PhoneArena reviews the HTC HD2
November 22nd, 2009 | 
Author: PhoneArena has weighed in with their review of the HTC HD2 and came to this conclusion:
There is no way a cell phone equipped with such a huge screen and powerful components would fail to appeal to eager high-tech buffs. The truth is, we see no reason not to recommend the HTC HD2 to anyone who feels overwhelmingly compelled to get a device with such a spectacular hardware. In terms of software and interactivity, it delivers everything that any self-respecting Windows Mobile smartphone offers and then some, adding capacitive screen and a lot of preinstalled applications, which make it not just head and shoulders, but light years away from its WM rivals today. The only WM smartphone that has a fighting chance against it is the Samsung Omnia II I8000. Personally, we´d go for the HD2 for its capacitive screen and better performance, but if we were predominantly focused on video playback, we would gladly sacrifice the extra 0.6 inches for the perfect video codec support of the Omnia II and its brilliant AMOLED screen – even if a bit smaller, its image quality is incomparably superior to any LCD display.
Ultimately, we say “yes” to the HTC HD2. This is a great handset that offers a lot with any respect. What´s more, considering the presence of the Sense interface, the HD2 escapes the fate of being qualified as just “another high-tech toy”, because it comes with functions in the forefront of today´s social networking, something that will certainly appeal to a good part of the now numerous people using various social networking services.
They do complain about in call sound quality and camera only gets a 7/10 but they still award an overall excellent 9 out of 10.
Read their full review here.
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The greatest phone in the world BUT.. the video
How bad is that but…?
Is it something that a cab or a flash can fix?
Is it just a bad first batch?
The answer might be deal breaker. Anybody knows? XDA?
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Foamy Reply:
November 22nd, 2009 at 8:25 pm
if the video quality on this phone is going to be a deal breaker for you then you're looking at the wrong phone. from what I've seen the video is good enough for the average smartphone user. in other words: if you barely use the video camera then it's fine.
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Bad call, bad photo. Bad video.
No stylus. No powerbutton. No Camera button.
No dpad.
People get excited just because of the screen size…
Not interested!
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Jos Dewey Reply:
November 22nd, 2009 at 11:33 pm
Yeah, I agree. The HD2 is just another phone, has some lust-worthy features but misses out on so many other things. I'm personally not going to buy another phone until one platform proves itself over the other, or at least one device does. If the HD2 has a few hardware buttons, a (at least virtual) d-pad and some built-in storage I might think about it. And then again there is HTC themselves… XDA aside, seems like a company like Samsung provides much better support to their customers. When was it that HTC finally added a default landscape keyboard? How about when they finally added a measly LED flash to a phone? They always mysteriously leave out such easy to include features (on their flagship, no less).
And anyway, enough is enough with HD2 posts. I don't even bother reading any of these reviews since I have no interest in the phone – do at least some of them present a different view or all these dozens and dozens of HD2 reviews linked to on here all say the same thing?
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domisitry read some more reviews!
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cannot put in landscape keyboard mode in microsoft office that makes it a chore to type in such a cramped portrait keyboard espcially for man adults. What a shame for such a great phone which could not live up to the name and the price. under use of the big screen.
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