• HTC Smart

    HTC Smart

    Prasad Naik, May 12, 2010 1330 hrs IST

    HTC's budget touchscreen phone that runs its proprietary OS

    HTC Sense UI is attractive and user friendly, decent number of features, powerful loudspeaker

    Expensive, no GPS or Wi-Fi, unimpressive web browser, sluggish performance of Java apps, no accelerometer for auto UI rotation

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The HTC Smart is HTC's first non-smartphone device. Yes, it has neither Windows Mobile nor Android, but something called Brew OS, which has been developed by Qualcomm. HTC has also added their excellent Sense UI skin to come up with a budget touchscreen phone to take on the Corbys and Cookies of the low-end touchscreen phone world. But is the Sense UI capable enough to take on this challenge without a powerful OS backing it? Is the HTC Smart smart enough for the users to consider it over established rivals?


 


 


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  • HTC Smart
  • Battery
  • Charger
  • USB Data Cable
  • Stereo Headset
  • 2GB microSD card
  • Quick Start Guide

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(26) Comments
puja
,jaipur, on Aug 17, 2011 01:06 PM
this is a rubbish phone..low battery, poor os, hangs a lot...
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kar
,b lore, on May 24, 2011 06:05 PM
this is worst phone....i suggest dnt buy this phone...u will get good phone for the same price....much problem in this phone...OS is worst doesnt support anything.. ..
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venkat
,vijayawada, on Jan 03, 2011 09:19 PM
the htc smart is gud r bad for msg's?
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Sri
,Hyderabad, on Oct 06, 2010 03:54 PM
Tell me finally... whether i can buy this phone or not... its good or not...
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caesarbala
,chennai, on Nov 25, 2010 09:11 PM
yup you can sure buy at this low price but use airtel connectivity for the better use of mobile
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TEJAS
,ahmedabad, on Nov 27, 2010 07:32 PM
Hey same uestion i wanna ask but no 1 answering,,,,,,,,,,,,, :( :( :(
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TEJAS
,ahmedabad, on Nov 27, 2010 07:29 PM
finaly tell me is this r8 phone to buy??
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caesarbala
,chennai, on Nov 25, 2010 09:07 PM
cool review about the mobile but the mobile price was just about rs.6876 only in india not about rs.9996 as you said this is the only smartest mobile i can say to buy it at decent price
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CHANDRAJAN
,PATNA, on Oct 20, 2010 07:22 PM
Never buy this phone. HTC has supplied the battery taking from the roadside dustbin. The operating system is slow. It can not read the memory card. The phone often hangs.
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Jamil Sayed
,Kolkata, on Oct 20, 2010 07:12 PM
I purchased this phone seven days ago. But I am not satisfied with the bad performance of this phone. It hangs frequently and I have to take out the battery and insert again. Moreover, it restarts now and then. It is an irritating experience for me. Oftenly I see on the screen : :oops, an error has ocurred, it is restarting...". The sound quality during attending calls is very low. It is being hard to response the incoming calls on the street. Above all, the battery back up is the worst. If I talk for 5 miniutes, the battery is exhausted 50%. At 10 pm I charged the battery fully. Then I went to sleep. In the morning I found the battery 90% exhausted. Battery problem is so much acute that I feel cheated. It is said that the talk time is 450 minutes. But when I complained to the HTC through email, they answered that the talk time is 240 minutes only !! But in my experience, the talk time is 20 minutes. Every one is requested to avoid such a terrible phone. I now repent to buy this phone. HTC has robbed my hard earned money.
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dev
,kolkata, on Oct 20, 2010 12:16 PM
is it better than samsung star nxt and corby?
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Deepika
,Hyderabad, on Jul 15, 2010 09:50 PM
I have purchased htc smart on july 14th and after i put a sim in to it, its showing an invalid sim after 10-30 mins i put the sim , i heard that theres a problem with htc smart model can anyone who purchased this model, let me know whether if its replaced will work fine there after or same problem repeats again ??
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Srinivasan
,Coimbatore, on Aug 04, 2010 10:45 PM
Even i had same problem, when i had put the bsnl sim. problem s the internet features and my location, weather doesnt work execpt airtel sim. this could probably be locked with airtel...
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Sri
,Hyderabad, on Oct 06, 2010 03:58 PM
what you suggest? i can buy this mobile or not?
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Akash
,Mumbai, on Jun 30, 2010 04:22 PM
Come on this is not so bad.....it is better than samsung as i have a 3 handset experience and none of them lasts than 1 and a half year so i think smart is 100 times better than S samsung in its range........................i loved HTC smart and i have one........its a bit expensive but i would recommend it over corby
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Umang
,Bangalore, on May 13, 2010 12:26 AM
Typo on the 1st page <with themselves. HTV has> But is the Sense UI capable enough to take on this challenge without a powerful OS backing it? Is the HTC Smart smart enough for the users to consider it over established rivals? Is it a review or some Balaji's soap? with not one, but two freeze frame questions.
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tabz
,hyderabad, on Jun 07, 2010 06:50 PM
i assume you are a copy writer...
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Guru
,Bangalore, on May 13, 2010 11:58 AM
Samsung Monte is the much better. Feature rich 3G+Wifi+3.2MP Camera+Good Battery life. Price 8800Rs (Bangalore including taxes)
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Guru
,Bangalore, on May 13, 2010 12:01 PM
Even it has GPS (Maps not included)
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dude
,Kochi, on May 13, 2010 05:08 PM
Monte is much more UGLIER. But, as u said...feats r good........
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chris25
,mumbai, on May 13, 2010 04:45 PM
Why have u not included E63 Nokia? that a much better phone than this.
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VeeKay
,MV, on May 12, 2010 10:06 PM
How does it compare with Samsung Jet 2 (8003)?
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Prasad Naik
,Mumbai, on May 13, 2010 11:23 AM
The Smart does not come close to matching the functionality of the Jet.
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sss
,sss, on May 12, 2010 07:46 PM
"It has a compact design that fits well in the palm with a fairly large 2.4" QVGA display " Grow up guys- It has a 2.8" screen for heavens sake..!!! Do you guys do any reviews or look at other sites for inspiration?
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Prasad Naik
,Mumbai, on May 12, 2010 09:23 PM
The error has been corrected.
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SMFire
,Bangalore, on May 12, 2010 07:28 PM
Brew OS has not been done by HTC. It is a Qualcomm OS which has been used by HTC since it comes free with the Qualcomm chipset which the phone is running on.
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