HTC ChaCha Review
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Review: June 2011 |
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In a nutshell: The HTC ChaCha combines a BlackBerry-style
QWERTY keyboard with a large 2.6 inch touchscreen. It also has an
extra button - a facebook button - that lets you instantly upload
photos, videos and other stuff to facebook with one press. You'll
always be in touch with your friends if you have a ChaCha, thanks
to always-on internet access via Wi-Fi and 3G HSPA. Add to the mix
the power of the Android operating system, a high quality camera,
video calling, a fast 800MHz processor and plenty of memory, and
you've got a winning formula.
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The HTC ChaCha is a little unusual, but in a good way.
It's a phone that's built around Facebook, and it demonstrates HTC's
confidence in bringing out new kinds of phones and not just following
the crowds.
It looks rather like a BlackBerry, wearing its full
QWERTY keyboard proudly, but it's much thinner and has a larger screen.
And watch out BlackBerry, because this is a touch screen, and under
the cover is the power of the Android operating system. And right there,
in the bottom right hand corner, is a new idea - it's a facebook button.
The ChaCha feels good to use. The keyboard is large
and functional, and there are useful call and end buttons, plus 4 Android
touch-sensitive buttons immediately below the screen. We're always fans
of physical keyboards, simply because you can type so much quicker and
more accurately on them, and if you're serious about messaging, then
the ChaCha will let you speed away. The screen measures 2.6 inches,
compared with the 2.4 inches of most BlackBerry-flavoured phones, and
the extra screen space is most welcome. The screen resolution is about
the same as the BlackBerry Bold 9780,
which is to say that it's just right for its size. And of course we
want to touch it, so HTC have obliged by making it into a touch sensitive
screen, with which we can command the phone, opening apps, moving widgets
and generally getting stuck in. There's a compromise in using Android
on a 2.6 inch screen, compared with, say the 4 inches of the HTC
Incredible S, but its one we're willing to make in return for the
convenience of that physical keyboard. Android has been coupled with
HTC Sense and a few ChaCha-specific tweaks that make the interface run
very smoothly. And of course, there's that blue facebook button, waiting
for us to press it. The button lets you share just about anything with
one touch. Take a photo - straight to Facebook. Make a video - straight
to Facebook. What a great idea!
You might expect that a phone that's so facebook orientated
would cut corners in other places, but not so with the ChaCha. It's
really quite a powerful device all round. Take the processor for starters.
It's an 800MHz processor. Not as fast as the real high-end smartphones,
but well above what you'd expect in a mid-range phone, and enough to
power some quite serious apps and even multitasking. With 512MB RAM
available, you're not likely to sense much delay even with demanding
apps. There's no compromise when it comes to memory either, with microSD
cards up to 32GB being compatible with the ChaCha. Connectivity is excellent
as well, with Wi-Fi and 3G HSPA offering fast data connections (a must
if you seriously want to use facebook on the move), plus Bluetooth,
USB and an audio jack.
The multimedia capabilities of the phone are also better
than you'd expect. True, the relatively small screen size limits what
you can do in terms of playing games and watching videos, but the media
player / music player works very well, with plenty of memory available
and a 3.5mm headphone socket too. The camera is better than most in
this price range. It's 5 megapixels, with autofocus and an LED flash.
The video camera is average, but there's also a front-facing VGA camera
for making video calls. When you remember that most videos end up on
facebook or youtube, you'll appreciate that it's so easy to upload your
videos instantly, and you'll perhaps forgive their quality.
GPS is present of course, and has been well integrated.
The 2.6 inch display isn't the biggest for Google Maps, although it's
just about big enough. The facebook thinking behind the ChaCha is apparent
here too, because what the ChaCha wants most is for you to share your
location with your friends, so they'll always know where you are. A
slightly creepy thought, perhaps.
Web browsing is certainly possible with the ChaCha,
although once again the screen size does limit what you can do. Fortunately,
zooming and panning is very easy with the touchscreen, and web pages
load and display quickly thanks to Wi-Fi/HSPA and the fast processor.
Text flows well when you zoom, and you can quickly highlight text and
do searches on Google, Wikipedia or YouTube.
Battery life is better than many Android phones, being
measured in days rather than hours. The 1250 mAh battery doesn't sound
large, but it's big enough when you take into account the smaller screen
size.
Our impressions of the ChaCha are good, and we'd like
to see more like it. Frankly, we'd like to see BlackBerry move in this
direction too (something that they are slowly getting round to), or
else they're going to lose their market position to HTC. Thumbs up from
us! Just be sure to check out the Samsung
Galaxy Pro before you decide.
Features
of the HTC ChaCha include:
- 5 megapixel camera with autofocus and LED flash
- Video recording, VGA front camera for video calling
- Display: Capacitive touchscreen with 320 x 480 pixel
resolution (2.6 inches)
- GPS receiver with digital compass
- Music player (aac, .amr, .ogg, .mid, .mp3, .wav,
.wma formats)
- Messaging: SMS, MMS, Email
- Ringtones: MP3 ringtones
- Internet: GPRS, EDGE, HSPA
- Connectivity: Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 3.0, micro-USB 2.0,
3.5mm audio jack
- Memory: 512MB RAM, 512MB ROM plus microSD memory
card (up to 32GB)
- Vibration alert
- Quadband GSM (850/900/1800/1900 MHz) plus HSPA/WCDMA
(900/2100 MHz)
- Size: 114 x 65 x 10.7 mm
- Weight: 120g
- Battery: 1250 mAh
- Talktime: 420 - 450 minutes
- Battery standby: 430 - 660 hours
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HTC ChaCha Consumer Reviews
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Reviewed by andrea from UK on 14th Feb 2012
this is quite an ugly looking mobile but, it is still very good and
it has android and angry birds!!!! yay!!
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Reviewed by Ashleigh from Swansea uk on 12th Feb
2012
Poor phone memory full,they say it's for Facebook well not as it fills
memory,I got no apps no music no photos onit trying not to fill memory
I have requesting orange for a refund and I'm still waiting,got this
for Xmas cost a lot of money,so orange please give me mytefund and customer
donot by this phone
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Reviewed by A Durkin from Britain on 8th Feb 2012
HTC is basicly useless and user unfriendly, any requests for help are
routed to commercial groups, it's just a way for the creaming off of
the thing not working properly in the first place?
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Reviewed by Chris Salter from UK on 8th Feb 2012
The abilities and concepts of this phone are excellent
It does exactly what it says on the tin.
Theres just one problem and yes its a biggie, huge in fact!!
The internal memory is way too low, i got my daughter one of these phones
for xmas, she loves it but in the 6 weeks she's had it, we've had to
factory reset it 6 times (pretty much once a week)
This is because free internal memory (all 100mb of it) seems to decrease
by itself to the point where theres 2mb of free space and you cant open
anything
Bear in mind, she installs NO apps, has a few photos and a few sms messages
If this phone had an internal memory og 1gb it would be a good phone.
But i'm sorry, its current internal memory is a real show stopper.
IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO BUY THEN GOOGLE "htc chacha internal memory"
FIRST! And there is a fix, but it will void your warranty
Buyer Beware.....
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Reviewed by Goran from Serbia on 6th Feb 2012
This phone is JOKE !!!
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Reviewed by maia pace...x from englandd on 5th
Feb 2012
Im on my _HTC right now!
I didnt need to read the leaflet or be given instructions its soo simple
and mega fast internet connection. Liturally im on youtube and it takes
about 3 seconds to load a film no streaming nessessary. I would go as
far as saying its better than my ipod touch. With the double camera
it is soo easy to take pics for fb or whatever social networking sight
u use. Its not a phone designed just for fb u can use it for anything.
I couldnt be more happy with it . My friends thourght it was cool just
looking at it but then i yole them about the camera and touc screen
and they practically threw away there blackberrys . Im 13 so looks are
really important to me and this phone looks gr8 its slim big screen
big keyboard but also very cute. The curved shape is my only problem
i dont really like it but tht is so easy to get over when u take into
account all the other amazing features. Its a great phone for anybody
and i would highly recommend it.
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Reviewed by jackie from uk on 5th Feb 2012
Im loving this phone would never have gone for it if it had not been
for this site i always look at the phones on hear first i see this and
decided to go for it and havent regreted it its brill loving the facebook
button and the buttons r spaced apart nicly i love the feel of it in
yr hand i love it
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Reviewed by Dave from UK on 4th Feb 2012
Nice phone to use internet works well texting is good . nice pictures
taken though some said couldnt open . downside no flash (wasnt told
this in shop when i bought , also want to open docs from work to view
only but wont let me unlike my workmates who use Samsungs and I phones
. If your not going to use Flash or try opening attachments from ms
office then lovely phone .
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Reply by maiapace from englland on
5th Feb 2012
My htc has a flash?
Reply by Mobile Phones UK from UK on
5th Feb 2012
I think Dave is talking about the lack of Adobe Flash support in the
web browser, not the camera flash.
Reviewed by Im not telling you! from Uh Hu, don't think
so! on 29th Jan 2012
Well I was about 2 secounds away from buying this phone, when I then
read a review and it told me it was a phone basically revolving aroung
FaceBook! What is the point when I don't have FaceBook! I love the layout
of this phone though, it is like a BlackBeryy but has much better all
roundness as it is an Android operating system. This phone is sleek
and beautiful backed, ( I no all this as ALL my cousins haave it! )
I was just about to buy this phone becuase I think at the Moment the
HTC ChaCha is the best phone around. A beautiful camera inwhich some
stunning dhots can be taken, a qwerty keybored brillinat for teenages,
young adults ect ect. I do not reccomend this phone to someone who DOES
NOT have FaceBook,eg 60+ but I don't think thats many people now! NOT
GOOD for someone with poor eyesite as the buttons ar e quite small and
the screen is not so big, but all round a BRILLIANT PHONE!!!!! PS -
Comes in a nice box to ! xxxxx :-))
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Reviewed by Emily from England on 28th Jan 2012
The HTC ChaCha is an amazing phone. Pros: Very good camera and loads
pictures straight to facebook, quick, easy to type QWERTY keyboard,nice
slim shape, touch screen, apps, android. Cons: Useless battery life,
strange looking, Heavy, quite big. If you are looking for a smartphone
with quick performance, good apps and 1 day(or less) battery life this
phone is perfect for you. The only let down for me is the battery life
but you can buy a spare battery and single battery charger from Amazon.
The memory is fine when you use an sd card. It might not look great
but the actual phone is worth it. Use advanced task killer and battery
defence from the app store - both free this increases the battery length.
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Reviewed by H from England on 18th Jan 2012
I got this phone for my birthday and was quite excited at the prospect
of it because I wanted a Blackberry but they seemed to be so common
with people, and I wanted to be differant. Although this phone does
have its set backs, such as the battery life and the memory capacity,
and the fact that the internet os slightly slow on 3G. It is Genrally
good to use, it enables you to get messeges out quickly. The great thing
about it though is the camera, as a person that loves to take pictures
I find this feature amazing and definatly earns a 10 out of 10 for me!
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Reviewed by Shajib's Effect from Bangladesh on
17th Jan 2012
Well...I recently bought HTC Chacha after considering so many good cell
phones.....and i found that its an awesome mobile phone...so good looking...the
problem i found that is battery charge do not last long....... At the
end i must say.....its GOOD....
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Reviewed by oliva from england on 15th Jan 2012
The htc cha cha is an epic phone, the keyboard is really easy to use
and the internet is really fast. It has a good speaker which is good
for music and the touch screen is really good. Overall i i think its
much better than any other phone out at the moment . Its sick :)
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Reviewed by M from UK on 10th Jan 2012
Been using it now for 3 months and it is a brilliant phone. The option
of touch screen AND keyboard makes life easier. The phone is fast and
responsive and has not frozen. Battery life can be extended by installing
Battery defender app and Advanced Task Manager app. My first HTC and
am very very happy with it.
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Reviewed by Jay Patel from United Kingdom on 8th
Jan 2012
This is a staggering phone as it has a comes with a 2GB memory card
where you can move all your apps to. It has all the features you would
expect from android and the facebook button is just genius. The screen
it actually pritty deceint. The only problem i have is that when you
download apps from the android market some of them appear to be portrait
which is difficult to handle with as you have to turn the phone portrait
as the qwerty keyboard gets in the way, appart from that i would reccomend
this phone.
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Reviewed by Eva from West Midlands on 8th Jan
2012
The HTC ChaCha is an amazing phone and has some brilliant features.
The battery life is fine for me and the memory is okay. You will need
to charge it a little more than another phone but believe me it's worth
it. I am able to upload a photo or a video, or update my status with
one quick press of the facebook button at the bottom of the phone. The
QWERTY keyboard is outstanding and the touch screen is surprisingly
sensitive. if you are looking for a phone that has very good features
and is an all round brilliant phone that lasts for ages, then buy the
HTC ChaCha. don't listen to all the people that say they hate it, its
by far the best phone i have ever had! AMAZING! ;D
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Reviewed by James from United kingdom on 8th Jan
2012
I really wanted to love this phone, despite it's poor battery life,
it's nice to use. I wanted a basic/middle of the range smart phone that
didn't cost too much. But like others have found the memory has been
a killer. Every day it was telling me to go to the memory storage wizard,
but nothing I did helped. I even scoured the Internet for answers. It
spent 6 weeks in a drawer whilst I used my old battler 3GS. In the end
orange and phones 4u have admitted that the cha cha is unfixable and
have offered to let me choose a different phone. Result. Shame though.
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Reviewed by calum from wales on 6th Jan 2012
Amazing!!!!! Easier to type on than an iphone plus it has a touch screen!
You will need a seperate memory card as it only comes with a 2gb microsd
but its worth it! In fact im typing this review on a chacha and it feels
like a small computer!
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Reviewed by steve from england on 25th Dec 2011
It has the potential to be a really really good phone unfortunatly it
isnt the internal memory becomes full after just using fb and no other
app after about 3 days and you need to carry around a charger constantly
lasts about 6 hours if you only use the phone a few times!! LISTEN TO
THIS REVIEW DONT BUY ONE!!!
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Reviewed by Aimes from The Netherlands on 25th
Dec 2011
Pros: sensitive touchscreen; Android means there are a lot of interesting
apps to download; internet connection is pretty fast, though is slower
than the Samsung Galaxy S; Qwerty keypad is userfriendly; flashing notification
light on top right of phone is visible, unlike the Nokia E6 which is
practically non-existent unless you download an expensive app; phone
looks quite nice and seems robust(maybe a bit girly) in the white/silver
colour though the black looks very plain; the back cover is a nightmare
to get off Cons: The camera doesn't take great pictures and the lag
of shooting means the subject (e.g. a baby) will move whilst the picture
is being taken; battery life could be better; screen is rather small
so the font is also on the small size; ringing volume is not the loudest;
the number keypad light up keys are blue which is difficult to see;
the Android menu structure takes time getting used to, after being a
Symbian (Nokia) fan
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Reviewed by Tia from Wales on 24th Dec 2011
I have the htc chacha now,I have had no problems with the phone at all,I'd
rather have this phone than no phone..:)Excellent compared to my older
phone {Blackberry}.
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Reviewed by Mark Hughes from Ireland on 10th Dec
2011
An excellent phone, if you can carry an electrical socket around with
you, battery life without additional apps and only making 2 calls and
5 texts per day is 6 hours or less, sorry but not worth the money, frankly
stick with the BB. Aside from that, the touchscreen is responsive, internet
on 3 is poor so be wary, the quick access icons are a great idea, if
battery were as promised it would be excellent.
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Reviewed by divy from india on 7th Dec 2011
i am facing a lot of problem with internal memory on this phone every
other day my phone cries out low memory and also i cannot save my contacts
now. i would rather advise taking a bb over chacha or an iphone if you
dont need a physical keyboard.
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Reviewed by Louis Dare from UK on 16th Nov 2011
This phone comes first in a one horse race. Google this phone and you'll
find people unhappy with two main factors. 1) if you want to use your
phone then this is not for you. The battery will not last a whole day
if you use it. 2) The 150mb internal memery is almost full when you
buy the phone and many apps you download won't move to SD card. However
as this is the main QWERTY Android phone that feels like a Blackberry
you won't have any choice as Nokia and Blackberry rivals don't use Android.
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Reviewed by salim from india on 5th Nov 2011
htc chacha not support its keypad for SBT mobile application downloaded
from android market. and not get share trading application flipme of
geojitbnp paribas frmmarket.
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Reviewed by Vinnie Tan Jia QI from Malaysia on
27th Oct 2011
i like this phone.Before i buy chacha,i did read a lots of user review
from the other website and here also.Many of them complaint on the battery
life and also the internal memory.I m not addicted on playing games
or looking for any high tech function.what i want the phone do for me
is,when i m boring,i can use it to play some easy game and also use
it to check my email and fb.So the internal memory is enough for me
and also most of the apps and games that download from android market
are able to move into sd card.That is actually not a big problems for
me.I downloaded a apps call "battery defender",it really works good
to defend chacha's battery life.with chacha,everything related to fb
are so easy.I am enjoy on using chacha.I believe if you are a new user
for smartphone,u will fall in love with chacha.But if you are old smartphone
user,mayb you will feel chacha is not enough good for you.It depends
on what you looking for the function u wish your phone to do for you.ChaCha
is a cute name,i think most of the girl will like it.hahaha...This is
one of the reason i will choose it.
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Reviewed by Sammie from England on 25th Oct 2011
I bought this phone about 7 weeks ago, after briefly using a BB Curve
and Nokia N8, the Nokia was brilliant for the camera (12mp) and I loved
the BB keypad- then I came across the HTC Chacha, seemed perfect as
I wanted an Android phone but still have an actual keypad. Absolutely
loved the look and feel but within half an hour of switching it on a
large blue ! appeared in the top left of the screen... Scouted a few
forums turns out it's a bug, had to do a reset. Since then it's popped
up a few times, HTC really need to find a fix for this. And resetting
it only gets rid of it a few times, next step is taking the battery
out while switched on (a hard task seeing as though the back of my phone
will not budge) then when that doesn't work you have to do a factory
restore. Battery life is disgusting (my partner uses an X10 and is on
facebook etc constantly, his battery life is so much better) and I have
to charge at least 3 times a day. Camera is fantastic and it's pretty
fast, it's never crashed or froze on me. The phone reset option has
stopped working too and I have to switch the phone off now to reset.
That with the bug and battery issues has really wound me up because
I do like the phone... However my partner's iphone is coming tomorrow
so I'll be using his X10... Such a shame!
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Reviewed by ChuckM from UK on 25th Oct 2011
What a diabolical phone from HTC, battery life is absolutely useless
cannot get through a day without having to charge it twice and that
is with very little use, even the first generation mobile phone back
in the mid 80's had longer battery life. Also this is an android phone
where you should be able to download apps to use on the phone, after
installing only a few apps and moving them to the SD card the phone
constantly runs out of memory. This phone was rushed to the market and
has bugs and HTC has been stingy with memory and battery power. Take
my advice don't buy this phone, I sold this phone and bought a Sony
Ericsson Xperia Mini Pro, this is miles better than the HTC Cha Cha.
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Reviewed by jake Carter from england on 25th Oct
2011
mine was useless. the function key broke, disabling the majority of
other keys. The battery life was woeful and the back was near impossible
to get off.
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Reviewed by Shaneece from England on 23rd Oct
2011
worse phone ive ever had. regret even getting it. memories absolutely
rubbish, not to mention the battery life. don't buy this phone!!!
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Reviewed by Ruth from UK on 21st Oct 2011
Not a fan, have always had Black Berry before and find this battery
life poorer, have had to charge it twice daily sometimes which is a
pain but the price of a touch screen. Not enjoying the 4 home screens,
it can make for a very cluttered looking phone and don't like the way
it blends my FB and Twitter information on the Friends screen. Memory
is poor. Am tied in to the phone or I would go straight back to the
store and get a Black Berry again!
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Reviewed by Wendy from UK on 12th Oct 2011
I have been using this phone for about 6 weeks and have had very few
proper conversations on it. I am constantly hitting the hold button
or the speaker button, thought it might just take a bit of getting used
to, but it's no better. Anyone else experience these problems? The memory
is also not great!
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Reviewed by GythaOgg from UK on 9th Oct 2011
This would be an outstanding phone, if HTC hadn't seen fit to equip
it with near useless internal memorie. I have used it for 2 weeks and
am down to a max of 2MB internal memery making it impossible to download
apps and use the phone in any useful way. Even when moving everything
possible to the SD card and clearing the cache daily the internal memory
is near non exsistant. Such a shame. HTC what were you thinking!
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Reviewed by Luke from Malaysia on 5th Oct 2011
am truely in love with this phone. fantastic keyboard, work wonders
with my emailing habits, chatting on watsapps and sms. its pretty smooth
thou not as fast as a samsung galaxy s2 but the battery life is just
great. on a heavy phone call use it can last me a full day. were else
the higher end android phone can barely last me half a day... if ur
looking for a phone for games.. this is not it. but if ur looking for
a phone for calling sms, emailing and lots and lots and lots of chatting
and typing.. look no further,
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Reviewed by adrianeds from UK on 14th Sep 2011
I have always had Blackberry's & my two eldest sons have Blackberry's,but
this year I decided to get myself a HTC.The HTC Desire HD & all I can
say is it's simply awesome.Then last month my wife wanted a new phone
so I persuaded her to get the HTC cha cha.The Cha Cha is absolutely
brilliant,a fantastic phone,simple to use,is quick good screen,& the
keyboard is also fantastic. I would highly,highly recommend this phone!
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Reviewed by Elaine from England on 2nd Sep 2011
I love this phone! It feels great quality, keyboard is very comfortable
and responsive, touch-screen wonderfully sensitive and responsive, no
frustrations there! I am converted to htc!
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Reviewed by Sid from The Land of the Pink Zebra on
31st Aug 2011
What an amazing phone, I love it
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Reviewed by shazad from uk on 12th Aug 2011
this is sikk fone. iphone no!!!!!!
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Reviewed by guy from england on 7th Aug 2011
had this phone for 2 weeks and quite enjoy it. It was my first htc and
android so took me time to get used to it. The phones weakest points
are: the camera and the music player. The music doesn't play music loudly
compared to other phones and is quite annoying as you have to download
a lot of key features a phone should have eg: file manager, a proper
bluetooth application and an app remover(uninstaller). Overall gets
a 4 star easily no way near 5 star though.(btw it came with a 2gig memory
card).
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Reviewed by TiM from UK on 7th Aug 2011
Had this phone for a week. Was going ok. Quite liked it. Then the volume
buttons on the side stopped working, and it now says Safe Mode at the
bottom left hand corner of the screen. A reboot and reset hasn't cleared
this, so returning to O2 to get my money back under their 14 day returns.
Shame.. :(
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Reviewed by ella from england on 1st Aug 2011
Do nt buy ad two days was ok for first one then Button stopped wrkin
so couldn't answer calls Cos no option on screen also screen times out
Freezes for few secs wen playing games or just Lookin though mob went
straight bk wil nt av HTC Again ad probs wiv wildfire but gave m benefit
of Doubt still no gud hopes this helps only plus Side camera was good
waiting for bb 9900 xx
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Reviewed by Charlotte from United Kingdom on 19th
Jul 2011
I love this phone! It's taken me a couple of days to get used to it
as i've only ever had Samsung's, but I'm really pleased with it. The
keypad is great, responsive touch screen and the internet seems to be
very quick. I've read reviews saying they think the phone is ugly but
I think it's really nice to look at. One weak point is the camera. I
was quite disappointed with the results of the photo's i've taken compared
with those of my 2 megapixel Samsung camera but i'm just being a bit
picky.
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Reviewed by jase from uk on 6th Jul 2011
I got this fone for my daughter and the only reason we went for it was
the FB button. I must say I am really impressed with it, as is she too.
Everything is available at the hit of a button and she is able to post
just by this too. I did a bit of research though before I commited to
by this for her... I found this site that helped me make that call..
We bought from Vodafone in the Uk, best offer and deal at the time..
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Reviewed by Mittens from United Kingdom on 30th
Jun 2011
I've been reviewing mobile phones for nearly 10 years now...I've always
liked and admired HTC phones, but for me personally they've always had
one major drawback...touchscreens. I LOATHE touchscreens! So finding
out HTC had released a phone, with a keypad, that wasn't the size of
a brick (and weighed the same) made me keen to get my hands on the HTC
Cha Cha (what a dreadful name!) And first impressions don't disappoint.
I've had it for a full day now. The battery life seems to be good, I'm
still at half full after a full days use. The display is brilliant,
the touchscreen is very responsive, and the keypad is one of the best
I've used. The camera is a bit slow, but it's not the reason I bought
the phone. On first impressions, I highly recommend this phone
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Reviewed by SteakPieHarry from UK on 14th Jun
2011
I don't normally like to write reviews too soon as often the gremlins
in a phone don't reveal themselves for some time. Those little annoyances
that gradually creep in with protracted use. Such is my confidence in
the (admittedly silly named) ChaCha I'm happy to draw first blood here
at mobile phones uk. In a word the ChaCha ROCKS. I'm a big fan of Android
but my insistence on a tactile qwerty has put any dalliances with this
mighty OS on hold. Samsung temporarily piqued my interest with the Galaxy
Pro but the dreadful screen put the brakes on that possibility. So here
at last is my perfect form factor - Android and qwerty in beautiful
harmony. Talking of qwerty I'll start by saying the keyboard on the
ChaCha is AMAZING. Lovely to the touch and evenly spaced it's a dream
to type on. The phone display is bright and clear with text and colours
sharp as a tack. The capacitive touchscreen is as you'd expect, having
you effortlessly swiping through menus with grace. The general build
quality is fantastic. Whilst the looks aren't to everyone's taste the
ergonomic design and feel is out of the top drawer. Calls are crystal
clear and concise. Battery life is very good for an Android, the smaller
screen giving the juice a little more leeway. The camera is just ok,
working well in brightly lit rooms but the puny flash can light only
the smallest of shots. That's a small sin in an otherwise perfect phone
experience though. So an exceptional handset running a wonderful OS?
Not even Charlie Sheen is winning this hard. Three thumbs up.
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