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HTC Hero Sim Free Android Smartphone

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Brand: HTC

List Price: ~~Â£361.66~~
Buy Used: Â£165.00
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Seller: phone-touch

Media: Wireless Phone Accessory
Display Size: 3.2
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 4.4 x 2.2 x 0.6

MPN: HTC Hero (White) - 99HHM005-00
Model: A6262WHEU
EAN: 4710937330984

Release Date: August 15, 2009
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days

Customer Reviews:

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Owner of Both: HTC HERO & iPhone 3G September 6, 2009
David Glasgow (United Kingdom (Edinburgh))
55 out of 56 found this review helpful

Last year I bought the iPhone 3G in December 2008, at the time I loved it, however on O2 my service provider could only give a 2G signal in my area in Edinburgh, which was a big minus... O2 Customer service, saying I'm within an O2 signal tower 1000m away. (after a few months because of just using it for 2G calls and SMS was ok, until the whole smartphone thing novelty, just wore off.!

Until there was a huge buzz going around the internet about the HTC HERO In July 2009, I read up on the even increasing popularity of the Android OS, and also the fact I could buy one SIM FREE which meant I could use what ever provider was best in my area for 3G Reception, which turned out to be Vodafone.

I received my HTC HERO, just one week ago, charged it up and turned it on, played around with it all evening, I just could not put it down. I could not understand why so many complained about Lag? however, it wasn't until 3 days latter after setting everything up on my 7 screens, did I begin to notice some minor Lag, (now when I use the term Lag), we are only talking about a split second, nothing to make you regret YOUR purchase. Latter in Sept or Early Oct 2009, HTC have WILL BE RELEASING a software optimization FIX Which has passed all beta testing, and NO MORE LAG.! its all over YOUTUBE.

The new Cupcake 1.5 with sense UI, has proven such a success even hackers with the old HTC T-MOBILE G1's; Have upgraded their Phones with all the new Hero software with their inferior hardware, compared to the G3 HTC HERO 528Mhz CPU, 512 ROM, 288 RAM. - Hackers or Dev teams have even optimized the software With minimal lag to run on the T-mobile G1 & found it on YOUTUBE. (what an acheivement considering the G1 is over 2 years old).

Anywayz, the Hero's touch screen in my humble opinion is better than my iPhone 3G (2008 version), I now for the first time on Vodafone have an "H" Sign on top of my screen which means "high speed broadband", something I could never get on my iPhone without using WIFI.

1. Heptic feedback that tingles your finger tips with the very lightest touch of keyboard, portrait or landscape, (FAB)
2. The Android store has well enough FREE APPS to keep anyone busy upgrading their Phone (very happy)
3. Full compatibility with New "Google talk and Skype". (Unlike iPhone)
4. SIM FREE and upgradable memory to 4GB, 8GB, 16GB Micro SDHC Cards.
5. Beautiful smooth, sharp and clean screen. (in my opinion better than the iPhone 3G).
6. The whole experience is very intuitive and after a week or two, you will understand the device without the need for PDF Manual.
7. The Phone is very well build to a High standard, together with 5 megapixel Auto-Focus Camera & video-camera.
8. The White one I own is Teflon coated.
9. Adobe FLASH compatible (iPhone isn't)
10. From "Flat to Fully Charged" in just less than 2 hours, which is very convenient.

I could go on and on... I'm just happy I took the plunge and bought the phone. I have no regrets.

Highly recommend you buy a decent case to protect it, one made by "tuf-luv" here on Amazon.
Amazon also have the best price. (with next day delivery if chosen at checkout).

5 out of 5 stars

Very smart phone November 6, 2009
AM (UK)
21 out of 22 found this review helpful

I originally had a Blackberry Bold and was trying to decide between this, a Storm 2 and an iPhone. I'm so glad i went for this. If you're a gadget freak like me it's brilliant. I love how customisable it is, you can chop and change your widgets and background to turn it into a completely different phone. You can tweak the hell out of it!

The first thing i did when i got the phone was to update to the latest firmware from HTC which has got rid of any lagginess and improved the camera by giving it touch focus. Speaking of the camera i found that by going into camera, clicking menu > settings > 'image properties' and changing the settings to contrast -2, saturation +2, Sharpness +2 really improved the pictures, especially for low lit indoor shots (you could change the numbers to 1 instead). The camera is good enough and it's very handy being able to easily share to Flickr, Facebook, Twitter etc - useful if you want to save space on your memory card and you can easily browse your facebook and flickr albums on your phone as if they were normal built in albums.

I'm pleasantly surprised at the keyboard, it's a lot easier to type on that i thought it would be and the auto correct is very clever so i hardly ever make any mistakes. The touch screen is very responsive and the addition of a trackball is great for web browsing. Videos look great on this phone and speaking of which, 'Videora Android Converter' is a free program that will make your video files playable on your Hero.

The sound quality is great, i've installed the Spotify app and Last.fm on my phone and i now no longer use my iPod touch. I didn't think it would sound as good as it does, though the bundled earphones aren't much good so i use my own. It has it's own mp3 player built in too which is very good.

My fave apps that i think really enhance the phone are Spotify (you can have an album on your phone instantly), Twidroid which imo is better than the built in twitter app, beebplayer (BBC iPlayer), Taskpanel for managing memory, Pure Calendar (to add a much needed agenda to your screen) and FeedR which is a brilliant RSS feed reader.

Battery life is fine considering i can't stop playing with it! I have to charge it every night and after a day of heavy use (music, video, photos, calls, tweeting, texting, etc) the battery is at around 20%. On a normal day (calls, texting / emailing) battery is at around 50% at the end of the day.

My only real niggles are so far there isn't a decent facebook app for android and the built in twitter widget has problems on the vodafone network but there are other twitter apps that work fine. After a week or so i noticed that the phone failed to recognise when i plugged in my headphones and carried on using the built in speaker. After a lot of googling i discovered a lot of people had the same problem. I have an app called task panel installed and it had 'killed' one of the background programs (pc synchronisation) which caused the problem (for me) so i just moved it to the ignore list and now its fine.

There was no screen protector with my phone so i bought the 'Genuine HTC Hero Screen Protector SP P260' and it went on easily and clearly with no bits or bubbles. I also bought 'iTALKonline GEL Soft Case hero' for added protection which looks really well on the phone.

Overall i'm extremely happy with this phone, i'm amazed at the features it has and i'm always finding something new on it to play with. Highly recommended.

5 out of 5 stars

Top Phone. December 10, 2009
This is not my real name. (I'm not here.)
5 out of 5 found this review helpful

Nice and simple review because there ae so many long ones :)

Had Hero since it first came out. Had to decide between this and iPhone 3GS (used to have 3G). Picked Hero because iPhone just got boring, too restricted, apps so expensive, was pretty rubbish as a 'phone'.

+ Amazing touch-screen, higher clarity than most other phones
+ Loads of apps, both fun and serious ones, most are free :)
+ Very well designed interface
+ Looks very slick
+ Does everything i want it to do.

- The camera is rubbish at night.

5 out of 5 stars

Fatastic Hero November 22, 2009
Martin Beecroft (Runcorn, Cheshire United Kingdom)
5 out of 5 found this review helpful

This is the best phone I have ever owned. It does exactly what the manufacturer claims. Very easy to set up and fabulous to use. So many apps, most free, and again easy to download and start using as they install automatically. The device will automatically revert to using wi-fi when in range once you have initially set up access on an encrypted network. This cuts download costs considerably over using 3G networks for data downloads. GPS is very accurate and easily turned on and off as required (it does drain the battery pretty quickly if used continually).

It is best synchronised with Googlemail but using it with POP3 email is a simple matter as long as you have the necessary server details from your ISP. Synchronising with Facebook and Twitter is a doddle.

The actual hardware is a perfect size to slip into a pocket, feels substantial without being over heavy and looks good. The screen is a joy and the gestures work perfectly. I would recommend a case of some sort to protect the screen from scratches, I use the HTC pouch designed for the phone. VOIP is available through a Skype app although I have not actually tried this yet. The only gripe is the camera which lacks image stabilisation, but otherwise works well. A small gripe measured against an otherwise brilliant phone

Overall an excellent bit of kit. A cheaper, and in my opinion superior, device than the iPhone. You won't be disappointed!

5 out of 5 stars

The true smart phone November 10, 2009
Mr. T. O. Brand (London)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful

After debating for a long time over this or the iPhone, I am so pleased I got this handset. Here are a few reasons why:

1. Customisation - you can customise virtually everything. The look, the layout, how things work.

2. Quality - really well made, a nice solid weight, not experienced and software or hardware issues.

3. Clever - just so many smart little touches around the phone. After using it for a while you realise that things that should be easy on a phone but haven't been until now take seconds to perform.

4. Surprising - lots of little things you discover as you keep using the device that make you think "wow"

5. Cost - considering this is a more sophisticated piece of kit, on contract it was a lot cheaper than the comparative iPhone contract

The only negative I had about this phone when I got it was the battery life, but after playing around with the settings (such as turning the constant GPRS signal off when not in use, changing the frequency of email updates etc) it has gone from less than a day to a solid 2 or 3 days with high use.

My phone came preloaded with the latest software, and it seems really quick at all times. Not experienced any lag at all.

I would also rate this phone as it is rarer than the iPhone, but people "in the know" recognise this device as the smart choice.

I would highly recommend this phone, once you understand how it works it is extremely intuitive and very powerfull.

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