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Having been announced less than a month ago I was initially surprised to see the HTC Wildfire arrive in the office here so soon. Granted, we've already seen the Wildfire go on pre-order sale (SIM-free) at some retailers and some UK carriers announce that they too will stock it but we still thought it was some way off.
The HTC Wildfire appears to be HTC's attempt to break in to lower end of the market. HTC's recent wave of handsets have been at the upper-end at around the £400 mark for the HTC Desire and a little less for the HTC Legend. The Wildfire then is much less expensive than the HTC Desire which is widely regarded as the Wildfire's bigger brother. This is a smartphone with a 'feature phone' price tag.
If you saw my HTC Wildfire unboxing video a few days ago you may have noticed that I said we'll be doing something a little different with this review. Whilst the top section of the review will follow our normal format and will keep everything factual with just a little of my opinion in there the lower portion of the review will introduce comments from James, Tracy and possibly a few other members of the team, we're going to try making it a broad view.
The 10 Second review:
Device: HTC Wildfire
Price: around £230
Summary: The best entry-level Android handset with great features
Best of: HTC Sense UI, 5 MP camera, Android 2.1, price
Worst of: No AMOLED screen and low-res display
Buy it now from: Devicewire
What's in the box?
HTC Wildfire handset
USB style mains charger
USB to MicroUSB sync/charge cable
1300 mAh battery
Wired headset
If you are looking at my HTC Wildfire unboxing video then please remember that the box is NOT final retail and therefore the contents may change slightly. The hardware and ROM build we have is final though.
HTC Wildfire specification:
Platform: Android 2.1 (Éclair) with HTC Sense
Dimensions: 106.75 x 12.9 x 60.4mm
Weight: 118 grams (4.16 ounces) with battery
Processor: 528 MHz
RAM: 384 MB
ROM: 512 MB
Screen: 3.2 inches Capacitive touch screen with pinch-to-zoom capability
Resolution: 240 x 320 QVGA
HSDPA/WCDMA: 900/2100 MHz. GSM: 850/900/1800/1900 MHz
Wi-Fi: IEEE 802.11 b/g
Bluetooth: Bluetooth® 2.1 with Enhanced Data Rate
Camera: 5 megapixel color camera with Auto focus and flash.
Battery: 1300 mAh Rechargeable Lithium-ion battery
Battery Standby: Up to 480 hours
Battery Talk Time: Up to 490 mins
Additional Audio: 3.5 mm stereo audio jack
USB Interface: Standard micro-USB
Network Protocols: 3G: Up to 7.2 Mbps download speed. Up to 384 kbps upload speed. GPRS: Up to 114 kbps downloading. EDGE: Up to 560 kbps downloading.
G-Sensor
Digital compass
Proximity sensor
Ambient light sensor
Internal GPS antenna
Warranty: 2 Years
General
Let's start then as we always do by having a closed look at the hardware of the HTC Wildfire.
As I mentioned already, 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.
Right above the screen and to the left of the HTC logo is a small LED that, unless illuminated, is virtually invisible. It does however light up orange when the handset is on charge and turns green when fully charged.
The HTC Wildfire appears to be HTC's attempt to break in to lower end of the market. HTC's recent wave of handsets have been at the upper-end at around the £400 mark for the HTC Desire and a little less for the HTC Legend. The Wildfire then is much less expensive than the HTC Desire which is widely regarded as the Wildfire's bigger brother. This is a smartphone with a 'feature phone' price tag.
If you saw my HTC Wildfire unboxing video a few days ago you may have noticed that I said we'll be doing something a little different with this review. Whilst the top section of the review will follow our normal format and will keep everything factual with just a little of my opinion in there the lower portion of the review will introduce comments from James, Tracy and possibly a few other members of the team, we're going to try making it a broad view.
The 10 Second review:
Device: HTC Wildfire
Price: around £230
Summary: The best entry-level Android handset with great features
Best of: HTC Sense UI, 5 MP camera, Android 2.1, price
Worst of: No AMOLED screen and low-res display
Buy it now from: Devicewire
What's in the box?
HTC Wildfire handset
USB style mains charger
USB to MicroUSB sync/charge cable
1300 mAh battery
Wired headset
If you are looking at my HTC Wildfire unboxing video then please remember that the box is NOT final retail and therefore the contents may change slightly. The hardware and ROM build we have is final though.
HTC Wildfire specification:
Platform: Android 2.1 (Éclair) with HTC Sense
Dimensions: 106.75 x 12.9 x 60.4mm
Weight: 118 grams (4.16 ounces) with battery
Processor: 528 MHz
RAM: 384 MB
ROM: 512 MB
Screen: 3.2 inches Capacitive touch screen with pinch-to-zoom capability
Resolution: 240 x 320 QVGA
HSDPA/WCDMA: 900/2100 MHz. GSM: 850/900/1800/1900 MHz
Wi-Fi: IEEE 802.11 b/g
Bluetooth: Bluetooth® 2.1 with Enhanced Data Rate
Camera: 5 megapixel color camera with Auto focus and flash.
Battery: 1300 mAh Rechargeable Lithium-ion battery
Battery Standby: Up to 480 hours
Battery Talk Time: Up to 490 mins
Additional Audio: 3.5 mm stereo audio jack
USB Interface: Standard micro-USB
Network Protocols: 3G: Up to 7.2 Mbps download speed. Up to 384 kbps upload speed. GPRS: Up to 114 kbps downloading. EDGE: Up to 560 kbps downloading.
G-Sensor
Digital compass
Proximity sensor
Ambient light sensor
Internal GPS antenna
Warranty: 2 Years
General
Let's start then as we always do by having a closed look at the hardware of the HTC Wildfire.
As I mentioned already, 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.
Right above the screen and to the left of the HTC logo is a small LED that, unless illuminated, is virtually invisible. It does however light up orange when the handset is on charge and turns green when fully charged.
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