HTC Merge adds some real variety Heft US Cellular 's, not only because it is a balanced unit. This is a truly global phone that works on CDMA networks in the United States and accept prepaid SIM card abroad. It is essentially a clone of the HTC Shift EVO 4G ($ 199, 4 stars) in the sprint, except with the GSM and WiMAX instead of a design with a slightly smoother and more polished. Even if you do not need a phone world, Merge keyboard quality and good performance even more you earn. This is the choice of our editors for smartphones with a physical keyboard to US cell.
Design, call quality, and Apps
The merger of the measurement of 4.8 by 2.4 by 0.5 inches (DRC) and weighs 1 oz surprisingly heavy July was long ago, we saw a heavy phone. It's built better than Sprint's 4G HTC EVO Change, with a good mix of glass, plastic, soft touch and brushed aluminum accents on the cover offered by the device a solid feel and quality. The 3.8-inch, 480 x 800 pixels looks sharp, bright, and the tactile response is exactly as it should. The sliding mechanism feels solid. The four-row QWERTY keyboard with flat keys, oval feel a little cheap, but it is easy to write. They are mostly silent and backlit.
Design, call quality, and Apps
The merger of the measurement of 4.8 by 2.4 by 0.5 inches (DRC) and weighs 1 oz surprisingly heavy July was long ago, we saw a heavy phone. It's built better than Sprint's 4G HTC EVO Change, with a good mix of glass, plastic, soft touch and brushed aluminum accents on the cover offered by the device a solid feel and quality. The 3.8-inch, 480 x 800 pixels looks sharp, bright, and the tactile response is exactly as it should. The sliding mechanism feels solid. The four-row QWERTY keyboard with flat keys, oval feel a little cheap, but it is easy to write. They are mostly silent and backlit.
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| HTC Merge (U.S. Cellular) |
The Fusion is a real phone because it supports dual-band EV-DO Rev A (850/1900 MHz), EDGE (850/900/1800/1900 MHz) and 2100 MHz 3G HSDPA for speeds of foreign networks. Also 802.11b / g Wi-Fi, which worked well in my WPA2 encrypted network. The voice quality is good but not great. Callers sounded strong and powerful in the headset and my voice came through fairly clearly into the microphone. However, some problems receiving the inequality means that some calls were scattered (although none of them has fallen). Calls sounded clear through an Aliph Jawbone Bluetooth headset Icon ($ 99, 4 stars), and voice dialing over Bluetooth works well without training. The speaker sounded muddy and will not be strong enough to overcome moderate background noise. Battery life is excellent in 7 hours and 55 minutes of talk time.
If you want to connect abroad, you're going to have to roll your own plan. Many people believe that more is to organize its own SIM card is almost always much cheaper than paying roaming charges. If you do not want to fight with a shop selling mobile phones abroad, consider an international SIM card, such as Truphone Tru SIM ($ 30, 3 stars).
Under the hood, a Qualcomm MSM7630 800 MHz processor to do, he was very fast when I use it. Android running Fusion 2.2 (Froy), no word yet on a release date for Android 2.3 (Gingerbread) upgrade. Sense HTC user interface layer is fully operational, with a compliment of widgets and enhanced applications for everyday tasks. As good an Android phone, email merge synchronization, calendar and contacts with Microsoft Exchange and Outlook accounts here given significant attention and direct mail business was also strong with Flash support for WebKit. The merger also works with more than 150,000 third-party applications available through Android Market.
Multimedia, camera, and conclusions
The size standard 3.5 mm jack for headphones and the included 8 GB microSD card to give music lovers a good start. My 32GB card SanDisk has also been a great little stubborn microSD card slot under the lid. The music sounded a clear and concise through the Samsung HM6450 Modus ($ 99, 4 stars), a stereo Bluetooth headset, even if it took two attempts to get the job of the media. HTC has updated the music player application is fun to use and looks great album thumbnail. Standalone video files played smoothly in full screen mode, up to 720p HD files on the laptop on the fly transcoding.
The 5 megapixel autofocus camera has a single LED flash. Photos test so well together, with a slightly mottled appearance inside and some details buttered on the outside, but with the proper balance of light and saturation. Registered 1280 by 720 pixels high-definition video is a little uneven, averaging 26 frames per second, but much depends on the amount of light available and whether there were sudden camera movements. Recorded video 800 x 480 pixels is much smoother and consistent average of 29 frames per second.
If you need a phone in the world, but normally stay in the U.S. Cellular coverage area 's, the HTC is a combination of a breeze. This is also the best U.S. smartphone cell phone, a physical keyboard, wins our Editor's choice in this category.
If you do not have an overall capacity or a keyboard, a number of other cell US Android devices to consider, weigh less. Our editors choose full-touch smartphone, the Samsung Mesmerize ($ 129 4.5 stars), which has a larger, more dynamic display Super AMOLED, a faster processor 1GHz, and weighs only 4.1 ounces. HTC Desire ($ 79, 4.5 stars) falls Merge keyboard and weighs less, but retains most of its other qualities intact. If you want to save money, LG Optimus U (Mon, 4 stars) is not as capable, without a keyboard, a slower processor, and a lower resolution screen, but it is equally useful elsewhere.
If you want to connect abroad, you're going to have to roll your own plan. Many people believe that more is to organize its own SIM card is almost always much cheaper than paying roaming charges. If you do not want to fight with a shop selling mobile phones abroad, consider an international SIM card, such as Truphone Tru SIM ($ 30, 3 stars).
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| HTC Merge (U.S. Cellular) |
Multimedia, camera, and conclusions
The size standard 3.5 mm jack for headphones and the included 8 GB microSD card to give music lovers a good start. My 32GB card SanDisk has also been a great little stubborn microSD card slot under the lid. The music sounded a clear and concise through the Samsung HM6450 Modus ($ 99, 4 stars), a stereo Bluetooth headset, even if it took two attempts to get the job of the media. HTC has updated the music player application is fun to use and looks great album thumbnail. Standalone video files played smoothly in full screen mode, up to 720p HD files on the laptop on the fly transcoding.
The 5 megapixel autofocus camera has a single LED flash. Photos test so well together, with a slightly mottled appearance inside and some details buttered on the outside, but with the proper balance of light and saturation. Registered 1280 by 720 pixels high-definition video is a little uneven, averaging 26 frames per second, but much depends on the amount of light available and whether there were sudden camera movements. Recorded video 800 x 480 pixels is much smoother and consistent average of 29 frames per second.
If you need a phone in the world, but normally stay in the U.S. Cellular coverage area 's, the HTC is a combination of a breeze. This is also the best U.S. smartphone cell phone, a physical keyboard, wins our Editor's choice in this category.
If you do not have an overall capacity or a keyboard, a number of other cell US Android devices to consider, weigh less. Our editors choose full-touch smartphone, the Samsung Mesmerize ($ 129 4.5 stars), which has a larger, more dynamic display Super AMOLED, a faster processor 1GHz, and weighs only 4.1 ounces. HTC Desire ($ 79, 4.5 stars) falls Merge keyboard and weighs less, but retains most of its other qualities intact. If you want to save money, LG Optimus U (Mon, 4 stars) is not as capable, without a keyboard, a slower processor, and a lower resolution screen, but it is equally useful elsewhere.
