HTC 7 Pro – GarageHp.com previously wrote articles about Panasonic Lumix DMC-G3. Now we are talking about HTC 7 Pro, Tilting Screen. Currently, Windows Phone 7 is one of the few rafts available to carry prospective smartphone owners seeking a little variety over a sea of Android phones. The HTC 7 Pro is U.S. Cellular’s first Windows phone, and although it’s a direct rebrand of the HTC Arrive, which debuted for Sprint three months before, it’s a solid addition to the carrier’s lineup and adds welcome choice.
The HTC 7 Pro is a hefty phone of sturdy design with HTC’s characteristic brushed-metal accents and elements. It’s got a great tilting screen and keyboard we enjoyed using, and it comes with HD video capture and playback, as well as Microsoft’s copy-paste feature, something that the first wave of Windows Phones lacked.
While it’s a good phone overall, several things keep it from being great. The screen could be larger, and the camera could be sharper, for starters. You won’t want to use speakerphone for too long. The update to Windows Phone 7.5 Mango this fall will certainly give the operating system a very welcome boost.
HTC 7 Pro Design
With the exception of a different carrier logo, the HTC 7 Pro is identical to Sprint’s HTC Arrive. After testing, we again give the responsive, rubberized QWERTY keyboard and 30-degree tilting screen a thumbs-up.
HTC 7 Pro Performance
We tested the dual-band (CDMA 800/1900) HTC 7 Pro in San Francisco using U.S. Cellular’s roaming network (San Francisco is outside of the carrier’s home coverage area.) Call quality sounded great to our friends on the other end of the line–clear without any distortion or background noise. They said it sounded almost clear enough to be a landline. The call didn’t sound quite so rosy to our ears. While it was definitely acceptable, a haze of white noise pervaded the calls, and overly loud volume caused distortion; the voices sounded too “hot.”
We liked the Arrive when it was first released, especially as an example of a nicely designed QWERTY Windows phone, and we like the HTC 7 Pro now. Yet, times have changed since Microsoft unveiled its then-high-end hardware requirements for Windows phones. Today dual-core, 4G phones are leading the pack and leaving single-core, 3G handsets like the HTC 7 Pro behind. Taken on its own, the HTC 7 Pro is a good phone, and a fine example of the Windows Phone 7 platform. When the HTC 7 Pro is matched against its toughest Android competitors, though, it’s clear that Microsoft and HTC will need to work harder to keep the Windows Phone standards from becoming obsolete.
That said, U.S. Cellular customers looking for an Android alternative will find the HTC 7 Pro a sturdy, reliable, attractive handset with a bold design and a friendly user interface. Related words about HTC 7 Pro: hub, htc corporation, apps, facebook, battery, wp7, smartphones, reviews, htc phones, mobile phone, samsung, bluetooth, desire, vodafone, verizon, GarageHP.com – source click here – HTC 7 Pro.
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