MOBILE PHONE REVIEW - THE HTC HD7

The HTC HD7 has been widely anticipated by users on the market, particularly by those who are reluctant to subscribe to the Apple image. This model is heavily integrated with all of the popular applications you would expect, including the Zune music player and the social network Facebook.

Zune is a slick and straightforward media player that allows you to go through your entire music collection, which can be pretty big when you consider the phone’s internal 8 GB memory. As for those who love their Facebook, you can incorporate your Facebook friends with your mobile’s phonebook, creating endless versatility to your communication prospects.

It’s pretty slick at performing tasks and messaging on the HD7 is simple and organised. Your inbox and sent messages folders are compiled into categories for each contact showing them as conversations, just like you would get from an iPhone.

You can also view all your photos on the phone, including images sent from your computer, which is a very easy task to do if you’re using a Windows PC, and you can upload your pictures onto social sites such as Facebook and Flickr. The HTC HD7 will also synchronises images from your online accounts such as Windows Live so you can view all of your images on the go.

The HTC HD7 is a promising phone with good features that could compete with today's latest. HTC hasn't lost the mobilephone market yet and they also have lots of mobile phone contracts that might change your mind when buying the phone you have in mind.

HTC HD7 – Media Masterpiece?

Firstly, the screen is an amazing and beautiful 4.3 inch 480x800 pixel display and is undoubtedly the HD7’s major selling point. Much like the other screens available from the HTC range it offers amazing clarity and quality. The size indicates how much the entertainment functions are a huge focus of this handset and though it is heavy, at around 162g, it is surprisingly very slim at only 11mm.

To be honest we don’t know if it is too big or just an impressive behemoth. The media player is the main reason to take a close look at the HD7, however that is to be expected with such an amazing screen. With excellent video and image playback, superb sound and full support for surround and Dolby functions you aren’t short of the specifications to enjoy your music and movies.

The sound quality of the two speakers is excellent and you get the added bonus option of either using a standard audio jack or a Bluetooth headset. At a mere 5 megapixels the camera was a disappointment, however it is quite good and performs adequately when used with the LED flash. You can also get some good video recording and the HD7 can also be integrated with Xbox Live, putting it ahead of it’s rivals in gaming connectivity.

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