HTC Wildfire Review
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Last updated November 2011.
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In a nutshell: The HTC Wildfire brings Android technology
to the budget smartphone sector. Incorporating the power of Android
and HTC Sense, plus a superbly responsive capacitive touchscreen,
the Wildfire is easy to use and has access to thousands of apps.
Combined with a 5 megapixel camera with autofocus and flash, a media
player, GPS, Google Maps and fast internet, the Wildfire gives you
a lot for your money. But compromises have been made with the scre
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The HTC Wildfire is a cut-price version of the hugely
popular HTC Desire, and it's been a huge
success itself, bringing Android smartphone technology to millions.
There are lots of reasons to like the Wildfire, such as its solid build,
its superbly responsive capacitive touchscreen, and the power of Android.
But cuts have been made in terms of screen resolution, battery life,
processor speed and memory. Now, more than a year after its launch,
its looking rather dated and we'd recommend the HTC
Desire S instead.
The Wildfire runs the same operating system as the
Desire, namely Android™ 2.1 (Éclair) with HTC Sense, making it both
very powerful and very easy to use. The Android Market has matured greatly,
with thousands of free games and apps now available, and we wouldn't
be surprised if it overtook Apple's App Store in the near future. HTC
Sense overlays the Android operating system, providing a very slick
user interface with rich functionality. Friend Stream lets you see all
your friends’ Facebook updates, Tweets and Flickr photos on the same
screen. Caller ID shows not only the caller's name and photo, but also
their Facebook status and birthday date too. The News App delivers your
selected news feeds straight to your phone. There are 7 home screens
available, all easily customisable, and in case that sounds like too
many to remember, Leap View shows you thumbnails of all 7 of your Home
Screen panels at once. You'd be right to think that the Wildfire is
as much about social networking and the mobile internet as it is about
phoning and texting. That's why Google developed Android in the first
place, but actually HTC are leading the way in making this vision a
reality. This incarnation of Android and HTC Sense behaves just beautifully.
You also need your phone to provide basics like a good
camera and media player, and the Wildfire ticks these boxes too. The
camera has 5 megapixels, autofocus and a flash, so it can take pretty
decent photos under most conditions. Likewise, the media player can
handle all common digital formats, has plenty of playback options, and
produces excellent audio quality via its 3.5mm headphone socket. An
FM radio is included too. The one thing missing on the media side is
video calling.
The Wildfire has fast internet access via 3G HSPA,
giving download speeds of up to 7.2 Mbps - as fast as home broadband
in theory. It also has Wi-Fi support, so you can access even faster
data rates in a Wi-Fi hotspot. In addition it supports Bluetooth and
USB connectivity.
As well as this, HTC have managed to pack in a GPS
receiver with Google Maps, a digital compass, geo-tagging of photos
and HTC Footprints.
There are a few other things worth mentioning about
the Wildfire. The web browser is superb with full support for flash
(move over, iPhone!) and the pinch-to-zoom capability combined with
auto-rotation between landscape and portrait modes makes for a great
experience, despite the limited screen size. We're delighted to note
that there's support for Microsoft Exchange, so you can sync your email
and calendar with your PC. And also that a dimmable flashlight has been
built into the phone, just like those old Nokias - cool.
The hardware to support all these flashy features is
only just about adequate however. The CPU runs at 528 MHz which can
make for sluggish behaviour at times. The phone has a pretty decent
384MB RAM, with the capacity to accept a 32GB microSD memory card as
well. The battery is a 1300 mAh Lithium-ion battery, which is almost
as big as the battery in the Desire. Now the Desire doesn't have the
greatest battery life, so it might seem that supplying a smaller battery
could lead to trouble. And you'll probably find that the battery needs
charging pretty often.
The Wildfire is still a good budget phone. But there's
a lot more choice of budget Android phones these days. Consider the
HTC Desire S or Samsung
Galaxy Fit as better options.
Features
of the HTC Wildfire include:
- 5 megapixel camera with autofocus and flash
- Video recording (3GP format)
- Display: Capacitive touchscreen with pinch-to-zoom
capability, 240 x 320 pixels (3.2 inches) with auto-rotate
- GPS receiver with digital compass, Google Maps,
HTC Footprints and geo-tagging
- Music player (aac, .amr, .ogg, .m4a, .mid, .mp3,
.wav, .wma formats)
- FM radio
- Messaging: SMS, MMS, Email
- Ringtones: MP3 ringtones
- Internet: GPRS, EDGE, HSPA (7.2 Mbps download, 384
kbps upload)
- Connectivity: Bluetooth 2.1 with Enhanced Data Rate,
micro-USB 2.0, Wi-Fi, 3.5mm audio jack
- Memory: 384 MB RAM plus microSD memory card (up
to 32GB)
- Vibration alert
- Quadband GSM (850/900/1800/1900 MHz) plus HSPA/WCDMA
(900/2100 MHz)
- Size: 107 x 60 x 12.9 mm
- Weight: 118g
- Talktime: 440 - 490 minutes
- Battery standby: 480 - 690 hours
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HTC Wildfire Consumer Reviews
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Reviewed by mellisa ernst from usa on 6th Feb
2012
Love the phone!!!! Easy 2 use. Memory sux
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Reviewed by alan from england on 5th Feb 2012
i have had to put up with this phone for a year and a half and getting
a new phone today... yep eeee
i have lost so much time and money with lost calls ( poor signal) each
time a call comes in the phone will not connect have down loaded an
app for an easy answer which sorted out the problem but now when answering
a call the signal dies ... so annoying
also the music player never worked
please don't spend any money on a htc phone
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Reviewed by kierran from uk on 5th Feb 2012
I love my HTC wildfire. It's a robust phone
(I keep dropping it). It does everything my ipod does and I can message
and ring people. The only annoying things are the poor battery life
and the fact that as soon as my phone has been on charge for about 30
mins,the phone feels very hot
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Reviewed by Arthur from England on 1st Feb 2012
As this is my first smartphone I can`t compare it with the competition,
but I`m impressed. There are a few small niggles like having to leave
it on all night for the alarm next morning, not being able to add new
message/alarm tones and poor radio reception, but other than that it`s
solid and more than does the job.
I have had one major problem in that after around 8 months it started
cutting off calls despite a full signal. This worsened over a few weeks,
but my phone shop sent it back to HTC who within a week replaced it
with a new one.
So far so good.
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Reviewed by Beth from England on 30th Jan 2012
I would not recommend this phone to ANYONE!If I could have given this
phone a 0 rating I would have. The touch screen is NOT sensitive or
responsive. The battery life doesn't even last me the whole day. The
camera is very poor quality. It sends messages to the wrong people and
sends the same message more than 5 times. If you are wanting a phone
that appears to be high-tech when actually the basics of the phone is
worse than a brick then go for it.
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Reviewed by Erik from Germany on 30th Jan 2012
A cheap phone with a lot potential. Sure, it may not be the bet out-of-the-box
experience, but great for tweaking nonetheless. It is an easy to unlock
handy why great support for alternative ROMs. I've overclocked mine
to 768MHz and re-partitioned internal storage so that I have 305mb instead
of original 170mb for apps Battery life ranges from 12 hours of intencive
usage to 36 hours of mostly idling. There are better phones around,
but not at that price. Ideal to try mods such as CyanogenMod. Hardware
is a bigger problem, but htc service is nice.
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Reviewed by jadeeeee from uk on 27th Jan 2012
this is a great phone! and i have had it fir 16 months now... there
is a few set backs such as the porr battery life as if you are on it
all day i dies at about 4pm when i need it most!! also the screen will
only work if it it your skin it touching in so if its a cold day you
have to take you gloves of!!!... this is my first touch screen phone
so i dont have much to compare it on but it is a good phone over all
:) xXx
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Reviewed by Helen from UK on 26th Jan 2012
Brilliant phone all round. Great touch screen - very responsive. Good
sized screen, very intuitive to use - I'd had a Samsung Tocco before
which was terrible in comparison. Good phone, on small budget.
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Reviewed by dileep from India on 26th Jan 2012
I love this phone.....
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Reviewed by alexmac from UK on 25th Jan 2012
This might not have been the best choice of touchscreen phone for someone
like me who likes a 'querty' keyboard with buttons (remember buttons?)but
it was the only free handset with my BT call plan and I thought I'd
try 20th Century technology even tho' I'm not quite ready fir the 21st.
Unsuccessful so far, as since starting to use it I've not managed to
send a text in less than 10 minutes, and usually give up, as my fat
fingers squish over several buttons of the on screen keyboard with disasterous
results. And all the intuitive stuff I've learned from Samsung, Nokia
and an early HTC are out the window so I have to RTFM (as in when all
else fails 'Read the Foolkin Manual')... but there isn't one- just 'tips'...
I'd give it to the grand daughter and crawl back to my stone tablet
except she's already got better kit..
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Reviewed by Tate from UK on 24th Jan 2012
Awful. The alarm stopped working causing me to oversleep. Then it sounded
at a time it wasn't set for. The text keyboard is slow to respond and
the dictionary doesn't seem to know the most basic of words or insists
on using a capital letter when you don't want it too.I'm currently trying
to switch it off but about 10 seconds after it shuts down it restarts
by itself. An embarassment.
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Reviewed by chris from uk on 23rd Jan 2012
ive had this phone for a year ive had no probs photos are good theres
plenty of worse phones out there some people talk rubbish its not a
bad phone when you consider its cost people should think about that
!
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Reviewed by Fiona Mills from englan on 19th Jan
2012
This phone is terrible! it first starts sending random texts to people,
then it goes really slow. The other day the touch screen stopped working
then the phone turned it self off, it has done that about 7 times this
week, the apps are rubbish compared to apple apps, being logged onto
facebook/twitter makes the phone slower, the battery life is rubbish.
today it started flicking through all the apps I had used today and
it wouldn't stop so I had to take the battery out! While being on the
phone to someone you can't multitask simply because the phone screen
flashes on and off, ending the phone being frozen, Once it would'nt
let me end call so i wasted 20 minutes on that. the camera quality is
rubish. RANT OVER! I cant wait to get my iphone!
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Reviewed by Jackie Bouaziz from England on 17th
Jan 2012
Worse phone ever it freezes all the time, keeps saying storage full
when i have loadssssss left, starts opening features i have not requested
absolutely horrible phone.
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Reviewed by Jennifer from England on 16th Jan
2012
DO NOT GET IT!!!!! I had the phone for a year, it was so slow, most
apps won't work because of the major lag. In the end my mum just brought
me out of my contract, now I have a BB curve 9360 and absolutely love
it. Wildfire=Waste of money...
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Reviewed by Hamish from UK on 15th Jan 2012
Worst Phone I have ever owned. So slow, texts the wrong people. Heap
of junk.
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Reviewed by Devonte from UK on 14th Jan 2012
This phone is a GOOD phone, not the best but beats most mid range phones
that are curently available yes the phone freezes sometimes, but what
phone doesnt? Its got very fast iternet over 3G and even faster over
WIFI. the interface is very good and the screen is big. I really like
this phone. If u buy this u wont regret it
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Reviewed by patrick from uk on 13th Jan 2012
good phone shame about the battery life
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Reviewed by Becky from UK on 12th Jan 2012
I have had problem after problems with my HTC Wildfire! I regret choosing
this phone! I am on my second replacement. It's so slow on anything!
keeps freezing and force closes! I will never buy a HTC again!
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Reviewed by N K Agrawal from India on 12th Jan
2012
Very disappointing Battery Life, it can't sustain even for 24 Hours!!!
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Reviewed by Malcolm White from United Kingdom on
10th Jan 2012
Very disappointed. The one thing I needed was to be able to answer calls.
When the screen is locked it's impossible to answer an incoming call,
because you can't unlock the screen with the usual swipe. I therefore
installed the no-lock app which prevents the screen from locking. However,
even though the Answer Decline buttons are now visible, I'm still unable
to answer a call no matter how I tap, swipe or press the screen. Total
rubbish.
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Reply by steven from united kingdom on
3rd Feb 2012
i have the same problem with mine it wont let me answer a call very
annoying appart from that a good fone.
Reviewed by cris from England on 10th Jan 2012
I just hated it! Didn't get tv at all, no app for it.
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Reviewed by kieran from uk on 8th Jan 2012
Phone has some very good features although text messaging is very slow
,takes ages to send a text and sometimes 5 minutes to load a single
text. The body work is very easily dented or bent.
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Reviewed by chris from uk on 5th Jan 2012
the flash is too bright and the quality of the photos are generally
poor. the handset also has a nasty habit of turning itself off apart
from that it seems to work ok but i wish i hhad gone for a samsung or
stuck with nokia
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Reviewed by Tayzone from England on 4th Jan 2012
My Dad has the phone... but I use it a lot more often than he does.
From what I can tell (and he probably can't)it's a fantastic phone,
fun, easy to use and great to look at. Dad's had it for over a year
and I've never ha d a problem with it, neither has he and he's kinda
slow with the technical stuff but he gets on great with this easy-to-use
piece of great technology. The internet is quick too and it's very touch
responsive, I've always been terrible at texting so i can't blame the
phone for what is most likely to be my fault. The battery I guess could
be better but its and android so that's just part of the package. I
love the phone I want one myself but I can't have it. the screen real
good and clear too, great for watching videos and all that. My friend
has it too and she loves her phone. I'd recommend it to anyone. just
be careful not to break the screen, you'll have to buy another phone
or pay about the same amount to get a new one; just another android
phone this really. So get the phone and have fun with it; it's all you
really can do. :)
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Reviewed by Nicki from Northern Ireland on 4th
Jan 2012
Worst phone EVER. My hubby bought me this phone for my birthday and
within weeks it was causing problems to the point of sending 1,760 text
messages to one person and the O2 people said 'it's just a one off'
to two days later doing the same thing again!!! They replace phone and
the problems started again but this time locking up, slow etc. Then
on the 23rd Dec 2011 I was tapping at phone when it AGAIN wouldn't work
after numerous taps the screen just cracked!!!!! No undue force or drop.(I
promise) Well O2 won't replace and basically say it's my own fault,
so a phone at £150 lasted me 1 month.
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Reviewed by matt from england on 4th Jan 2012
worst phone ive ever had, for ever tapping the screen as doesnt register,
stay clear
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Reviewed by kieran from uk on 2nd Jan 2012
very good
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Reviewed by Fan from Uk on 2nd Jan 2012
Well I have experienced the HTC Wildire and it's awesome it's got a
large menu a large screen and also a magic bottom button. Just like
the black berry curve. You also have the andróide market to download
thousands of free games.its An. Awesome phone the battery can stay up
to 1 week and you also have internet access also very fast and smooth.Its
a cery smart phone.It has got music player and everything.I would recommend
this phone for those of u that are. Very busy or if you really like
one.
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Reviewed by ME from England, London. on 31st Dec
2011
Well the HTC Wildfire is a good phone lags a lot. Games such as Angry
Birds and Fruit Ninja are simply unplayable (if thats a word). The Market
is not updated either. Everything else is fine expect this 'lag.'
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Reviewed by Ahamed from kandy on 25th Dec 2011
There are so many problems in hTc i hate this even there is no solution
for that .....i hate tthis andriod again and again
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Reviewed by steve from uk on 22nd Dec 2011
seriously if you want a phone that will annoy you on a daily basis buy
this!! its truly terrible. I just tried to send a simple text.....result....10
minutes later im no further forward....its incredibly slow then its
decides to change the contact???? the battery, charged fully overnight
will never last till after 5pm the next day. i need to take my charger
everywhere i go!! when i answer calls it goes off often. seriously im
a patient person but this pile of junk tests me!! AVOID!!!
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Reviewed by Rach from New Zealand on 16th Dec
2011
I love it and I just wish it would stop crashing all the time! I haven't
dropped it or treated it badly, but it'll randomly turn off and take
ages to turn back on, which disables the sim card so I don't even notice
it's off until I haven't received a text or phone call in ages. How
do you fix the crashing and restarting??!!
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Reviewed by Lisa from UK on 15th Dec 2011
Brilliant phone! Ive had it for just over a year n I never had any problems
with it. Although now Ive got water damage to the battery, its started
freezing every few seconds, but this isn't down to the phone, its due
to my daughter putting it into her mouth!!! Great camera, lovely large
touchscreen, lightweight. All round a great phone and would defo recommend
it!!
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Reviewed by Jan from UK on 14th Dec 2011
I love it. I can do almost everything what any other phone can. Its
a brilliant Phone. If someone can use it then its 5 star but for those
who can't then sorry to say, it's no star...Its totally up to the user.
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Reviewed by Bobby from UK on 12th Dec 2011
Had the phone for 14 months now. This phone is great, ignore the reviewers
here who slag it off as they don't know what they're talking about.
I've taken 100's of photos with very few of them being poor quality
- you can actually adjust the settings and even switch the flash off
if required. I have a 16g sd card, so it has loads of music and films
on it and my screen isn't cracked because i'm not stupid enough to drop
my phone!!!
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Reviewed by Jon from UK on 12th Dec 2011
ITS A USELESS PHONE... DO NOT BUY!!!
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Reviewed by Kweku Abbey from Ghana on 10th Dec
2011
I really enjoy the HTC touch screen sensation. I have had the wildfire
since September 2011. My only problem with it is, it appears when the
weather is hot.... like in the afternoons, when a call comes through
you drag the screen down to accept but it freezes and never picks the
call. Please if this problem could be looked into and a solution provided
it would cement my desires for my wildfire.. Thank you.
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Reviewed by nige from uk on 10th Dec 2011
the camera is awful, all my photos are blurred n the flash is that bright
that peoples faces look ghostly..games play in slow motion..both my
teen sons also had this phone n both hated it
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Reviewed by daveisafunckychicken from england on
7th Dec 2011
this is a poo phone don't buy, poo sensitivity I would recommend the
Samsung galaxy ace !!!!!!
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Reviewed by cherisse from wales on 7th Dec 2011
when i received this phone christmas 2010 i thought it was a brilliant
phone, cool and lots of free downloadable apps, within a few days i
began to think again, the battery was draining so fast. After about
2 months of having the phone my screen began to freeze all the time
and i was unable to answer calls or do anything exept for click the
unlock button at the top. Within 3 months of having this phone i dropped
it and the screen all smashed, it was still usable but very hard to
see through it, i asked the vodafone shop how much it would be to fix
a new screen-£100!!! almost worth the phone itself, then i asked the
local mobile shop £40!!! I just said to myself, buy a new one, i hate
the phone and will not be purchasing a htc touch screen ever again!
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Reviewed by Billeus from UK on 7th Dec 2011
Dreadful 'phone. Very fiddley. Battery hardly lasts a day. I don't think
I've hardly managed one text without the device doing its own thing.
Certainly not intuitive. I'll be headed for an IPhone soon.
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Reviewed by billy boy from scotland on 6th Dec
2011
I have just picked up a good contract with this phone, my first Android,
after a hestant start my fingers got used to touch screen controls and
I think I will go on and enjoy all the superb apps this phone has to
offer. It works great,no sluggish-ness on any apps.browser is fast,
great camera and email works a treat,it is half the price of i-phone
and compares well to other high-end phone easyly.and better than sometop
noch efforts slightly smaller screen yes, but is totally accepltable
for me for first Andriod.
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Reviewed by linda from uk on 6th Dec 2011
i luv it
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Reviewed by Jeanne from USA on 6th Dec 2011
I am on my 3rd one. I drop calls aaall the time, speaker comes on by
it self, dials numbers when talking, text messaging is a task, it texts
martian language so proof read all texts, does not support alot of apps.
phone is not what it's cracked up to be. very very disappointed in this
phone!!!
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Reviewed by aditya from india on 4th Dec 2011
Wild fire is a awesome phone with full. Specifications compared to w
8 Sony Ericsson ...but speed is average when compared to sony ... but
wildfire. Is a budget one and Its cam is awesome.......
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Reviewed by Amy from England on 30th Nov 2011
Awful phone! Loved it at first but now I'm having nothing but problems
with it. To begin with, I open a text which takes around 2-3 minutes
and then start typing however the phone decides it doesn't want to do
anything! So I have to turn the phone on and off in order for it to
work! Secondly, if i try to make a phonecall, the phone does not respond!
I will press call Mam for example and nothing will happen. Then an hour
or so later when I forgot I even tried to make the call the phone will
randomly catch up and ring whoever I asked it to previously! Ridiculous.
I've done everything recommended like deleting texts, setting storage
limits for number of messages, deleting call logs, taking the phone
bttery out and blowing for any dust etc... Nothing! Phone should be
recalled! What if I needed to make an emergency call?
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Reviewed by MARIAH from UK on 29th Nov 2011
Htc wildfire good at first then gets slow, old and doesn't even let
you call anyone wasted £200!!
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Reviewed by Mike S from UK on 27th Nov 2011
Had this Wildfire for over a year now and it's starting to get seriously
annoying, slow to respond, clunky doesn't begin to describe it. Reading
the reviews here seems like other people have experienced a similar
tailing off in performance. Chap on the helpline says take the handset
in for a technical service to my local 3 shop where they will clear
various caches and do things to restore functionality, worth a go I
suppose. Quite like it otherwise! But it's an iPhone for me next time.
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Reviewed by steve from uk on 24th Nov 2011
truly awfull phone!! my old nokia is easier to text from!!!! my battery
last not even a day!!! to say it just freezes is and understatement!!
its drives me mad on a daily basis!!!
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Reviewed by Alesha from England on 22nd Nov 2011
Ive had this phone for a year now and i think its amazing the camera
is clear and its so easy to use i would definatly reccomend this phone
the only negative point for me is that the battery isnt brilliant it
proberly lasts for about 4-5 hours but i do have a lot of apps on mine
so yhh i think you should go for it ive never had a problem with freezing
or anything like that
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Reviewed by yay!! from countryland on 22nd Nov
2011
umm... battery keeps wearing out for no good reason, and there is so
many cool apps though! help!! :(
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Reviewed by Ray from UK on 21st Nov 2011
Very average phone, has all the features you will ever need but excels
at none of them. Battery life is shockingly poor - less than 24 hours
on full charge. Very slow to respond to commands, particularly when
typing a message. When you try to click into a certain text message
the phone loads up a random other message. When you first start using
it the contacts are all over the place and you have to manually link
them together - takes ages. Overall a very frustrating experience.
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Reviewed by Jill Walrond from England on 20th
Nov 2011
Very poor we have contracts for 4 of these phones. Will be glad to get
rid. Battery rubbish. Takes ages to open text messages. Doesn't link
with my computer. Don't buy.
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Reviewed by Josh from England on 19th Nov 2011
Rather poor if i'm honest, got this phone at Christmas last year, so
had it for almost a year and am desperate to get rid of it, it was good
at first and very quick and useful, and i was never off it for the first
few months, but after a while the slower processor kicks in and the
phone lags and freezes constantly, it takes me about 2 minutes to load
up a conversation in texts and the 3G hardly ever works, only when full
signal is provided which is rather poor. The phone will not link up
with HTC Sense on my laptop either so I cannnot update the phone slowing
it down even more. Disappointed, great idea, great phone but it lags,
freezes and is ridicously slow considering it's meant to be a smartphone.
If anyone knows though about the 3G not working all the time and it
not linking up to HTC Sense.
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Reviewed by Hiren from India on 18th Nov 2011
when d update is coming for 2.3 version in this phone is HTC is sleeping?????
its so annoying to use new market in this phone.......nw I m changing
to Sony ericson mini as it cost almost same and gives u 1 Ghz proccesor
wid hd recording and front camera too....
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Reviewed by Karlie from UK on 17th Nov 2011
Have had this phone for about a year now on an 18 month contract. I
now dont like it at all. At first it was great but as time goes on it
slows down, takes ages to open a text message etc. when you want to
read a message you clik on it on the list, the phon then thinks for
a bit and then throws up a random message from further down in the list.
It does my head in. If u need to call some one fast or text etc the
phone just decides it doesnt want to move fast. its really annoying.
Cant wait to get rid of it!!!
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Reviewed by Jason from UK on 17th Nov 2011
I really do hate this phone. All I have had is huge performance issues
with it and annoying app crashing. But it doesn't end there. Over time
the phone is slowing down it takes longer to load text messages the
GUI is not as responsive as it was this is specially annoying when making
phone calls as the end call button takes about 2 mins to actually end
the call. Believing restoring the phone to its factory setting didn't
do anything but lose all my data for no actual improvement. I increased
the SD card but the phone downloads the apps to the phones memory and
you have a very limited control to move the apps to the sd card as not
all of them can be moved over. DON'T GET THIS PHONE!!!
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Reviewed by Princess from UK on 14th Nov 2011
i rather use a brick than this.
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Reviewed by Chris from England on 6th Dec 2010
Have had the phone as a replacement for teh Nokia N8 which after 6 replacements
took the HTC instead. OK 1st off it works. But thre are more than a
few issues I hate. 1st the camera is just bad. The button is in teh
wrong place, and when you snap a pic it takes 2.5 seconds to capture.
Now thats plenty of time for the subject to of moved. You have to copy
all your contacts to the phone to add to favorites or just the list.
This is just plain stupid as any device nowdays should be able to handle
data better. If you download a app and pay for it and the car does nto
go through, you have to whipe the phone and start again loosing all
your settings.And its quite hard to access whats actualy stored on teh
phone and be able to edit or delete programs Its also a bitch to connect
to the pc if your not techy minded, its certainy not plug and play.
it does the basics ok though. There are much better phones out tehre
in the same bracket now.
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Reviewed by Vito from Poland on 5th Dec 2010
Beautiful,good in hand,very good case quality,a lot of possibilities
but: -you cant't adjust your sound for alarm -animations not possible
in landscape mode -you can't use imges from SMS -you can't use music
and clips from MMS -you can't adjust live wallpapers Don't switch on
" if you don't need them,or You will pay VERY much at the end of the
monthCell nets"
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Reviewed by Andy Robertson from Scotland on 3rd
Dec 2010
The phone itself is quite good for the money. Easy to use, quick enough
to respond, and a decent set of features for my purposes. Issues with
support however! Phone has been away for 3 weeks with a MIC problem,
its just been returned and is as bad as before. When I called up, I
was told it would have to go away for ANOTHER 10 days, so all in all
5 weeks without my shiny newish toy. So basically, phone is good as
long as it works, but if you are in the UK and it breaks....BEWARE!
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Reviewed by Deanie Boi from England on 2nd Dec
2010
I have had the HTC Wildfire for two days now after I broke the screen
on my Samsung Wave ! HTC Wildfire the screen is OK not as good as the
Samsung Wave or the iPhone 4 but if you want a phone that costs a lot
less than these phones its worth the change. Its is easy to use Google
mail set up was a breeze, Battery life is fine 2-3 days but you must
make sure to have the Power Control Widget on to turn off things like
wi-fi, Screen brightness ect ect.... Got this phone for £169 at Tesco
mobile pay as you go Bargin. If you want the latest tech phone that
does not cost the earth get the HTC WILDIRE Great phone. (Oh & it does
not lose reception unlike the iphone 4)
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Reviewed by smarty from uk on 30th Nov 2010
I have an iphone3gs and wouldn't want to swap it. However using it a
lot meant battery went down. Consequently looking for an additional
phone for all those apps used frequently during the day. The wildfire
fits the bill, small and easy to use. Sure the screen resolution could
be better, but is acceptable. Otherwise an excellent phone that I can't
fault.
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Reviewed by hanpa from Sweden on 30th Nov 2010
This phone is rubbish, cannot answer calls! Have returned my unit for
a replacement, same problem. Only possible to answer using the slider
on the touch screen in about one out of five attempts! Have tried factory
reset and clearing data for the caller apps (solution according to HTC
support) but this didn't help. Installed the MyLock app to answer using
a real button but this also fails sometimes, the phone locks up when
answering calls. This phone is completely unreliable and I'm going to
return it and change to a Nokia or any other RELIABLE phone that allows
you to answer calls...
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Reviewed by rich from uk on 27th Nov 2010
Ok i purchased this little beauty today i have been throigh loads of
review's good and bad but it comes down to personal preferance, i have
had all the big contenders from blackberry to iphone i got bored of
them and wanted something different it has the same htc sem=nce as the
hero, legend,desire etc.... i got it for £130 on o2 an absolute bargain
concidering the desire is still in the £300 price range, yes it is'nt
as fast and no amoled screen but the LCD screen is still very good in
both dark and bright light and internet page rendering was as good,
the 5mg pixal camera is good but the pic's look better when downloaded
onto your pc, all in all if you want a mini hero/legend or desire and
pay more than half price then go for the wildfire.
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Reviewed by Stuart Halliday from Scotland on 27th
Nov 2010
Lovely phone and well priced. I got mine for £160 from Carphone Warehouse.
Yes, if you leave apps running it'll eat your battery. So switch off
Wi-Fi, etc. if you don't intend to use it. I see a lot of people waiting
for Android 2.2 for this phone. But don't hold your breath. It's unlikely
to come out for this phone as HTC promised in July to bring it out.
But didn't. It wouldn't surprise me if 2.1 is all we get. So don't buy
it hoping for something that may never come. It's an old phone now in
Gadget terms. So it's price is dropping like a stone. I wouldn't be
surprised to find it under the £140 mark after Xmas, even with the coming
2.5% VAT increase in the new year.
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Reviewed by Drin from United Kingdom on 25th Nov
2010
Brilliant phone! Just like the iPhone to be honest. Android is ok, it
could be better but It is acceptable. Good screen, sensitive touch screen,
camera is a bit rubbish. All in all the phone is pretty good.
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Reviewed by Mark Serlin from UK on 24th Nov 2010
My wife's had one for a couple of months now and generally it's very
good. Yes the screen's a bit poor, and yes it can be a bit laggy, but
it's really very good otherwise. Good reception on mobile, 3G and wireless,
lots of useful features. She even dropped it down the loo last month
and it still works perfectly, which is more than our Sonys ever did
(seems to be a family habit this, for some reason LOL). Having said
all that the Market is absolutely rubbish compared to the appstore and
there's no way on god's earth I'd swap my iPhone4 for it - but then
the iPhone was way more expensive, so fair enough I guess. But I'd rather
have a decent secondhand 3GS than a wildfire I think.
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Reviewed by Paulus Jonus from UK - England on
23rd Nov 2010
As a HTC Desire user Im spoiled by the slightly higher spec and almost
limitless agility of the phone I use, but can't help noticing Roberts
comments at the lower end of the page. People need to get out of the
stone age and re-evaluate there concept of phones, if you don't understand
the technology or arent willing to learn how to do things differently
then don't buy a "smart" phone. Lots of people get upgrade phones just
sent to them without giving any thought to what they are going to get,
if you do that then how can you complain about what you receive?
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Reviewed by pavankumar from india on 21st Nov
2010
its best phone ever.... but battery backup is not that much ...
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Reviewed by samantha from england on 21st Nov
2010
best fone EVER!!!!!
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Reviewed by Usy from England on 19th Nov 2010
i have had this phone for about 4 weeks now and i absolutely love. I
am glad i made the chioce to buy it. Yeah, there might be better phones
than it but for its price its great. You have access to the android
market where you can download loads of apps. I have even read reviews
of where people say it is better than an iphone because it is mainly
the same thing but this has a better camera and a flash. The phone is
great and doesnt freeze like my previous nokia 5530 (which was also
great). A GREAT PHONE FOR A GREAT PRICE!!!
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Reviewed by Dr. Burak DALCI from TURKEY on 19th
Nov 2010
I never buy again HTC in Turkey, specially from Teknosa firm. There
is no support and the phone battery is discharge in 6-8hours in standby,
unbelieveable, I never buy HTC, ANYTHNG FROM teknosa. Phone rating,
is it real, TERRIBLE
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Reviewed by colin from england on 18th Nov 2010
the two months that i have had the htc i have had nothing but trouble.
namely it connects when it want's to and when it does it sounds like
the old comedian norman collier.not very good if you big fingers so
in my opinion the htc wildfire is rubbish
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Reviewed by neil2047 from uk on 17th Nov 2010
total novice to android but had it up and running in mins, even sat
nav and voice turn by turn was easy to install from the apps market,
music players great and video playback , found it was easy to load 3g
videos onto the phone, despite others saying its not as good as some
others dfisplay wise ive found it more than adequate, connectivity is
easy both wifi and bluetooth, although you must make sure all your mp3
are correctly tagged otherwise a lot will be found under unknown! camera
is good for stills have yet to try video highly recommended
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Reviewed by trevor from scotland on 14th Nov 2010
ive had this phone about 2-2 and half weeks now and overall its excellent.
the touchscreen interface is excellent, some say the screen is to sensitive,
but i have to say ive had no problem with this, texting is easy and
only once every now and again do i press the wrong button (but we all
do that now and again) battery life isnt the greatest, but as samantha
from england points out this phone runs lots of programs and background
tasks at once. abit like a pc as AB points out below the market place
is great plenty of apps to download (one thing i should point out if
you have android 2.1 then you can only download apps to your phones
memory rather than the mem card, this is to be sorted in 2.2) internet,
texting, email, apps, camera, video facebook even the weather! it does
it all........oh and you can make phone calls on it which it does really
well!
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Reviewed by Samantha from England on 14th Nov
2010
i absolutely loved this phone but unfortunately i had it stolen a couple
of days ago so 3 are sending me a new one. This was actually the best
phone ive ever had, sure the battery might not last that long but for
the work it does im not surprised. I found that all the games i downloaded
from the market worked and were of really high quality. and to Jeff
from the UK if you press and hold the message that you want to forward
then a menu will appear and just select forward and it will bring it
up in a whole new message for you :)
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Reviewed by pat from england on 13th Nov 2010
great phone.. people that are leaving poor comments are clearly not
with the times... if your fingers are too fat for texting get a stylus
or something.. if you are complaining about battery charge it when your
asleep... the resolution is fine so if you cant see properly get lenses.
people who are giving bad reviews have to stop comparing it to the desire.
they are different phones and the wildfire is less than half the price.
if you wanted everything to be as clear as the human eye you should
spent more money on your phone, but you didnt you expected to buy the
wildfire and get the desire... it doesnt work that way... you usually
get what you pay for, but with the wildfire you get so much more.. it
aint as good as the desire but thats because it isnt that dear...
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Reviewed by Ian Hunter from England on 12th Nov
2010
Phone stopped working after 2 weeks. Sent back to HTC and the said it
was moisture damage. The phone had not been in subjected to any moisture
so it was obviously not fit for purpose. HTC customer support was pathetic.
STAY AWAY FROM THIS PHONE
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Reviewed by AB from UK on 10th Nov 2010
Listen to all these whingers, complaining about the most trivial things.
What do you expect from a mid range smart phone? If you want all the
bells and whistles save up and buy a Desire. To all the ppl who actually
know what they're talking about and actually gave this a decent rating
and gave analytical reviews on this phone, I commend you. Most of the
trivial "flaws" of this phone can be solved by either upgrading the
firmware, downloading an app, or stopping running tasks, much like a
pc. If 90% of these ppl actually put their brains in gear and did some
research and or investigating, they'd know this. Instead of bagging
it after a couple of days/weeks use, they may have figured all this
out. I wonder how many of these ppl that gave it a negative review have
gone on and used the info that others have posted on here and realized
that this phone isn't as bad as they initially thought? For a mid range
smart phone, this is easily one of the best on the market and no I'm
not an affiliate for HTC, I repair mobile phones and PDA's, lol, so
I'd like to think I know a lil sumtin sumtin.
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Reviewed by T.burns from uk on 7th Nov 2010
charged up over night disconect mains at 9am left on side unused battery
is dead by 5:30pm same day
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Reviewed by ror from england on 6th Nov 2010
so hard to use
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Reviewed by Christian from Wales on 2nd Nov 2010
This phone is great. Cheap and very good. Easy to use. I had to get
a new phone as my old one broke. However there is only one problem i
can find with this phone, but its a big one. the battery lasts maybe
a day and a half tops. My old Phone (sony ericsson) lasted two weeks
a charge. I think the battery is pathetic and it spoils the whole phone
as half the time its not mobile but on charge. If they can moke processors
better, why cant they do anything about the battery, come on HTC
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Reviewed by Michael from UK on 29th Oct 2010
I don't know if it is because I have low expectations, am easy to please,
or if it's because I'v nver owned a smartphone before, but I find the
Wildfire an excellent phone. Touch wood, so far (owned for over a month
now) I've had no buggy issues, it works as it says on the tin, is responsive,
quite fast and easy to use. No complaints. The battery life is shortish,
but then again, with all that is going on and what it can do, this isn't
a surprise. I highly recommend the Wildfire. All I would like now is
an update to Froyo.
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Reviewed by Taz from UK on 28th Oct 2010
These battery problems ... I dont get it.I have a desire and bought
a wilfire for my wife,shet gets at least 2 days out of it,ok if your
on the web a lot and constant use,might drop to a day.It does get better,with
more charges.Switch things of you dont use and you will lat for days...
It a bit like your,switch the lights of in the rooms your not using,saves
power.If you have a smartphone,think smart,get savvy with your apps,learn
the phone.
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Reviewed by Will from UK on 27th Oct 2010
Great Little phone. Sure the res is poor, but seriously, it's hard to
notice it and everyone i've shown it to didn't realise. The software
works a treat, works quickly with no problems. Android market could
be better, but that's my opinion. A very, very good phone. Would recommend
to teens or young adults. Fun guaranteed, if you cant afford the desire
this is what you should get.
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Reviewed by Jeff from UK on 26th Oct 2010
Was nervous about getting this phone because of all the criticism I've
read about, but I am really glad I got it. It's quick to get used to
it. Good internet connection virtually anywhere in SE England. Fits
into my pocket ok. Great keypad display easy to use, I opted to use
its conventional mobile fone keyboard and not the qwerty display making
it easier to use. Only one fault don't seem to be able to forward texts.
Great value for money smartfone, I'm pleased I was not tempted by the
dearer Apple iphone
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Reviewed by lavan from india on 25th Oct 2010
it sucks ....... no games will not work on this carp mobil
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Reviewed by Peter from UK on 24th Oct 2010
The battery is very very very bad and it gets very hot but everything
else is ok (so far)
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Reviewed by Nemo from UK on 23rd Oct 2010
I think this phone is 5 stars for the money,take sometime to set it
up!It does all the things I wasnt,GPS,Camera,Android Market,Texting
is cool,You can customise it to your needs... Switch of the things you
dont need and you will get all day on the battery at least.It manyways
its the ideal Android phone,smaller and fits in the pocket and the LCD
screen isnt as power hungry as amoled.
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Reviewed by Simon from UK on 23rd Oct 2010
Despite what others have said I am having no problems at all if your
worried about the screen resolution or the processing power buy something
more high end of market. I had the iPhone 3gs 16MB and can honestly
say i prefer this phone battery life is excellent as long as you dont
leave everything turned on ie: WiFi Bluetooth etc.if you turn phone
on its side the qwerty keypad is larger so will help if your fingers
are a little large, all in all for the money you will not get better.
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Reviewed by Dodge from UK on 22nd Oct 2010
In answer to Gordon, who is having trouble sending texts.......I have
had the Hero/T-mobile g2 since launch, and am having the same issues.
In a strong signal area, I constantly get unable to send message. Very
frustrating, so assume similar problems with this system?
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Reviewed by Zia haque from UK on 20th Oct 2010
Very very poor phone. The key pad is too sensitive. While checking through
the contact list even the slightest touch activates the phone call.
Because the touch pad is so sensitive it constantly activates keys you
dont want. I felt like throwing it against the wall. I have manged to
it exchange to E72.
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Reviewed by Mohammad Usman from France on 18th
Oct 2010
one of the amazing smart phone..... i bought it 1 month ago and i dont
regret my choice.... thanks HTC ;)
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Reviewed by ANDY from UK on 18th Oct 2010
It is impossible to text using a tiny qwerty keypad. You need tiny fingers
to be able to operate the keypad!! Shame really as the phone is excellent,
Software quite tempermental though!
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Reviewed by STEPHEN MONTGOMERY from U.K on 17th
Oct 2010
I LOVE IT !!!!its the best phone to date.........................
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Reviewed by Brother WAJ from England on 14th Oct
2010
Is the best fone anyday like a iphone 4 but not and iphone 4 lol very
good HD screen to watch movies on
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Reviewed by Kirsty from GB on 14th Oct 2010
Think the phone is very slow!!!!even to exit an app to return to the
home screen it freezes!!!Then deleting messages is the worst ever,doesnt
even delete the messages and the phone then has to kill the app and
freezes again!!!
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Reviewed by Brother Omar from England on 11th
Oct 2010
very good fone had this for 1 month and fell in love with it all my
heart goes to this fone thank you HTC
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