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HTC was founded on May 15, 1997 and was strictly an outsourcing company, an original design manufacturer. In October 2008, T-Mobile released G1, the first smart phone to use Google’s Android software. G1 is manufactured by HTC. The success was imminent so HTC released an upgrade, T-Mobile G2 Touch and HTC Hero. HTC Hero is the third phone manufactured by the HTC Corporation for the Android platform. The phone was announced on June 24, 2009 and released in July 2009.

Let’s see a full specification for this phone. HTC Hero works in both 2G Network (GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900) and 3G Network (HSDPA 900 / 2100). Dimensions: 112 x 56.2 x 14.4 mm with a weight of 135 g. Hero has a 3.2” TFT capacitive touch screen with only 65K colors, with a resolution of 320 x 480 pixels. More features of the screen includes the sense UI, multi touch input method, accelerometer sensor for auto-rotate and trackball. The memory department it’s a minus for the Hero, only 512 MB ROM. At least the random access memory is very good, 288 MB (the other manufacturers offer similar phones with only 128 MB RAM). The internal ROM memory can be expanded using a microSD card. The connectivity is very important for HTC, therefore the Hero has GPRS - Class 10 (4+1/3+2 slots), 32 - 48 kbps, HSCSD, EDGE - Class 10, 236.8 kbps, 3G - HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 2.0 Mbps, WLAN - Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g, Bluetooth v2.0 with A2DP and mini USB port. HTC Hero has a 5 MP digital camera, 2592 x 1944 pixels, with autofocus. It runs the Android OS, v1.5 and the CPU is an Qualcomm MSM 7200A 528 MHz. It also has a standard battery, Li-Ion 1350 mAh with a stand by time up to 440 hours in 2G or up to 750 hours in 3G. The talk time can reach up to 8 hours in 2G or up to 7 hours in 3G.



The reception quality is not really that great, but there will not be any lose of signal even in areas with so-so coverage. Its earpiece was pretty loud. The loudspeaker is average, while the vibration alert’s strength was a nice surprise. The estimated retail price of the HTC Hero is around 600-650 euro. It’s not a cheap model. The price situates the Hero in the high-end mobile phones range, but unfortunately the plastic case and the overall design don’t reflect the quality of this phone. Basically you are paying all that money for the brand new platform. The Hero has a lot of potential but can’t beat the great quality materials or the luxury feeling of the Apple iPhone 3GS.



The HTC Hero is the first mobile phone in the world to feature Sense UI. There have been a few problems with this feature but the new firmware will be released in order to solve this problems. HTC has also promised to bring Sense UI to the latest HTC phone, HTC Magic (also known as my Touch 3G).

If you are looking for a complete touch screen phone than the HTC Hero mobile phone is for you. Hero combines the business features with multimedia. Because it’s equipped with the latest CPU and enough RAM memory you should be able to experience the potential of the new Android OS v1.5.