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HTC ChaCha user reviews

HTC ChaCha

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Sophie Gooch's avatar
1 star out of 5

Sophie Gooch 19 May 2013

Good: keyboard

Bad: internal memory, landscape screen,battery life and the glitches

Comment: I brought this phone nearly 2 years ago on a 24 month contract and I now wish I chose something different. This phone is utter rubbish! There are so many glitches on this phone it is unbelievable and the internal memory is pretty rubbish as well, you cant have too many messages on your phone or too many pictures as the phone will not let you view any of your pictures or access the app store. The phone also gets confused when you are texting, sometimes when you press d it will go to the internet or mail and then you have to reset your phone completely. The battery life will bed excellent for the first month and then after that it will last the maximum of 6 hours. I would not recommend this phone to anyone even if you do get along with the landscape screen as it will cause you frustration.

I own it
Naveed's avatar
2 stars out of 5

Naveed 13 March 2013

Good: Looks

Bad: Everything else

Comment: HTC (High Tech Computers) ? It's actually a nicely moulded plastic and some glass that I'd love to have just to look at it 10 times a day, not for a routine use where I'm required to check my 100 mails comfortably without having myself strained to migraine, courtesy 'bigger than an eye' screen. At this price or a few chiller extra, we've around some really nice phones of practical utility from Samsung, Blackberry, Sony, Nokiaaaaaa, and so many others that fill almost the English alphabet! In my opinion as a buyer and a user who has to give away 'dear money' it's only a nice craftsmanship. Upgrage it with a higher OS version and redo it's structure to allow for a bigger screen, and it should work in favour of 'High Tech Computers'

Not for me
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Gift Raviwan Worraton 26 November 2012

Good: Facebook

Bad: battery, low internal memory, small screen

Comment: same as above

I own it
lokesh's avatar
4 stars out of 5

lokesh 23 September 2012

Good: everything

Bad: nothing..put away all bad things.. its awesome

Comment: i need it badly

I want it
Soumen Biswas's avatar
1 star out of 5

Soumen Biswas 13 September 2012

Good: very clicky qwetry keypad

Bad: worst speaker till date

Comment: review say its all . only thing that i want to add as user of this phone is it has a terrible speaker ,even you carry this phone with you you will end up missing considerable amount of calls for sure but if you can live with that(which i personally cant) then sure you can go with it.

Not for me
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babes 5 May 2012

Good: keyboard

Bad: battery life, andriod set up, memory & how slow it is and freezes alot

Comment: This has been the worst phone i have got! I got the HTC ChaCha in replace to a Blackberry. I have a 8GB memory card in the phone, it still doesnt let me have any apps, add or delete contacts, cant look at pictures or videos. As the phone is designed for Facebook, when i go on it it just freezes as the same when i text. I cant go on the Andriod Market as it freezes and force closes. I have deleted everything off the phone, but unfortunatly it still says theres not enough memory. I havent had this phone for 6months yet and now i have to go get another phone. This was NOT worth the £260 i paid for it, i am not going back to a Blackberry. I would NOT recomend this phone to anyone. It has nothing but problems!.

I own it
tintin48's avatar
0.5 star out of 5

tintin48 26 March 2012

Good: Functionality very good - easy to operate keyboard

Bad: Screen

Comment: I purchased an HTC Cha Cha just after Christmas. Three weeks later the screen split across one corner - just below top right corner to the bottom left corner. The same day I bought the phone I purchased a 'hard' cover for extra protection. The day the glass screen cracked the phone was safely stored in a loose pocket of my trousers. On contacting HTC I was advised the screen was not covered by warranty and I could return it to them to to assess what the cost of repair would be. On returning the item to Carphone Warehouse, where I purchased the phone, they advised the cost to repair would be £180 and said I had been 'incredibly unlucky'. They also stated that operation of the phone would gradually deteriorate due to moisture being able to enter via the crack. The assistant wondered if the shape of the phone could have been a contributory factor in my bad luck. At present the phone works okay but when it finally packs up I would not consider anything produced by HTC

I own it
Joseph Jagadish Potts's avatar
3.5 stars out of 5

Joseph Jagadish Potts 12 February 2012

Good: Lovely keyboard. Bright screen. Shape. Clear voice calling.

Bad: internal memory, text glitch, only comes in white, heavy, sometimes very slow, small screen. slow GPS.

Comment: Ok.. So... I was probably one of the first people to get this phone and have had it for a while. This is probably one of the best (if not the best) qwerty keyboard phones out there. In a simplistic sense everything works very well with the phone. This all changes when you want to do something a bit more complicated. Maps don't work well. Mine has an annoying glitch with the texting. Every time I start typing an SMS the screen jumps to the top of the conversation and you can't see what your writing. This annoys the crap out of me! Also, why did they only make this model in one colour? This phone looks very cool in black and would of been a lot more to the liking of male customers... The most annoying thing is that the internal memory is terrible! If you have apps that have to run from the internal memory then you can only get about two decent ones on there....

In conclusion, a great phone if you are looking for simple texting and phoning with limited internet browsing. If you want something that does more than this then I would suggest getting something a little better.

I own it
Jules Harris's avatar
5 stars out of 5

Jules Harris 8 February 2012

Good: I have really found it easy to use!

Bad: The only negative towards it is my battery use...I use the apps and internet daily and it needs charging again.

Comment: I bascially love it! and and very addicted to telling everyone where I am right now ie check in on FB, best qwerty keyboard I've ever touched!!

I own it
Jordan-Findlay 's avatar
3.5 stars out of 5

Jordan-Findlay 13 January 2012

Comment: in my opinion htc's greatest achievement

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