HTC Desire Z Specs

8.5
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HTC Desire Z Review
8.5

Description

HTC Desire Z is an Android side-slider phone. Similar to the T-Mobile G2, the Desire Z features a QWERTY keyboard. Other goodies include 5MP camera that is capable to record HD video, an 800MHz Qualcomm MSM7230 processor and Wi-Fi.

Pros

  • Hardware QWERTY keyboard

Cons

  • Thick body (0.56 inches)
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Display

Size: 3.7-inch
Resolution: 800 x 480 px, 252 PPI
Technology: S-LCD
Screen-to-body: 54.11 %
Features: Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor, Scratch-resistant glass (Corning Gorilla Glass)

Hardware

Processor: 800 MHz
RAM: 0.5GB
Internal storage: 1.5GB
Storage expansion: microSDHC
OS: Android (2.3.3, 2.2)
Device type: Smartphone

Battery

Capacity: 1300 mAh
Type: Li - Ion, User replaceable

Camera

Rear: Single camera
Main camera: 5 MP (Autofocus)
Flash: LED
Video recording: 1280x720 (HD)
Dimensions: 4.69 x 2.38 x 0.56 inches
(119 x 60.4 x 14.16 mm)
Weight: 6.35 oz (180.0 g)
Features: Full keyboard, Optical Mouse (Touchpad)

Cellular

3G: Bands 8(900), 1(2100)
Data Speed: HSDPA 14.4 Mbit/s, HSUPA 5.76 Mbit/s, UMTS

Multimedia

Headphones: 3.5mm jack
Screen mirroring: DLNA
Radio: FM

Connectivity & Features

Bluetooth: 2.1, EDR
Wi-Fi: 802.11 b, g, n
USB: microUSB, USB 2.0
Features: Mass storage device, Charging
Location: GPS, A-GPS
Sensors: Accelerometer, Compass
Other: Tethering, Computer sync, OTA sync

Phone features

Notifications: Haptic feedback, Music ringtones (MP3), Polyphonic ringtones, Vibration, Flight mode, Silent mode, Speakerphone
Other features: Voice recording

Availability

Officially announced: Sep 15, 2010
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News

Gingerbread update for the HTC Desire Z is in the last stages of testing & will be out soon
Clamoring for its share of the pie, especially when some versions of original HTC Desire received their fancy Gingerbread update recently, HTC appears to be on track for getting the HTC Desire Z crossed off its list next.From the sound of it all, the...
, by John Velasco, 5
Gingerbread update for the HTC Desire Z is in the last stages of testing & will be out soon
Gingerbread coming to 4 HTC devices next quarter
HTC has confirmed that four of the manufacturer's handsets will be receiving Android 2.3 next quarter. The HTC Desire, Desire Z, Desire HD and the Incredible S are all penciled in for an upgrade to the Gingerbread build of Android some time in Q2. No...
, by Alan Friedman, 11
Gingerbread coming to 4 HTC devices next quarter
All first gen HTC Desires to receive Gingerbread in Q2 or Q3 of this year
There is a good and a bad news for the loyal HTC Desire, Desire HD and Desire Z owners. The good one is that all these first generation Desire phones are to receive Gingerbread, while the bad one is this is not going to happen very soon.According to ...
, by Alex I., 8
All first gen HTC Desires to receive Gingerbread in Q2 or Q3 of this year
Bell becomes the first carrier in Canada to sell the HTC Desire Z
Canadian consumers now have the opportunity of experiencing all of the wonders that the HTC Desire Z has to offer out of the box. This powerhouse of an Android smartphone boasts the same wonderful and magnificent design seen with the T-Mobile G2 – wh...
, by John Velasco, 2
Bell becomes the first carrier in Canada to sell the HTC Desire Z

User Reviews

Overall User Rating
Build quality
8.2
Camera quality
8.8
Performance
8.3
Display
9.7
Battery life and charging
5.8
Rating breakdown (out of 10)
10
The best looking phone ever with great performance and hardware keyboard
Phone owned for more than a year

This phone, to me is the most good-looking one.

I don't mind that it's thick - it's actually a pro for me - I feel it in my pocket
Performance is quite nice, however 367 (or something like that) MB of RAM is a little bit too less to keep the multitasking well working.
Hardware keyboard is great and ergonomic.
It's tough - falled so many times in mountains on bike rides and nothing severe happened.
This model has a malfunctioning intermal memory chip - a series of devices have it, but not all of them. It can stop working anytime, whenever u don't expect it to.
Battery is too weak to handle this device IMO.

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8
A good phone, with some issues
Phone owned for less than a year

This was a great phone overall, does everything expected of it and excells against most contemporaries. I liked having a solid keyboard, I use my phone for emails a lot and this makes life easier. The build has some weakpoints as stated. Somehow the capacitative buttons at the bottom (home, back, search, menu) got overloaded and stopped working. There is no way to replicate their functions with software and now the phone is somewhat useless.

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5
the good the bad and the ugly..
Phone owned for less than a year

i made the leap from a nokia e97mini to the htc. After 4 months of use, i hate it. I have problems with signal strength compared to my old phone on the same network. It drops calls all the time, the battery life is less than 1 day( with autoupdate options off!). It has NO bluetooth voicedialing support ( this is an android limitation). The phone is fast to respond, load apps etc, the screen is good quality altho very hard to see in sunlight. the build quality while not bad, feels very flimsy with the keyboard flipped out.

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