Testseek.com have collected 171 expert reviews of the HTC Hero and the average rating is 84%. Scroll down and see all reviews for HTC Hero.
July 2009
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The editors liked
Overall this is a massive improvement. The phone is well worth buying. What HTC has done is deliver an excellent consumer experience and bucket loads of functionality
From Google Maps to camcorder to easy access to applications.
Distinctive design
Teflon-coated casing
Sense UI is excellent
User-friendly and a joy to use
Android platform
Fully customisable
Polished Web browser
3.5mm headphone jack
Contacts integration with social networking
Responsive capacitive touchscreen
HTC's outstanding Sense UI
Great range of apps and widgets preinstalled
Web browser is a pleasure to use
Great range of apps and widgets pre-installed
The editors didn't like
Needs more processing grunt
Menus not as smooth to scroll through as the iPhone
Abstract: Verdict: A smart, well-built Android phone with many improvements over the older Magic, but suffers from the same short battery life. HTCs Hero is the latest Android phone to land on these shores, following T-Mobiles G1 and Vodafones Magic (below...
Abstract: The HTC Hero has set gadget geek tongues wagging since its announcement last year. While exciting, the first generation Android devices, the Magic and Dream, just lacked a certain degree of sophistication in terms of user-interface and styling. With bi...
HTC Hero - the iPhone killer?: Detailed Review The HTC Hero is a path-breaking smartphone that introduces the HTC Sense technology to the Google Android operating system. HTC Sense promises to take the Android's user-experience to the next level. With f...
Camera performance, no dedicated camera key or flash, Back button placed on chin
HTC has decent amount of Android handsets in the market but Hero is by far the most superior attempt of all. Right from the hardware set to the software, HTC has tried to emphasize on everything and has, in fact, succeeded in some areas but not all. Hero ...
Abstract: After learning a few lessons from the HTC Magic, HTC has pulled up their socks with the Hero. As far as Android hardware goes, this is a big step in the right direction. A very well built device, the Hero has a large 3.2-inch capacitive multitouc...
Excellent Interface, Responsive Screen, Great designa and good built, Tight integration with Google services and social networking sites, Excellent Browser, Multitouch support, 3.5 mm jack
Mediocre Camera, A little sluggish
Excellent design and interface made the Hero a top notch Android's phone....
Design and build, display quality, interface superbly complimented by HTC Sense UI, music playback, integration with social networking sites, web browser
Interface is still a bit sluggish at times, awkwardly placed BACK key, camera performance is mediocre, expensive, only 2GB card provided with phone
The HTC Hero is the second Android phone to arrive in India after its sibling, the HTC Magic. We had recently reviewed the Magic and although the phone was pretty good, the absence of the Android Market did not go unnoticed. The phone also did not have...
Sooth and responsive UI, Very user friendly Widgets, Music player is superb, Video playback is great
Camera is slow and image quality is average, Phone was just a wee bit sluggish, Limited Bluetooth
Misc. FeaturesWhen it comes to the simpler applications like a Calendar, Alarm, Notes, Stopwatch and such if you can’t find it on the handset already just get it from the AM, it’s all there. The Hero came preloaded with QuickOffice (read only)...
Abstract: If you go back to page one of this review, youd probably be over and over that long list of disadvantages in disbelief. We did but hell… in HTC Hero we still trust. Really, some of them are big enough like the flawed video playback (which seems more ...
