Guest's Review of HTC Hero
5th Aug 2009
Overall Rating
- Value for money
I have had my HTC Hero since July 28th, at first I was happy and giddy about it, spent a while playing with it and learning how the phone works. I have always been a Nokia brat for the last 10 years, so it was very different. The OS is simple enough and navigation is ok, I love most of the features. I do have a few problems with the phone tho, these are:
Camera is terrible, being 5mp I expectead a lot better, no flash, no backlight, unless its very light, your not getting a picture!! (Nokia beats this hands down)
Battery Life is terrible, especially if you use wifi, I have killed my battery in less than 90 minutes uploading pics to Fbook using the orange internet connection. Even on standbye I have yet had it last over 24 hours with minor useage. HTC Claim 750 hours???? I think not.
Signal strength seems to be another issue with a much lower signal than any Nokia I have had, even no service yet put my sim card into the N95 or 96 I have and it shows nearly 4 bars...
Ringer volume is terrible as well, and it keeps turning itself off and getting louder and quieter because of the position of the volume control button o the phone.
Music player is rubbish if you want to use the phones speaker, although not too bad if you use headphones, again every Nokia I have ever had is better, and my mates iPhone kicks the Hero here.
I have spent some time searching apps etc on the internet for this phone, and there is a few, however, most of the stuff I would like for social media and multimedia is not available, I would have expectead a lot more of the social and multimedia items to be part of the OS and tied into the phone much tighter, at the moment the only IM tied into the phone is google talk.
In Short, if you want a different looking stylish very clean touch screen smart phone for business then the HTC hero is fine (as long as you carry your charger with you) If you want a decent camera multi media phone, then leave this phone well alone, you will be very dissapointed. Just for the record I am sending this one back to Orange as I am within the 14 days!!!
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Web Links
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HTC - Products - HTC Hero - Overview
With HTC Hero you get a phone that perfectly fits your life, brings you closer to the people you care about most, and surprises you with the simple ways it does all the things a smartphone should do.
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HTC - Products - HTC Hero - Specification
See the technical specifications for the HTC Hero - Android platform, 5 megapixel camera, 3.2 inch capacitive touch display, g-sensor, anti-fingerprint layer and much more. ... ROM: 512 MB; RAM: 288 MB
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HTC Hero running Android and Sense UI leaks from HTC's own website
Gallery: HTC Hero official press shots ... In fact, like Palm's Pre, the HTC Hero seems ready to fully integrate your local data with all your subscribed social media sites.
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HTC Hero review
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Adrian Ludwig from Adobe demos websites with Flash on the HTC Hero, the first Android smartphone with Flash. ... Read more about the news here. ... Where to go from here
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HTC Hero Android smartphone ? Register Hardware
The 3.2in, 480 x 320-pixel touch screen takes up most of the front of the HTC Hero, with a thin strip of a speaker grille above and two rows of buttons ? call start and stop, menu and home...
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Best Buy Starting Pre-Orders of Sprint HTC Hero September 13th ? |
We've been hearing so many rumors and reports pointing the HTC Hero in Sprint's direction that it's pretty much become the absolute truth.
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Sprint announces the HTC Hero coming October 11
When the HTC Hero and it?s new Sense UI were introduced in June, the question on everyone?s minds was when is this thing coming to the US.
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HTC Hero review - SlashGear
There's no underestimating the appeal of the HTC Hero; since we shot our unboxing video and preliminary hands-on at the end of last week it's been watched more ... HTC Hero unboxing and Sense UI overview:
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Sprint Announces HTC Hero Availability on October 11 - Specs,
For the people who are planning to get the HTC Hero, pre-registration is now ongoing at the Sprint website. ... HTC Hero picked up by Cellular South
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