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HTC 7 Pro Review and Specifications

HTC 7 Pro is a smartphone with QWERTY slideout keypad and as the name would suggest it is a phone running Microsofts Windows Phone OS 7. The dimensions of the phone are 117.5 mm * 59 mm * 15.5 mm, it weighs 185 g, 3.6 inches capacitive touchscreen with pinch-to-zoom capability and with resolution of 480 * 800 WVGA. The 3G network has a High Speed Downlink Packet Access of 7.2 Mbps and High Speed Uplink Packet Access of  2 Mbps

The camera is of 5 MP with auto-focus and flash, HD video recording can be done at 720p. It is a speaker phone with 3.5 mm audio jack, SRS surround sound, with audio supported formats like mp3, m4a, m4b, wma (Wondows Media Audio 9) and with video supported formats like mp4, 3gp, 3g2, m4v, and etc.,

The internal memory of the phone is 8 GB, 512 MB ROM, 576 MB RAM. It has CPU Processing Speed of 1 GHz. The other features of the phone include GPRS, EDGE, Internal GPS antenna, Wi-Fi with IEEE 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth v2.1 with Enhanced Data Rate, A2DP for wireless stereo headsets, HTC hub where you can view weather, stocks, converter, photo enhancer, sound enhancer, and etc., webpages like facebook, twitter are available for social networking, sensors like G-sensor, proximity sensor, ambient light sensor, digital compass and etc., are available

The battery is of 1500 mAh Li-Ion battery with standby power of  420 h and talk time power of  420 mins. The messaging options include SMS, MMS, Push, Email and IM. It is only available in one color ie., black. The expected price of HTC  7 Pro is $575 for unlocked phone.

HTC 7 Pro Specifications :

  • OS : Windows Phone OS 7


  • QWERTY slideout keypad


  • Dimensions : 117.5 mm * 59 mm * 15.5 mm

when compared to : Samsung I9000 Galaxy S dimensions are 64.2 * 122.4 * 9.9 mm

iPhone dimensions are 115.2 * 56.8 * 9.3 mm

Blackberry Torch dimensions are 111 x 62 x 14.6 mm


  • Weight : 185 g

when compared to : Samsung I9000 Galaxy S is 118 g

iPhone weighs 137 g

Blackberry Torch weighs 161 g


  • Resolution : 480 * 800 WVGA

when compared to : Samsung I9000 Galaxy S is WVGA (480 * 800)


  • Screen : 3.6 inches capacitive touchscreen with pinch-to-zoom capability

when compared to : Samsung I9000 Galaxy S is Super Active Matrix OLEDs (C-Type) display screen

iPhone is TFT capacitive touchscreen

Blackberry Torch is TFT capacitive touchscreen


  • 3G : High Speed Downlink Packet Access of 7.2 Mbps and High Speed Uplink Packet Access of  2 Mbps
  • Internal memory : 8 GB, 512 MB ROM, 576 MB RAM, CPU Processing Speed of 1 GHz
  • Camera : 5 MP with auto-focus and flash, HD video recording can be done at 720p
  • Music : speaker phone with 3.5 mm audio jack, SRS surround sound, with audio supported formats like mp3, m4a, m4b, wma (Wondows Media Audio 9) and with video supported formats like mp4, 3gp, 3g2, m4v, and etc.,
  • GPRS
  • EDGE
  • Internal GPS antenna
  • Wi-Fi with IEEE 802.11 b/g/n
  • Bluetooth v2.1 with Enhanced Data Rate
  • A2DP for wireless stereo headsets
  • HTC hub where you can view weather, stocks, converter, photo enhancer, sound enhancer, and etc.,
  • Webpages like facebook, twitter are available for social networking
  • Sensors like G-sensor, proximity sensor, ambient light sensor, digital compass and etc.,
  • Battery : 1500 mAh Li-Ion battery with standby power of  420 h and talk time power of  420 mins

when compared to : Samsung I9000 Galaxy S standard Li-Ion (Lithium-Ion) 1500 mAh battery with a stand by power of 576 h max and a talk time power of 393 min max

iPhone has standard Li-Po 1420 mAh battery with stand by power of  3oo h and talk time power of 7 h

Blackberry Torch has standard Li-Ion 1300 mAh standard battery with stand by power of 340 h and talk time power of 6 h

  • Messaging : SMS, MMS, Push, Email and IM
  • Color : black
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Apple iPhone 4 – Raising the bar

Apple’s highly anticipated 4th Generation iPhone hasn’t failed its fans.Unlike the previous two releases this version does have some serious improvements over the previous iPhone 3G. But again these are nothing new in the smart phone world but new for the Apple world.

Multitasking :

Apple has launched Multitasking with a tag line “Multitasking done the right way ” but it looks more like an excuse for such a delayed addition of this vital feature. With the previous version of iPhone, even running a messenger application in the background was impossible.

iPhone 4 Front and Back

So after much debate and bashing from analysts Apple has finally introduced multitasking but it remains to be seen whether all applications will benefit from this feature or just a handful apps alone. Based on the limited preview Apple has chosen a “feel like multitasking approach” for some functions like games/mail etc where the state of the app is saved when going to background and retained back while returning to foreground. But other apps like GPS and Skype calls seem to be running in background.

Face Time :

Ok now this gets little more frivolous that media is giving so much hype to the video calling feature christened as Facetime, apart from normal video calling, iPhone 4 allows users to make video calls when connected to wifi like how they would do in yahoo messenger/google talk. But this feature works only with other iPhone 4 users on the other end.

Camera :

iPhone comes with a beefed up 5MP camera with LED flash, HD video recording ,HD Video editing and One touch focus this seems to be the most improved department after Multi tasking in iPhone.

Display :

Steve Job’s statement of better than human eye display (Retina display) has become controversial as many display engineers challenging his notion. But the fact is Apple iPhone 4 display pixel density is four times better than iPhone 3GS, so it does make a difference while zooming in on web pages and pictures. Also the glass is also an improved as per Apple, which is stronger more scratch and oil resistant. As per Apple “By developing pixels a mere 78 micrometers wide, Apple engineers were able to pack four times the number of pixels into the same 3.5-inch (diagonal) screen found on earlier iPhone models. Made from the same materials used in helicopters and high-speed trains, the Retina display glass is chemically strengthened to be harder, more scratch resistant, and more durable than ever. The glass also features an oil-resistant coating that helps keep the screen clean.”

Thinner and Heavier iPhone :

The iPhone 4 also sees a newly developed Alloy (variant of Stainless steel) forming the body of phone, which adds to thin and heavier attributes of iPhone 4. With this Apple claims the material is 4 times stronger than steel.

Apple A4 Processor is the new standard for iPhone and which according to Apple is the best processor suited for iPhone and handles multitasking better than the previous processors in the iPhone 3GS.

Overall iPhone 4 is definitely a much better deal than iPhone 3GS and a must upgrade. iPhone 4 will be available from June 24 th and preorders will be accepted in June 15. For countries like India it is expected to be launched at the end of 2010.