HTC Hero / T-Mobile G2 Touch Reviews

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The HTC Hero offers a highly customizable user interface thanks to HTC Sense. It also improves on... (cnet.com)

Epic customizability; well-designed home screen widgets with live updates; easy-to-use keyboard... (cnet.com)

alaTest Review Summary for HTC Hero / T-Mobile G2 Touch

We have collected and analyzed 138 expert reviews and 444 user reviews from international sources. Experts rate this product 84/100 and users rate it 87/100. The average review date is August 8, 2009. We have compared these reviews to 492146 reviews from other Cell Phones. The alaScore™ for this product is 99/100 = Excellent. Last update: November 19, 2009.

582 reviews

November, 2009

84 / 100

138 Experts

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87 / 100

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Expert Reviews (138)

HTC Hero with Google (Sprint)

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The HTC Hero offers a highly customizable user interface thanks to HTC Sense. It also improves on past Android devices with Outlook e-mail, calendar, and contacts synchronization, a 3.5mm headphone jack, and a 5-megapixel camera. Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, GPS ...

The smartphone can occasionally be sluggish. Flash content didn't always work from the Web browser. Apps must still be downloaded to the phone's internal memory. Media syncing software would nice, as would be a file manager

While it could use a boost in the performance department, the HTC Hero is the most feature-packed Google Android device to date, bringing some notable improvements and a highly customizable interface.

HTC also refined the hardware and added its own touch with the HTC Sense user...

Rating

80100

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HTC Hero (unlocked) review

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Epic customizability; well-designed home screen widgets with live updates; easy-to-use keyboard; convenient Android Market for apps; multitouch capability; Flash support; 3.5-millimeter headphone jack; Facebook integration

Sluggish at times; Flash video is dodgy; no easy way to back up and restore; button and menu overkill

of the smartphone below.

Editors' note: The HTC Hero has not yet been announced for a U.S. carrier but...

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Review: HTC Hero (Sprint) smartphone

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Although it has some quirks, the variety of features and the high customizability that the Hero smartphone offers is hard to beat.

Ergonomic design with solid construction; sense UI is attractive and customizable

Native Flash support didn't always work; sluggish performance

Compared with the European Hero, the Sprint-branded version looks like a completely different phone. Its corners are much more rounded, and it no longer has the trademark HTC chin. The hardware buttons are rearranged and now surround the trackball, ...

Rating

70100

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User Reviews (444)

"Best phone ever"

By bigsteveo79 (cnet.com)

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Huge fan of this phone. Had it for a little o...

iphone-like design awesomeness + huge apps store + microSD expansion + trackball + sprint's 3G/data plan = best phone on the market

apps save to internal memory; lackluster battery life (neither being a huge deal tho)

"One week with the Hero"

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I've had about 4 days with the Hero, migratin...

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"Good phone , but lags too much for my liking."

By aconez (cnet.com)

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In my opinion the phones weaknesses and stren...

Good build quality , crisp screen image, android

Phone lag , web browsing , sprint services available only thru 3g not wifi , android

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