The HTC Touch HD has arrived
The HTC Touch appeared on HTC’s website on Monday in glorious fashion and then was abruptly pulled. Don’t despair if you missed its brief appearance as this sleek and sexy phone will make its official debut on September 16th. Boo-Ya! No more waiting as we got the dirt on it. Hit the jump for all the specs, and everything you want to know!
- Processor Qualcomm® MSM 7201A™ 528 MHz
- Operating System Windows Mobile® 6.1 Professional
- Memory ROM: 512 MB; RAM: 288 MB
- Dimensions 115 mm x 62.8 mm x 12 mm (4.35 in x 2.5 in x 0.47 in)
- Weight 146.4 grams (5.164 ounces) with battery
- Display 3.8-inch TFT-LCD flat touch-sensitive screen with 480 x 800 WVGA resolution
- Network HSDPA/WCDMA:Europe/Asia: 900/2100 MHz; Up to 2 Mbps up-link and 7.2 Mbps down-link speeds
- Quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE:850/900/1800/1900 MHz (Band frequency and data speed are operator dependent.)
- Device Control HTC TouchFLO™ 3D; Touch-sensitive front panel buttons
- GPS GPS and A-GPS ready
- Connectivity Bluetooth® 2.0 with Enhanced Data Rate and A2DP for wireless stereo headsets
- Wi-Fi®: IEEE 802.11 b/g
- HTC ExtUSB™ (11-pin mini-USB 2.0)
- Camera
- Main camera: 5 megapixel color camera with auto focus
- Second camera: VGA CMOS color camera
- Audio Built-in 3.5 mm audio jack, microphone, speaker, and FM radio
- Ring tone formats: AAC, AAC+, eAAC+, AMR-NB, AMR-WB, QCP, MP3, WMA, WAV;40 polyphonic and standard MIDI format 0 and 1 (SMF)/SP MIDI
- Battery: Rechargeable Lithium-ion or Lithium-ion polymer battery. Capacity: 1350 mAh
- Talk time:Up to 390 minutes for WCDMA; Up to 310 minutes for GSM
- Standby time:Up to 450 hours for WCDMA; Up to 390 hours for GSM
- Video call time: Up to 120 minutes (The above are subject to network and phone usage.)
- Expansion Slot microSD™ memory card (SDHC™ capable)
- AC Adapter Voltage range/frequency: 100 ~ 240V AC, 50/60 Hz
- DC output: 5V and 1A
Whew, is that enough info to satisfy your craving for a least a little bit? No pricing mentioned but it will be available across major European carriers in Q4 2008 and then in other global markets shortly following. Sweet handset but not soon enough for our liking. We want to get our grubby little mits on this one now!
Damn, that’s a sweet phone. So many new phones to choose from. I’m scared to get on, because something nicer may pop up. HTC rocks!
You know what would be nice? AWS support on at least one of these awesome new fancy WinMo phones that keep popping up every week now.
Wait… second camera? Also, do we know if it’s going to come to the US (and if so with which carrier)?
HTC Touch launched tomorrow? Sprint launched the Diamond yesterday? Who will launch the Touch, which Touch, the Pro?
Yes to US and SPRINT will be the carrier of choice.
@Mr Risto,
its a GSM phone and there isnt even any word if they are making a CDMA version.
Your a maroon
I’ll never understand why HTC’s carrier of choice in the US is Sprint, when it would be so much easier to just make their HSDPA/GSM devices available on AT&T and T-Mobile and unlocked a la Nokia.
Let this or any of the other htc come to tmobile so my girl can stop bothering me to get her the iphone
EEEEWWWW
WinMo makes it 100% NOT worth it.
No matter if it showered me in my sleep if it has WinMo I don’t wana touch it.
3.8 inches??!!!!!
wvga res????!!!!!
DAMN… throw in aws bands and ill sell my adopted brother for this.. lol
The lack of US 3G is disheartening
Dudes, this has android written all over it. How come nobody is talking about this? Take out windows mobile and BAM! talk to it!!
That phone looks great. and it does say CDMA
“Network HSDPA/WCDMA:Europe/Asia: 900/2100 MHz; Up to 2 Mbps up-link and 7.2 Mbps”
Anyway, HTC makes phones for all the networks, it just goes under different names, like the Tilt, the Mogul, the 6800,the 6900, they were all HTC phones. I hope it comes out here in the US by Dec. 1st so I can trade in my thunder for it if I don’t like it before the 30 day exchange period is up.
Finally, at long last, HTC has created a legitimate contender to the iPhone.
I know you iFanbois aren’t going to want to acknowledge it, but that’s your problem. On a spec-sheet basis, this phone matches up in a lot of important ways. Hell, when it comes to screen resolution, you’re beat.
On the other hand, this makes me really hesitant about phone buying in the immediate future. I was planning on picking up the HTC Touch Pro when it (eventually) comes out for VZW, but the possibility of a Touch Pro HD makes funny things happen in my pants.
Glad to see we’re finally getting enough RAM to not have to spend 10% of every day in the Task Manager, clearing stuff out.
I agree with you Orga, a contender and potential winner over the iPhone. Yes, the old lipstick on a pig analogy can and will be used as an excuse by the iFans but HTC has pretty much closed the usability gap in the latest generation of phones. The Diamond led the way and now HD will seal the deal.
@likeabite: WCDMA is GSM 3G. For 3G, GSM switched to using CDMA technology, but it has some differences and so isn’t interoperable with Qualcomm-derived CDMA networks like that Verizon and Sprint uses, which is a shame (especially considering Qualcomm holds patents on WCDMA too)
The Touch Pro is being launched Oct 19th for Sprint. Cant wait!!
The 3 devices are official on the HTC home page http://www.htc.com
I agree with Jimmy. 3.8″! are you kidding me? thats so huge. I’m sitting here going well i guess the iPhones 3.5 is about as big as it gets. The storm is a 3.25. But this monster, 3.8?!?! Holy cow
I’m surprised nobody else has commented on the size. That thing alone will get so many buys from people
what’s a “maroon”???
if you’re going to call people names, at least get it right…LOL
WCDMA is not the exact same as CDMA.
Notice the bands? Those are 3G bands only for GSM phones. The confusion is b/c of the loosely used terms all the time. And the writers don’t make it any easier for the everyday readers.
Here’s what’s gonna happen…
It will launch overseas tomorrow, cause Europe ALWAYS gets the love on the new hot phones before we do. Fact of life.
THEN in about 4-6 months, HTC will launch a “dumbed-down” version of the phone in the states (bye-bye front facing camera), a-la the Touch Pro/Diamond for Sprint. SOO, salivate all you want over that pretty screen, but unless 3g isn’t that important, and/or you’ve got the extra $700 burning a hole in your pocket, dream on.
Them’s the breaks people….
thx BGR any news on the phone having FTP thru Bluetooth
@ Jorge: Maybe because HTC thinks Sprint needs some loving and help from tanking? After all… competition is a good. I’m sure they’re also a little pissed about the iPhone/Apple/AT&T love triangle.
I can’t wait until this phone comes out for sprint!