransFlash)

WLAN--------------->Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g,

Java----------------->via Third party Application
Camera------------->5 MP, 2592 x 1944 pixels, autofocus, LED flash

Secondary---------->No

Video--------------->Yes
Bluetooth----------->Yes, v2.0 with A2DP
Infraredport-------->No
AudioJack---------->3.5 mm audio jack
USB----------------->mini USB v2.0
Battery------------->Li-Ion 1230 mAh

Stand-by----------->Up to 490 h (2G) / Up to 390 h (3G)

Talktime----------->Up to 6 h 20 min (2G) / Up to 5 h 40 min (3G)

Price --------------->740(unlocked) USD approx

Reviews

The HD2 manages to pack in a display half an inch bigger than that of the Touch HD but with only a minimal increase in size – it measures 120.5 x 67 x 11 mm and weighs 157g with the 1,230mAh battery – thanks to the dramatically thin bezel. Chou described HTC’s intention with the new smartphone as to add some excitement back to Windows Mobile, and the HD2 certainly is an impressively solid and well-built handset. The 4.3-inch display is bright, crisp and vivid, and HTC have made good use of the real-estate on offer. HTC Sense – particularly the social network integration with contacts – has been introduced from the Hero, but there are new widgets and status bars rather than merely stretching the old ones. HTC Peep – the company’s home-grown Twitter client – now gets its own tab on the homescreen.

A bigger display means that the on-screen QWERTY can be larger, and in fact the keys are significantly bigger than any portrait-orientation hardware keyboard smartphone we’ve played with. The same clever auto-correction has been implemented, and – though our typing experience was brief – we found it to be very straightforward to use. Full-screen browsing, using Opera Mobile (since Internet Explorer Mobile doesn’t support multitouch), is a slick revelation, with the speedy Snapdragon processor making for rapid zooming – whether by double-tap or multitouch pinch-zoom – and instantaneous text resizing and reflowing. There’s no pause or delay to wait for jagged images to be rescaled, or half-chopped paragraphs to shuffle onto the screen. The capacitive touchscreen itself is swift and smooth, and has instantly left resistive Windows Phones in the shade.

Full specifications of the HTC HD2 are in the gallery below, but in brief the Windows Phone offers HSPA/WCDMA (900/2100) and quadband GSM, WiFi b/g and Bluetooth 2.1+EDR. There’s also a 3.5mm headphones socket and microUSB port (again, a first for an HTC WinMo device), accelerometer, proximity sensor and ambient light sensor. As well as shutting off the display when you hold the HD2 to your ear mid-call, those sensors also turn it back when you move it away, reduce ringtone volume if you pick the ringing phone up from your desk, and mute the ringer if you flip the HD2 screen-down.

HTC have also developed a car-kit, to work in tandem with the HD2’s GPS and digital compass. The kit includes an in-car dock which grips tenaciously to the dashboard and a replacement battery cover with a special docking connector; that port recharges the HD2, as well as triggering HTC’s NaviPanel of PND-style functionality for easy use while driving.

Runtime estimates from the standard 1,230mAh battery are up to 320 minutes WCDMA talktime or 390 hours standby; alternatively you can watch up to 8hrs of video or listen to up to 12hrs of music. Chou claims that the standard pack is good enough for a full day’s typical use, but HTC will also offer an extended battery complete with a replacement cover plate that has an integrated kick-stand for comfortable video viewing.

While we only had a relatively short period of time with the HD2, we did spot some neat features. HTC’s well-known weather animations have now spread to take advantage of the whole display, and when you unlock the HD2 there are animated clouds, sun rings, or even lightning interacting with the Sense homescreen. Meanwhile – prompted, perhaps, by the rising popularity of the MiFi – they’ve also brought their connection sharing app to the fore and made it more straightforward to share the HD2’s 3G connection with a WiFi-tethered notebook, netbook or other device.

We also had a chance to talk to Chou about how HTC are preparing for social-networking overload. With more mobile devices attempting to pull in Facebook, Twitter, MySpace and other data from various networks and funnel them into a single handset, heavy users are facing a potentially overwhelming amount of data in which the essentials get lost. While Chou couldn’t reveal anything currently on the HTC roadmap, he did concede that the company’s software engineers are looking at ways to prioritize, organize and manage that content, and that they recognize it is a growing issue.

Given its large display size, we also highlighted the possible overlap between the HD2 and the MID segment. Chou described MIDs as still searching for their market appeal, though he did reveal that HTC are looking into the feasibility of a larger, tablet- or MID-style device. He wouldn’t be drawn on whether he sees Windows Mobile or Android as the way forward with that, however, and we don’t expect to see anything new in that form-factor anytime soon from the company. Instead, they seem more keen to streamline the user experience with intelligent software on devices – like smartphones – that are more likely to find their way into users’ pockets.

The HTC HD2 Windows Phone will see its UK and European launch later this month, with broader availability in Asia during the rest of the year. Meanwhile Peter Chou confirmed to us that HTC are working on a US-spec version of the device, which will cross the Atlantic in time for Q1 2010.

The huge touch screen is the feature that mesmerizes all of us. The tactile response is great making using the phone a rather pleasing experience. The screen is also WVGA screen and not a QVGA one like the previous handsets making the images as sharp as a tack and the colors as vibrant as you see in no other phone of its category. The phone although power packed with features is not bulky and weighty. It is sleek and stylish and a great asset that you can show off to all your friends. The phone is a great option for business users as well as personal users. You can easily perform all your business functions with ease with the HTC HD2 as well as perform all your leisurely activities like watching movies as simply. Watching movies is a pleasure on this phone because of its large screen and great resolution.
The phone also has a 5 mega pixel camera that takes great pictures during the day but has no flash which is a major disappointment. Nowadays, when even the most simplest of phones have a flash incorporated in the, this is a point that should have been taken into account while chalking out the design for the phone. The other features include a great web browser and the facility of sending and receiving attachments via emails. In addition to all this, the HTC HD2 also has a FM Radio and is GPS enabled which making tracking and locating destinations and your friends very simple. The phone also supports Wi-Fi connectivity and offers great internet speed of up to 7.2 Mbps using the 3G support which is very impressive. The internal memory capacity is also pretty large at 512 MB and can be easily expanded up to a whopping 8 GB using the micro SD slot.
Overall the HTC HD2 is a great phone which has lots of great features that are both essential and useful. The touch pad is also very good and responds extremely well which is what a touch phone should essentially offer. The set of applications have been put together well and the phone is sure to be a delight to all users.

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