O2 HD7 Reviewed

[Nurhisham Hussein]

<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://www.smartphonegurus.com/forums/topic/12068-htc-hd7-review/' target='_blank'>http://www.smartphonegurus.com/foru...htc-hd7-review/</a><br /><br /></div><p><em>"As you will no doubt be aware today (21st of October) is the 'launch day' of Microsoft's new Windows Phone 7 in the UK and Europe. Our good friends at O2 have kindly loaned us their variant of the HTC HD7 for review. As we only received the machine just in time for the launch date we'll be putting the device through its paces on a daily basis and commenting as to how each aspect of the device works in the real world! So onwards."&nbsp;</em></p><p><img src="http://images.thoughtsmedia.com/resizer/thumbs/size/600/wpt/auto/1287706059.usr14226.jpg" style="border: #d2d2bb 1px solid;" /></p><p>The reviews are coming in fast and furious. Here we have Smartphone Gurus review of the UK version of the HD7, sold via O2. The review is ongoing and you can put in your own queries if you have a mind. Battery life seems to be a problem, but whether this is a problem with the OS, the HTC design or this specific unit, we'll have to wait and see - other reviews (so far) don't report the kind of battery drain the reviewer is seeing.</p>

[Craig Horlacher]

If it has an OLED display I would blame that. Power usage difference between that and LCD seems to be huge. It doesn't seem to matter if it's the standard AMOLED or Super AMOLED. They both seem to use a lot more juice then LCD.

[Jason Dunn]

If it has an OLED display I would blame that.

It doesn't - it uses a standard LCD. But it's a BIG LCD. I don't know if the reviewer has used an HD2 or not, but when you've got a phone with a screen that big, and a CPU that powerful, you're going to be recharging it every 1-1.5 days. It's just the way things are.

[efjay]

It doesn't - it uses a standard LCD. But it's a BIG LCD. I don't know if the reviewer has used an HD2 or not, but when you've got a phone with a screen that big, and a CPU that powerful, you're going to be recharging it every 1-1.5 days. It's just the way things are.

Doesnt help that HTC included the same inadequate battery as they did with the HD2. Rather than try and improve the battery performance they just stuck an HD2 in a different case and called it the HD7. I still wonder why this company is held in such high regard...