This review is from: HTC C110E Radar Unlocked Smartphone with Windows Phone OS 7.5, 5MP Camera, Touchscreen, Wi-Fi, GPS--No Warranty (Metal Silver) (Wireless Phone Accessory)
Not a review of the product, but while shopping for a family member I noticed a lot of these are European imports. Language- and feature-wise this does not matter, but the 3G frequency bands are different!
If you buy the Europe/Asia 900/2100 MHz HSDPA/UMTS version it will *NOT* have 3G/4G on AT&T and T Mobile USA.
For T Mobile USA you need one with the US 1700/2100 MHz HSDPA/UMTS band. Else the phone will still work, but only at much slower EDGE speeds and you will not be able to use voice and data in parallel.
And for AT&T? Well, so far I have not found any unlocked (or locked) version of the HTC Radar that uses AT&T's 3G/4G 1900MHz HSDPA/UMTS band. So AT&T users, you likely will *NOT* be able to use 3G/4G on this phone at all ...
So although this is strictly seen not a review, reading this will likely prevent a lot of returns.
On the phone itself, the family member likes the phone after using it for 2 weeks. Good weight, good quality of materials and not too big. Unless you want a bigger screen, I would recommend this phone if you are in the market for a Windows Phone. The Samsungs felt a bit cheaper in plastic feel compared to this one. The Nokia Lumia 800 has a better screen, but this one wins IMHO on overall quality, weight in the hand and feel.
This review is from: HTC C110E Radar Unlocked Smartphone with Windows Phone OS 7.5, 5MP Camera, Touchscreen, Wi-Fi, GPS--No Warranty (Metal Silver) (Wireless Phone Accessory)
I am embarrassed by the service of abe123. I bought a HTC radar. Description of the said item clearly states that the cellphone is unlocked and the cost i paid for the mobile is 450USD. I was cheated by abe123. They sent me a mobile that is locked to T-Mobile USA and the invoice i received from ABE123 is for only 100USD. Please don't buy from ABE-123.
Nevertheless HTC radar is quite good looking. Perfect to my hand and weight feels just right. Windows mango is quite refreshing to the eyes. I got bored to hell, with the grid layout and numerous icons.
I am disappointed by the service of ABE123 and i again reiterate not to buy anything from ABE123.
This review is from: HTC C110E Radar Unlocked Smartphone with Windows Phone OS 7.5, 5MP Camera, Touchscreen, Wi-Fi, GPS--No Warranty (Metal Silver) (Wireless Phone Accessory)
I got the T-Mobile version the day it came out on T-Mobile. Really love this phone. After iOs and Android, Mango is such a fresh yet intuitive system, and it's rock-solid. I've been using this phone non-stop (save for when I sleep) and it's never crashed, unlike my various Android devices. The phone itself is high-quality and stylish, and Mango runs fast on a 1GHz processor and just 386MB of RAM. The only hiccup I've experienced is when playing the HD Kinectimals game and even then it's only occasional and barely noticeable. (The slight hiccup may be due to the multi-tasking nature of Mango.) Mango has true multi-tasking but at this time pre-Mango apps (including some of Microsoft's own Xbox Live games) cannot take full advantage of it without being updated. I've found all the apps I wanted to have among the 38,000 apps currently available in Marketplace.
The most prominent feature in Mango is the Live Tiles on the Start screen (home screen). The live tiles show real-time info displayed by the underlying app. (Not all apps implement live tile updates.) I do wish the size of the tiles could be changed so more fit on one screen, but they are easier on the eye and more informative and thus useful then icons in iOS or Android. The app list, once it reaches a certain number, has alphabet tiles making the apps easier to browse to; but the list itself is always in alphabetical order. (Would be nice to be able to sort them chronologically...) Almost everything about the system is intuitive. A few areas still feel incomplete, but nothing that would distract an everyday experience. And the Metro interface is so intuitive and natural, and does not box you in like the iOS and Android interfaces.
The Radar feels great in the hand. The screen is bright and has great viewing angles and contrast, even in bright daylight. The touchscreen is very responsive, way better than any Android phone I've used. The front-facing camera is only VGA so its use is limited, especially when there's only one or two apps at the moment that take full advantage of it (other than the built-in Camera app). Really weird that Skype is still not available now that it's part of Microsoft. Speaking of weirdness, Photosynth, one of the most popular apps on the iOS, is also missing.
Gaming on WinPhone is just way better, mainly because of the availability of Xbox Live games. These are real games that look and play like they are developed by professionals, which they are. And they have variety, unlike the good games on Android or iOS all of which feel like they're offshoots of Angry Birds in some way (e.g., the use of elastic physics). I'm really having tons of fun with Xbox Live games for my phone, even though I don't own an Xbox 360 myself. (On the console I'm a PS3 guy.)
I really love the HTC Radar 4G. Everything is what I wanted. I never felt at home with an iPhone and much less with any Android phone. I was not a Win Mobile fan, BTW, so I have no attachment to that older platform. I never used a Blackberry for real. This is reall the first smartphone, both hardware-wise and software-wise, that I feel I can truly use on a daily -- no, make that minute-by-minute -- basis.
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