O2 has recently announced that they will be selling the Windows Phone 7 smartphone HTC HD7 from October 21st. This O2 version of HTC HD7 will carry 16GB of internal storage, the largest of any Windows Phone 7 smartphone and will be available on O2’s range of Pay Monthly Smartphone tariffs, all of which come with unlimited Wi-Fi at thousands of The Cloud and BT Openzone hotspots.
HTC HD7 runs on 1GHz Qualcomm QSD 8250 chipset processor. HTC HD7 is the first Windows Phone 7 smartphone for UK. It is also known as HTC HD3, HTC Gold. Specs wise, HD7 is much similar to HTC 7 Pro.
HTC HD7 features a 4.3” diagonal WVGA Super-LCD touchscreen(480×800 pixels), 5 Megapixel camera(2592 x 1944 pixels) with LED flash & Auto focus, 720p HD video recording capability, Windows phone 7 OS, Qualcomm Snapdragon 1GHz processor, 576 MB RAM/512 MB ROM, 3G, Wi-Fi, 16GB internal storage, Bluetooth 2.1, micro USB and GPS.
Technical Specifications of HTC HD7(aka HTC Gold/ HTC HD3)
| Network | |
| 3G Network | HSDPA 900 / 1200 MHz |
| 2G Network | GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 MHz |
| Form Factor | Candy Bar |
| Dimensions | |
| L x B x H | 122 x 68 x 11.2 mm |
| Weight | 162 g |
| Display | |
| Type | Super-LCD Capacitive touchscreen |
| Size | 4.3 inch |
| Resolution | 800×480 Pixels WVGA |
| Input/ User Interface | |
| Input | Multi Touch Accelerometer sensor for UI auto-rotate Pinch to Zoom Proximity sensor for auto turn-off |
| System Properties | |
| Operating System | Windows Phone 7 |
| CPU | Qualcomm Snapdragon QSD8250 1 GHz processor 576 MB RAM / 512 MB ROM |
| Memory Storage | |
| Memory | 16GB internal storage in some regions & 8GB internal storage in some regions No slot for microSD cards |
| Browser & Messaging | HTML Predictive Text Input, SMS(threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Email, IM |
| Camera | |
| Still | – 5 Megapixels – 2592 x 1944 pixels – LED Flash, Auto Focus, Geo-tagging, Face detection -Built-in scenes include candlelight, landscape, and portrait match the environment of your subject |
| Secondary | No |
| Video Recording Capability | 1280×720 (720p HD) |
| Connectivity | |
| Bluetooth & USB | Bluetooth v2.1 with A2DP & v2.0 micro USB |
| WLAN | Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g |
| Headset | 3.5mm stereo headset jack |
| GPS | A-GPS |
| 3G | HSDPA Up to 7.2 Mbps download speed HSUPA Up to 2 Mbps upload speed |
| EDGE | Up to 114 kbps downloading |
| GPRS | Up to 560 kbps downloading |
| Radio | Yes |
| Music & Video | |
| Music Format | .m4a, .m4b, .mp3, .wma (Windows Media Audio 9) |
| Video Format | 3gp, .3g2, .mp4, .m4v, .mbr., .wmv (Windows Media Video 9 and VC-1) |
| Battery | |
| Type | Li-Ion 1230 mAh Standard battery |
| Talk Time | Up to 320 mins (3G) Up to 380 mins (2G) |
| Standby Time | Up to 320 hours (3G) Up to 310 hours (2G) |
| Other Features | Xbox Live Bing Maps, Bing Search Zune Services Dolby Mobile and SRS surround sound G-Sensor, Compass, Accelerometer Facebook, Windows Live |
| Colors | Black |
The OS on this mobile device comes with everything organized in Hubs, such as the People hub, all contacts put together, including Facebook, Windows Live friends and the Games hub with Xbox Live integration and more.
Price & Availability
The HTC HD7 will be available from 21st of October, 2010 via O2 stores in UK. HD7 goes free on the carrier’s £40 per month 24 month tariff (900 minutes, unlimited texts and 750MB UK data). The HTC HD7 will also be available for purchase on O2’s range of Pay & Go tariffs. pricing at £379.