HTC Surround Review
Score: 53.3 / 100HTC Surround is a bit outdated Windows Phone 7.5 Mango phone released back in the year 2010, equipped with a good performance CPU running at 1 gigahertz, a 5 megapixels back camera and a medium 3.8-inches screen.
The HTC Surround is quite heavy for a phone of this size, with a weight of 5.82 ounces. This cellphone is a bit thick for today's standards, being as thick as 0.51".
HTC decided to sell this device with a Qualcomm Snapdragon S1 QSD8250 system chip, backed up by a good performance processing unit running at 1 gigahertz with just 448 MB of RAM memory. To help with graphic rendering, it also uses an Adreno 200 GPU ticking at 128 MHz. This phone has a 16 GB quite large internal storage and although it doesn't have a slot for an SD memory card, it should be enough to install hundreds of apps and games, but it might not be suitable if you are planning to install a couple of the heaviest games currently available.
This cellphone only features a 5 mega-pixels back camera. It can also shoot videos in 1280x720 (HD) at 24 fps. This device also features flash and auto-focus.
HTC packed this phone with a good looking 3.8-inches screen, and a resolution of 800 x 480 , giving this phone a nice graphic quality. Its screen uses LCD capacitive technology, and allows multi-touch for gestures like pinch and zoom.
This cellphone counts with a 1230 mAh medium Li-Ion removable battery that provides this phone a not very long battery duration. HTC reports a stand by time of 275 hours and a talk time of 4 hs for this cellphone.
This cellphone includes wifi capability (but it can't provide it to other devices around, acting as a hotspot) and 3G fast connection type, supported by HSDPA, HSUPA, UMTS and EDGE technologies. This device uses a SIM card for GSM networks.
This phone also includes a handful of cool features as Bluetooth (2.1, EDR) and GPS, and lots of sensors like Light Sensor, Proximity Sensor, Accelerometer and Compass.
This device is not a very good choice considering it is priced 140 dollars, and many similar cellphones are sold for much less than that.
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Specifications
| Device Type: | Phone |
| Brand: | HTC |
| Operating System (OS): | Windows Phone 7.5 Mango |
| Also Known As: | HTC Spark, HTC Mondrian, HTC 7 Surround |
| Dimensions: | 4.70 x 2.42 x 0.51 inchesMetric11.94 x 6.15 x 1.3 cmImperial |
| Weight: | 5.82 ouncesMetric164.99 gImperial |
| Scratch Resistant Glass: | Yes |
| Release date: | 2010-10-11 |
| Price: | $ 140.00 |
Display | |
| Screen Type: | LCD |
| Size: | 3.8 inchesMetric9.7 cmImperial |
| Resolution: | 480 x 800 pixels |
| Pixel density: | 246 pixels per inchMetric96.85 pixels per cmImperial |
| Touch screen: | Capacitive, Multi-touch |
Hardware | |
| Chipset: | Qualcomm Snapdragon S1 QSD8250 |
| Processor: | Scorpion (Single-Core 1000 MHz) |
| RAM Memory: | 448 MB |
| Graphics Processor: | Adreno 200 (128 MHz) |
| Internal Memory: | 16 GB |
| SD Card Slot: | No SD card slot |
Battery | |
| Battery type: | Li-Ion |
| Removable: | Yes |
| Capacity: | 1230 mAh |
| Stand-by Time: | 275 hours |
| Talk Time: | 4 hours |
Camera | |
| Back camera: | 5 megapixels |
| Flash: | Yes |
| Max video resolution: | 1280 x 720 (24 fps) (HD) |
| Camera features: | Auto-Focus |
Networks | |
| Wi-Fi: | Yes |
| SIM Card Type: | SIM |
| UMTS Bands: | 850, 1900, 2100 |
| GSM Bands: | 850, 900, 1800, 1900 |
| Technologies: | HSDPA, HSUPA, UMTS, EDGE and GSM |
Other Features | |
| Bluetooth: | Version 2.1, EDR |
| GPS: | Yes |
| Sensors: | Accelerometer, Compass, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor |