| The Legend is HTCCorporation's latest release in the | | | | frequently takes too long to update. |
| booming market of high-end smartphones. The slew of | | | | The Legend's battery life can become an annoyance |
| useful features and its blazing hot user interface can | | | | to the user as it drains out after only six hours of use. |
| easily put the HTC Legend on top of nearly every | | | | This can be a huge disappointment to the power users |
| mobile phone buyer's list. | | | | who don't carry a spare battery. Although it is probable |
| What Was Hot | | | | that most people won't use it all up on daily use, it can |
| The body design and colour combination is lovely, as | | | | tick people off that the battery drains much faster |
| can be expected from HTC. The aluminum unibody | | | | than most. |
| chassis and the easy slide loading of SIM card, | | | | The Legend's screen would look good if it were bigger |
| memory expansion card and battery can win over | | | | and run a higher resolution as well. The issue is, |
| quite a number of admirers. | | | | however, subjective and many users will tend to |
| The AMOLED touchscreen is brilliant and responsive, | | | | overlook this aspect. |
| faithful in colour reproduction and easy to view even | | | | What the Verdict Was |
| under the brightest sunlight. The HTC Sense user | | | | It's really so difficult to give this mobile phone a less |
| interface boosts the already awesome functionality of | | | | than perfect mark because it has packed in a lot of |
| the Android 2.1 operating system while powered by | | | | great features and performs superbly well that it |
| Qualcomm's fast 600MHz Snapdragon processor. | | | | deserves a five star rating. However, to give it a five |
| The web browser is one of the fastest in the industry, | | | | star rating will mean placing it above Apple's iPhone. |
| the touchscreen keyboard truly innovative and the | | | | While many people believe that it is actually better than |
| phones capability to merge social networking contacts | | | | the iPhone, it unfortunately lacks the advantage of |
| and view their comments or updates in a single stream | | | | having an App Store to back it. And this is going to |
| is excellent. | | | | disappoint a lot of potential users. |
| Virtually every single facet of the Legend is either | | | | If you are the kind of user who don't rely heavily on |
| industry-leading or at par with the best-selling handsets. | | | | applications or wouldn't mind charging the handset's |
| It's easy to see that a lot of care was given in its | | | | battery everyday, then the HTC Legend is definitely |
| construction and design. | | | | recommended for you. As a standalone mobile phone, |
| What Wasn't Hot | | | | it is nearly everyone's expectation that the Legend is |
| There were a few glitches found on the Legend. The | | | | going to be the phone of the year. If not, then this year |
| Weather application stuttered and crashed a few | | | | is going to be a truly lucrative one for smartphones. |
| times. The Friend Stream social networking application | | | | |