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HTC Hero Review



The good:
The HTC Hero boasts a 5-megapixel camera that produces good-quality photos and videos. It comes with advanced multimedia capabilities and has 3G support. The smart phone also features integrated GPS, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and nice, stylish design.

The bad:
The HTC Hero is sluggish sometimes; the flash video is not so good. The button and menu just could be better.

The bottom line:
The HTC Hero is a powerful multimedia smartphone with an excellent imaging capabilities and solid performance. Though it has some minor errors, the device is very responsive to our demands. It is an all-in-one smartphone and the powerful functions will make your life more convenient.

Design - The HTC Hero features a nice, stylish design, and it is hard to ignore the 3.2-inch capacitive touchscreen that dominates the face of the smartphone. With 320x480-pixel resolution, the display is quite eye-catching. Finally, the average size (112mm tall by 56.2mm wide by 14.35mm deep and weighing 135g) make it portable and comfortable to hold and use as a phone.

Features and performance - The HTC Hero comes with a 5-megapixel camera which will give you high photo quality. You will get the same HSPA speeds (7.2Mbps uplink/2Mbps downlink), quad-band GSM, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and built-in GPS for navigation. Other highlights include QWERTY keyboard, music player, Bluetooth, GPS, Wi-Fi and 3G support.

Battery - The HTC Hero is powered by 1350 mAh Lithium-Ion battery. It quotes up to 420 minutes of WCDMA talktime or 470 minutes of GSM talktime. It also suggests up to 660 hours of WCDMA standby or up to 420 hours of GSM standby.







Display, battery, band, design, audio & video formats specs for HTC Hero.

Top Specs

  • Display

    320 x 480 pixels,

  • Battery

    1350 mAh, Up to 440 h (2G) / Up to 750 h (3G), Up to 8 h (2G) / Up to 7 h (3G),

  • Band

    2G Network: GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900; 3G Network: HSDPA 900 / 2100.

  • Design

    -

  • Audio Formats

    MP3/AAC+/WAV/WMA9

  • Video Formats

    MP4/H.263/H.264/WMV9.

HTC Hero Battery Specifications

Battery Standard battery, Li-Ion 1350 mAh
Capacity 1350 mAh
Standby Time Up to 440 h (2G) / Up to 750 h (3G)
Talk Time Up to 8 h (2G) / Up to 7 h (3G)
Technology Li-Ion

HTC Hero Cellular Specifications

Additional Features - Digital compass; - Dedicated search key; - Scenes quick profile switcher; - Google Search, Maps, Gmail,; YouTube, Calendar, Google Talk integration; - MP3/AAC+/WAV/WMA9 player; - MP4/H.263/H.264/WMV9 player; - Organizer; - Voice memo
Band 2G Network: GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900; 3G Network: HSDPA 900 / 2100
Speakerphone Yes
Vibrating Alert Yes

HTC Hero Communicator Features Specifications

Operating System Android OS, v1.5 (Cupcake)

HTC Hero Connections Specifications

Connector Type 3.5 mm audio jack; miniUSB

HTC Hero Digital Camera Specifications

Features Geo-tagging, touch focus (via software update)
Focus Adjustment autofocus
Sensor Resolution 5 megapixels
Still Image Resolutions 2592 x 1944
Video Recorder Yes
Video Recorder Features CIF@15fps

HTC Hero Digital Player Specifications

Digital Player MP3/AAC+/WAV/WMA9 player; MP4/H.263/H.264/WMV9 player
Supported Audio Formats MP3/AAC+/WAV/WMA9
Supported Video Formats MP4/H.263/H.264/WMV9

HTC Hero Audio Specifications

Digital Player Supported Audio Formats MP3/AAC+/WAV/WMA9

HTC Hero Display Specifications

Diagonal Size 3.2 inches
Display Resolution 320 x 480 pixels
Features - Sense UI; - Multi-touch input method; - Accelerometer sensor for UI auto-rotate; - Trackball
Type TFT capacitive touchscreen, 65K colors

HTC Hero General Specifications

Announcement Date 2009, June
Available Body Colors Brown, White (teflon coating), Graphite, Black, Pink
Depth 14.4 mm
Dimensions 112mm x 56.2mm x 14.4mm
Height 112 mm
Product Type Android Smartphone with 5 megapixels digital camera, GPS navigation, multimedia player
Weight 135 g
Width 56.2 mm

HTC Hero Gps System Specifications

Gps Navigation Yes, with A-GPS support

HTC Hero Memory Specifications

Installed Ram 288 MB RAM
Installed Rom 512 MB ROM
Supported Flash Memory Cards microSD
Phone Memory Phone Book Capacity Practically unlimited entries and fields, Photocall
Phone Memory Received Calls Memory Practically unlimited

HTC Hero Messaging Data Services Specifications

3g HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 2.0 Mbps
Bluetooth Yes v2.0 with A2DP
Edge Class 10, 236.8 kbps
Gprs Class 10 (4+1/3+2 slots), 32 - 48 kbps
Internet Browser HTML
Java Applications Via third party application
Messaging Services IM
Mobile Email Email; Push Email
Supported Sms Functions SMS(threaded view); MMS
Short Messaging Service Yes
Usb Yes, miniUSB v2.0
Wlan Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g

HTC Hero Organizer Specifications

Installed Games Yes

HTC Hero Phone Memory Specifications

Phone Book Capacity Practically unlimited entries and fields, Photocall
Received Calls Memory Practically unlimited

HTC Hero Processor Specifications

Processor Qualcomm MSM 7200A 528 MHz processor

HTC Hero Ring Tones Specifications

Ring Tone Formats MP3, WAV ringtones