HTC Legend – first look
Mobile-review have posted a preview of the new HTC Legend. Here is their final impression.
It's still unknown how much the Legend will retail for - I'll venture to make a guess that it'll be in the neighborhood of 700-800 USD, a tad cheaper than the HTC Desire, and obviously more expensive than the already available HTC Hero. Its commercial launch is expected in April, although it may well see release later than that.
Who'll find the Legend appealing? I suppose sooner or later it'll push the good old Hero out of the market; by the way the latter will get a major firmware update to Android version 2.1 in March or April and then HTC will be done with it. And that's reasonable, since HTC shouldn't waste their resources on keeping their rapidly aging phone up to date, given that new versions of Android come out on a regular basis.
So if your Hero seems too sluggish and fragile - the HTC Legend might be right what you need. If you've been waiting for a sequel to the Hero - the HTC Legend might be… If you've always wanted an Android-based phone clad in metal - the…
Compared to the Hero, the HTC Legend has got:
* More capable platform Qualcomm MSM7227 (600 Mhz against the Hero's 528 MHz)
* More RAM (384 Mb vs 288 Mb)
* Flash module for the camera
* FM-radio
* Aluminum casing
* Although it doesn't have hardware Call and End keys
* Optical trackball
* Bluetooth 2.1 (vs the Hero's Bluetooth 2.0)
* New version of HTC Sense
* New version of Android (probably 2.1)
It's still unknown how much the Legend will retail for - I'll venture to make a guess that it'll be in the neighborhood of 700-800 USD, a tad cheaper than the HTC Desire, and obviously more expensive than the already available HTC Hero. Its commercial launch is expected in April, although it may well see release later than that.
Who'll find the Legend appealing? I suppose sooner or later it'll push the good old Hero out of the market; by the way the latter will get a major firmware update to Android version 2.1 in March or April and then HTC will be done with it. And that's reasonable, since HTC shouldn't waste their resources on keeping their rapidly aging phone up to date, given that new versions of Android come out on a regular basis.
So if your Hero seems too sluggish and fragile - the HTC Legend might be right what you need. If you've been waiting for a sequel to the Hero - the HTC Legend might be… If you've always wanted an Android-based phone clad in metal - the…
Compared to the Hero, the HTC Legend has got:
* More capable platform Qualcomm MSM7227 (600 Mhz against the Hero's 528 MHz)
* More RAM (384 Mb vs 288 Mb)
* Flash module for the camera
* FM-radio
* Aluminum casing
* Although it doesn't have hardware Call and End keys
* Optical trackball
* Bluetooth 2.1 (vs the Hero's Bluetooth 2.0)
* New version of HTC Sense
* New version of Android (probably 2.1)
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