HTC Gratia / HTC Gratia A6380

3.2" 256K-color HVGA capacitive touchscreen with multi-touch input ; Compact body and bold industrial design ; Android 2.2 Froyo with Sense UI ; Qualcomm MSM7227 600 MHz CPU and 384MB RAM ; Quad-band GSM support with dual-band HSDPA 7.2Mbps and HSUPA 2...

Screen has poor sunlight legibility ; Patchy Flash support in the browser ; Card slot under the battery cover ; No DivX/XviD video support out-of-the-box ; No secondary video-call camera ; No dedicated camera key, no lens cover and no camera flash

The HTC Gratia is a very good budget Android option, but I would suggest that you wait a little while. A lot of new budget Android phones should be unveiled, that will offer much more than the HTC Gratia does.

The HTC Gracia is the European version of the HTC Aria, which is currently sold by AT&T. It has a 3.2 inch touchscreen, 600Mhz processor, 5 MP camera, and Android 2.2 on board. There are a bunch of budget Android devices on the market these days and...

Great screen ; Cute design ; Android 2.2 OS

Poor camera ; No Flash 10.1 support ; Limited internal memory

The Gratia performs much better than its low-end 600MHz processor might suggest. Thanks to Android 2.2 and the well-optimised Sense software, this phone zips along at a pace not much slower than its 1GHz-chip big brothers. Only those that demand full...

Great HTC Sense-enriched core experience ; Good hardware design ; Intelligent mobile browsing ; Contacts well managed ; Easy to get online and synced up

Flash for the web is a wash ; Battery life is less than stellar ; GPS is a battery killer ; Weaker processor than we'd like ; Lacks HD video and camera flash

The US's slimline, Android-running HTC Aria was due to arrive on UK and European shores back in November, albeit rebranded as the less-musical-sounding Gratia and boasting Android 2.2 (Froyo), rather than 2.1 (Eclair).

Android 2.2 Froyo OS, responsive touch-screen, great social networking features, cute design

Virtual keyboard is just a little slow, newer versions of Android have already been announced for HTC phones

If you want a smartphone for occasional use of the web, Google Maps, video watching and so on, the HTC Gratia might just suit. If, on the other hand, you plan to indulge in those kinds of activities regularly you'd be better off with a larger screen...

The build quality of the HTC Gratia is impressive. The optical touchpad feels like a throwback to older HTC handsets which is unsurprising since the Gratia is, to all intents and purposes, an older model that's been warmed over for the UK market. While...