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Published:
3 Aug 2009
Market Status:
Released
US carrier availability:
Sprint - Available
    (Since Oct 2009 )
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Description:

The HTC Hero for Sprint will not be just a CDMA version of the best Android handset we have used this far. It will have a new design, lacking the famous chin, which was so distinctive for HTC’s Android products. Some of the most important features coming with the Hero include, of course, the colourful Sense UI, a 5MP camera, 3.5mm jack, GPS, stereo Bluetooth, Wi-Fi and 3G.

User rating
Excellent
8.7
out of 10
based on 8 reviews
Editor's rating
Excellent
9
out of 10
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HTC Hero CDMA specifications

HTC Hero CDMA specifications

  • Announced
    • Date
      • 3 Sep 2009
  • Network
    • Type
      • CDMA dual band (800/1900 MHz)
    • Data
    • 3G Capable
      • Yes
  • Size
  • Battery
    • Type
      • Li - Ion, 1500 mAh
    • Talk
      •    4 hours (240 mins) of Talk time
  • Main Display
    • Resolution
      • 320 x 480 pixels
    • Type
      • 65 536 colors, TFT
    • Physical Size
      • 3.20 inches
    • Touch Screen
      • Yes
  • Camera
    • Resolution
      •    5 megapixels Resolution
    • Video
      • Yes
    • Features
      • Auto focus, Digital zoom
  • Multimedia
    • Video Playback
      • MPEG4, H.263, H.264
    • Music Player
      • MP3, AAC, AAC+, WMA, WAV
  • Memory
    • Memory Slot
      • microSD/microSDHC
  • Smartphone
    • OS
      • Android
    • Processor
      • Qualcomm MSM7200A, 528 MHz
    • Memory
      • 288 MB RAM / 512 MB ROM
  • Input
    • Predictive Text Input
      • Yes
  • Connectivity
    • Internet
      • Full HTML Browser
    • USB
      • miniUSB
    • WiFi
      • 802.11b/802.11g
    • Bluetooth
      • 2.0, Stereo Bluetooth
    • Connectors
      • HeadPhone Jack (3.5mm)
  • Other Features
    • PhoneBook
      • Capacity depends on system memory, Multiple Numbers Per Contact, Picture ID, Ring ID
    • PIM
      • Alarm, Calendar, Calculator, TO-DO, Stopwatch, Notes
    • Voice
      • Dialing, Commands, Recording, Speaker Phone
    • Email
      • IMAP/POP3/SMTP
    • GPS
      • Yes
    • FCC Approved
      • Yes

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User reviews and rating

8 Nov 2009 Anonymous

10 out of 10

The build quality feels great it has a solid feel yet isn’t too heavy. Combine that with the metallic look and you’ve got a very corporate looking phone that seems rugged enough to take some abuse. The specs are impressive and boast a nice set of features. The display is a 3.2-inch capacitive touchscreen with 320 x 480 resolution. The 5MP camera with auto-focus and video recording does a decent job and the 3.5mm headset jack.  32GB of extendable memory via MicroSD,  comes with a 2GB MicroSD card in the box. 3G, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 2.0 + EDR and a 1500 mAh battery. This is the best phone Sprint has to offer at this point in time.





Sense UI
Sound Quality
Android Apps
Screen
Battery Life (much better with Handcent fix)


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It is like Windows 7, on a Pentium 3!

4 Nov 2009 Kinglance

3.3 out of 10



Sorry but mine is going back. Yes the phone does everything, and for a geek like me, its awesome, I wouldn’t recommend this to a non geek.

 

This OS does almost everything you can imagine and them some.  You can hold the search button down and ask anything like “what is the difference between a frog and a toad?” and the phone will google it! Same awesome feature in Google Maps. The OS is great and very versatile, but I think the device isn’t powerful enough for it. 

 

My problem is the battery life. With medium usage the phone will not last a day, I have done all the fixes I have seen on forums even turned off Sense UI, GPS WIFI, Bluetooth(which I have never used) and it went from 4 hour life before dying to 8 hours before being dead. That is not acceptable at all. In order for the device to work well you have to run an application killer a few times a day, or restart the device that does basically the same thing to end all the applications not in use taking up RAM in the background.

Other Nit picks:

 

Lets say you take a picture on the 5mp camera, well the file to to big to MMS, does the phone automatically lower the file size? NO! So depending on the reason for taking the picture you have to toggle the resolution on your camera.

This design feels cheap compared to my buddies Tmobile version.

I have always been with Sprint, but I don’t recall having a phone that lost it's EVDO signal so much!! I have done all the updates and talked to tech support but still dropping calls all the time.

 

Google ought to set minimum system requirements for their OS. This phone’s faults are Sprint and HTC’s problems, but most people are going to blame Google, and have a negative opinion of Android from this phone, which is not fair to Android.

 





Versitle
Real GPS
tons of Apps
Google Voice Search
Battery Life
Lag(not as bad as some claimed, if you restart/appkill)
have to restart or run app killer to free up memory which fills up rather fast!
Dropped calls (my prevous sprint Blackberry dropped very rarley)


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22 Oct 2009 Anonymous

9.7 out of 10

 This sleek, and pocketable phone is one of the best phones I have ever played with or had. Sense UI is beautiful and works very well. The seven customizable screes is useful however almost overwhelming (I mean with 1x1 app shortcuts how many screens do you need?). Whenever I make calls or listen to music the sound quality is great. The speaker is louder than the iphone. The visual voicemail interface is also really appealing to the eye and easy to use. The app store is pretty big and full of useful and useless apps (isn't this why people get the iphone). The screen is nice at a 3.2'' size and the phone isn't overwhelming to cary it around. There is a little bit of lag during texting sometimes, and it sucks if your browsing the internet and get a call because it shuts down the browser to bring up the incoming call screen. Other than that the phone is solid and I would recommend it to anyone. 





Sense UI
Sound Quality
Ability to customize
Size
Tiny bit of lag


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