HTC Hero official for Sprint, comes on October 11
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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. The keys needed for Android to work seem to be touch-sensitive, instead of hardware ones like in the GSM version.
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. In addition, this will be the third phone for Sprint to feature visual voicemail after the Instinct and the Instinct s30.
HTC Hero Specifications | Review (GSM)
source: Sprint
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1. realism121 posted on 20 Oct 2010, 01:43 0 0
FINALLY!!!!! :) Please PlEAsE PLEASE let this phone be amazing! PLEASE let the lagging have been fixed! i've been waiting for an sprint to get an amazing phone and this could FINALLY be what i've been waiting for! i cannot wait to go into a sprint store to play around with this phone!!
2. artz1986 posted on 03 Sep 2009, 10:51 0 0
What's with the US and boring looking phones? Why would htc & Sprint decide to redesign a stylish phone, and turn it into another flat-faced vanilla phone. I know it's not all about the hardware, but that's what's so great about the original Hero, that chin made it what it is...that's suppose to be htc's signature touch. Plus the chin has purpose, it makes the phone more comfortable to use, and because of the angle, it's not going to be 100% in direct sunlight when you're outside. Anyway, I'll wait for the unlocked US GSM virsion to come out.....
21. GXnext posted on 07 Sep 2009, 14:00 0 0
No, it still has a track ball. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v
=GKLp0U-x1Uk
6. Mali Mal posted on 03 Sep 2009, 12:07 0 0
Now to all the sprint haters... Can we say that sprint has the best prices and the best phone lineup now?!?
8. VZWfangirl posted on 03 Sep 2009, 12:13 0 0
Sprints version is a MAJOR FAIL. I can't believe they did this. The Hero was beautiful and they destroyed it by making it look like any other HTC phone. Looks just like the My Touch. Sprint would have had a great line up had they not screwed up the Hero. Teflon coating gone, style gone. I'm upset and I'm not even on Sprint! SoonerDiddy76 It makes it a fail because the look is the first thing on your phone!
9. SoonerDiddy76 posted on 03 Sep 2009, 12:54 0 0
I agree that I don't like the look of this phone compared to the GSM version, but tell me how THAT ALONE makes it a fail? I mean, it's disappointing, but either the phone itself is good or it's not. Plus, it doesn't alone raise the quality of any of the other phones. Personally, I am a Sprint customer right now, but am simply waiting on the iPhone to go somewhere other than AT&T. I tried to avoid the iPhone, and got an Instinct, but alas, the App Store is what distinguishes it from any other phone. Plus, look at all the accessories that are made for it along with the apps. It works as a phone, AND, it does so many other things that you may want. THAT is customization of a phone. Unfortunately, Android was too late. Otherwise, the Hero might have as much in app options. Developers are willing to make some stuff for Android or WM, but not to the degree of iPhone. So, when my Instinct contract is up, I'm jumping ship, unless a miracle happens and Sprint lands the iPhone...I won't hold my breath. It's really too bad, because I don't mind their network for the most part, and their everything plan is pretty damn good, I think...yeah customer service is bad, but usually is everywhere. I've drifted off the topic some, but the bottom line is, the look of a phone isn't going to make or break an entire company's line-up!
10. Jyakotu posted on 03 Sep 2009, 13:09 0 0
Even though the look has changed, this and the HTC Touch Pro CDMA on Sprint are probably the only phones I'd want from Sprint.
11. tigermcm posted on 03 Sep 2009, 14:06 0 0
ok I have a question....is it the phone company or the manufactor that determines how the phone will look?
16. Cooper33 posted on 03 Sep 2009, 18:06 0 0
yeah, that's a good question. but either way, everyone just blames the phone company because we assume that the phone company has a large say in how the product THEY sell looks.
17. tigermcm posted on 03 Sep 2009, 19:56 0 0
Well it seems the have some kind of say but I dont think too much. If some people take the time to see look at the touch pro 2......every phone company's version is the same except the color. So I am starting to believe it is up to the manufactor.
19. Cooper33 posted on 03 Sep 2009, 21:04 0 0
hmm, perhaps. i guess the phone company has a pretty big say on the phones capabilities tho, like their exclusive tv service and stuff like that. but a lot of verizon phones don't even support vcast video... but this is sprint, and they usually put all their exclusive network features on their phones, which is a good thing.
12. MrRihannaFenty posted on 03 Sep 2009, 14:08 0 0
i really dont like the design. Its not appealing and that just threw me off completely. To hell with the specs and stuff. Yeah, thats important but I also want a phone that is very stylish and that nobody would posibly have
13. sniperace posted on 03 Sep 2009, 15:47 0 0
My big question is the battery life? I put the sprint version in a compare test and the spec sheet showed it now only has 4hr of talk time WTF happened? from 7 hrs to 4hrs please let this be a typo?!!
14. mr. anderson posted on 03 Sep 2009, 16:41 0 0
thats cdma vs gsm for you. cdma has a ton of advantages, but battery life is not one of them
