HTC Touch 2 (like) Dual Sim/Standby WM 6.5 DealExtreme sku.44902 1/2

After using for a month, I would like to share my review to you guys in this way:

Pros:
- Reasonable price for a dual sim+Windows OS phone
- Excellent GPS sensitivity
- Good battery life
- build quality is good. I like the back cover which is a lot better than plasticky thing. All parts were written as Made in Taiwan. Including the software, these have convinced me that this is a genuine HTC-made PDA phone!

- CPU is fast enough for everyday use.
- No Problem for the GSM signal.
- 3.5 mm audio jack is provided!

Cons:

- Wifi Sensitivity should be better
- microSD locker clip should have been made stronger and rigid. This has reminded me the weakness of how HTC built HTC O2 Orbit, Dopod P800w.
- Sim card slots are made difficult the slide the sim out.
- lack of soft reset key (although you can practically remove the battery)
- should inform users in the manual for how to perform a hard reset, instead of letting me to try all possible combinations in pressing buttons
- should be compatible with any genuine HTC model, leaving the 2 sim software available to be installed later. So that we can install various kinds of cooked /home-made ROM.

Other thoughts:

I was asked by someone and here is my answer
1, I would like to know, if CPU in that phone is fast enough and if the RAM and ROM capacity is enough, cause original model has faster CPU and higher RAM and ROM capacity?


[J]: I have been using HTC PDA phone since 2003, and for every model I can say including iphone. However, I am in need of using a dual sim phone, instead of carrying 2 HTC phones (HTC touch pro 2 and HTC Touch HD or iPhone)

CPU MT6516 at 416 MHz is fast enough for everyday use. I can watch the video while runing TomTom - SatNav for routing the direction. Anyway, it doesn't make sense to watch a video on 240x320 screen while driving. I just make it working like an iPod to listen the music together with routing the direction while driving

2, What about WiFi, is it 802.11/b or /b,g?


[J]: WiFi is b/g which is working at both 11 and 54 mbit/s. However, the sensitivity of the WiFi seems to be weaker than other later model of HTC phones. However, since EDGE data network is accessible for anywhere for me, the internet connection for my everyday use is mostly done via GSM network, instead of WiFi.

3, GPS works good? Which mapping application is included?


[J]: No GPS software is included. I installed Google Map and TomTom which are working in perfect order. GPS sensitivity is quite impressive.


4, Display brightness, is it enough for use in sunny day?


[J]: Not that bright but it is just fine. Nothing could beat the brightness of the sun light!

5, What about touching sensitivity?



[J]: Good as good its priced. It works similarly to any other resistive screen type (e.g HTC touch pro 2).
The better screen is a capacitive built-in screen but you would not be able to buy that kind of device at 100ish USD, would you? iPhone or touch HD 2 would cost you more than 600 usd.


Generally, can you recommend this phone? Are you satisfied?


[J]: I have been using for a month, I can say that I am happy with this phone. Again, this is also because I don't wanna carry 2 Windows phones at the same time. It was a real pain and messes up my life. This one is tiny, light and flexible enough for my everyday use, especially at only 100ish USD!!!!

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• HTC
• PDA
• Mobile
• Phone
• Dual
• Sim
• Standby
• Windows
• Moble
• WM
• 6.5
• DealExtreme
• sku.44902

[guhemama2]

Nice video mate! How long does its battery lasts? I have an HTC Elf/Touch, and its battery sucks... I wonder if this clone battery isn't worse - I don't trust chinese stuff very much hehehee. :S

[parnrong]

@guhemama2

For normal use, it would last in 2 days which is better than other (genuine) HTC. This phone did come with another spare battery but I've never used it. Using the PDA phone, I normally charge the battery for every night anyway.

[bennymw2]

Took ur time to talk

[brelgno1]

how long did he fuck around with the sd card!

[Kamenos4ever]

I have this phone :) It rocks !

[darkandrax]

Muchas Gracias por la buena revición y muy buen material que lo acompaño (video en HD) Muy agradecido!!!

[britishgoose01]

what sort of batteries are they? last chinese iphone..ino not the same phone but the batteries were rubbish which is y i got 2 of them

[dealxtremer]

is it real?

[granchicop]

good video men, thanks for the review =) excelent and also the phone ;)

[Alex174p]

Very good phone!