HTC Hero / Reviews

A lot has happened since the first Google phone arrived 12 months ago. So it makes sense for HTC to finally make a legitimate stab at upgrading the Android operating system, now that Palm has its web-errific Pre, the iPhone graduated to video (not to mention cut-and-paste!), and Motorola just unveiled... More

The real power of this Hero is that the best Android phone you can buy—it's everything good we said about the first Hero, but with our biggest complaint, speed, fixed—is on Sprint and its solid 3G network—making it the first U.S. Android phone outside of T-Mobile—and it's $180.... More

It was written that a great Hero would rise from the East. He would be clothed in the sun and his unique user-interface would redefine the user experience for countless fans of social networking and his majesty would reign over all over Android phones forever. That Hero is here, and he’s on Sprint.

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The Hero is a more mature Android phone. Progress still needs to be made but it is certainly the best of the phones currently using the Google OS.

The HTC Hero is a great handset that I thoroughly enjoyed using. Its older brother, the Magic, was great fun when I tested it a while back, but the Hero is better still and I'd happily use one as my everyday phone. It's quite something for me to heartily recommend a touchscreen device, as (being a heavy... More

The longer you have it (2 years now)-
the slower (forget loading facebook),
the more glitches (you typed "se! yo# 2a%er", right?) ,
the more missed calls/texts/voicemails ("why didn't you call me back?",
the more upgrades needed (*3 now),
the less battery power (8 hours... More

I bought this phone in april, I absolutely love it, I have had no problems other then lagging at times with a messaging app, it's so easy to customize and so much fun to use, I highly recommend this phone because I often compare it to my boyfriends iPhone and I keep finding reasons that i like mine... More

This is a huge step up from my old LG Keybo (Env2)
The new telus network has great connectivity, and I have reception everywhere. The call quality is superb. The speakers are loud for speakphone/music. The phone is really simple to get set up, and has many features I probably have not found yet. The... More