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HTC DROID ERIS

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Published:
16 Oct 2009
Market Status:
Released
US carrier availability:
Verizon - Available
    (Since Nov 2009 )
Links:
HTC DROID ERIS Official Page
HTC DROID ERIS Review
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Description:

The HTC DROID ERIS became popular as the second Android phone for Verizon Wireless, although it got launched at the same time. Straight out of the box, it is equipped with version 1.5 of the operating system, but also has the social-centric Sense UI on top. It sports all the hardware features one would expect, including a 3.2-inch screen, 528MHz processor and 288 MB RAM.

User rating
Excellent
9.3
out of 10
based on 20 reviews
Editor's rating
Good
8
out of 10
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HTC DROID ERIS specifications

HTC DROID ERIS specifications

  • Network
  • Size
  • Battery
    • Type
      • Li - Ion, 1300 mAh
    • Talk
      •    3.56 hours (214 mins) of Talk time
    • Standby
      •    373 hours (16 days) of Stand-by time
  • Main Display
    • Resolution
      • 320 x 480 pixels
    • Type
      • 262 144 colors, TFT
    • Physical Size
      • 3.20 inches
    • Touch Screen
      • Capacitive
  • Camera
    • Resolution
      •    5 megapixels Resolution
    • Features
      • Auto focus, Geo tagging
  • Multimedia
    • Video Playback
      • MPEG4, H.263, H.264, WMV
    • Music Player
      • MP3, AAC, AAC+, eAAC+, WMA, WAV, MIDI
  • Memory
    • Memory Slot
      • microSD/microSDHC
  • Software
    • Smartphone
      • Android 1.5
    • Processor
      • Qualcomm MSM7600, 528 MHz
    • Memory
      • 288 MB RAM / 512 MB ROM
  • Input
    • Predictive Text Input
      • Yes
  • Connectivity
    • Internet
      • HTML, Flash Lite
    • USB
      • miniUSB
    • WiFi
      • 802.11b/802.11g
    • Bluetooth
      • 2.0, Stereo Bluetooth
    • Headphones connector
      • 3.5mm
  • Other Features
    • PhoneBook
      • Capacity depends on system memory; Ring ID, Picture ID, Multiple numbers per contact
    • PIM
      • Alarm, Calendar, To-Do / Tasks, Calculator, Stopwatch, Notes
    • Voice
      • Dialing, Commands, Recording, Speaker Phone
    • Email
      • IMAP/POP3/SMTP/Microsoft Exchange/Microsoft Direct Push e-mail
    • GPS
      • GPS
    • FCC Approved
      • Yes

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ANDROID is a yes

Yesterday mellowlen62

9.3 out of 10

I have the Eris for 4 days now, and I love everything about it. The only con I have is battery life, but I charge it every night just like my Blackberry so it's really not a big deal. The phone's capabilities more than make up for the battery, I keep a car charger with me always. The 7 screens are awesome, the widgets, the call quality, the vibrant screens, the camera (though no flash) is adequate enough for a phone, the Android market is phenomenal. I would like to see an upgrade to 2.0 or even 1.6 if it now has the turn-by-turn directions simply for that feature and that alone. I love the soft touch feel, it doesn't slip out of your hands, it's thin and small and looks attractive.  I love the Moto Droid, but this is smaller, sleeker, and the Sense UI just made it the choice for me. The ability to customize this at will is wonderful, I've made it do exactly what I need it to and it's just plain fun to play with.  





Sense UI, Android, sleek design, great call quality, easy to use, customization, just a lot of fun
Battery life could be better but for what this does, it's understandable. An upgrade to 2.0 would be fantastic!


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Keyboard issue

6 Feb 2010 Brian Houghton

10 out of 10

I love everything about this phone except that the screen will turn sideways on of programs except for the keyboard.  I have really large fingers and this really slows me down.  I hope they will be able to change this in a future update.  But Android is the only way to go.





Everything else.
Keyboard
Keep getting a pop up that keep changes my theme and it does it about 10 times a day. Gonna take it back to Verizon and have it checked.


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Best Smartphone on the Market

30 Jan 2010 Anonymous

9.7 out of 10

This phone is absolutely AMAZING.  I can’t say enough good things about this device.  The design of this phone and the awesome Android operating system paired with the HTC Sense overlay and HTC widgets and apps just plain blow everything else away that I’ve seen in a Smartphone…including the iPhone. 

I’m a very hard to impress techno guy when it comes to phones, and I have to say, this phone is the bomb…and for the price it’s the best value out there.  Droid Eris is the best phone on market right now.  The Droid by Motorola is a bit faster, and has a slightly better screen resolution, but its ugly boxy design and lack of refinement (no HTC Sense) drove me to the Eris.  The Nexus and Hero are similar to this phone, but the design of the Eris still the best.

I’ve had the phone a month now so I’ve been able give it a decent test drive.   I’m a business smartphone user, so I was kind of leery of going away from Windows Mobile, to a touch screen Android, but I’m ecstatic I did.  HTC ActiveSync, syncs all my mail, calendar and contacts perfectly over the air (works great) and the Android predictive text keyboards work great.  I’m very happy from a business perspective.  But the other features on this phone just continue to impress me… such as…. the perfect size and ergonomic zenstone feel of the phone, the beautiful “multi-touch/iphone-like” capacitive screen, the seven customizable home screens (didn’t think I’d need it, but I do), great photo viewer with pinch to zoom,  HTC’s upgraded contact app that integrates and unifies all communications to your contacts including facebook,  full/fast internet browser WITH flash support, nice camera which takes good pictures and videos (but still not quite as good as a standalone camera), great music player (I throw away my ipod), google maps with GPS, WIFI, youtube, stock market apps, weather apps and more apps at the Anroid app store for practically anything you want…and for free.

The firmware upgrade seemed to fix the battery life issue, but it’s still not great (but what smartphone battery life is good?).  It’ll last a day, but you’ll have to charge it every night.

Get this phone.  You’ll be very happy you did.






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