Htc hd7 hands on and giveaway 2011
bit.ly click here The HD7′s hardware is strikingly similar to that of the HTC Desire HD we reviewed earlier this week. Dominating the phone is a 4.3-inch WVGA capacitive touchscreen, with minimal bezel and a 5-megapixel autofocus camera with dual-LED flash on the back. Inside is a 1GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon QSD8250 chip, the same as all the other first-wave Windows Phone 7 devices, paired with 576MB of RAM, 512MB of ROM and 16GB of flash storage (courtesy of an internal microSD card not intended for user-replacement). Again, there’s no user-expandable storage option. Hardware controls consist of the power/sleep button on the top edge, and volume and camera buttons on the side; there are also three touch-sensitive buttons under the display — back, home and search — together with a 3.5mm headphone jack and microUSB port on the bottom edge. The metal surround for the camera flips out to prop the handset up for video playback, though we’re dubious about its long-term resilience to damage. While the phone overall feels sturdy, the thin plastic battery cover and the stand do seem the most likely breaking points. e’ve covered Windows Phone 7 comprehensively in our Technical Preview, together with our Samsung Focus, HTC 7 Mozart and HTC Surround reviews, and we’d recommend reading those to gain a better understanding of what Microsoft’s new platform brings to the table. In short, though, the combination of well-tuned software and speedy hardware makes for an enjoyably swift …
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