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The HTC Titan reminds us of quite how enjoyable Windows Phone is to use. It's quick, intuitive and stylish. However, this phone also makes us realise quite how silly the trend for ever-expanding smartphone screens is. This is undoubtedly a great phone, but for most people it's just that bit too big. Read full review

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8/10

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By Andrew Williams
Reviewed 21 October 2011
Updated 07 November 2011

Price as reviewed

£499.00

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Reviewed by Andrew Williams
21 October 2011

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HTC Titan details

Design: 8/10
Features: 7/10
Performance: 9/10
Value: 8/10
Overall: 8/10

Pros & Cons

Pros

Good screen quality
Super-fast performance
Windows Phone is a joy to use
Great camera

Cons

Relatively low pixel density
It's too big
Windows Phone is restrictive

Price as reviewed

£499.00

Manufacturer

HTC

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darkspark88

6:05 PM on 2 September, 2011

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I expect MS to give financial incentives to app developers to create cross platform apps. That should open app stores to real competition and grow the WP userbase

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1:49 AM on 3 September, 2011

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@Dave Gilbert: The two reasons you've given against choosing this handset - the OS and the utilitarian design - are exactly the two I'd look for when buying a phone. The sheer clarity and cohesiveness of WP7 are qualities that even iOS can't manage let alone the afterthought that is Android. The application market is constantly growing and with quality submissions. I have an Android tablet (Nook Colour) and visiting the app store feels similar to shopping in a pound shop - mountains of tat hiding the odd gem.

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7:03 PM on 3 September, 2011

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The support while no where near the level of even Android is gradually growing. I was pleasantly surprised to find 'International Snooker' a wonderfully realistic game and a personal favourite of mine having already been ported from over from iOS and Android. You have to remember that Microsoft has a lot riding on WP7 and few would bet against it pulling it off. Meego sadly took too long to enter the market and lacks the devotion from it's parents Nokia and Intel to really make even a late effort. All being said who really what the future really holds.

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1:25 AM on 21 October, 2011

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The Apps are just too expensive to consider buying a windows phone. Don't care why, it just makes WP7 a big no no.

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Greg Shewan

8:17 AM on 21 October, 2011

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I disagree about the screen size issue, I think these powerful smartphones are content driven and anything under 4 inches is just underselling the entire point of owning one. However the phones themselves could use a bezel trim, with that accomplished I think we could see significantly smaller phones with large screens.

Case in point: the Galaxy Nexus. It is about the same size as the SGSII but has a screen with a .35 inches larger diagonal. If WP7 and iOS ditched hardware controls like Meego and ICS then this would be possible. Only a thin strip would be needed for the earpiece, sensors and camera. On my SGS the top and bottom of the bezel are almost 15mm when they could be as small as 4-5mm, perhaps even smaller if Samsung could make the branding smaller.

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Martin Daler

9:18 AM on 21 October, 2011

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The huge screen seems like a waste of space, literally. It is just a regular 3.7" screen stretched out to 4.7". Had they instead kept the same pixel density and added more pixels, that would have been a benefit. But to simply make a 3.7" screen take up more space, why? When I could achieve the exact same benefit simply by holding a 3.7" screen a bit closer to my face?

We don't want 'bigger' screens for the extra space they take up, we actually want more screen.

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10:16 AM on 21 October, 2011

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Andrew (The reviewer), you say the multi-tasking is a bit meh as the app is restarted when you tap on it again. Well it also did this on the iPhone when it was first introduced. Apps have to be modified to work properly with multi-tasking just like the iPhone.

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