HTC Legend

HTC Legend

The HTC Legend, a product of the Taiwanese firm that had produced the HTC Hero, was launched at the Mobile World Congress in Spain. It is the first of the duo of the Android 2.1 phones and it does make a pretty neat impression. The operating system that it uses is the Android OS 2.1 which is Google’s latest and most popular OS. And also, it is HTC’s first Android device that comes with the Sense UI technology. The first aspect you will notice is the smooth aluminum body and the resolution OLED screen. This phone is so strong that it will remain as good even if you throw it against the wall. It is a solid phone yet lightweight due to the use of aluminum. In fact, due the adapted production process used, the phone’s body is actually one solid piece and the hardware is installing post building of the body.

HTC Legend Features

The HTC Legend comes with a capacity touch screen that reacts promptly to finger commands. Compared to the Hero, the display resolution is also enhanced and offers 384.00 pixels. Due to the AMOLED technology used the display, color, contrast and visual effect is indeed great. As long as you decrease the screen brightness a little bit, this phone can be used in sunny climes without difficulty of poor performance. Those who are accustomed the Hero will find many similarities between the two models but the Legend boasts of better quality speaker that is really loud! In contrast to the Hero, the Legend does not a big battery cover instead the battery, SIM card and the micro SDHC card are all at the bottom hidden by a small rubber cover. The speaker, camera (5 mega pixel) and LED flash are located at the top and are covered by rubber too. In terms of touch, while the Legend isn’t too slippery, the Hero does provide a better grip and is warmer to hold. And while the aluminum body does make it one of the best looking phones of 2010 the only problem is that it can get scratched pretty easily by other metal objects likes keys or coins.

HTC Legend Advantage

Coming to the software, the advantage with Legend is that users are able to view all 7 home screens at one go. Another useful update is the text highlight tool so we no longer have to guess where we are highlighting and this is accompanied by a shortcut bar for copying, sharing and searching. The screen supports the multi-touch technology by which you can use 2 fingers to operate the display. The Legend also offers a wider range of choices for audio entertainment than the Hero as it  supports formats such as AAC, AMR, MP3, OGG, M4A, WMA, MID and WAV.  The FM radio too is nicely programmed to auto-scan channels at the first boot. The speed of the Legend is also twice as much as the Hero requiring about 20 seconds to boot. The major drawback of the Legend however is that its battery power is not sufficient for those who need to use the phone non-stop. Another aspect where the Hero scores is the Wifi reception which is weaker in case of the Legend. The camera has certain features lacking such as a flash that works beyond just 2 meters and the zoom option.

All in all, the Legend is quite a stunner in terms of software as well as hardware design and toughness of body. While it does have major kinks with battery life and video recording as well as some minor kinks, it does provide an upgrade on most other features over the Hero.