Jun 07, 2011 11:44 PM
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Design And Hardware:
The HTC Wildfire is widely regarded as being the HTC Desire’s baby brother. In terms of styling they are quite similar both sharing the some overall look from front to back. The Wildfire has the optical trackpad that we liked so much about about the Desire and Legend but does away with the physical buttons under the screen and instead as a touch sensitive Home, Menu, Back and Search button.
These sit just below the 3.2? QVGA display which, sadly, is not an AMOLED display. The touchscreen technology is capacitive though so that’s a plus.
I bought it for 11500 Rs (+ a bluetooth head set free) in ezone on 05/06/2011. Simply irresistible.
The Wildfire’s 3.2” capacitive screen is easy to use and is viewable outdoors. However, the low resolution certainly leaves a little to be desired. Colors seem to be washed out and pictures appear to have lines through them.
CAMERA
By incorporating an LED flash into the Wildfire, HTC has given users the ability to take pictures in very dark areas. However, as you’ll see in a few of the pictures below, pictures taken indoors with somewhat low light display quite a bit of noise.
The phone comes with a load of sensors, like the usual accelerometer & also it has a proximity sensor, which avoids accidental touches during a call, by locking the screen whenever the phone is held near the cheek.
PERFORMANCE
The 528MHz processor is typically able to consistently run many of our day-to-day applications without a hiccup. However, loading feeds in the twitter application, and starting up programs usually takes longer, which was to be expected. Sense is optimized to run fairly well on this device and it isn’t until multitasking with a handful of operation that you’ll begin to notice slowdown.
BATTERY LIFE
The Wildfire’s battery life is above average when comparing it to the many other Android handsets current available. With a 1300mAh battery powering only a 3.2”, low-resolution screen I was able to easily achieve a day of full use. With light usage getting through 2 full days is easily attainable.
PROS
CONS
Key features Quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE support3G with 7.2 Mbps HSDPA Android OS v2.1 (Éclair) with Sense UI3.2" capacitive touchscreen of QVGA resolutionMulti-touch supportQualcomm MSM 7225 528 MHz CPU, 384 MB RAM, 512 MB ROM5 megapixel auto-focus camera with LED flash and touch focusWi-Fi 802.11 b/g and GPS receiverAccelerometer sensor for auto-rotateTurn-to-mute, lift-to-tone-downProximity sensorSmart dialingStandard miniUSB port for charging and dataBluetooth with A2DP, file transfersmicroSD card slot, a 2GB card in the boxStandard 3.5mm audio jackSocial network integration: Facebook, Twitter and Flickr through Friend Stream Flash-enabled browserDirect access to the official Android repositoryStereo FM radio with RDS
