Feb 10, 2013 05:02 PM
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Its almost 6 months since I bought this phone. I like a lot features in this android 4.0 phone, which has the dual sim capacity and bench of nice features.
The good features include its dual sim capacity and easy configuration. I never need to spend any time to configure the sim. As soon as I put them in, I was asked select the sim 1, name them, choose one as the preferred one. I liked the color and shape of the phone when I saw the phone during its launch which helped me in deciding this as my future phone.
The phone is very thin that it fits in every pocket. The slim property adds to the overall look of the phone. I found the white color one, which looks awesome, but difficult to manage. So I put the Capdase silicon cover and a screen guard to save it from scratches and patches, drops, stains etc. When I am out for parties or gathering, I just remove the cover so that it will look slim and gain its 'great phone dude' status. :)
It has got most of the default features a normal android phone comes with. I don't find any particular app which may require any special comments. However the UI is great and very responsive. Its got 4 home screens, and performance is quite fast if you don't have much apps which consume the hardware resources a lot.
The 5MP camera is more than decent and the flash works well for its purpose. The screen is sufficiently bright in any type of light when the auto brightness is on. Be it complete dark or directly under the sun, you will never miss any pixel. Its an commendable quality.
You can control the battery life. If not much internet is used and not many apps is used, the single full charge will last for around 15 hours. This means, decide the availability of charging points, and you decide which features you want to use. For me, when I travelling, I just use the basic phone features (Call, SMS, email, music and some loaded videos) if no charge points. Otherwise, with full usuage of apps and data services, you can expect a decent 15-20 hour (again, it depends on which apps you use).
The audio is great with beats audio enhancements. However the player lacks lot of file browsing options. It wil just list all the files together and you have to go through the entire file list to decide the one or two tracks you want to add. If you have 1000+ tracks, just forget about the default player. It never shows you as it is stored in the memory. The stored representation of folder structure is never seen. However the quality of video player, pdf reader is good. Reading documents does not make your eyes paining compared to many other android phones.
A couple of cons would be: the fit of outer shell is not perfect. Gaps are visible and also the outer removable back cover is so delicate that you need to be very careful while removing and attaching. The audio player and other apps requires more attention to make it more user friendly. Also, having a front camera would be great to ask for, not sure any new models from HTC came with both front and back camera. A file browser is required to view the contents of storage as it is stored in exact directory/folder structure.
