HTC S710 review

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December 28, 2007

Posted by: Stuart Fawcett

"All style, no substance"

What I like:

Big screen

What I don't like:

Slow & yet keen to launch any old app.

Review:

What wrong with my v1615, HTC TyTN, HTC s710 on monthly contract from Vodafone.
Awkwardness rules despite great headline features

No holder autolock allows the touch screen to launch loads of applications!!!! No single convenient lock key. You also cannot use this as a quick device to make phone calls it takes to long to think about it!
No touch screen disable option, once calls connect means my ear can launch apps or cut me off whilst I listen to conversation. This also allows the volume to adjust to silent, causing you to miss calls etc.

Battery life is short, not like a Blackberry. Unit gets very warm when lots apps going, or charging or calling. Charging is slow.
Can’t easily tell when I’m browsing expensive GPRS or free WLAN, GPRS monitor supplied free was never able to be enabled.

Navigating around can be slow, with the screen freezing up for a few seconds every now and again, Reset switch is needed approx once every 2 weeks, boot-up takes 5-10 mins, so no quick phone calls.

Camera has no flash, GPS only gives 1 free small map so not really used, stylus is getting a little loose.
It’s too big & heavy compared with my previously excellent Nokia 6230i and the blackberry 8800 I’m now trialling – very good so far.

My bills jumped 50% in the 1st 2 months of using this HTC device, and the final problem was the device browsing something one evening causing my monthly charge to be nearly £250, granted Vodafone is investigating but this has to be the final straw, hence this review which was mostly already written before the last big bill.

However the Big screen is nice, and the slide out keyboard is neat - though I almost never use it. Vodafone had once impressed me by calling me up to suggest a better price plan, this was a few years ago though. I had seen this device favourably reviewed on many sites, though I think is

I’m a telecoms IT Manager in London, and finally chose a blackberry solution for our mobile workers. Personally I still slightly prefer Vodafone for coverage and Nokia for phones.