HTC Wildfire S : Budget Android Phone

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The WildFire also entitled to his version of S. Brought up to date, the compact HTC Android continues to claim the small pockets. HTC has often broken new ground in the world of Smartphone’s, including offering original designs. Well, this time, it's not really the case. Like the rest of the range Android, the shift S has changed a little look not bad harmonized Legend exception. Still, it is simple and the finish is very clean. All Smartphone’s cannot claim the same. The passage in the S Wildfire earned its old processor frequency 527 MHz to be replaced by a new generation running at 600 MHz, take a look at the various benchmarks available on the net and you will see that it is more efficient than the very famous Snapdragon running at 1 GHz each. On paper, the Wildfire stands up to the Nexus One (or desire) and S Galaxy, let it be said.

It is best suited for sessions of exposure Android-powered Smartphone’s middle class. Not quite so cheap like a nightmare Vladimir Yevtushenko called MTS 916 - there is something at first sight everything is clear - and something more decent, thousands of 10-11. Until recently ruled the ball branded Koreans so some c, HTC sad but stood aside from the rather feeble Wildfire. But it was necessary to add the model name starting with S. And the proposal will sparkle with new paint.

While it was possible to save precious millimeters in height and width, the S version is a little thick: the depth of the housing is HTC now at 12.19 instead of 12.4 millimeters. A wafer-thin difference in the short test was not noticeable. Just as the weight reduction of 118 to 105 grams, the Wildfire is also in the S variant is still comfortably in the hand.

From the original model has a new Wildfire follows:

• Changed the screen resolution (it was VGA, became HVGA)
• More compact dimensions
• Changed appearance
• Increased the amount of RAM (384 MB was, it was 512 MB)
• Installed a fresh version of OS and shell HTC Sense

Design

The rubberized back makes it look and feel of what her and the processing components of the housing is decent, but not quite as high as with other HTC models. The display measures 3.2 inches on the diagonal continue, but now triggers higher with 320 x 480 pixels. This is particularly beneficial for the user web surfing, there is more content can now understand at a glance.

Android

The phone terminal incorporates Android Gingerbread 2.3.3. It is the latest version of HTC's user interface Sense, including Android. Google brings its services by default one, HTC complemented with practical applications. The integration of social networks plays a special role. Which is excellent considering that there are phones in the market with superior hardware and with only Froyo, Samsung Galaxy S for example. This quality gives it an extra point in terms of operating system is concerned. Sense as we have version 2.1. Considering that the 3.0 version is only for very high-end devices from HTC, will surely stay with the software that comes from the factory and we are facing a terminal will not update.

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Interface

As for interface, everything you would expect from Sense 2.1. Animations time, infinite Widgets, integrating the entire functionality interface. In this section, this terminal is not unlike other HTC with superior hardware. It is shown that with 600Mhz processor and 512Mb of RAM and 512 ROM and can be moved Gingerbread Sense 2.1 (remember that the HTC Tattoo has the same hardware and stayed in Android 1.6). If you love HTC Wildfire S and do not want to spend much money on a terminal, this phone can be your choice.
It includes the latest version of the player HTC Wildfire S. Quite acceptable quality audio (depends on the headphones as always) although you can use it as usual music player putting your favorite music on the microSD. FM radio also brings lovers of the waves, which other Android phones are not.

Internet

The Web browser is not really fast on the road and had occasional difficulties in the test with animated Flash content, compared to the previous model, but the load times have improved significantly, total mobile surfing is right at a good level possible. When scrolling through the menus and at major websites, the S Wildfire ever came to a halt, what with the very solid, connected with 600 MHz, but rather moderately clocked processor. And it also comes with multi-touch gestures such as the two-finger zooming on small trailers. What's on our test unit yet noticed: Does the processor at full speed for some time, the battery is noticeably warmer.

As for applications that incorporates all that we can use, and without installing anything. Social networks, Facebook and Twitter with their Apps. In the case of twitter app we Peep and the officer. Choose one or the other if we want more or less integration with Sense or by the widgets. Visually compelling applications to handle the phone, such as phonebook, messaging, email client or the much loved and hated calendar HTC Wildfire S with their widgets. All most popular applications from Google: Gtalk, Gmail, Maps, Latitude, Navigator, Sites, Youtube ... Added are also applications that are "new" version 2.1 of Sense: HTC Hub and HTC likes, allowing us to customize our Android and give it a twist. And much more typical of HTC and Android.

Anyway, the voice for the Smartphone does not important (just as operators do not speak, but then they become ill). Wildfire S supports four GSM-band and dual-band networks, 3G (900 and 2100 MHz), which according to standard HSDPA is able to receive data at speeds of 7.2 Mbit / sec. In practice, this turns into a data reception speeds of the order of 1.5-2 Mb / s, where specialized modems show 3-4 (Smartphone was tested in the MTS network in Moscow). Similar speed Wildfire S shows and work as an access point - except that the delay increases.

Camera

Let the camera. 5Mpx seems fairly good resolution. Phones on the market (more expensive) with higher resolutions. I do not think they needed a sensor with much resolution as you're capturing a good image, you choose a camera. This phone's camera captures images quite well. Have some fun pokes effects to photos. As for video recording, video recording does not have HD. Maybe if it misses out but only at 720p, although I'm sure that the processor will not be able to encode the video properly.

Housing Smartphone plastic, almost the entire front side is the screen. On the reverse side - the battery cover and a 5 megapixel camera eye. Due to the small size (101,3 x59, 4x12, 4 mm) Smartphone fits the hand, in general, this is one of the smallest robots from HTC. Perhaps this is the main thing that distinguishes Wildfire S from the original. If the first screen with Wildfire was not the usual for Android resolution - 320x240 pixels, the Wildfire S HVGA display resolution (320x480 pixels), as in the HTC Hero, Legend and many other robots.

Conclusion

The overall experience with the phone is quite satisfactory. You carry an Android in your pocket and you hardly whole. The HTC Wildfire S works seamlessly in this 3.2-inch screen. All animations work well. No lag moving desks or the list of applications. It may be too small if you want to use as a tool for reading mail, but it does not hurt if all you want is not to take something big in the pocket and get you out of trouble when you're out and you need something important.

The facelift of the Wild Fire is definitely succeeded HTC. The housing is more compact, better the display, the sense interface revised. Even when there's no compromise hardware: WLAN, GPS, Bluetooth and HSDPA on board, only on the upload accelerator HSUPA, HTC waived. This is not a revolution. The WildFire S does not change the game in the compact Smartphone’s, it's just changing its predecessor including correcting some of its shortcomings. It does not necessarily his day reading hundreds of web pages, to play, user applications, so why always turn to a more upscale? Especially since the WildFire claims without too much difficulty to nearly one and a half days of battery life probably thanks to its lightweight components.