Above the radar
As had been telegraphed by the company itself, HTC launched two new WP7 handsets - running the new ‘Mango' version - at combination press and consumer events across Europe today. They take the form of the high-end Titan and mid-range Radar, both of which will be made available from October.
It has become the cliché when marketing cheaper smartphones to euphemise them as ideal for social networking - much in the way unattractive people are said to have a nice personality - and the Radar is no exception.
Of the two the Radar was the most extensively leaked, with the press-pack confirming the image doing the rounds last week was legit. It comes in silver/white and and gun-metal grey liveries and has a 3.8-inch screen. The only detail offered about the chip is that it's 1GHz. Given that it will be a Snapdragon, that probably identifies it as the MSM8x55, which HTC has been using in phones for a year.
The Titan is a beast of a phone - with a 4.7 inch screen - in the tradition of the Desire HD and HD7. The chip is only identified as 1.5GHz, with no mention of cores. Qualcomm's latest attempt to simplify the naming of its Snapdragon chips states the only ones which clock up to 1.5GHz are dual-core ones, meaning this is probably the MSM8x60. Strange that HTC decided not to mention it was dual-core in its marketing literature.
"The new HTC Titan and HTC Radar smartphones raise the bar with new advanced photography, multimedia and social capabilities that enable you to take full advantage of the latest Windows Phone innovations," said Jason Mackenzie, sales and marketing boss at HTC.
"With its large, cinematic display, the HTC Titan packs an amazing amount of power and innovation into a device that is unlike anything you've ever held before and the HTC Radar's aluminium uni-body, compact size and finish will capture people's attention."
Pix ‘n' spex.
Radar
Processor
- 1GHz
Platform
- Windows® Phone OS
Memory
- Total storage: Up to 8GB
- RAM: 512 MB
(The available storage you can use will be lesser, since the phone's software occupies some storage)
Dimensions
- 120.5mm x 61.5mm x 10.9mm
Weight
- 137 grams (4.83 ounces)
Display
- 3.8-inch touch screen with 480 x 800 resolution
Network
- HSPA/WCDMA in Europe/Asia: 900/2100 MHz
- Quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE: 850/900/1800/1900MHz
GPS
- Internal GPS antenna
- HTC Locations
- BingTM Maps
Connectivity
- Bluetooth 2.1
- DLNA for wirelessly streaming media to your TV
- Supported profiles: A2DP, PBAP, AVRCP, HFP, HSP
Sensors
- Gyro sensor
- Proximity sensor
- Ambient light sensor
Camera
- 5 megapixel camera with 28mm lens f/2.2 aperture and LED flash
- Back-illuminated sensor
- Front camera VGA
- 720p HD video recording
Audio supported formats
- Playback: .m4a, .m4b, .mp3, .wma (Windows Media Audio 9)
Video supported formats
- Playback: .3gp, .3g2, .mp4, .m4v mbr, .wmv (Windows Media Video 9 and VC-1)
- Recording: .mp4
Battery
- Rechargeable Lithium-ion battery
- Capacity: 1520 mAh
- Talk time: 250 - 330 hours for GSM and 150 - 420 minutes for UMTS
- Standby time: 250 - 360 hours for GSM and 320 - 340 hours for UMTS
Internet
- 3G: Up to 14.4 Mbps download speed and up to 5.76 Mbps upload
- GPRS: Up to 80 kbps downloading
- EDGE: Up to 236.8 kbps downloading
- Wi-Fi: IEEE 802.11 b/g/n
*Playback of .3gp and .3g2 video possible when the video is an email attachment or part of an MMS message
Titan
Processor
- 1.5 GHz
Platform
- Windows® Phone OS
Memory
- Total storage: Up to 16GB
- RAM: 512 MB (The available storage you can use will be lesser, since the phone's software occupies some storage)
Dimensions
- 70.7mm x 9.9mm x 131.5mm
Weight
- 160 grams (5.6 ounces)
Display
- 4.7-inch touch LCD screen with 480 x 800 resolution
Network
- HSPA/WCDMAEurope/Asia: 850/900/2100 MHz
- Quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE: 850/900/1800/1900MHz
GPS
- Internal GPS antenna
- HTC Locations
- BingTM Maps
Connectivity
- Bluetooth 2.1
- DLNA for wirelessly streaming media to your TV
- A2DP for wireless stereo headsets
- PBAP for phonebook access from the car kit
- Other supported profiles: AVRCP, HFP, HSP
Sensors
- Gyro sensor
- G-Sensor
- Digital compass
- Proximity sensor
- Ambient light sensor
Camera
- 8 megapixel camera with 28mm lens
- f/2.2 aperture, double LED flash
- Back-illuminated sensor
- 720p HD video recording
Audio supported formats
- Playback: .m4a, .m4b, .mp3, .wma (Windows Media Audio 9)
Video supported formats
- Playback: .3gp, .3g2, .mp4, .m4v mbr, .wmv (Windows Media Video 9 and VC-1)
- Recording: .mp4
- You can only playback a .3gp or .3g2 video if the video is an email attachment or is part of an MMS message
Battery
- Rechargeable Lithium-ion battery
- Capacity: 1600 mAh
- Talk time: 270 - 710 minutes for GSM and 140 - 410 minutes for UMTS
- Standby time: 230 - 360 hours for GSM and 260 - 460 hours for UMTS
Internet
- 3G: Up to 14.4 Mbps download speed and up to 5.76 Mbps upload
- GPRS: Up to 80 kbps downloading
- Wi-Fi: IEEE 802.11 b/g/n
