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HTC Explorer is a very attractive and eye-captivating phone that targets those who are new to smartphones. This is nice affordable Android phone that comes within your range.
Specifications
It comes with a 3.2 inches touchscreen with resolution of 320 x 480 pixels. Accelerometer sensor for UI auto-rotate, Proximity sensor for auto turn-off and HTC Sense UI v3.5 are some of the display highlights. It is loaded with 3.15 mega pixel camera with the pixel density of 2048x1536 pixels. It device operates on with Android 2.3 Gingerbread with an internal capacity of 90 GB expandable up to 32 GB. It also offers high speed internet connectivity via Wi-Fi, HSDPA 14.4 Mbps, HSUPA 5.76 Mbps and GPRS. There is also an Assisted GPS that helps you find unknown destination. The Explorer is also available in the attractive colours of Digital compass, Google Search and lots more.
Advantages
1) Affordable Android device
2) Equipped with HTC Sense 3.5 user interface
Disadvantages
1) Compact screen acts as a major turn-off while accessing internet
2) Features are not exciting
Deals Comparison
You can choose among variety of HTC Explorer deals like PAYG, pay monthly and contract deals offered with leading UK networks such as Vodafone, Virgin, O2, Three, T-mobile and Orange. With HTC Explorer contract, you can opt for different contract duration like 12, 18 and 24 months. You get attractive free gifts and lucrative offers like instant cash back, free texts and minutes on all Explorer deals.
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General
- 2G Network: GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
- 3G Network: HSDPA 900 / 2100
- Announced: 2011, September
Size
- Dimensions: 102.8 x 57.2 x 12.9 mm
- Weight: 108 g
Display
- Type: TFT capacitive touchscreen, 256K colors
- Size: 320 x 480 pixels, 3.2 inches (~180 ppi pixel density)
- Accelerometer sensor for UI auto-rotate
- Proximity sensor for auto turn-off
- HTC Sense UI v3.5
- Touch-sensitive controls
Sound
Alert types: Vibration, MP3, WAV ringtones
Loudspeaker: Yes
3.5mm jack: Yes
- SRS surround sound enhancement
Memory
- Phonebook: Practically unlimited entries and fields, Photocall
- Call records: Practically unlimited
- Internal: 90 MB storage, 512 MB ROM, 384 MB RAM
- Card slot: microSD, up to 32GB
Data
- GPRS: Up to 80 kbps
- EDGE: Up to 236.8 kbps
- 3G: HSDPA 14.4 Mbps, HSUPA 5.76 Mbps
- WLAN: Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot
- Bluetooth: Yes, v3.0 with A2DP, EDR
- Infrared port: No
- USB: Yes, microUSB v2.0
Camera
- Primary: 3.15 MP, 2048x1536 pixels, autofocus
- Features: Geo-tagging, face detection
- Video: Yes
- Secondary: No
Features
- OS: Android OS, v2.3 (Gingerbread)
- CPU: 600MHz Sncorpion CPU, Adreno 200 GPU, Qulacomm MSM7227 chipset
- Messaging: SMS(threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Email, IM
- Browser: HTML
- Radio: Stereo FM radio with RDS
- Games: Yes
- Colors: Active Black, Active Navy, Metallic Black, Metallic Navy
- GPS: Yes, with A-GPS support
- Java: Yes, via Java MIDP emulator
- SNS integration
- Digital compass
- Google Search, Maps, Gmail
- YouTube, Google Talk, Picasa integration
- MP3/eAAC+/WAV/WMA player
- XviD/MP4/H.264/H.263/WMV player
- Organizer
- Voice memo
- Predictive text input
Battery
- Standard battery, Li-Ion 1230 mAh
- Stand-by: Up to 485 h (2G) / Up to 445 h (3G)
- Talk time: Up to 7 h 40 min (2G) / Up to 7 h 33 min (3G)