The HTC 7 Trophy is the 4th HTC Windows Phone 7 device that Endgadget was able to review about. There are actually 5 WP7 HTCs that they have unveiled, the HTC HD7, HTC 7 Surround, & HTC 7 Mozart have all been reviewed, except for one, that until now has yet to be reviewed, the HTC 7 Pro. I think, the HTC 7 Pro is also yet to give us some live photos or hands on. This time it's the HTC 7 Trophy's hour to be on the spotlight and gets to be judged right there and then. Head over the break to read the goods an the bads of this smartphone.
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This phone right here is one of the 11 devices who gets to run on a new OS, Windows Phone 7. A new mobile OS that is set and is expected to be a challenger in the world of OS-es, Android, iOS, RIM's BlackBerry OS, Symbian, and HP's WebOs. The HTC 7 Trophy may have the same "standardized" specs on all of the other WP7 devices with 1GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon QSD8250 Processor, 480 x 800 resolution, 512MB ROM and 576MB RAM. What makes this device different from the other is that it's somewhat not the kind of phone you want if you're looking for a high-end device. Here are Gizmodo's goods and bads on the HTC 7 Trophy.
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The goods:
"[there's a] silver ring that creates a subtle border between the front-side glass and plastic bezel that gently bleeds into the trophy's soft-touch backside."
"We've been impressed by the Trophy's 1300mAh battery and its ability to power the handset through the day.....That's after using a combination of WiFi and 3G data under real-world usage"
"Put it all together and you've got a handset that feels and looks really solid -- not cheap, slippery, and lightweight like the otherwise impressive Galaxy S"
The Bads:
"As expected, the camera does ok when photographing outdoor daytime shots or when indoor lighting is natural and bright..... [but] Things really fall apart when the sun goes down and the lights grow dim."
"The Trophy touts 720p video. Great, right? Unfortunately, that's not the default resolution, presumably because of the measly 8GB of on-board storage (and lack of expansion)."
And at the end of it all:
"HTC's Trophy is not the best smartphone on the market. It's not even the best Windows Phone 7 phone. To make matters worse, you'll often find the Trophy sitting side-by-side with the equivalently priced LG Optimus 7 when shopping for a new WP7 handset in Europe"
"we'd opt for the Optimus 7 given that it matches the Trophy spec-for-spec yet includes a better exclusive software suite, a beefier 1,500mAh battery, and double the internal storage at 16GB"
"[but'] it's simply hard to resist this sleek little lightweight gem of a handset running a very promising -- and dare we say fun -- take on the mobile OS experience."
"Try as we might, we can't put it down even though we have an iPhone 4 and Galaxy S at our immediate disposal. The HTC Trophy may not be our smartphone champ but it's definitely a winner."
So, it may not be the best Windows Phone 7 out there but if Endgadget said that it's a winner, then definitely this smartphone will get you through the day fine.
To read the full HTC 7 Trophy review by Endgadget click on the trusty source link below.
Source: Endgadget
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