HTC HD7 Review

GENERAL	2G Network	GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
	3G Network	HSDPA 900 / 2100
		HSDPA 850 / 2100 or HSDPA 900 / 2100
	Announced	2010, October
	Status	Available. Released 2010, October

SIZE	Dimensions	122 x 68 x 11.2 mm
	Weight	162 g

DISPLAY	Type	LCD capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
	Size	480 x 800 pixels, 4.3 inches
		- Accelerometer sensor for UI auto-rotate - Proximity sensor for auto turn-off

SOUND	Alert types	Vibration, MP3, WAV ringtones
	Loudspeaker	Yes
	3.5mm jack	Yes, check quality
		- Dolby Mobile and SRS sound enhancement

MEMORY	Phonebook	Practically unlimited entries and fields, Photocall
	Call records	Practically unlimited
	Internal	8GB (Europe) / 16GB (Asia), 512 MB ROM, 576 MB RAM
	Card slot	No

DATA	GPRS	Class 32
	EDGE	Class 32
	3G	HSDPA 7.2 Mbps; HSUPA 2 Mbps
	WLAN	Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n
	Bluetooth	Yes, v2.1 with A2DP
	Infrared port	No
	USB	Yes, microUSB v2.0

CAMERA	Primary	5 MP, 2592х1944 pixels, autofocus, dual-LED flash,check quality
	Features	Geo-tagging
	Video	Yes, 720p, check quality
	Secondary	No

FEATURES	OS	Microsoft Windows Phone 7
	CPU	1 GHz Scorpion processor, Adreno 200 GPU, Qualcomm QSD8250 Snapdragon chipset
	Messaging	SMS (threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Email
	Browser	WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML
	Radio	Stereo FM radio with RDS
	Games	Yes
	Colors	Black
	GPS	Yes, with A-GPS support; Bing Maps
	Java	Yes, MIDP 2.0
		- Digital compass - MP3/WAV/WMA/eAAC+ player - MP4/WMV/H.264/H.263 player - Facebook and Twitter integration - YouTube client - Pocket Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote, PDF viewer) - Voice memo - Predictive text input

BATTERY		Standard battery, Li-Ion 1230 mAh
	Stand-by	Up to 310 h (2G) / Up to 320 h (3G)
	Talk time	Up to 6 h 20 min (2G) / Up to 5 h 20 min (3G)

Key features:

• 4.3" 16M-color capacitive LCD touchscreen of WVGA resolution (480 x 800 pixels)
• Quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE support
• Dual-band 3G with HSDPA (7.2 Mbps) and HSUPA (2Mbps)
• Windows Phone 7 operating system
• 1GHz Snapdragon CPU, 576MB RAM, 512MB ROM
• 5 megapixel autofocus camera with dual-LED flash, geotagging
• 720p video recording @ 25fps
• 8GB of built-in storage
• Standard 3.5mm audio jack
• Standard microUSB port (charging)
• Dolby Mobile and SRS sound enhancement
• Wi-Fi b/g/n
• Bluetooth 2.1 with A2DP
• Accelerometer for screen auto rotation
• Office document editor
• Facebook integration and cloud services
• Built-in A-GPS receiver
• Stereo FM Radio with RDS
• Comes with HTC Hub and exclusive HTC apps
• Voice-to-text functionality
• Kickstand with trademark yellow accents
• Great audio quality

Main disadvantages:

• High screen response time causes visible ghosting
• Non-expandable storage
• No lens protection
• Quite heavy at 162 g (not that we mind)
• Somewhat susceptible to the "antenna death grip" (signal drops by at least two bars)

WP7-specific limitations

• No system-wide file manager
• No Bluetooth file transfers
• No USB mass storage mode
• Limited third-party apps availability
• No Flash (nor Silverlight) support in the browser
• Too dependent on Zune software for file management and syncing
• No video calls
• New ringtones available only through the Marketplace
• Music player lacks equalizer presets
• No multitasking
• No copy/paste
• No DivX/XviD video support (automatic transcoding provided by Zune software)
• No sign of free Bing maps Navigation so far
• No internet tethering support
• No handwriting recognition support