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Category Archives: Devices
Orange San Francisco Unboxing
I take a look at a new budget range handset available on Orange, the San Francisco. At only £99 I can’t believe how nice a handset this is!
First impressions are very good, but of course a full review will be following soon.
New HTC Devices Hit The Market
So, now many of us have had a play with the upcoming HTC wonder devices, we’ve perhaps made our choice of which will be purchased, the next big decision is from where…
If you’re like me, you don’t worry about getting a phone on contract, just buy one SIM free, when you upgrade comes around, sell that on eBay to fund whatever phone it was you really wanted! So, I’m taking a look round the web to help you in your shopping dilemma.
Whilst at the HTC London event yesterday I heard the two new devices appeared on Amazon very breifly at £415 for the HD and £449 for the Zed. Well, they are both there this morning, but at considerably higher prices.
HTC Desire HD Specification And Pictures
So what was our initial impression of the Desire HD? Read on to find out.
HTC Desire Z Specification And Pictures
I thought that I would post a few pictures of the Desire Z for you to see, so if you want to see more and if you want to know what the specifications are, read on.
Xperia X10 Mini Review
The first thing you notice about the X10 Mini is simply how tiny it is. It’s not like any other smart phone I’ve used before, it’s almost like holding a pebble in your hand. Much like the Wildfire, I don’t know anyone that uses one, but they appear to be reasonably popular, so I thought I should take a look.
As usual, I got hold of a second hand X10 Mini for less than £150. The general street value would appear to be around £160-£180, but please note the Pro version, with the keyboard, adds around £30-£50 to the value. This clearly places the device in the low to mid range of Android devices.
Hardware
The X10 Mini runs on a 600mhz CPU, which doesn’t sound a lot, but would appear to be plenty to keep it moving along nicely. As mentioned, its a small device, which of course means it’s going to have a small screen, the Mini has a 2½” but manages to squeeze 240 by 320 pixels into this space and I have to say, images look very crisp, with good colour and contrast.
At 88g the device is the smallest Android smart phone you’re going to find. It’s just over 8cm high and 5cm wide, small enough I can totally cover it with a Credit Card. Although it’s so light, it feels solid enough, the materials feel good with a kind of non-slip feel to the back cover, which wraps round both sides.
X10 Mini First Look
Following on from me taking a look at the HTC Wildfire, now I’ve got hold of an Sony Xperia X10 Mini. Take a look at the video of me checking it out.
HTC Wildfire Review
The HTC Wildfire, also known as the HTC Buzz has been out for a couple of months in the UK now and to be honest, I’ve yet to see someone actually using one, unlike the multitude of people using the Desire these days. A quick look on a carriers website shows me you can get the Wildfire for free with a 24 month £20 contract (£480 total) or for £25 a month if you prefer a shorter 18 month contract (£450). Compare this to the Desire being £10 a month more, on both contract lengths, shows the Wildfire is a good £200 cheaper.
There are other ‘budget’ Android devices out there, such as the HTC Tattoo or the Sony Xperia X10 Mini, both of which can be found for less than £200 these days. Strangely, the HTC Legend falls into the same price plans (free at £25 x 18 or £20 x 24) as these budget phones, even though their street value is still up over £300.
I’ll try and take a look at both of these other budget options in the coming weeks, but for now lets look at where the Widlfire fits in the budget market. I’ll walk you through my findings of the Wildfire and leave it to you to decide.
HTC Wildfire Unboxing
Most of the devices we look at on Hemorrdroids.net are top end gadgets, in the region of £400+ SIM free. Well I decided I should check out some from what I guess is the mid range, so I’ve got hold of an HTC Wildfire for £200. Here’s the video of me having a first look at the device and going through the box to see what’s in it.
First impression is it’s quite a neat little phone, but there’s a reason it’s half the price of the bigger devices. A full review will be coming this week, as well as another low to mid range device.
Samsung Galaxy S Review
One of the first things everyone notices about the Samsung Galaxy S when the hold it is how light it is. Despite being bigger than the Nexus One, the SGS is 118g compared to the N1’s 130g. The worry might be that it feels cheap and tacky, but that simply isn’t the case. The SGS feels like a well put together piece of technology.
The next thing people tend to notice is the gorgeous 4” Super AMOLED screen. One thing I notice, you don’t feel the screen is that much bigger in day to day use. With the Dell Streak’s 5” screen, you could see more information on the screen, more widgets and icons would fit. With the SGS, this isn’t the case, things are just a little bigger.
Anyway, lets move on and take a look at the device in more detail.
Samsung Galaxy S First Look
I’ve got my hands on a Samsung Galaxy S now, and very nice it looks too. Here’s me taking my initial tour round the device as it comes.
I will of course be doing a full review in the next couple of days, keep checking back to see it!