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The HTC Hero is truly a superb phone and a real competitor to the iPhone range. The addition of multitouch, the flawed but still useful Flash support, plus the excellent HTC widgets make it a joy to use and place it significantly ahead of any previous Android phone. The G1 may have got Android off to a slow start, but the Hero shows that it's now fully up to speed. Make no mistake, the Hero really is a fabulous phone and its price is very attractive compared to the expensive iPhone 3GS. Read full review

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By Niall Magennis
Reviewed 05 August 2009
Updated 26 May 2011

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£286.99

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HTC Hero (G2 Touch) details

Performance: 8/10
Value: 9/10
Features: 9/10
Design: 9/10
Overall: 9/10

Price as reviewed

£286.99

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HTC

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Greg17b

1:18 PM on 5 August, 2009

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Is there still no bluetooth file transfer on the Hero?

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1:44 PM on 5 August, 2009

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@Greg

I've tried to on mine and no luck. Couldn't send files from my computer to it either.

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1:46 PM on 5 August, 2009

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No Bluetooth file transfer unfortunely but I've heard theres an app on the android marketplace that let's you do it.

I received my hero on Monday and so far I'm really Impressed. One thing to say is that if you are someone who can stand the occasional bit of sluggishness then the hero may not be for you. As long as you don't go crazy with the widgets you'll be fine though.

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1:47 PM on 5 August, 2009

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Cool. There has been a lot of bitchin about slow downs/lag on line but was this only with preview models?

Not out here in Denmark, though the Magic is and its hardly cheaper (over the 6 month contract) than the Iphone 3GS. I'd be very interested in the Hero if it's a significant saving over the Iphone, but if not I'm gonna have to spring for the current champ.

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2:00 PM on 5 August, 2009

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@haim - no it is there. The Hero uses the Qualcomm MSM7200A chipset and an ARM11 based CPU which is much slower than the Cortex A8 seen inside the Palm Pre and iPhone 3GS which makes it laggy by comparison. That said, the Hero is much cheaper than the 3GS and the lag isn't much worse than on an iPhone 3G.

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2:05 PM on 5 August, 2009

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One thing to add here is that while the iPhone may be the best user experience, the more open platform of the Hero is a significant boon - the addition of a MicroSD slot alone is a huge bonus.

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2:08 PM on 5 August, 2009

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@Ed - agreed though I'd counter argue that given the vastly superior array of third party applications in the iPhone App Store it may be a more closed system but it offers far greater variety. Horses for courses...

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2:15 PM on 5 August, 2009

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Is the sluggishness only really noticable when having many applications open?

Perhaps we are seeing why Apple has not allowed background tasks?

Of course the CPU differences will show up so its not the whole story.

I'm keen to see the pricing here, could well be the phone for me.

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2:31 PM on 5 August, 2009

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Huh. I just ordered a Nokia 5800, but I can still return it for about a week. I'll have to think hard about whether this is worth it. It's still a LOT more expensive than the Nokia, though, about EUR 450 versus about EUR 200. And the 5800 also has the trifecta of features -- UMTS, Wifi and GPS.

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2:57 PM on 5 August, 2009

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have to pop into shops to have a feel. looks slightly thicker than my liking.

Looks fab, well donw HTC

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