Excellent android phone for 8k. Review on HTC Explorer

I bought this from sulekha.com for Rs 8099/-

This is a good first android phone if you are on a budget. Also good for teen crowd. It is pretty responsive and build quality is decent

Listing out pros and cons

pros

1. Don't underestimate the 650MHz processor. It also has adreno 200 GPU. Overall response is good. Don't compare to high end android phones or iphone. you will be disappointed.

   
   




2. Supports 3G upto 14.4 Mbps

   
   




3. Supports tethering. wifi/usb/bluetooth

   
   




4. has accelerometer, GPS, proximity sensor, ambient light sensor

   
   




5. Call quality is good

   
   




6. htc sense ui. till now I have found no reason to hate it.

   
   




7. Good build quality

   
   




8. 512MB RAM

   
   

and other minor bells and whistles included.

Cons:

1. Battery life is bad like all android phones. 3G turned on drains battery faster. with wifi tetheirng on, battery dies out in a couple of hours.  With power saving enabled, no 3G/wifi/bluetooth, and display dimmed out expect a 1.5-2 days life

   
   




2. Only 150MB internal memory! This is biggest drawback

   
   




3. Lots of unnecessary apps are pre-installed.  Yet to figure out how to remove them. Some downloaded apps can be moved to sd card

   
   




4. Response slows down if you have lots of apps installed.

   
   




5. Facebook for HTC sense keeps crashing randomly. I don't like this app.

   
   




6. GPS is not very accurate. When outdoors I found accuracy is not on par with galaxy SII or iphone but then I don't expect it for 8k!

   
   




7. Camera is 3MP with no auto focus or flash. Live with it!